Créart'UP 2026-2027

Application deadline: 01/07/2026

Run by the Maison étudiante de la Ville de Paris, Créart’UP provides annual support for students and recent graduates (less than two years old) from Paris and the Île-de-France region wishing to develop an artistic or cultural project and gain professional experience in the arts and culture sector.

Eligible fields are: music, theater, dance, visual arts, audiovisual, design, fashion, performance, digital cultural projects, and more broadly all innovative artistic and cultural projects.

What Créart’UP offers

The 13 winning projects will benefit from

  • group support led by professionals;
  • individualized support to develop their project;
  • production as part of the Créart’UP festival;
  • opportunities to meet players in the Paris cultural sector.

Further information and application form

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