La Maison Jaune Residency Program, Gstaad

LA MAISON JAUNE is a residency program initiated in 2007 by PATRICIA LOW CONTEMPORARY, Gstaad, Switzerland. In a hamlet not far from where Balthus has lived and worked all his life, artists will be hosted in a beautiful 18th century chalet called “La Maison Jaune”. There, facing the mountains, we hope they will find inspiration and renew Gstaad’s link with the great artists of our time.

The MAISON JAUNE residency program provides living and work opportunities for emerging international artists in all media of the visual arts (e.g. painting, sculpture, photography, performance, new media). The fellowship includes production costs up to CHF 3.000 per artist upon request.
 
The chalet, located 10 minutes outside Gstaad, offers generous living spaces and working facilities for 3 artists at a time. The studio is next to the chalet in a barn. Artists are generally invited for a period of 4-6 weeks. The work created there will be exhibited in a show at the gallery or at La Maison Jaune shortly thereafter. Also, in an effort to record this unique artistic process, a book will be developed with a renowned publisher.

Applications:

The program is dedicated to international artists up to 35 years old or artists who have completed their university or college degree within the past five years (and are not currently enrolled).

Applications are now closed.
Please do not send us any more applications.
Invitations to apply for residencies between September 2009 and August 2010 will be posted in March 2009.

The selection committee for 2008 was:
Patricia Low, gallery owner
Juliane von Herz, curator
Phillipe Pirotte, director Museum Kunsthalle Bern

The artists selected were:
Nathaniel Mellors and Tala Madani.

The program is curated by Juliane von Herz.
Please contact her for more information: residency@patricialow.com

Fellows at Maison Jaune since 2007:
Bernhard Martin
Axel Hütte
Christian Ward
Dan Holdsworth
André Butzer
Paula Hayes
Marcel Hüppauff
Tjorg Douglas Beer
Phillip Zaiser
Justin Lieberman
Lauren Beck
Gregor Warzecha

How to get to Gstaad:

By plane to Geneva:
then by train: journey takes about 2+1/2 hours, get a train to Montreux, change and then to Gstaad
 
By car from Geneva:
journey takes about 2 hours. Highway to Lausanne, Vevey, Montreux, exit Aigle. Follow signs to Col du Pillon, Gstaad
 
By plane to Zurich:
then by train: journey takes about 3+1/2 hours get a train to Spiez, change, train to Zweisimmen, change, train to Gstaad

By car from Zurich: journey takes about 2+ 1/2 hours take the highway to Bern, Thun, Spiez, exit at Zweisimmen, follow signs to Saanenland, Zweisimmen, Saanenmöser, Saanen, Gstaad

Check out the train schedules on www.sbb.ch
Use www.map24.com to chart your course
 
Maison Jaune is outside Gstaad in Les Combes. There is a regional train going back and forth to Gstaad 12 times a day.
Timetable regional train (PDF)