Atelier Samuel Beckett International Artist Residencies
Project Name:
International Artist Residency at Atelier Samuel Beckett in France
Project Partners:
Galway Culture Company, Atelier Samuel Beckett, Gare St Lazare Ireland and the University of Galway
Role of Galway Culture Company:
Funder and Partner
Strategic Aim:
This project falls under our first strategic aim;
Facilitate International and EU Relationships and Funding
Project Description:
Atelier Samuel Beckett is a new international artist residency in the village of Méricourt, France, an hour northwest of Paris on the River Seine. The mission of the residency is to promote and highlight the artistic legacy of Samuel Beckett across the arts through a series of artistic residencies.
Atelier Samuel Beckett offers a self-directed residency and provides accommodation and workspace for professional artists with experience of, or an interest in using Beckett’s work as inspiration in their own practice. Artists work in an environment that supports and values artistic ambition, exchange, and self-directed work.
Galway Culture Company conducted an open call with project partners to select one artist from Galway County and one artist from Galway City for a three-week international residency in 2023. The two Galway artists selected were Petal Pilley, artistic director of Blue Teapot Theatre and Claire-Louise Bennett, writer.
This project and its partnership were a response to the Joint Plan of Action (2021-2025) between Ireland and France. The Plan aims to strengthen and deepen relations between the two countries across a range of cultural, educational and political activities. Among the aims of this plan is to foster the digital economy and to jointly promote cultural exchanges, including the creation of several new cultural fellowships and residency programmes between Irish and French institutions.
Questions about Atelier Samuel Beckett can be emailed to ateliersamuelbeckett@gmail.com or info@garestlazareireland.com.
Projects outcomes – what we expect from this project:
Galway Culture Company conducted an open call with project partners to select one artist from Galway County and one artist from Galway City for a three-week international residency in 2023. The two Galway artists selected were Petal Pilley, artistic director of Blue Teapot Theatre and Claire-Louise Bennett, writer.
Click here to read about the open call for Atelier Samuel Beckett.
Click here to read about the selected artists.
How this project is funded:
The bursaries were supported by Galway Culture Company in association with Atelier Samuel Beckett and Gare St Lazare Ireland with support from the University of Galway. Galway Culture Company is supported by the Government of Ireland under the National Development Plan through the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Duration:
August 2023 to February 2024.
