Centro nacional de las Artes, in Mexico


Longstanding ties of friendship link Québec and Mexico. To enable Québec artists to broaden their knowledge of Mexico's culture and artistic diversity, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) concluded in 2000 a cooperation agreement with the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA) to establish an exchange program for artists and writers.

Through this rewarding collaboration, more than 20 Mexican and Québec artists have lived abroad.

The agreement covers many artistic fields and enables four artists to take advantage of the vitality of the mexican culture each year.


Artistic fields
Literature, the media arts, the multidisciplinary arts, contemporary music, theatre and the visual arts


Target applicants
Artists and writers with at least two years of artistic practice.

To ensure a better analysis of the artistic proposal, applicants are strongly advised to append to the form a summary several paragraphs long of the project in Spanish.


Location
Depending on the grant recipient’s discipline, work space may be made available by Mexican professional organizations responsible for overseeing the stay, e.g. at the Centro Nacional de las Artes for the visual arts, the media arts and the multidisciplinary arts.

In the realm of literature, contact will be established with the Fundación de las Letras Mexicanas.

Contemporary music composers may be accommodated at the Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (CMMAS) located in the city of Morelia in the state of Michoacán.

In exchange, the CALQ hosts each year four Mexican artists, each for a four-month stay. Depending on their artistic discipline, the artists are sponsored during their stay by La Chambre blanche in Québec City, the Centre de production DAÏMÕN or the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois.


Length of stay and amount of the grant
The grant recipient will undertake the four-month stay between January and September 2013, depending on his availability and that of the host facility.

The grant is in the amount of $8 000.

FONCA coordinates the program and assumes the cost of housing.

It should be noted that it is desirable for participants in this exchange to have a basic knowledge of Spanish.


Registration deadline
April 1, 2012


Additional information:
This exchange has been made possible through the collaboration of various partners, including the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, the Sociedad general de los escritores mexicanos, La Chambre blanche and the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois.

Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes : fonca.conaculta.gob.mx

Centro nacional de las Artes  : www.cenart.gob.mx

La Chambre blanche : www.chambreblanche.qc.ca

Union des écrivaines et écrivains québécois: www.uneq.qc.ca

Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (CMMAS) : www.cmmas.com

Centre de production DAÏMÕN : www.daimon.qc.ca


Québec artists who have resided in Mexico
José Acquelin (2000 literature), Francine Alepin (2000 theatre), Luc Flores (2000 visual arts), Pierre Desruisseaux (2001 literature), Mario Duchesneau (2001 visual arts), André Ricard (2001 literature / theatre), Denis Chouinard (2002 media arts), Claudie Gagnon (2002 visual arts), Jean Morisset (2002 literature), Geneviève Billette (2003 theatre), Lynn Diamond (2003 literature), Martin Dufrasne (2004 visual arts), Thérèse Chabot (2004 visual arts), Eva Quintas (2004 media arts), Claire Marchand (2004 musique), Carl Lacharité (2005 literature), Paul Litherland (2005 visual arts), Emanuel Licha (2005 media arts), Isabelle Bernier (2005 visual arts), Roméo Gongora (2006 visual arts), Guy Laramée (2006 visual arts), Kaveh Nabatian (2006 media arts), Hélène Rioux (2006 literature), Patrick Beaulieu (2007 visual arts), Claude Beausoleil (2007 literature), Marc-Antoine Cyr (2007 theatre), Patrick Saint-Denis (2007 music), Alan Paivio (2008 music), Alexis O’Hara (2008 multidisciplinary arts), Danielle Roger (2008 literature), Jérôme Fortin (2008 visual arts), , Marie-Célie Agnant (2009 literature), Stéphane D’Amour (2009 literature), Maxime Mongeon (2009 literature), Josée Pedneault (2009 visual arts), Catherine Bodmer (2010 visual arts), Pierre Dalpé (2010 visual arts), Simon Dumas (2010 literature), Alain Fournier (2010 media arts)



Workshop at the Centro nacional de las Artes



Workshop suitable for the production of monumental works, at the Centro nacional de las Artes



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