Call for Proposals: Culture and Health 2026–2027
DRAC Centre-Val de Loire / ARS
France
Application deadline
Description of the open call
This program encourages and promotes the presence of artists in healthcare settings and provides access to culture for individuals receiving care in healthcare and medical-social institutions.
Eligibility requirements
Who can submit an application?
- A health or medical-social institution or service under the administrative and funding authority of the ARS
- A Local Health Contract (CLS)
In partnership with:
- A cultural organization
- and/or an independent professional artist.
Eligibility criteria:
Submitted projects must:
- Establish genuine partnerships. Projects must demonstrate genuine collaboration and joint development, involving partners in their respective fields from the project’s design through its implementation and evaluation. With this in mind, we encourage you to set aside time for meetings prior to the project’s launch, for example in the form of one or more days during which the artist(s) immerse themselves in the organization’s environment.
- Be structured as a project
- Enable the active involvement and/or participation of the organization’s users and/or staff. Projects must include at least 20 hours of activities with participants. In the case of a project with a regional reach involving multiple institutions in the same initiative, a minimum of 10 hours of activities with participants in each institution is required.
- Propose a form of presentation or showcase for the project.
Offered support
The request for financial support must be at least €1,500 and may not exceed 60% of the total cost of the project. It is the responsibility of the institutions and/or cultural partners to cover the remaining costs of the project using their own funds and/or contributions from other partners (sponsorships, local governments, etc.).
Project duration
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Project start and end dates
Year 2027 (through June 2028)
Contact for more information
Clémence Vaillant
+33 6 70 41 26 00
coordination@reseau-cs-cvl.com