Guidelines for 2010-11	Residencies  2009-2010	Residencies  2008-2009	Residencies 2007-2008
Guidelines for Applicants 2010-2011 Irish artists can apply for a number of artistic residencies at the Centre Culturel Irlandais/Irish College in Paris. Artists-in-residence have been appointed on an annual basis since the Centre Culturel Irlandais opened in the Irish College in October 2002. Residency gives the recipient the chance to spend time in Paris and engage with one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. Through the residencies and its own cultural programme, the Centre Culturel Irlandais showcases Ireland's dynamic contemporary culture and strong historical traditions on an international stage. Guidelines for Applicants for Residency Bursary The Centre Culturel Irlandais is a resource for Irish artists and the artist-in-residence is given the opportunity to tap into all that the Centre and Paris has to offer. The combination of living and working in these historic and atmospheric surroundings, in one of the most cultured cities in the world, helps to channel a rich influence towards Ireland and its artistic community, as well as providing a benefit to each individual who resides in the Centre. Eligibility Applicants must be either:   Irish citizens with full-time professional involvement in creative practice. French professional artists whose work demonstrates an Irish dimension, who are resident in Ireland or have another clear link. Artists with a body of work with a distinct Irish element, and who would benefit from a connection with France and Paris. How to apply Please send a short biography or Curriculum Vitae, with a clear indication of the focus of the residency, by letter or e-mail to the director. A clear record of professional achievement must be demonstrated. Details of publications, exhibitions, performances, compositions and related aspects of practice should be attached, as well as experience of other residencies. Any familiarity with French culture and language should be indicated. When to apply For a residency between September 2010 and July 2011, the deadline is Friday 29 January 2010. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by the end of February. Terms and Conditions The residency is open to practitioners in all art forms, within the limits of the facilities available in the Centre. Preference will be given to those who can avail of three-month residencies, although shorter periods may be considered. The bursary covers travel and accommodation in the Centre Culturel Irlandais. Each resident artist will receive a stipend of €700 per month. The artist-in-residence will participate in one public event within the cultural programme of the Centre Culturel Irlandais. Sheila Pratschke Director Centre Culturel Irlandais 5, rue des Irlandais 75005 Paris spratschke@centreculturelirlandais.com

Artists in Residence in 2009-2010 January - March 2010
	Conall Morrison  Conall Morrison is a Dublin-based writer and director. He has worked for the Abbey Theatre, the Lyric and other companies in Ireland; he has directed work for the Royal Shakepeare Company, English National Opera and the Royal National Theatre London as well as working in many other countries. During his residency he will concentrate on an new play Patrick's Day on Montserrat. Montserrat is an actively volcanic island. With the volcano and its lava as central images, he intends to write a play that animates the events of the St. Patrick's Day slave rebellion of 1768, when African slaves unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow their Irish masters.
	Leanne O’Sullivan Cork poet Leanne O’Sullivan will work on her third collection Tales of the Flood during her Paris residency. Two earlier collections Waiting for My Clothes (2004) and Cailleach: The Hag of Béara (2009) were published by Bloodaxe Books. Her subject matter is of broadly human interest: communication and conflict between individuals; the relationship between inner and outer experience; and the shaping influence of spatial contexts and landscapes on states of being. Her poetry has been published in Ireland, England, India, America and Canada and she has won a number of prestigious awards.
	Sid Peacock Sid Peacock, from Northern Ireland, is a composer with broad interests who has worked with musicians from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. During his residency he will work on a composition with a Paris-based tango musician. He will also develop a music and narration project based on the works of some of the major Beat poets such as Ginsberg, Corso, Kerouac and Burroughs. He is interested in the field of community music and has been artistic director of Birmingham Jazz Education Project as well as Cheltenham Festival Youth Jazz composer-in-residence.

September - December 2009
	Trish McAdam  Trish McAdam worked in photography, graphics and short films before making her first feature Snakes and Ladders in 1996. She has produced and directed documentaries for RTE and will work on a feature script while in residency in Paris. She is a founder member of Screen Directors Guild of Ireland and currently vice-president of the Federation of European Directors.   Trish writes: An altogether inspiring and battery charging experience. Days stretched out… read more
	Lia Mills During her residency, Lia Mills will work on her third novel. She has published two novels Another Alice (1996) and Nothing Simple (2005) and also writes short stories. In Your Face (2006) est un récit autobiographique sur le cancer. Lia writes: I came to the CCI to work on a draft of my current novel, which is historical and set in Dublin, so I wasn’t sure how this residency would work out... read more
	Gail Ritchie Gail Ritchie is from Northern Ireland. Her work features in major collections in both Ireland and the UK. She works in a variety of media from installation, photography to sound and object based pieces, drawing on both cultural and historical references. Her current line of research is focused on conflict. Her residency will allow exploration of this theme in historical artworks and battlefields from the First World War. Gail writes: As artist in residence at the CCI, I have found my time here to be... read more
	Gareth Williams Gareth Williams is a Glasgow-based composer originally from Armagh. In recent years his work has been in the field of opera and music theatre, two works being commissioned for Scottish Opera. During his residency, he will work with rhetoric and ritual of Irish Catholic language and prayer, using the litanies as material to create a theatrical and cathartic piece of staged music.

Residencies in 2008-2009
September - December 2008
	Ed Bennett - composer A composer working in the fields of notated, electronic and improvised contemporary music, Ed Bennett will create a new composition based on aspects of urban life in the city of Paris and pursue ideas discussed with the French composer Luc Ferrari.
	Greg Delanty - poet Greg Delanty's seven collections of poems range widely over Ireland, America and India, drawing on their different inheritances, evoking the interconnections of past and future, people and places. He will work on poems for his next two books.
	Martin Healy - visual artist Martin Healy explores the aesthetics and mediation of popular cultural mythologies and phenomena through the media of photography and video. As part of his ongoing project investigating belief systems and the collective unconscious, he will concentrate on significant sites of religious apparition in France.
January - March 2009
	Gemma Anderson - artist Drawing is the basis of Gemma Anderson's work as she explores the anatomical relationships between plants, animals, objects and humans. In the vein of Henri Rousseau, she is interested in depicting vegetation to create miniature landscapes and will produce large-scale drawings and studies drawn from the Jardin des Plantes in Paris.
	Ellen Cranitch - composer A composer who has been commissioned by Rough Magic Theatre Company to create an adaptation of Jean-Philippe Rameau's opera Hippolyte et Aricie (1733). The score will be for a traditional Irish music ensemble.
	Tom Swift - playwright A playwright who has created many site-specific works and adapted numerous classics for the stage, Tom Swift will work on a commissioned stage adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif. His earlier French adaptation Voltaire's Candide won a number of theatre awards in 2003.
April - June 2009
	Sean Hardie - writer An author of novels, screenplays, TV comedy and satire, Sean Hardie will turn his pen to writing a full-length play. Its broad theme will be identity - cultural, national and personal - in the context of increasing globalisation and economic migration.   Fiona Mulholland - multi-media artist Fiona Mulholland is particularly interested in exploring discontent in society as an ?emotional geography?. She will collaborate with a cross-section of people in Paris to re-create the original scenarios of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT, a projective personality test designed at Harvard in the 1930s) in the form of large-scale photographs and video works.
	Audrey O'Reilly - writer/film director A writer who is at ease both in Irish and in English and whose dramas have featured regularly on Irish television, Audrey O'Reilly will be working on the film script of the true story of a plot to kill Louis XIV by his chief mistress Mme de Montespan.

Residencies in 2007-2008 Eight Irish writers and artists will be heading to Paris over the next twelve months to take up Artistic Residencies at the Irish College. Artists and writers-in-residence have been appointed on an annual basis since the Irish College reopened in October 2002. Residency gives the recipient the chance to spend time in Paris and engage with one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world.     Artists-in-Residence The artist-in-residence scheme provides an opportunity for visual artists who work and/or live in Ireland to spend 2-3 months in Paris. The residency includes a room in the Irish College and a studio within the courtyard. The following artists will take up residencies in 2007/2008:
	Aoife Desmond Autumn 2007 A visual and performance artist, Dubliner Aoife will use her time in Paris to create a short film and installation piece focusing on the relationship between nature and the urban environment. Maud Cotter Spring 2008 Maud is a multi-media artist from Cork. She intends to develop her already fruitful relationship with the city of Paris and engage in an artistic dialogue with Parisian culture. Eamon O'Kane Summer 2008 A Belfast born painter, currently resident in Bristol, Eamon will be developing a new series of works in Paris. He intends to research the use of cloth by artists like the French neo-classical painter Jacques-Louis David and his work at the Louvre.
Artists who have spent time on previous CCI residencies include Paul Nugent, Amanda Coogan, Fergus Feehily, Dennis McNulty, James Hanley and Eithne Jordan.   Writers-in-Residence The writer-in-residence programme allows Irish writers to spend 2-3 months in Paris, allowing writers to work and live in historic and atmospheric surroundings. The following writers will take up residencies in 2007/2008:
	Barry McCrea Autumn 2007 A Dublin writer, Barry McCrea has already found admirers in Colm Toibin and Edmund White, for his first novel The First Verse which has been translated into Spanish and German. He will spend his time at the Irish College working on his second novel, which is set between Dublin and Paris. Christine Madden Spring 2008 Writer, journalist and dramaturg, Dublin-based Christine will be working on her new novel in Paris, and explore the Parisian world of dance and theatre, in order to inform her ongoing literary duties with Rough Magic. Michael Coady Spring 2008 A poet and a writer, Michael lives in Tipperary and is going to Paris to concentrate on a project involving poetry, prose and digital images based around rivers and human settlement. Spending time in a great river-based city like Paris will inform the project and its development. Paul Durcan Summer 2008 Current holder of the Ireland Chair of Poetry, poet Paul Durcan will be devoting himself to new work while in Paris. The position has yielded fine experiences for writers who have participated to date including: Moya Cannon, Liam O Muirthile, Mary O'Malley, Bob Quinn, Michael Harding, Vincent Woods, Antoinette Quinn, Catherine Foley and John F. Deane.
The position has yielded fine experiences for writers who have participated to date including: Moya Cannon, Liam O Muirthile, Mary O'Malley, Bob Quinn, Michael Harding, Vincent Woods, Antoinette Quinn, Catherine Foley and John F. Deane.     Special Residency A special residency has also been awarded to Gary Leahy from Newport in Co. Mayo who makes beautiful bows for string instruments, in the traditional French method and is one of only two fulltime bowmakers in Ireland. He set up his own workshop in 2005 and now sells violin, viola and cello bows all over the world, mainly to classical musicians but also to traditional players closer to home. His time in Paris will provide access to musicians, collectors and bowmakers and will inform and develop his own style of bowmaking.