ABOUT MOULIN/BELLE

Moulin/Belle is located in a 200-year-old-mill and is an art residency founded in 2020 in Mareuil en Perigord in southwest France. Moulin/Belle provides space for artists to slow down and reconnect with themselves, nature and their creativity. Moulin/Belle is located in the town of Mareuil, en Perigord, population about 900 people.  IG:@moulinbelleperigord

We will all be living in the same property so we hope to give each other both time for connection and time for reflection. We speak English and French. We have a border collie, Jeudi, but he is not allowed in bedrooms due to allergies.

ABOUT ATLAND

Atland’s 41 wooded acres are between the Berkshire hills and the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. We’re located in a hilltown of 1200 people. We are a small, women-owned endeavor in a sustainably-built home that we aim to share. Our mission is to provide artists with an opportunity to create in a supportive and serene environment.

Each summer, we host 1-2 festivals that are open to local and visiting dance artists with a focus on experimentation, improvisation, site-specific practices, and dance film. Some of our dance fellows are invited back to share their work and/or teaching practice with festival participants. 

We’re 15 miles to Northampton and Smith College, 40 minutes from Jacob’s Pillow and Mass MoCA, 10 minutes from Earthdance, and a walk away from swimming holes, hiking trails, orchards, and farm stands.

For getting to us, we’re 20 minutes from the Northampton Amtrak Train Station (which has daily trains to/from New York City that are 4hrs long), 1 hour from the Hartford Bradley International Airport, and a 2 hour bus ride from Boston.

Collaborations: Artists working with a group of more than two people will be prioritized. Groups of up to five collaborators can be accommodated. 

Guests/Family: Accommodations are limited to the selected resident group only. No accommodations for spouses, partners, friends, or children are available at this time. Friends or family who are in the area for brief visits cannot be accommodated at the facilities, they are for the artists only. If artists wish to come early or stay late and bring family members/friends, they can arrange this with each residency ahead of time and will need to pay a small rental fee. Email us to learn more.

Pets: No personal pets are allowed.

Applicants should upload recent work samples that best represent their creative practice.

Provide 2 videos (under 5 minutes each; excerpts from full works are fine; no trailers) total in the formats listed below. Live performances, dance films/videos, multimedia works are all acceptable. No trailers or reels will be accepted.

Accepted file types:
Video
Provide Vimeo / YouTube / Google Drive links. Please include passwords if they are private.

We encourage artist collaboratives to apply (priority will be given towards groups of 2-5). We can accommodate up to 5 artists (including the choreographer/lead artist), and the same artists need to attend both residencies.

This residency exchange is for artists working in the field of dance/movement. The work can be multidisciplinary and collaborators can work in fields other than dance, but the studio we are providing is for dance research. Artists are in charge of bringing their own materials.

You are responsible for all meals.

At Moulin/Belle there is a weekly green market, grocery, pharmacy, butcher, bakery, wine cave and more, all within walking distance. There is a pizza restaurant, one french restaurant, one local pub, as well as food trucks on Monday and Wednesday.

At Atland, you can drive to local farm stands, grocery co-ops, bakeries, general stores, restaurants, and breweries where you can eat. We’re in the Berkshire foothills and Pioneer Valley, so we’re surrounded by farms and beautiful views. You’re also welcome to anything in our garden!

Residencies are only a week long, so artists should not need visas unless they are wishing to remain in the country for traveling before/after the residencies. Artists are responsible for applying for visa permits on their own.