About

Documents d'artistes Centre-Loire Valley supports artists by documenting their work throughout their career. Dedicated to artists based in the Centre-Loire Valley region, Documents d'artistes is a digital resource at the service of a territory. Working in synergy with other structures dedicated to the visual arts, it contributes to the development of the regional art scene and raises awareness among all publics.

The creation of a support and documentation tool dedicated to the work of artists based in the Centre-Loire Valley region was requested by artists, visual arts professionals, and cultural project leaders from other sectors (education, health, heritage, businesses... ). The chosen model was based on the one developed since 1999 by Documents d’Artistes, which is already implemented in seven regions: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bretagne, Réunion, Occitania, and Geneva. From 2020 to 2023, the regional network devenir·art and the Documents d’artistes Network jointly conducted the preliminary work for the Documents d’artistes Centre-Loire Valley project.

• Monographic editorialization of the work of referenced artists, corresponding to a precise documentary method and principles of work presentation that guarantees quality, rigor and evolution, and is recognized by art professionals.

• The possibility of building a visibility that creates professional opportunities and generates contacts in the field (public meetings, studio visits, critical accompaniment, documentation of work through original editorial productions, highlighting specific regional features, documentation training for art school students and artists... ).

Working alongside artists, Documents d'artistes contributes to the discovery, promotion and development of the artistic scene in Centre-Loire Valley, by offering a knowledge tool for all audiences. With its documentary database, Documents d'artistes Centre-Loire Valley will progressively produce a panorama of the region's contemporary creation, and generate contacts with professionals through actions in the field. The aim is to make documented artists visible and put them in contact with professionals who can support the development of their practice, whether they be critics, theorists, curators or presenters active on a regional, national and international scale.

As part of the documents d'artistes Network, Documents d'artistes Centre-Loire Valley participates in the federation's collective projects, and benefits from partnerships developed to promote the visibility and influence of its members and local artists.

The specialized and responsive team advises artists on building a tool for representing and disseminating their work. This ongoing collaboration provides genuine professional support throughout their careers.

• Cindy Daguenet, director
  info@dda-cvl.org - +33.6.10.82.38.42

• Pauline Stein, web editor and communications manager
  pauline@dda-cvl.org

Head office : CCC OD, Jardin François 1er 37000 Tours, France
Postal adress : 10 place Choiseul 37100 Tours, France

Documents d’artistes Centre-Loire Valley is a non-profit association law 1901 created in Tours in december 2022 with active members :

• Co-presidentes, Ingrid Luche (artist and teacher at Ensa Bourges) and Francine Méoule (art historian, member of AICA, author of art books for the Enrico Navarra gallery, former cultural diplomat in Asia);

• Treasurer, Bernard Calet (artist, Tours);

• Secretary, Stéphanie Bros (Executive assistant & office manager for the Galeries Lafayette & Motier Ventures group);

• Administrator, Gunther Ludwig (art critic and teacher at the École Supérieure d'Art et de Design Orléans).

• Administrator, Isabelle Reiher (general director of the IAC, Villeurbanne);

• Honorary member, Christine Finizio (co-founder of Documents d’artistes and director of Documents d’Artistes Bretagne); 

• Conception and web development, Silex Taille Numérique, Marseille.

  • Marine Quiniou, project manager

  • Samuel Rivers-Moore, developer

• Graphic designer - Super Terrain, founded in 2014, the Studio is based in Nantes and Marseille :

  • Quentin Bodin

  • Luc de Fouquet

  • Lucas Meyer

• Server outsourcing, L-U-M-I, Brest :

  • Gaël Moissonnier

Documents d'artistes Centre-Loire Valley is a member of Documents d'artistes Network, federation of associations Documents d'artistes in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Bretagne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Réunion, Occitania, Geneva (Switzerland), Caraïbes and Amazonies.

Founded in 2011, the Documents d’artistes Network implements initiaves to support artists in their careers and foster professional collaborations. Through literary and film commissions, studio visits, public events, and the forging of professional partnerships, the Documents d’artistes Network works to elevate regional art scenes to a position of national and international visibility and influence. It also implements initiatives to support artists in the development of their art, and to promote professional collaboration. Its website currently showcases over 800 artists reseau-dda.org.

The Documents d’artistes Network is a collaborative and contributory workspace uniting member Documents d'artistes associations around a charter and the rules of practice. It guarantees the proper usage of the designation “Documents d’artistes” and of the work methods linked to the digital documentation of art developed by its founding members. It is a shared resource maintained and developed by its members and enriched by the distinctive nature of the work done in each region.

As a member of CIPAC, a federation of contemporary art professionals, the Documents d'artistes Network participates in sector consultations and thus ensures the recognition of artists' work and the evolution of professional environment in which they operate.

• Claire Henry, coordinator
  info@reseau-dda.org

• Documents d'artistes PACA

• Documents d'artistes Bretagne

• Documents d'artistes Auvergne Rhône-Alpes

• Documents d'artistes Nouvelle-Aquitaine

• Documents d'artistes La Réunion

• Documents d'artistes Occitania

• Documents d'artistes Geneva

• Documents d'artistes Caraïbes and Amazonies

Once a year, a call for applications is sent to visual artists in the Centre-Val de Loire region, with no restrictions based on age, medium, career level, or training. Following this call, a selection committee meets and chooses ten artists to be included in the collection the following year.

The selection committee is composed of professionals recognized for their expertise and involvement in the field of contemporary art. This committee is renewed annually to ensure the eclecticism of the collection.

• Living and working in Centre-Loire Valley ;

• Carry out a professional artistic activity for more than 3 years;

• Working in the field of contemporary art;

• To have a production sufficiently committed to allow for documentation to be produced.

Artists wishing to be included in the documentary collection submit their applications in response to an annual call for submissions. The application consists of a portfolio showcasing their work. The next call for applications will be issued in 2027. To receive it, please subscribe to our (french) newsletter : subscribe here.

• 2024 – Camille de Singly (Documents d’artistes Nouvelle-Aquitaine's founder, curator and art historian), Vanina Andréani (in charge of the exhibition and collection department at FRAC Pays de la Loire), Éric Degoutte (Les Tanneries art center's director, in Amilly), Alexia Guggémos (art critic, journalist and digital sociologist), Patrice Moreau (Issoudun Museum's director), Marie-Anita Gaube (artist) and Anne-Laure Chamboissier (curator and art historian).

• 2025 – Élodie Stroecken (in charge of exhibitions and international relations at CCC OD, in Tours), Paul Pouvreau (artist), Sébastien Gazeau (Documents d'artistes Nouvelle-Aquitaine's director), Léa Bismuth (author, art critic, exhibition curator and teacher), Gabrielle Carron (author, art critic and also founder and editor-in-chief of Microcosmic, a cultural and feminist magazine), Diane Pigeau (L’Antre-Peaux art center's art director, in Bourges) and Gilles Rion (Foundation of Doubt's director, in Blois).

• 2026 – Madeleine Mathé (Confort Moderne art center's director, in Poitiers), Gatien Du Bois (Fontevraud Museum of Modern Art's project manager), Léah Geay (web editor at Documents d'artistes Bretagne), Cécile Le Talec (artist) and Massinissa Selmani (artist).

Documents d'artistes Centre-Loire Valley receives of the cultural ministry’s D.R.A.C Centre-Val de Loire and the Centre-Loire Valley region and the city of Tours.

Documents d'artistes Centre-Loire Valley receives the exceptional partnership of the Galeries Lafayette group.

Documents d'artistes Centre-Loire Valley is a member of devenir·art.

Created in 2018, devenir·art – visual arts network in Centre-Loire Valley, brings together all the sector's professionals in the region. It joins up and represents legal and natural persons who work in the field of visual arts or have an interest in its issues, in order to achieve better consideration of them in public policies.

Based on the commitment of its members, which is embodied in working groups, its actions, implemented in the territories, aim to promote mutual understanding and intra/intersectoral dialogues. As a resource tool, it disseminates professional information while ensuring respect for good practices and the interests of the actors who make up its ecosystem.

As a representative of the sector, devenir·art showcases artists and their work, as well as organizations and their programming, to audiences in the region and beyond. The network is committed to promoting and showcasing the diversity of its members' artistic practices by fostering collaboration and making their projects accessible to everyone.

Postal adress : 10 place Choiseul 37100 Tours, France
Mail : coordination@devenir.art - +33.6.24.51.21.28
Website : http://devenir.art