arts in the age of ai 2027
Apply by January 29, 2026 for the second cycle of our artistic residency program dedicated to creation in the age of artificial intelligence in the United States.
For the second consecutive year, Villa Albertine is launching a call for applications aimed at artists, intellectuals, and cultural professionals wishing to undertake a research residency at the intersection of arts and new technologies in the United States.
Between January and December 2027, four creators or cultural professionals carrying out a project related to artificial intelligence will embark upon a two-month research and exploratory residency in the United States, supported by Villa Albertine.
Launched during the Paris Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence, this program aims to foster innovation, reflection, and French-American collaborations on artistic creation in the age of AI. It encourages exchanges with a wide range of participants, including universities, companies, artists, residents, public institutions, and cultural organizations.
Each applicant is invited to propose a creative project related to artificial intelligence, to be carried out in the U.S. location of their choice. The projects may be new proposals specifically designed for Villa Albertine or a continuation of existing research aimed at refining a process or deepening an ongoing inquiry.
The selected candidates will join Villa Albertine’s 2027 residency cohort.
This call is open to artists, intellectuals, and cultural professionals carrying out an original project related to artificial intelligence that requires an immersive stay in the United States.
Villa Albertine offers residents the opportunity to undertake a two-month research and exploratory residency in the U.S. location of their choice. The project must be rooted in a specific city or territory. Through this exploratory residency format, Villa Albertine invites participants to travel through and engage with a territory, meeting its key figures in order to enrich an artistic or intellectual inquiry that could not unfold without immersion in the United States. This type of residency is not designed for isolated studio work, but rather for field exploration that encourages inspiration and connections with local actors.
The call is open to candidates wishing to work on or with artificial intelligence, whose project requires a stay in the United States. For example, the residency may serve as a research ground for a project developed using artificial intelligence, in connection with an American ecosystem. It may also offer a candidate the opportunity to explore the impact of artificial intelligence within a specific U.S. context, possibly through a comparative lens with Europe or France. Regardless of the project’s form, the residency represents a unique opportunity to highlight expertise and foster new French-American collaboration.
This call is not limited to French or French-speaking applicants. It is open to any creator, researcher, or cultural professional who meets the eligibility criteria listed below — in particular, the requirement of being supported by a French partner organization.
The proposed project may be based on a new concept specifically developed for Villa Albertine or continue an existing line of research that would take on a unique dimension within this context. In both cases, the project’s connection to its chosen location is what gives it significance.
Applicants must therefore anchor their residency in a specific city or territory that is meaningful in relation to the themes they wish to explore. The city or territory must be clearly identified. The call is not open to itinerant projects involving travel across multiple U.S. states.
The primary goal of the residency is the artistic development of the resident’s project. While the residency may generate economic opportunities beneficial to the project or the resident’s career, commercial pursuits cannot constitute the project’s main purpose.
The selected residents will receive support from the Villa Albertine branch corresponding to their chosen territory, among the ten U.S. cities where Villa Albertine has a presence.
The cities where Villa Albertine maintains a permanent presence include Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. For example, a residency taking place in Seattle would fall under the responsibility of Villa Albertine in San Francisco.
Two candidates will be selected in California, and two others in other parts of the United States.
Each applicant is required to involve a French partner, based in France, in their residency project. Depending on the case, the partner’s support may take one of three forms:
Residency Project Design: Assistance with drafting the residency project, identifying resources and contacts that could help the applicant, etc.
Promotion of the Residency: Communication on social media, creation of content related to the residency (articles, podcasts, videos, etc.)
Post-Residency Activities: Organizing a presentation in France of the work carried out in the United States (lecture, meeting with professionals, etc.), supporting the further development of the artistic or intellectual project.
Partners are not required to provide financial support for the residency.
Any public or private organization under French law and based in France may serve as a partner. The organization cannot be one that the applicant directs or has founded, but it may be the organization where the applicant is employed or another distinct partner.
It is the applicant’s responsibility to identify and select the partner most relevant to their project. They may rely on pre-existing partnerships or initiate collaborations suited to the specific needs of the project. The goal is to foster connections between the French cultural and artistic ecosystem, including the partner, and the American ecosystem in which the resident will be immersed during the residency.
Applicants may also draw on additional French partners as well as American organizations that could support the project’s development (rehearsal studios, creative workshops, networking opportunities, etc.).