Dora Maar House Residency Fellowships

International Deadline: October 15, 2026 – Since 2007, the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France, has offered residencies of one to two months to mid-career arts and humanities professionals to focus on their areas of expertise.

The application cycle for the 2025 Artists Residency Program is now accepting applications. There is no cost. We provide Fellows with a stipend of $1500 and we provide a travel award of the average fare from their home to Paris.

ELIGIBILITY
Mid-career artists and scholars who have submitted a completed application.

BENEFITS

1. one month in residence at the Dora Maar House
2. a private bedroom and bath, and a study or studio in which to work
3. expenses paid for round-trip travel from a fellow’s home to the
   Dora Maar House
4. a grant based upon the length of stay at Dora Maar House

EXPECTATIONS

• that you enjoy the opportunities this remarkable residence offers you and use your time well
• that you help us learn about the program’s strengths and weaknesses and suggest how we can improve
• that you are friendly to the citizens of Ménerbes and make one public presentation during the monthly “Salons”
• that you donate to the DMCC one drawing, publication, etc. created during your stay there
  and, should a publication come from your work there, that you recognize the DMCC

APPLY ONLINE – $25 application fee

About:
Located in Ménerbes, one of the most beautiful villages in France, this 19th century town house was the property of General-Baron Robert (1772-1831), a native of Ménerbes who received numerous honors during the Napoleonic wars in Spain, and was bought in 1944 by Dora Maar, surrealist artist and photographer. Companion and muse of Picasso from the late 1930s to the early 1940s, following their breakup Dora spent each summer in solitude in Ménerbes. After her death in 1997, an American arts patron, Nancy Brown Negley, bought and renovated the house to create a residency for writers, academics and artists.

La Maison Dora Maar
58 rue du Portail Neuf
84560 Ménerbes, France
+33 (0)4 90 72 54 70