Resonance Grants - Enhancing France and Australia Cultural Journeys

Enhancing France and Australia Cultural Journeys

The call for applications will be open from Thursday 18 September 2025, until Sunday 26 October 2025, at 12:00 pm CET / 10:00 pm AEDT.

About FACEF

FACEF (French Australian Cultural Exchange Foundation) is a non-profit charitable organisation dedicated to promoting cultural and intellectual exchanges between the peoples of Australia, France and the French overseas territories.  
 
It was created in 2024 as part of the bilateral roadmap between the French and Australian governments. 
This binational initiative, a first between our two countries, aims to strengthen  the  excellence  and  connections  of  artists,  arts  professionals  and  institutions in both countries. 
 
Find out more about FACEF: https://www.facef.org/fr

The Resonance Grants program specifically aims to:

– Support individual or group exhibitions and artistic projects, affiliated with an institution, presented by France-based and French artists in Australia, and Australia-based and Australian artists in France contributing to their visibility in new professional contexts.

– Facilitate curatorial research trips between the two countries, enabling France-based and French curators in Australia, and Australia-based and Australian curators in France to deepen their understanding of each other’s art ecosystems.

Eligibility Criteria

Projects must align with FACEF’s vision, mission and values.

Applications for exhibitions and artistic projects will have to be submitted by eligible artistic organisations and not by the artists themselves. Projects must be affiliated with the visual arts and initiated by non-profit organisations such as: Contemporary art centres, museums, artist-run spaces, and project spaces, art education institutions, research centres, online curatorial or artistic projects.

Applications for curatorial research trips will be submitted directly by the curators. Projects must demonstrate a clear link to a specific curatorial or exhibition context (an art centre, institution, or major event).

Eligible projects may be awarded funding of up to AUD $15,000. 

Please note that Resonance Grants will give priority to innovative practices and the creation of new works.

Selection Process 

The projects will be selected through a single open call and evaluated by FACEF’s Jury of experts.

Bénédicte Alliot, Director, Cité internationale des arts Daria de Beauvais, Senior Curator, Palais de Tokyo Suzanne Cotter, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) – Chair of the jury Tony Ellwood, Director, National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Emmanuel Kasarhérou, President, Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac Kimberley Moulton, Senior Curator, Southeastern Aboriginal Collections at Museums Victoria, Adjunct Curator Indigenous Art Tate Modern, Senior Curator RISING Festival George Petitjean, Curator of the Fondation Opale / Collection Bérengère Primat

Application Forms

All applications must be submitted in English using the dedicated forms for Artistic project / Curatorial Research Trip.

Along with your submission, please send a confirmation email to info@facef.org. 

For each submission, the candidate will receive a confirmation email.

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