CERCCO provides a workspace within its workshops as well as access to a wide range of technical and artistic resources, allowing residents to work independently from September to December while benefiting from the center’s expertise.

The residency is open to professional artists, designers, architects, and ceramists:

• with at least two years of professional practice after completing their studies
• who wish to develop a project in ceramics (research, production, experimentation)

The proposed project must be feasible in the CERCCO workshops and include a research phase followed by independent production.

Residents have free access to:

• Ceramics workshops
• Casting workshop
• Rapid prototyping tools
• A printer equipped with the Ceramic-Laser-Copy-System
• Technical and artistic support
• A workspace within the shared spaces

Residents also receive a production allowance of CHF 4,000 for the purchase of raw materials and supplies and to cover firing costs.

Other expenses (travel, accommodation, and meals) are the residents’ responsibility.

Within one month of the end of the residency, residents must:

• provide the head of CERCCO with a research report including professional photographic documentation and a description of the completed project, for publication on the HEAD website and/or social media;
• systematically include the following credit line whenever the works are published: “Produced at CERCCO, HEAD – Genève.”

Applications open: January 2027
Application deadline: mid-March 2027

Applicants must email the following to cercco.head@hesge.ch as a single file (max. 8 MB):

• the application form
• a project description (max. 2 pages)
• a portfolio (max. 10 pages)

Applications are reviewed by a jury made up of HEAD – Genève teaching staff and CERCCO team members. The final decision is made by the HEAD – Genève management.

For any inquiries, please contact the CERCCO team: cercco.head@hesge.ch