Our first Artists in Residence had a blast!
Exactly one year after getting the keys to this property (almost to the day) we welcomed our first three artist residents! These artists were Leena Nammari, Louise Ritchie and Paola McClure who we selected for this year’s Studio Faire Student Residency Award. They are...
Studio Faire Student Residency Award
Selected for this year's Studio Faire Student Residency Award are three fantastic artists, all studying for an MFA Arts & Humanities at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Scotland. Leena Nammari, Louise Ritchie and Paola McClure...
Sarah Gittins Selected for Studio Faire Residency Award
Two of Scotland's most prestigious art societies, Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) and Visual Arts Scotland (VAS), hold an annual exhibition in Scotland's capital, in the grand Royal Scottish Academy building managed by the National Galleries of Scotland....
Crowdfunding for your Residency
Would you like help to raise funds for your residency? Because we have both been working in the creative field all our lives, we understand what it’s like to be on a low income! Even though Studio Faire has been set up with this in mind, aiming to cater...
The Lot et Garonne on Film
Enjoy a cruise on the Garonne canal with historian and writer, Bertrand Soles, in this film made by TV channel France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine, passing 'generous lands, conducive to agriculture, crisscrossed by an exceptional concentration of rivers and...
Happy to inspire adventure!
We have been very open and honest all along about the ups and downs of this adventure of ours (moving to France to buy a property to transform into a contemporary art centre) and we have done this mostly to keep friends, family and colleagues updated, and also to...
Cracking eggs to make an omelette
It's been hard to keep you updated on progress at Studio Faire, since we moved in to the property in April, because we have mostly been cracking a few eggs to make an omelette ... in other words, taking stuff away and generally making a mess of the place!...
‘Early Bird’ Discount Flying Away Soon
Only 1 month left to apply for a special ‘early bird’ discounted rate for a stay at Studio Faire, this new contemporary art centre in South West France. You don't have to have a specific project in mind, Studio Faire is a place to think, sketch, write,...
Our first creative course at Studio Faire
This week saw us open our doors for the first time to host a 1 day course : Mastering Portraiture with Colin Usher, An inspiring photographic day class at Studio Faire in Nérac. Two great students attended, Janey & Fiona, who were so enthusiastic that...
New Residency Award at SSA & VAS OPEN 2018
The Studio Faire Residency Award at Visual Arts Scotland & Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition: OPEN 2018. Over the past 12 years, Studio Faire's co-founder Julia Douglas has been working and exhibiting with two of Scotland's most prestigious...