The UNESCO-Ashberg Bursary program offers two month residencies to young artists and designers at the Centre d’Art Marnay Art Centre (CAMAC) in France. The program includes return tickets, board and lodging and aims to promote the mobility of young artists and travel’s role in enriching personal perspectives, intercultural dialogue and exposure to cultural diversity.

CAMAC is located 75 minutes away from Paris in the village of Marnay-sur-Seine in the scenic Champagne-Ardenne region. This multidisciplinary creative centre offers a unique environment for international residency programmes for artists, scientists and technologists working with new media.

Residents are provided with quiet self-contained living and working quarters in a seventeenth century priory. Mac computers with word processing software and internet connections are available. 

To be eligible for this opportunity, applicants must be aged between 25 and 35. Candidates from all over the world are invited to apply.

Applicants must be professional visual artists or designers of demonstrated ability, be motivated and open to discussion on contemporary art practice and the challenges of visual arts/design. They must be willing to conduct workshops or make a presentation of his/her work to the public.

Working knowledge of French, English or Spanish is required.

Applications are due 31 October 2009.

For more information and to apply visit here.

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