Focus > Orléans

The artist exchange Focus > Orléans takes place within the framework of the European Art Scholarship of the District of Upper Bavaria. The cooperation partner is La Mire in Orléans.

Date :

01.07.2022 until 31.12.2024

Preface

The goal of the European artist exchange of the District County of Upper Bavaria is to consolidate the cultural relations between European countries by a partnership and to enrich the regional as well as the Upper Bavarian cultural scene.

Participating artists

2022

Valérie Leray in Freising
Julia Smirnova in Orléans

Dates in Freising

During the residence time we offer public events with and for the artists.
There are always possibilities for individual meetings with the guest artist(s), please contact us for a date: info@schafhof-kuenstlerhaus.de.
Every year in spring an exhibition presents works of all scholarship holders of the previous year.

17.02.2023

Opening: Fragmented World

Kurzbeschreibung überspringen

Opening of the exhibition Fragmented World | Focus Europe IV with participants of the European Art Fellowship of the District Council of Upper Bavaria (Bezirk Oberbayern) ... weiterlesen

18.02.2023 bis 10.04.2023

Fragmented World | Focus > Europe IV

Kurzbeschreibung überspringen

The exhibition presents the works of 10 artists who participated in the previous year's European Art Fellowship artist exchange of the District of Upper Bavaria. ... weiterlesen

About la mire

The collective of visual artists la mire, based in Orléans, has been developing international research and work programs for more than fifteen years under the title A Roof above your Head, which is mainly addressed to artists from the Centre-Val de Loire region. La mire also organizes solo exhibitions and puts together a series of group exhibitions under the theme Retour amont with the participation of the partners of the international residency programs.

The work facilities for the residency program are located at Art Center 108 in the idyllic old town of Orléans, where various workshops and media studios are also available by arrangement. The capital of the Centre-Val de Loire region has an art academy and is located 120 km south of Paris.

The la mire collective has been a partner in the European exchange and residency program for visual artists with Schafhof - Europäisches Kunstforum Oberbayern in Freising near Munich since 2022. The Focus > Orléans residency program takes place with the kind support of the city of Orléans.

Residency Program Schafhof / District of Upper Bavaria: Focus > Orléans; Image: Downtown Orléans, street with half-timbered houses, cobblestones, and white clouds against a blue sky.

Residence Program Schafhof / District of Upper Bavaria: Focus > Orléans; Image: Downtown Orléans, street with houses; Ukrainian flags attached to the houses; at the end, view of a Gothic-style cathedral; white clouds against a blue sky.

Residence Program Schafhof / District of Upper Bavaria: Focus > Orléans; Image: Downtown Orléans, street with half-timbered houses, cobblestones and white clouds against a blue sky.

Residence Program Schafhof / District of Upper Bavaria: Focus > Orléans; Image: View of a flat-bottomed ship on the Loire River, resting against a jetty.

Residency Program Schafhof / District of Upper Bavaria: Focus > Orléans; Picture: Artist Valérie Leray with seven people in one of the work spaces on site in Orléans.

Residency Program Schafhof / District of Upper Bavaria: Focus > Orléans; Image: Partial view of one of the workrooms on site in Orléans; machines and workbenches can be seen.

Residency Program Schafhof / District of Upper Bavaria: Focus > Orléans; Image: View of the media station in one of the workspaces on site in Orléans; Artist Valérie Leray is in the space with guests

Residency Program Schafhof / District of Upper Bavaria: Focus > Orléans; Image: View of one of the studios on site; works by artist Julia Smirnova can be seen in the room.

Schafhof Residency Program / District of Upper Bavaria: Focus > Orléans; Image: Room view of an exhibition space; large white cubes and cuboids distributed in the room.

Schafhof Residency Program / District of Upper Bavaria: Focus > Orléans; Image: View of the inner courtyard of the complex, where the studios and exhibition rooms are located.

Downloads

Booklet about the AIR-Program
for screen
(PDF, A4, 11 pages, 864 KB)
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(PDF, A4, 11 pages, 14,8 MB)

Artist-in-residence

The artist-in-residence program takes place in the framework of the European Art Fellowship of the District Council of Upper Bavaria.

During the stay of the guest artists in Freising presentations and open studio days provide the possibility to meet with and know more about the artists. There is always the option to arrange individual visits and meetings as well.

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