The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris is a non-profit international art centre which provides studio accommodation for artists and scholars from around the world.
The Art Gallery of NSW awards artists or scholars in the visual arts a two-month or three-month tenancy in either the Moya Dyring Studio or the Dr Denise Hickey Memorial Studio at the Cité.
The Eva Breuer Travelling Art Scholarship will be awarded to one of the winners of these residency scholarships.
Studio Scholarship
Moya Dyring Memorial Studio – two-month tenancy
Moya Dyring was an Australian artist and great supporter of young Australian painters and students visiting Paris. She lived at Quai d’Anjou on the Ile St Louis, almost opposite the Cité Internationale des Arts. After her death in 1967, her friends and family purchased a studio in her memory at the Cité for the continued support of visiting artists.
Dr Denise Hickey Memorial Studio – three-month tenancy
Dr Denise Hickey was an art educator and former Trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW. This studio was named by the Gallery to honour Dr Hickey’s life-long dedication to the support and education of Australian artists.
Eva Breuer Travelling Art Scholarship
In memory of the late Eva Breuer, one of Australia’s most loved and prolific art dealers who made a signification contribution to Australian art in the 1980s and 90s, The Breuer Foundation has established an annual scholarship to be awarded to a young Australian female artist for the purpose of travel and study in Paris.
The Eva Breuer Travelling Art Scholarship is an award of $25,000. The winner will be chosen from one of the winners of either a two-month tenancy at the Moya Dyring Memorial Studio or three-month tenancy at the Dr Denise Hickey Memorial Studio.
Studio Scholarship
- Awarded to up to ten applicants a year.
- Covers the rent of the studio in Paris.
- Is without stipend and does not include fares to and from Paris.
- The successful applicant must pay a monthly maintenance fee to the Cité authorities, and must submit a two-page report detailing the outcomes of their study at the studio no later than one month after completion.
Eva Breuer Travelling Art Scholarship
- Applicants must be female and 35 years or under at the time of application. The winner will be chosen from successful applicants for the Studio Scholarship.
- The only one of these scholarships that comes with a cash award. The award is valued at $25,000, payable in three monthly instalments for the two-month tenancy or four monthly instalments for the three-month tenancy. It must cover the costs of travel, monthly maintenance fee to the Cité authorities and living expenses associated with the residency scholarship.
- The successful applicant must be available to attend the winner’s announcement at the Art Gallery of NSW on Wednesday 1 June 2016.
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