The ACCR, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, invites you to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Odyssée programme at the Bibliothèque La Grange - Fleuret in Paris on 11 and 12 May 2023. This meeting is part of a series of events organised by the Association throughout 2023 to celebrate the ACCR's 50th anniversary, under the theme "Vivify the heritage for tomorrow".

This meeting will provide an opportunity to take stock of what has been achieved over the past 20 years in terms of welcoming foreign artists and refugees to heritage sites, and to look to the future. Discussions will focus in particular on the reciprocal contributions made by the residency programmes coordinated by the ACCR.

[SOLD OUT - Priority to ACCR members and partners].

/ The Odyssée residency programme: almost 800 artists hosted in France in 20 years

Since 2003, the Odyssée programme, coordinated by the ACCR, has welcomed more than 750 artists, researchers and cultural professionals representing 84 different nationalities, in fields as varied as music, architecture, crafts, the visual arts, playwriting, animated film, photography, journalism, etc.

The Odyssée programme is an evolving programme that has adapted to successive international crises, as demonstrated by the addition of two other residency programmes, NORA and NAFAS, designed to welcome artists and cultural professionals in emergency situations. Between 2016 and 2022, the NORA programme welcomed 58 artists from Syria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Russia to the ACCs. The NAFAS programme, in partnership with the Institut Français and the Institut Français du Liban, is open to Lebanese artists and cultural professionals from 2020 to 2022.

Find here the "residency diaries" of the artists and professionals hosted in the CCRs.

/ Programme

Thursday 11th May 2023

10.15 - 10.45 / Welcome coffee

10.45 - 11.15 / Welcoming remarks :      

- Hubert Tassy, President of the ACCR and Director of the Saline Royale d'Arc-et-Senans         

- Yannick Faure, Head of the Legal and International Affairs Department, Ministry of Culture

- Francis Maréchal, Director of the Royaumont Foundation and the Lagrange Fleuret Library

11.20 - 13.20 / Round table: "International artists' residencies: issues, tools and good practice"; Guests:  Ahlam El Morsli (dancer and choreographer), Philippe Le Moine (Cité du Mot), Elise Jouvancy (Arts-en-Résidence), Mykhailo Glubokyi (Izolatsiya, TransEuropeHalles), Chloé Fricout (Institut Français). Moderated by Mathilde Lajarrige (Le Plus Petit Cirque du Monde).

13.25 - 14 / Visit to the La Grange Fleuret Library (group 1)

13:15 - 15:15 / Lunch

14:45 - 15:15 / Visit to the La Grange Fleuret Library (group 2)

15:15 - 17:15 / Round Table: "What role(s) does exile play in creation?

Guests: Aurélie Latchimy (SAEI, SAJI, SG, MCC), Omar Souleimane (writer), Mahtab Ghorbani (writer), Moneim Rahama (poet). Moderated by Marjanna Dari (La Métive). Reading by Elisabeth Sanson (Abbaye de Noirlac).

17:45 - 18:45 / Readings by Omar Souleimane (writer), Mahtab Ghorbani (writer), Jeanine Dissirama Bessoga (playwright)

18:45 - 20 / Cocktail reception & opening of the exhibition by Aleksandra Kovaleva (visual arts, Ukraine) and Catalina Jaramillo (visual arts, Colombia)

Friday 12th May

9.00 - 9.30 / Coffee reception

9.30 - 10.00 / Culture Moves Europe, presentation by Malgorzata SZLENDAK (European Commission)

10.00 - 11.30 / Some examples of residencies: Ujazdowski Castle (Poland) / Ferme de Villefavard (France) / neïmenster (Luxembourg) / Le Plus Petit Cirque du Monde (France) / Corte Ospitale (Italy)

11.30 - 13 / Workshops

Workshop 1: "In search of a common Residence Charter" - a European RAC project? Moderator: Silvia FERRARI (Corte Ospitale)

Workshop 2: "The residence, and afterwards? Julie Feriff (Institut Français), Janvier Nougloi (CCRI John smith, Benin), Catherine Dan, Ayla Joncheere (Rural Rajasthan Arts Programme - India). Moderator: Marie LE SOURD (On the Move)

Workshop 3: "How can residencies be shared with RAC audiences? Moderator: Grégory DIGUET (Château de Goutelas)

13:00 / Closing remarks: Malgorzata SZLENDAK (European Commission)

13:15 - 13:45 / Visit to the Bibliothèque Lagrange Fleuret (group 3)

13:15 - 15:00 / Lunch

14:30 - 15:00 / Visit to the Lagrange Fleuret Library (group 4)

15:00 - 18:00 / ACCR General Meeting

Programme subject to change depending on speaker availability.

/ Registration: SOLD OUT - Priority is given to ACCR members and partners.