Artistic residencies

For some years now, the City of Montpellier has been strongly supporting and encouraging artistic creation. It accompanies artists residing in the metropolitan area in their research and creation process and thus contributes to diversifying the local artistic offering.

Over the years, the City of Montpellier has established itself as a major cultural hub, deploying a comprehensive scheme of support and assistance for artists:

• Dedicated work spaces:the city provides residency and creation spaces for artistic teams, encouraging the emergence of new projects and the blossoming of talent.
• Financial support for research and creation lasting from 1 to 3 weeks
• A rich and dynamic professional network: the city organizes meetings between artists and programmers in the Occitanie region, facilitating the dissemination of works and their inclusion in the local cultural landscape.
• Fruitful collaborations: the City of Montpellier joins forces with renowned partners, such as the Théâtre Jean Vilar and the Théâtre de La Vista, to offer pathways to support creation.
• Open and diversified programming: the City also undertakes to program artistic projects itself in connection with its events, thus offering increased visibility to artists.

Each summer, the City of Montpellier thus launches a call for projects aimed at artists by making available artistic creation residencies. These venues are conducive to the emergence of live performance in all its forms: theater, dance, musical performances, circus, street arts...