And so ends our first year of residencies. It’s been a blast!
As we round off our first year of residencies at Studio Faire, we would love to take just a brief moment to look back at a couple of the highlights in words and pictures. We would also like to say a HUGE thank you to all of YOU who have supported our development so...
Residency Award for VAS Annual Exhibition, ALIGHT.
We are once again offering The Studio Faire Residency Award at Visual Arts Scotland's (VAS) 2019 Annual Exhibition... ALIGHT. We are delighted to be offering this prize at the Annual Open Exhibition of VAS, which takes place in the majestic upper galleries...
Double Page + Puff in this week’s Scotsman
If you managed to see past the attention grabbing headlines about how the majority of Scots would vote ‘remain’ if there was to be a new indyref, or about the vast number of visitors flocking to see the Outlander and Harry Potter sets at National Trust sites… you...
Meredith Alloway Found a Writer’s Haven at Studio Faire
Meredith Alloway came to Studio Faire looking for a ‘writers haven’. Having just completed her second film and living in New York City, where distraction is inevitable, she wanted space to focus on a new script. Within the first week, enthused by Nérac and...
Meet Meredith Alloway, Producer / Filmmaker / Writer-in-Residence
Throughout October we have had the pleasure of welcoming Meredith Alloway as Producer / Filmmaker / Writer-in-Residence at Studio Faire. Tonight we are thrilled to be presenting two of her short films at a secret location in Nérac. First of all we will see...
Robin Gee (Choreographer) is already planning her return
Robin Gee spent four weeks with us at Studio Faire in Spring 2018. She is an African American filmmaker, choreographer and performer and spent her time here devising new movement material. Since then, she has hit the ground running with opportunity after...
We Support Divergent Thinking Time at Studio Faire
Last week our friend Jess Wilson came for a visit much to our delight! Jess and Julia have been close friends since school, continuing to support and influence each others career paths into their 40s. A couple of days into their visit, Julia asked Jess...
Brigid Collins would ‘return to this oasis like a shot’
Brigid came for 7 days with her husband, Alan McGowan. This was the first time that we had welcomed a couple here for a residency and it worked effortlessly. They are both such easy going people, dedicated to their creative work and happy to simply enjoy...
Studio Faire featured in LADEPECHE
!!!STOP PRESS!!! Studio Faire featured in the local paper LADEPECHE today, thanks to the lovely journalist Laure Rollier for this nice wee article about us getting here and how we're loving life in South West France! Read the original article in French...
Artist Sarah Gittins Celebrates Plums & Local Hospitality
I have now been at Studio Faire for a week, but have had far more than a week's worth of rich experiences. I came here hoping to learn more about the history, cultivation and celebration of plum growing in the region and so far many of my enquiries have...