Christine Coste and Cyril Chartier-Poyet, 2021 winners of the Prix Résidence.

Since 2019, C14-Paris has initiated a " Residency Prize Each year's winner receives a "springboard" for creation, enabling him or her to enrich their experience and contacts on the European ceramics scene.

The Résidences La Borne were set up by the ACLB (Association céramique La Borne), which is the privileged artistic partner. The Résidences La Borne are supported by the Communauté de Communes Terres du Haut Berry, the Direction régionale des affaires culturelles Centre-Val de Loire, the Région Centre-Val de Loire and the Département du Cher. The Résidences La Borne are supported by the CCCLB (Centre céramique contemporaine La Borne), which is run by the Communauté de communes Terres du Haut Berry.

The CCCLB and the ACLB de La Borne have decided to partner with C14-PARIS for the year 2020 as part of their Résidence-Tremplin "wood-fired kilns". An extraordinary experience that will greatly stimulate the imagination of contemporary ceramists as they explore new textures, colors and dimensions for their current projects.

Event postponed until 2021, then cancelledto the COVID, the organizers have decided to maintain the award in support of C14-PARIS and its artists.

The jury, composed of Nathalie Mestre(Vice-President of the Communauté de communes Terres du Haut-Berry) of Charlotte Poulsen (Vice-President of the La Borne Ceramic Association), from Tiphanie Dragaut-Lupescu (Artistic and Cultural Manager of the Centre Céramique Contemporaine la Borne, Coordinator of cultural and tourist development for the region), from Laurence Crespin (President of C14-Paris) and Frédéric Bodet(Vice-Chairman of C14-Paris, exhibition curator) held a special meeting on Friday, October 22, 2021 at La Borne, to set up the "Carte blanche à C14-Paris" exhibition and decide on this year's winner (chosen from the Salon 2021 selection, whose catalog can be viewed on the website). online here on the), and this year rewarded not one, but two winners: Cyril Chartier-Poyet and Christine Coste. 

Thanks to the generosity of the Communauté de Communes Terres du Haut-Berry, the artists touched by this choice are offered the opportunity to share in this mythical venue.

Congratulations to both of them, and thank you to Résidences La Borne for providing the skills and structures to stimulate and support the talent of our Salon artists.

Christine Coste and Cyril Chartier-Poyer. Photography: Laurence Crespin