Residency for artists from MENA region | Camargo Foundation | France

Camargo Foundation is located in Cassis, France, on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea.

This open call encourages new, engaging narratives on the legacy of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and his influences on artistic and intellectual creation in the Arab, European, and Mediterranean contemporary world.
This first open call is launched with a curatorial statement by Elia Suleiman.

This call welcomes applications from all countries and nationalities that compose the MENA Region and its Diaspora. The proposals should be connected to the curatorial statement by Elia Suleiman.

Applicants can represent a broad range of creative thought and practice, and can be:
– Artists, in all disciplines and including poets and writers, who are primary creators of a new work/project.
– Scholars in the fields of the Arts and Humanities, writing in Arabic, French or English.

– 4 grants will be awarded to develop new work/projects.
– 4-week residency in one of the 3 locations (Camargo/Mucem, A. M. Qattan Foundation, Bozar/Darwish Chair), taking place from July 2021 to July 2022

There are 3 types of grants for the artists:

– A grant of 3000 euros for each selected participant for the development of the project;
– Additional travel grant to cover travel expenses;
– Accommodation, provided by the partner hosting the residency.

Applications must be submitted online on this website.
Proposals must be in Arabic, English, or French

More information here.