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The River Aude Artists Lab

The River Aude Artists Lab is a nonprofit residency and gallery in Quillan, France. Created by artists, for artists.

We support creativity, community, and cross-cultural exchange in the heart of the Aude Valley.

11/09/2026

Quelle belle semaine au Lab !

Nos deux séances de modèle vivant, mardi et jeudi, ont réuni de nouveaux visages et beaucoup de nos habitués. C’est toujours un plaisir de voir autant de styles, d’approches et de regards différents se rencontrer dans l’atelier. Et je repars moi aussi avec quelques nouvelles idées à explorer dans mon travail.

La semaine prochaine, on se retrouve mardi pour le modèle vivant, mais il n’y aura pas de séance jeudi. Je serai à la Biennale de Lyon pour faire le plein d’art et de nouvelles découvertes !

Un grand merci à toutes celles et ceux qui sont venus cette semaine et qui font du Lab un lieu aussi vivant, où l’on peut dessiner, expérimenter, échanger et se retrouver.

À très bientôt au Lab !

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Such an amazing week at the Lab.

Two figure drawing sessions, Tuesday and Thursday, brought out some new artists along with many of our regulars. I love seeing the range of styles, approaches, and ways of looking that come through the studio. I walked away with a few ideas I want to try in my own work too.

Next week, we’re on for Figure Drawing on Tuesday, but no Thursday session. I’ll be away at the Lyon Biennale, taking in as much art as I possibly can.

Thanks to everyone who came out this week and continues to make the Lab such a great place to draw, experiment, and connect.

Hope to see you soon

03/09/2026

Join us • October 2–4, for the Journées Nationales des Artistes 2026!

We’re excited to announce that The River Aude Artists Lab is participating in the 2026 Journées Nationales des Artistes, a nationwide celebration bringing artists and communities together across France on October 2, 3 & 4.

Here in Quillan, we’ll be opening the doors of RAAL for a weekend of artists, demonstrations, workshops, conversations and making together, a chance to come inside, meet artists, see how they work, and take part. The national program itself is built around exhibitions, performances, encounters, workshops and demonstrations.

We’re developing the weekend in partnership with COL·LECTIF, with more details and the full program coming soon.

Join us. Come see what’s happening. Make something. Meet someone. Be part of it.

• The River Aude Artists Lab
• 6 Rue de la Mairie, Quillan
• October 2–4, 2026

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for the full schedule and updates as we get closer.

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03/09/2026

JOIN US!

We’re excited to be taking part in the 9th Journées des Ateliers d’Artistes d’Occitanie, in partnership with COL·LECTIF.

On October 10 & 11, we’ll be opening the doors of The River Aude Artists Lab in Quillan as part of this wonderful weekend celebrating artists, their studios, and creative work across Occitanie.

We’re still putting together the details, but we’re looking forward to welcoming you!

• The River Aude Artists Lab · Quillan
• October 10–11, 2026

Follow us on Facebook & Instagram for more information, updates, and the full program as it comes together.

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27/08/2026

“My canvas cannot keep up with me.”

What a perfect line from an artist who spent a lifetime pushing beyond the edges of one.

Yayoi Kusama never stopped. She kept painting until her final days, still chasing the next idea, the next image, the next infinity.

Rest in peace, Yayoi Kusama.
1929–2026.

24/08/2026

THE REACHING
Oil on canvas
60 × 90 cm
2026

There’s a point where a place becomes something remembered rather than seen.

Available.

20/08/2026

“Wake up, make art, enjoy life.”

That’s how artist and art educator Erica Campbell describes her time at the River Aude Artists Lab this summer.

Erica came to Quillan to make work and spend time working alongside her mentor, artist Gail Borowski Art. She found room to spread out, return to life drawing, experience the rhythm of daily life here, and let her work go somewhere new.

She painted looser. Tried new things. Let some things go.

And maybe that’s the real value of stepping into something different for a while. You give yourself the time and space to see what happens.

As Erica reminds us at the end of the film:

“Just go for it.”

RAAL Artist Residencies 2027
Applications open September 1.

Quillan, France

13/08/2026

Dessin d’après modèle vivant ce soir à Quillan !

Une bonne façon d’échapper à la chaleur et de penser à autre chose qu’à la température pendant quelques heures.

Venez dessiner, boire un verre de vin et profiter d’un moment au frais.

Ce soir · 17h15–19h30
River Aude Artists Lab
6 Rue de la Mairie, Quillan

Tous niveaux bienvenus.

09/08/2026

The River Aude has always been a big fan of artist and printmaker Marie Calmet. She’s wildly inventive, completely original, and always makes us look twice.

Marie is a regular at our figure drawing sessions, but of course she gives it her own twist. Working almost blind, she scratches her figures directly into the silver interior of discarded oat milk cartons, which become her plates.

She takes these little plates home, inks them, and the figure appears.

A discarded carton becomes a printing plate. A fleeting pose becomes a beautiful print.

This is what artists do. They see possibility where the rest of us see something for the tip.

Which is exactly why we love Marie.

06/08/2026

J'espère que vous pourrez vous joindre à nous ce soir (jeudi). Boris sera notre modèle. À très bientôt !

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Hope you can join us tonight (Thursday). Boris will be our model. See you soon!

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Quillan
11500

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