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 contemporary 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 the Cité Falguière Association, has initiated a cultural heritage project of preserving the last remaining atelier of the prominent artists community of Cité Falguière. Once home to Gauguin, Modigliani, Soutine, Foujita, and Brancusi, Atelier 11 Cité Falguière now operates as an International Arts Research Residency, hosting artists and cultural professionals from all over the world. Keeping its original purpose and name, a new emblematic home for L'AiR Arts, Atelier 11 welcomes local and international professionals for self-directed individual projects, that run in parallel to curated group programs, partner residencies and events open to a broader community.
*L'AiR Arts name is a French version of a standard acronym for Artists-in-Residence, it can also be read as lair or a studio / atelier where an artist lives, works, and develops ideas - a safe haven designed to support the creative process.
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 the Cité Falguière Association, has initiated a cultural heritage project of preserving the last remaining atelier of the prominent artists community of Cité Falguière. Once home to Gauguin, Modigliani, Soutine, Foujita, and Brancusi, Atelier 11 Cité Falguière now operates as an International Arts Research Residency, hosting artists and cultural professionals from all over the world. Keeping its original purpose and name, a new emblematic home for L'AiR Arts, Atelier 11 welcomes local and international professionals for self-directed individual projects, that run in parallel to curated group programs, partner residencies and events open to a broader community.
*L'AiR Arts name is a French version of a standard acronym for Artists-in-Residence, it can also be read as lair or a studio / atelier where an artist lives, works, and develops ideas - a safe haven designed to support the creative process.
I’m so happy to know L’AiR Arts have emerged from the pandemic stronger and more committed and engaged than ever. This new development, the use and restoration of Atelier 11, is brilliant, harmonious with your mission, and historically important, looking both forward and back. Bravo to all involved.
- Rosalyn Driscoll, USA, L'AiR Arts alumna artist-in-residence
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