Photo : ©Barbara Wildenboer, Atlas, 2019
Paper Routes
As part of its 10th anniversary celebration, L’AiR Arts presents Paper Routes, an exhibition bringing together former residents and highlighting the association’s founding values, rooted in creating connections through art, while paying tribute to collective resilience and determination. Thank you for enriching the L’AiR Arts journey and contributing to the growth of our international community.
Atelier 11 (Paris 15th)
About
Celebrating 10 Years of L’AiR Arts
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of L’AiR Arts, we celebrate a decade of international exchange, artistic research, and connection. What began as a small residency has gradually developed into an international community, continuing the 150-year history of Atelier 11, Cité Falguière, a place where artists can live, work, and exchange ideas.
Over the last decade, L’AiR Arts has hosted more than 220 artists and cultural professionals from over 60 countries. Through our residency program and public programming, we continue to foster exchange across borders, contributing to the history of Atelier 11 and the broader legacy of Montparnasse as a site for artistic exchange. We are deeply moved by the artistic practices that have developed through our programs, as well as the lasting friendships that continue to spread across the globe.
Paper Routes
Paper Routes brings together artists from the L’AiR Arts alumni network at Atelier 11, and traces the links between artists, places, and ideas that have been woven within the residency over the last decade. Presented within the historic walls of Atelier 11, Paper Routes is co-curated by L’AiR Arts alumni Juan Hinojosa and Clare Patrick, and is accompanied by a public program of workshops led by former residents.
The works gathered here bear witness to varied artistic practices, histories, and ways of life, but share a common material that has long allowed ideas to circulate across distances. Paper can hold the trace of a moment, preserve a memory, travel from one place to another, and pass from one person to another. In this sense, the works become both traces of individual journeys and elements of a vast network of exchange. Like the artists whose influence crosses continents and generations, paper also connects people and places through time and distance. Light enough to cross borders, yet durable enough to carry a lifetime of ideas, it can be compared to a home or a studio that one carries with them. It can be folded, layered, marked, transformed, transported, and preserved. As artists have traced their paths to and from Paris, paper has remained a recurring material with infinite possibilities: malleable, resilient, and capable of holding memory while being continuously transformed.
The title Paper Routes evokes these movements: the paths that artists take across places and communities, the paths that ideas travel between individuals, and the journeys that works undertake beyond the studio. Gathered at Atelier 11, these works create a temporary meeting place between different geographies, generations, and artistic practices.
This exhibition is also a fundraiser intended to support the preservation of the site and its artistic heritage, as well as the residency programs and public cultural programming led by L’AiR Arts. Thank you for helping us keep this history alive and enduring!
Atelier 11 Souvenirs
Accompanied by a series of events led by our alumni, this exhibition invites you to participate in hands-on workshops (in English). Join us to create your own Atelier 11 souvenir and leave with a work that is uniquely yours!
- Drawing workshop and conversation: Paper as Timekeeper
15 Nov, 3-5pm
Please note, this workshop takes place at Reid Hall / Columbia Global Paris Centre.
- Relief printmaking workshop and guided walk: Good Impressions
18 Nov, 3-7pm
- Painting workshop: Seeping - A Natural Pigment Zine on Hanji and Silk
19 Nov, 3-5pm
- Charcoal rubbing workshop: Frottage
20 Nov, 3-5pm
This anniversary program is part of Montparnasse International, the new L’AiR Arts initiative that explores the legacy of the École de Paris as a model for intercultural exchange, international collaboration, and solidarity.
Our take on this event
Step into the storied walls of a historic Montparnasse studio, where a decade of creative exchange is being celebrated through the infinite possibilities of paper. This exhibition gathers artists from around the world to show how a simple, portable material can map personal journeys and weave a global network of ideas.
The exhibition Paper Routes lands at Atelier 11 in the 15th arrondissement to mark ten years of international artistic exchange led by L’AiR Arts. From November 17 to November 21, 2026, explore works by former residents who have utilized paper as a medium for memory and cultural connectivity. This versatile material acts as a bridge between different geographies and generations. Located at 11 Cité Falguière, the exhibition is free to attend, offering a unique look into the enduring creative legacy of this historical studio space.
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, L’AiR Arts presents Paper Routes at Atelier 11, a location with 150 years of artistic heritage in Paris. Curated by former residents Juan Hinojosa and Clare Patrick, the exhibition highlights the connections formed within this residence over the last decade. By using paper as a shared material, the artists demonstrate how ideas travel across borders and time. This event also serves as a fundraiser to help preserve the studio and support future public programming and residencies.
The exhibition is open to the public from Tuesday, November 17, to Saturday, November 21, 2026, between 17:00 and 19:00. Alongside the main display, a series of workshops led by alumni invites visitors to participate in hands-on sessions to create their own mementos of the site. These activities are part of the Montparnasse International initiative, which explores the legacy of the École de Paris as a model for intercultural collaboration. Admission is free for all attendees.
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