Studio Faire offers artist residencies & writer retreats in South West France

Garden at Studio Faire, South West France

Studio Faire is a contemporary art space in South West France, providing residencies for artists, writers, musicians and all other creative practitioners.

We also run a photography school, offering day courses and residential courses to people of all abilities.

Studio Faire offers a change of pace and the space to create.

En français

Situated in the market town of Nérac, in the stunning Lot-et-Garonne region, on the northern edge of Gascony.

Here you will find the ‘real’ unspoilt France

Shhh, don’t tell everyone!

Images of the region

Studio Faire

58 Avenue Georges Clemenceau, Nérac Click here for directions

Your hosts, Colin Usher & Julia Douglas

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Our Aims & Objectives

Support the development of ideas and the production of new work, by offering comfortable, self-catering, accommodation and workshop and study space for experimentation, development and creativity.

Offer a relaxed and beautiful meeting place for national and international working partnerships to develop.

Create a social atmosphere which encourages interdisciplinary feedback or collaboration between contemporary artists, designers, photographers, performers, writers, musicians, dancers, actors and other creative professionals.

Host events including workshops, talks and presentations by invited specialists, so residents and other visitors to Studio Faire can gain knowledge from other’s expertise.

Contribute and support Nérac and the surrounding region’s cultural calendar, in order to increase its current creative offerings and support the local economy, and, in so doing, help in improving quality of life for our neighbours.

Develop funding opportunities from foundations, trusts and individuals and continue to cultivate partnerships with other funding bodies, organisations and societies who can offer fees and cover other costs to selected visitors.

Whatever you want to make…
do it in France at Studio Faire.

Residencies

Courses

Tout ce que vous voulez faire…
faites-le en France au Studio Faire.

And so ends our first year of residencies. It’s been a blast!

Dec 23, 2018 | News

As we round off our first year of residencies at Studio Faire, we would love to take just a brief moment to look back at a couple of the highlights in words and pictures. We would also like to say a HUGE thank you to all of YOU who have supported our development so...

Residency Award for VAS Annual Exhibition, ALIGHT.

Dec 2, 2018 | Art & Design, Artist in Residence, Funded Residencies, News

We are once again offering The Studio Faire Residency Award at Visual Arts Scotland's (VAS) 2019 Annual Exhibition... ALIGHT. We are delighted to be offering this prize at the Annual Open Exhibition of VAS, which takes place in the majestic upper galleries...

Double Page + Puff in this week’s Scotsman

Nov 24, 2018 | Buying Property in France, News, Press, The Journey

If you managed to see past the attention grabbing headlines about how the majority of Scots would vote ‘remain’ if there was to be a new indyref, or about the vast number of visitors flocking to see the Outlander and Harry Potter sets at National Trust sites… you...

Studio Faire

And so ends our first year of residencies. It’s been a blast!

Residency Award for VAS Annual Exhibition, ALIGHT.

Double Page + Puff in this week’s Scotsman

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