Artistic research at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles
What does research mean in a conservatoire – what is its role, what are its challenges?
Through its final dissertation, advanced Master's degree, Doctorate in Arts and Art Sciences, and collective and individual projects carried out in various departments (particularly under the auspices of FrArt), the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles supports and develops a broad and diverse range of practices, reflections and activities related to artistic and educational research.
This innovative and original research is proposed by and for teachers and students, and supports them throughout their studies. It shares a common focus on questioning artistic and pedagogical practices, and invites us to (re)define methodologies based on a dialogue between the arts and sciences. These methodologies can lead to the development of new approaches and the choice of media and languages through which the questions can be explored in depth and expressed in contemporary forms of interpretation, creation or transmission.
While research activities, an essential component of any artistic practice, take on lively and varied forms at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, they are nevertheless linked by a common thread, placing curiosity, encounters and critical thinking – all necessary elements when seeking to offer up-to-date approaches to interpretation, creation or transmission, and to put research at the service of artistic and educational practice.
Every year, Curiosity Days showcase various research projects carried out by students and teachers, giving them public visibility in the form of artistic performances, presentations and opportunities for discussion.
FrART: call for artistic research projects
Every year, FRArt, the Art Research Fund, in association with the FNRS, awards grants for artistic research projects. Its purpose is to finance art research projects carried out by individual or collective artist-researchers, outside of any doctoral programme, and to finance artistic production.
A call for applications is launched each year in June, with a deadline for applications at the end of October within the ESAs, and a deadline at the end of January for projects supported by a school to be submitted to the FNRS.
Grants are awarded at the end of April for activities to start in June, for a period of 12 to 24 months.
Practical information and details of the procedure can be found in the Mini-Guide and the Regulations on the website: https://www.frs-fnrs.be/fr/financements-resp/frart.
If you wish to submit a project, please do so before 31 October to the management of the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels (direction@conservatoire.be).