OPEN CALL FOR CURATORS - FONDATION FIMINCO

WHO CAN APPLY?
The Fondation Fiminco is launching an open call for international curators for a 3-month curatorial residency based in Romainville (Seine-Saint- Denis).

Two residency periods are on offer:

• mid-January to mid-April 2023

• mid-April to mid-July 2023

The residency programme is open to curators living in France and abroad, with no age limit, who can demonstrate an emerging or established professional career.

This call is part of the dynamic of the Fondation Fiminco’s artist residency programme, which hosts 12 international artists concurrently for 11 months, from September 2022 to July 2023, as well as one- off residency programmes in collaboration with institutional partners around the world.

SCREENING AND SELECTION
A jury composed of professionals from the world of art and culture, as well as representatives of the Fondation Fiminco, will make a shortlist of candi- dates based on their applications. The shortlisted curators will then be invited for an interview in person or by videoconference in early December.

CALENDAR

• December 8th, 2022 at midnight - Deadline for sending the application file

• Early December 2022 - Jury and interviews of shortlisted candidates

• Mid-December 2022 - Announcement of the successful candidates

• Mid-January–mid-April 2023 - First curatorial residency slot

• Mid-April–mid-July 2023 - Second curatorial residency slot

APPLICATION
The application can be written in English or French and must be exported as a single PDF file. Applicants should indicate their preferred period of residency: mid-January to mid-April 2023 or mid-April to mid-July 2023.

The application must be sent by e-mail to the fol- lowing address: residency@fondationfiminco.com
before midnight on december 8th, 2022

Your application should be in the following order:

MANDATORY DOCUMENTS
(if the application does not contain these elements, it will not be considered):

1/ CV in which candidates should mention their educational and professional background (maxi- mum 2 pages).

2/ A letter of intent presenting the research pro- ject and programming ideas that the candidates wish to implement during the 3-month residency. Applicants are encouraged to propose a project in relation with the local area and its audience (ins- titutions, associations, communities), and resear- chers based in the department of Seine-Saint- Denis and in Paris (2 pages maximum).

3/ One or more letters of recommendation addressed to the jury, supporting the candidates for the specific project presented in the application file (3 pages maximum).

4/ A file presenting one or more recent projects representative of the curator’s approach (10 pages maximum).

OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS
5/ Links, publications, videos
Any document that the applicants consider useful to communicate to the selection committee in the form of web links (participation in conferences orsymposiums, press articles, films, interviews, etc.)