La Kunsthalle Mulhouse

La Kunsthalle Mulhouse offers different types of residencies, while developing a long-term model for collaboration with artists through its partner associations.

CURATORIAL Residency

Provides curators with an opportunity to spend time conducting research and discovering local artists.

Objectives 

Introducing exhibition professionals to the Mulhouse art scene. Promoting dialogue and interaction between artists from Mulhouse and curators from other regions and countries.

available means

Variable. Includes accommodation, travel and fees.

Duration

Non contractual

selection process

By invitation or call for proposals, depending on the year.

resident's obligations

None.

Jeune Création Residency

Annual residency programme promoting and supporting young artists.

Objectives

Allowing young artists to gain their first professional experience, make contacts and work in a new setting away from home.

available means

— Accommodation and studio provided
— 3000€ grant
— 2 round trips between the artist’s home and Mulhouse
— Support from the team at La Kunsthalle

Duration

2 non-consecutive months

selection process

Application file

resident's obligations

Research residency. No production requirements.

actions towards audiences

None.

Atelier Mondial Residency

Atelier Mondial is an international programme offering exchanges and workshops. It allows artists from the Basel area, the Canton of Solothurn, South Baden and Alsace to spend several months living and working in one of its ten partner countries. Atelier Mondial also gives foreign artists the opportunity to spend time in the Upper Rhine area (Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg im Breisgau). As part of this programme, La Kunsthalle runs a residency programme for a Mexican artist every year.Accueillir un artiste mexicain ayant une pratique liée au textile qui pourra trouver des développements à Mulhouse et dans sa région.

objectives

Offering Mexican artists working with textiles the opportunity to develop their practices in the Mulhouse area.

available means

— Accommodation and workshop provided

— 10000€ grant

Duration

4 months in Mulhouse then 2 months in Basel.  

Selection process

Shortlisting by partners at the Oaxaca Textile Museum in Mexico.

resident's obligations

Report to be published on the Atelier Mondial website within one month after the end of the residency.

ASSOCIated writers. ÉCRIRE L'ART

For one year, a writer is included in the whole programme at La Kunsthalle. Associated writers are asked to produce texts and meet with the public at local events. This programme is run in collaboration with the Arts and Humanities faculty (Faculté des Lettres, Langues et Sciences Humaines) at Université de Haute-Alsace.

available means

— Accommodation provided
— 4 x 750€ fees = 3000€
— 4 round trips between the writer’s home and Mulhouse (1 round trip per stay & 1 immersion/exhibition)
— Support from the team at La Kunsthalle

Duration

Spread over one yearly programme (from September to July/August)

selection process

By invitation

residents obligations

Writing residency 

actions towards audiences

Variables (lectures, rencontres, ateliers, conférences…)

ASSOCIated Artists. culinary design.

Every year, La Kunsthalle and the association Epices (Espaces de Projets d'Insertion Cuisine Et Santé) invite a culinary artist to collaborate with both venues and develop a project to present at the art centre’s 4 vernissages. Each of these 4 events is devised and prepared at the Epices kitchens, in partnership with the association’s chefs and members.

available means

— Accommodation and kitchen provided
— Fees: 2000€
— Production budget: 2000€ and basic food materials provided
— 5 round trips between the artist’s home and Mulhouse
— Support from the team at La Kunsthalle

Duration

5 non-consecutive stays (1 preliminary visit + 4 stays of between 3 and 7 days)

selection process

By invitation

residents obligations

Production residency: 4 culinary design performances based on predefined specifications  

actions towards audiences

Production carried out in collaboration with people invited by the partner association

Artist researcher

La Kunsthalle invites an artist to develop a research programme linked with the resources available in Mulhouse. The art centre and the artist agree to a long-term collaboration, dividing the time between pure research, experimentation and production. Numerous partnerships are developed around these projects.

available means

— Accommodation and workshop provided
— Remuneration varies depending on the project
— Variable production budget
— Round trips between the artist-researcher’s home and Mulhouse
— Support from the team and La Kunsthalle

Duration

Variable

selection process

By invitation

residents obligations

Research residency

actions towards audiences

Variable depending on the research work undertaken by the artist-researcher and partners.