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Co-Living for Creatives Programme

Our 3 week long creative residencies

UPCOMING DATES:

2nd - 23rd April 2025 - Creative Residency with Guest Artist Supermundane

4th to 25th June 2025 - Creative Residency with Guest Artists Abi & Rupert aka RUDE

3rd - 24th August - Creative Residency with Guest Maker Victor Pedrosa of Rescued Clay

2nd - 23rd September 2025 - Creative Residency with Guest Artist Rob Ryan

October 2025 - Creative Residency with Guest Artist Gary Parselle aka Private Press

The Mill France is excited to be collaborating with so many fantastic artists and makers as part of our Co- Living for Creatives Residential programme for 2025. The programme runs from April through to November. Each residency is 3 weeks in duration.*

Our Residencies are an opportunity for individual creatives, artist collectives and collaborators to come together to work on their projects alongside a Celebrated Guest Artist - who will run a workshop or two sharing their expertise & knowledge in their specific practise. We welcome anyone who is called to be creative- no previous experience is necessary come with an idea or be inspired by your surroundings and create in response to the environment around you!

The unique venue and the landscape it sits in, will undoubtedly inspire, allowing your creativity and imagination to flow.

Removed from distractions of everyday life, this is an immersive opportunity to develop new ideas and be devoted solely to cultivating your own artistic projects.

• there is a 2 week option available but as everyone who has ever visited The Mill will tell you… ‘2 weeks is just not long enough!!!’

About the programme

This residency will appeal to artists - painting/ printmaking ceramicists, sculptors, land artists, writers, poets, choreographers, photographers, musicians, thespians, comedians and anyone who wants to BE a creative!

All residents will have access to:

• The 120sqm Ceramic & Print Art studio

• Electric & gas-fired Raku Kiln*

• Albion Royal printing press

• The Flour Store - Our dedicated exhibition/performance/event studio (110sqm)

• Our Salon Reception room with projector facilities for movie nights.

• Our inspiring Library full of inspirational Art & Architecture, fiction & self development books. And a ridiculous amount of cookery books! The library is our quiet WIFI free room where you can cozy down for reading, writing and getting inspired

• Writing desks in all rooms and communal spaces

• Yoga mats

• Bicycles

• Ample outside space to draw/paint/ make /eat

• River swims on the doorstep, for the daily dip!

• Outdoor bath and showers

• Large fully equipped communal kitchen & an outdoor BBQ

• A plethora of local hikes for all levels of walkers, with inspiring landscape and picturesque villages

• Access to washing machine

Booking

There are 6 single occupancy rooms on each residency.

(if you are a couple and wish to book double occupancy, choose that option on our booking form. Partner cost is 30% less for second person )

Choose your preferred residency month from the above list.

Complete the short contact form, with your room choice / lenght of stay & we will send you a confirmation email with payment info.

Everyone has access to the large communal kitchen on the ground floor, as well as the salon reception room (with projector), and library room on the first floor. The entire Mill has a floor space of over 1,000 sq mtrs and two acres of beautiful land – so plenty of room for everyone. View available rooms and book below.

Most rooms share WC & Shower room with one other guest.

Eating and local amenities

Once a week your host and fellow Artist & Writer Nathalie, will cook up a communal feast!

Day to day, you have the choice to cook together in the shared kitchen or eat as you wish. The local village is a 5-minute walk where there is also a boulangerie, lunchtime restaurant and a shop. The large supermarket is a 5-minute drive and the town of Millau is a 10-minute drive. There are regular buses and a train 3 times a day into MIllau. Nathalie does a once a week super market run and there is a very authentic traditional producers market in Millau every Friday.

Costs

Your 3 week stay will cost between 1200€ - 1350€ depending on room option.

Let us know if you are a couple and required shared occupancy (the partner rate is 30% less than the single occupancy rate)

This includes the use of the Art Studio/ Printing Press/ Communal Kitchen/ The Flour Store - our event/performance/exhibition space, The Salon, The Library and all the external spaces. The Cost also includes a welcome Dinner, & a weekly group feast cooked by Nathalie.

*Note food is not included, apart from the once a week feast cooked by Nathalie cooking is usually shared amongst the residency participants. Nathalie will drive you to the supermarket for a big shop once a week. There is also a smaller local supermarket, boulangerie, lunch time restaurant and a pizza restaurant in the local village, a 10 minute walk from the Mill.

*See below for a list of what’s not included in the costs.

Funding Opportunities 

We have made every effort to make our Co Living Programme as financially accessible as possible for everyone.

Should you require some help to make a stay with us possible and work alongside other artists of various mediums, you can consider some of the following options: 

For UK Residents:

Arts Council funding to 'Develop your Creative Practice'

https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/dycp

Consider short term renting out of your UK Studio here https://mystoodio.com/

Search for local grants/funding from your local council

Other places to search for funding:

Artist Trust:

https://artisttrust.org/resources/list-of-national-funding-for-individual-artists-by-discipline/

Arts Council:

https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/dycp

Art Rabbit:

https://www.artrabbit.com/  

Go Fund Me:

Consider setting up a crowdfunding campaign to raise funding for your stay

https://www.gofundme.com/create/fundraiser/category

Please note any funding must be in place at least 60 days prior to arrival

What’s Not Included:

Your travel to and from The Mill is not included

Your travel / holiday insurance is not included. Please ensure you take out your own insurance policy

Your Food & drink is not included - barring the welcome meal & the weekly feast cooked by Nathalie

Your materials required for art works are not included.

*note you can order what you need in advance to be delivered to The Mill if you want to

There are additional costs fro electric kiln firing/ clay/ glazes/ gas for the raku kiln

Airport Transfers are not included, but offered at an additional cost. pick up from Beziers or Montpellier or Rodez Airports or train stations is 60 - 80 Euro per person

Collection from Millau Train/ Bus Station is free of charge

T&Cs:

We require payment in full to secure your booking (if you need to split your payment and pay in 2 parts let us know).

100% refundable minus 50€ admin fee: 90+ days before arrival date

75% refundable: 89 - 60 days prior to arrival date

50% refundable: 59 - 31 days prior to arrival date

0% refundable: 30 - 0 days days prior to arrival date. Note: If we are able to fill your spot at short notice you will be fully refunded minus 150€ admin fee). You may also transfer your place to a friend/ family member