The contemporary creation fund
The Contemporary Creation Fund of the Cité internationale de la tapisserie was established ten years ago through the initiative of the elected officials of the Syndicat Mixte of the Cité, who are committed to the future of Aubusson tapestry a craftsmanship inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Calls for creation
A Regional Fund for the creation of contemporary tapestries was established in 2010. It is supported by the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the Departmental Council of Creuse, and the Creuse-Grand-Sud Community of Communes.
Delegated Editions
Delegated publishing is a form of public-private partnership between the Cité and a gallery, which is responsible for designing and marketing a collection intended to be produced in multiple copies, with the prototypes returning to the Cité's collections.
Patronage commissions
The Cité de la tapisserie commissions patronage to significant artists, emerging creators from the young French scene, to bring into its collections designs for future tapestries, whose weavings will then join the collections of the Cité de la tapisserie.
Carré d’Aubusson
The "Carré d’Aubusson" collection aims to initiate and produce a series of contemporary tapestry works, designed for living spaces and decorative purposes, with a square surface area of approximately 3.5 m² (1.84 m x 1.84 m), in close collaboration with galleries.
The digital stitch of Aubusson
The result of research by a traditional weaver on a Jacquard loom, this digital and mechanical weaving process is unique. The digital treatment for scaling and adapting the original design (one pixel for one weave stitch) to a mechanized loom allows the digital design to replace the traditional cartoon, facilitating remote work.
