PATRIARCHY WAS A RELATIVELY SHORT PSYCHIC DISORDER OF HUMANITY.
THE SHARED ATTIC ATELIER
CENTRE POMPADOUR
THE NEOFEMINIST CREATIVE RESIDENCY
the creatives-in-residency program runs
from the July 19th through September 21st in 2025.
To qualify for an individual artistic or reading residency or a collaborative research retreat (for institutions and teams) you have to be a creative professional or do research in any field with a feminist topic.
We accept individual feminist residency proposals of minimum 3 weeks.
For a collaborative research retreat in any field with a feminist topic of minimum one week please send us a detailed proposal. Our capacity of 5 double bed rooms and 2 individual rooms (all with private bath rooms) can welcome up to 12 feminist researchers. (For a collaborative research retreat we accept a minimum of 6 participants).
For a study retreat (art, literature, feminist or gender studies) organized by an educational institution of minimum 3 weeks for teachers and students with their own work program please send us a detailed proposal. Our capacity of 5 double bed rooms and 2 individual rooms (all with private bath rooms) can welcome up to 12 students and 2 teachers.
A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH FOR FEMINIST COMMUNICATION.
THE FEES.GRANTS.HOW TO APPLY FOR A RESIDENCY
CP understands feminism as a fair exchange of social, psychological, moral and financial general wisdom and individual experience. Without your knowledge and talent this unique feminist art project wouldn’t exist and will not persist. We believe in radical candor and sincerity, in clarity instead of charity.
Please note that we are a non-for-profit organization, and that our feminist facilitators are volunteers.
the residency fee per person and per week (for a room with private bathroom, linens and towels, wifi, breakfast monday to friday and 1 weekly vegetarian château dinner included, bikes, shared studio space and transportation to and from the train station in Abbeville) is 600€.
should you wish to travel with a friend and share a room, the residency fee for 2 feminists in one room is 800€ per week (in one room with private bathroom, linens and towels, wifi, breakfast monday to friday and 1 weekly vegetarian château dinner included, bikes, shared studio space and transportation to and from the train station in Abbeville).
should you wish to travel with 2 friends and share a room, we can offer the attic loft, with its private bathroom. the residency fee for 3 feminists in the attic loft (linens and towels, wifi, breakfast monday to friday and 1 weekly vegetarian château dinner included, bikes, shared studio space and transportation to and from the train station in Abbeville) is 1000€.
please note that availability might change based on dates and length of your stay.
if you should be accepted as a resident at CENTRE POMPADOUR and travel on a stately/private or educational grant, we are happy to provide you with an official acceptance letter if needed.
traveling costs and expenses for working material must be paid by the residents.
IF YOU GOT BALLS WE EVEN HAVE A ROOM FOR THAT
HOW TO APPLY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCY
to apply to the program please submit a one page CV / resume that includes all relevant related background as well as one page motivation letter, detailing your reason for applying, any relevant academic or related experience, and maximum one page of your work and/or research interest or your feminist reading list if you are interested in the reading resicency at the laboratory of neofeminism by email.
be sure to include your desired period and length of stay.
(minimum 3 weeks - maximum 2 months).
please precise if you apply for one of our three yearly grants
or for the regular residency.
please use the APPLICATION FORMULAR
and email your application to our advisory board at:
your application will be revised by the advisory board of the creative residency which, for the residency season of 2025, consists of a writer, a curator and two multidisciplinary artists.
all finalists will be interviewed via skype.
MATRIARCHY ISN'T THE CONTRARY OF PATRIARCHY.
NOT THE ADVISORY BOARD
HOW TO APPLY FOR A COLLABORATIVE RETREAT
- FOR INSTITUTIONS OR TEAMS
For a collaborative research or institutional retreat in any field with a feminist topic please send us a detailed proposal of what you would like to work on and when you would like to come.
Our capacity of 5 double bed rooms and 2 individual rooms (all with private bath rooms) can welcome up to 14 feminist researchers. (For a collaborative research retreat we accept a minimum of 6 participants).
The retreat formula relative to the number of participants includes linens and towels, transport from and to train station in Abbeville on arrival and departure, bikes, use of feminist library, wifi, all inside and outside facilities (studio, writer’s pavilion, sunset caravan, ping pong table, yoga deck).
Collaborative research retreats may be catered daily (vegetarian brunch and dinner). please contact us for detailed information and costs.
if you have any further questions, concerns, or want to share your thoughts, please contact us directly by the contact formular or by emailing to centre.pompadour@gmail.com
HOW TO APPLY WITH YOUR FURY FEMINIST
Ladies bring your cats! And your dogs! And any kind of pet up to a reasonable size, well behaved and cosmopolite. We are vegetarians.
Tiger Lilly, a Bengal cat ballerina, and Tiny Heini, a black pug devil, rule this house. They are happy to take care of your fury feminist.
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