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Mission & History

L’AiR Arts* is a not-for-profit organisation (une association à but non lucratif soumise à la loi 1901) with a mission to support intercultural exchange through international arts residency programs. In collaboration with leading arts institutions and professionals, our residency programs support intercultural exchange, research, professional development and creation – while promoting diversity, inclusion and international understanding through artistic and cultural heritage. 

L’AiR Arts residency program grounds its commitment to contemporary arts within a historical perspective. Founded in 2016, L'AiR Arts was launched with the European Heritage Days / Journées du Patrimoine as an “Atelier sur Seine” artist residency, located near Fontainebleau at the original studio of the French-Algerian painter, Etienne Dinet. In 2018, L’AiR Arts moved to Paris to introduce curated group residency programs in partnership with an international exchange center, FIAP Jean Monnet, with a similar mission to foster cross-cultural exchanges among people from different countries. Located in Montparnasse, known as a historic hub for international artists during the 20th century, L’AiR Arts program is dedicated to the intercultural artistic exchange as the legacy of the École de Paris.

​In 2020, L’AiR Arts in partnership with Cité Falguière Association has initiated cultural heritage project of preserving and restoring the last atelier of the prominent artists community of Cité Falguière. Keeping its original purpose and the name - Atelier 11 now operates as an International Arts Research Residency. A new emblematic home for L'AiR Arts, it welcomes local and international professionals for solo and duo projects, that run parallel to international group programs, partner residencies and events open to a broader community.


*L'AiR Arts name is a French version of Artists-in-Residence abbreviation, it can also be read as Lair, artist's lair or a studio / atelier where artist lives, works, and develops ideas - a safe haven designed to support the creative process. 

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“This was an in-depth introduction to the art historical legacy and contemporary art scenes in Paris today. Together with a wonderful team of historians and curators, we were able to gain access to many art venues, from major art museums and institutions hosted by their in-house representatives, to secluded historical sites, and artists studios, welcomed to local Paris-based arts communities. I highly recommend this for artists who seek deep immersion in the history and legacy of Paris and its profound influence on international art and culture.”

- ​Marie Thibeault, artist and Professor of Art at California State University,
Los Angeles, United States (Artist-in-Residence, 2018)


"My experience at L’AiR Arts residence is an intensive immersion into a professional art environment and the opportunity to discuss my current practice with curators, gallery owners and colleagues, which allows me to adjust the direction of further work and gives a powerful impetus to the development of my art. The residency program involves daily visits to several exhibitions and events related to art, deep reflection and work in the studio. This is exactly the place where the answers to questions that I as an artist, asked myself become clear. It changes the attitude towards art itself, making it possible to understand that art is not a closed and complex system of codes, but a vast world full of amazing people, discoveries and experience. L’AiR Arts is the best residency I've ever participated."

- Anastasia Venkova, Russia ​ (Artist-in-Residence, 2019)

“My experience with L'AiR Arts has been rewarding from the beginning. I was very fortunate to receive partial scholarship from a patron overseas. The intensive research into the historical and contemporary art world during my residency in Paris, was well organised and accurately structured. What otherwise would have been inaccessible for me, the residency provided me with a unique exposure, which I believe to be as essential for a young artist like me starting to move her way into the global art world. ​I believe such experiences provided by L'AiR Arts, and supporters of art to be instrumental in an artist's career. Transparency, support and genuinity is everything that L'AiR Arts offered to me.”

– Mahima Kapoor, India (Artist-in-Residence, 2018)


"The hosts of the L'AiR Arts residency made my artist residency a complete experience. Their enthusiasm, hospitality, professionalism and extensive knowledge of the location and art history, were the essence of what every artist expects from a high quality residency. The encouragement, education and support offered during my entire residency, was beyond brilliant. I would most certainly apply for any future artists residency hosted by the L'AiR Arts."

​- Margarita Georgiadis, Australia (Artist-in-Residence, 2017)
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