Artist/designer residencies
The National School of Art and Design of Limoges regularly welcomes, through calls for projects or by invitation, artists and designers wishing to develop a research-creation project within the school. It thus makes its studios, technical, logistical, and human resources available to them. Residents can experiment, design, and develop a prototype or create a unique piece.
Project-based residency:
Each year, Ensad publishes a call for applications to select two residents whose project meets the school's research concerns.
In 2025, artists Anaïs Lapel and Bryan Gicqueaux are invited to join the school for a 2-3 month residency. Each will also offer a week-long workshop to students, in order to foster exchanges between students and professionals.
• Anaïs LAPEL
Anaïs Lapel is an established visual and sound artist, she was born in Verdun (Meuse) and lives in Nantes.
She is hosted as an artist in residence at the School from October 6, 2025 to January 16, 2026 in the publishing-printing workshop.
• Bryan GIQUEAUX
A graduate of a DSAA in industrial design, he divides his time between industrial design and practicing ceramics on the wheel in his workshop in Beaujolais.
He is hosted as an artist in residence at the School from October 1 to December 19, 2025 in the porcelain workshop.
A new call for applications will be published on the school's website at the beginning of 2026.
Residence by invitation:
Every year since 2017, POPatelier Bijou has invited an international artist into residence.
• In 2024, David Bielander, a Swiss artist based in Munich, is invited to work in the studio and to exchange ideas with the students, particularly within the framework of the Charivari workshop.
• In 2025, Manon van Kouswijk, a Dutch-Australian artist living and working in Melbourne, was invited.
PAUSE Residence:
In 2022-2023, Ensad Limoges has also chosen to welcome a Russian ceramic artist, Daniil Antropov, as part of PAUSE, a national emergency program which supports researchers and artists who can no longer work in their country and are forced into exile due to wars, social persecution or censorship in particular.
