AIR_Frankfurt: Strasbourg

Residency-Period:
January 01 - March 31, 2027

The AIR_Frankfurt program aims to promote contemporary visual arts and international exchange between the city of Frankfurt and art centers worldwide. CEAAC (Centre Européen D'actions Artistiques Contemporaines) is our AIR_Frankfurt partner organisation in Strasbourg, France. The art center’s core comprises the beautiful renovated Art-Nouveau building in Rue de l’Abreuvoir, in the Strasbourg neighbourhood known as the Krutenau, near the University and the Decorative Arts School. It was built in 1902 by the architect Ferdinet Karlwei as a formerly glass and porcelain shop called Neunreiter. The building hosts the exhibtions spaces aswell as the accomodation for the international guest artists.

Partner organisation: CEAAC
Residency-Period: January 1 – March 31, 2027
Application Deadline: July 19, 2026

Who can apply?

• AIR_Frankfurt and AIR_Offenbach are aimed exclusively at artists who live or work in Frankfurt or Offenbach (registered address or studio address).
• The artists should be highly qualified and have a successful degree from an art college
• To be fluent in English is a further requirement

What is provided?

• 1000 € of monthly financial support
• travel costs
• accommodation in a shared apartment
• access to a studio
• integration into an artist network
• curatorial support from the hosting organization

How to apply?

Applications need to be handed in via the online form.

At the end of the online form, please upload the following documents in one merged PDF (max. 5 MB please):

• artistic CV (max. 2 pages)
• professional background / artist statement (max. 1500 characters incl. blanks)
• Project proposal and motivation (max. 3000 chracters incl. blanks)
• work portfolio (max. 16 pages), you can add a project-sketch to the portfolio if you like

Please note: CEAAC has a focus on the following areas of research:

• Modes of production, reproduction and circulation of images 

• Vernacular, local and popular knowledge 

• Public health issues

Who is selecting?

An independent jury selects up to five candidates and suggests these to an independent jury of the partner organization abroad. Of these candidates, they select a scholar who they believe is at a stage in their artistic development at which they will be likely to benefit artistically from a three month stay and who fits with the exchange program of the individual institutions the best.