Visual Arts Residencies in Italy

(Re)Create Inc

1199 Ca’ Sarasina, Italy

Name of Residency: (Re)CreateApplications are currently by invitation only, as we are shifting our focus to invite and host artists at risk, refugees, and artists from zones of conflict and war. ​​Artists in residence at (Re)Create have the opportunity to spend their time as they see fit in order to replenish their creative energy, or to fulfill an ambitious project with (Re)Create’s support.Selected artists will have the possibility to reside at Casa Bianca in Castelnuovo Calcea or Venice, Ital

Art Project Graniti

Piazza San Sebastiano, Italy

Name of Residency: Graniti MuralesWe try hard to make Graniti Murales an experience unlike most mural festivals where artists simply arrive, create their work and leave. The residency is designed to encourage a cultural exchange between the artists and the community. The artists bring their talent, vision and outside perspective while the community offers a glimpse of small town Sicilian life nestled within a picturesque mountain-scape, showcasing their food, culture and incredible hospitality.A

Creative Art Farm in Italy APS

Strada Provinciale 326 Est n.44, Italy

Name of Residency: CAFI Art ResidencyCreative Art Farm (CAFI APS) offre due tipologie di residenze artistiche immersive nella campagna toscana: una Residenza Breve (10 giorni) e una Residenza Lunga (1 mese). Entrambi i programmi sono pensati per artisti visivi e multimediali che desiderano tempo, spazio e una guida curatoriale per sviluppare o perfezionare un corpus di opere in un tranquillo ambiente rurale.Gli artisti ceramisti sono benvenuti, sebbene lo studio non disponga di un forno*. Entra

CRETA Rome: ceramics residencies exhibitions teaching & the arts

via dei Delfini, Italy

Name of Residency: Artist in Residence @ CRETA Romec.r.e.t.a. rome offers self-funded residencies to ceramicists, visual artists and writers for periods ranging from 4 weeks to 3 months. The residency fee covers space in a semi-private equipped studio in the historical center of Rome, technical assistance in procuring materials for artists’s work, use of our equipment, plus a final closing show of works made during the residency period.We also have a second studio in the countryside near the lak

Dentro La Terra

Vicolo Angelieri 2, Italy

Dentro La Terra offers a residency programme where creators, writers, researchers and thinkers from various disciplines can stay for short or longer periods, depending on their needs and availability, either alone or as small collectives, to find the time, space and a serene atmosphere for their creation and to propose initiatives engaging local and global communities.The residency programme is hosted in the village of Arielli (+/- 1,100 inhabitants) nestled in the Central-Italian region of Abru

ExtrArtis, Artists Residencies for Creative Economy

Via Fuorimura 9, Italy

Name of Residency: ExtrArtisExtrArtis identifica l’ambiente costruito come un laboratorio in cui declinare una nuova prosperità inclusiva che riguarda l’inscindibilità tra i luoghi ei suoi abitanti. ExtrArtis organizza approcci partecipativi per accompagnare le comunità nella transizione culturale del nostro tempo, stimolandole attraverso l’arte a guardare al patrimonio culturale con responsabilità ed educando le persone all’adattabilità dei contesti in qualità di depositari della memoria collet

Fienile Fluò

Via Paderno, Italy

Given the nature of the location, immersed in the beautiful setting of the Bolognese hills, and the fact it is equipped with a theatre and the possibility to host guests in the guest quarters, we wish to dedicate ourselves to developing and implementing our artistic residency programme. Since 2007, the year of our opening of Fienile Fluò we hosted productions and creative and experimental periods for Italian artists. In 2013 Fienile Fluò Crexida began a scheme to develop international artistic r

Florìda

piazzetta dei fregoso 2R, Italy

Name of Residency: Florìda Air-ProgramFlorìda aims to create a welcoming and friendly atmosphere that promotes social interaction, cooperation, and mutual respect among guests. Its philosophy is based on celebrating the diversity and differences brought in by each individual and using them to create a unique and enjoyable experience. To achieve this, the hosts encourage traditional and innovative approaches and foster experimentation based on contemporary art practices, cross-cultural dialogue,

Fondazione Pistoletto Cittadellarte

Via G.B. Serralunga 27, Italy

Name of Residency: UNIDEE residency programsIn 1999 Michelangelo Pistoletto founded Fondazione Pistoletto Cittadellarte’s programme of artists’ residencies for art and social transformation. The programme is open to artists and professionals from all over the world and it aims at providing instruments for “artivators”, i.e. subjects working at the boundaries between artistic practices, processes of social change and collaborations with communities external to the art world, weaving together mome

Gate 44

via privata treviso 21, Italy

Name of Residency: Gate 44 artist’ residenciesGate44 residencies celebrate cultural and artistic diversity and foster connections within the global creative community.We offer production-focused residencies for visual artists, designers, and creatives of all backgrounds and experience levels. Our professional studio is fully equipped for large-scale etching, screen printing, relief printing, lithography, bookmaking, and metalworking.Our mission is to support artists in exploring new techniques a

Name of Residency: Glosolì International Residency for ArtistsGlosolì is a residency dedicated to creation and choreography, mainly dance/music shows and performances related to the cultural métissage and exchange, but also a place open to performers, yoga practitioners, visual artists, video artists, photographers, contemporary artists, musicians, actors, new media and for art social projects. The artistic committee cooperates with “Glosolì” cultural association whose aims are the merging of di

Homestead Hospitality

Vicolo alla Motta, Italy

Name of Residency: LESArtistsAPPLICATIONS FOR 2026 ARE NOW CLOSED.LESArtists is a 1 month spring artists residency on Lake Maggiore in Italy’s northern Piedmont region. The resident artist will be hosted, free of charge, at one of our properties on Lake Maggiore.LESArtists is a residency that creates space for international artists to find inspiration, develop their craft, build community and connect with the natural landscape and culture of Italy.Explore the iconic islands and lakeside promenad

La Macina di San Cresci

Pieve di San Cresci 1, Italy

Artist residency  covers a program based on the personal project proposal presented by the artist and consist of sojourning from 7 to 90 days . We operate all year-round welcoming artists of all ages and nationalities. Resident artists are at various stages in their careers and work in all media. The centre offers the opportunity to work alone, or together with other creative people from other countries, developing and interchanging concise ideas on contemporary art and culture. Our facilities a

Nature, Art & Habitat Residency: An ECO-Laboratory of Multidisciplinary Practice Taleggio Valley, Italian Alps

sottochiesa 161, Italy

Name of Residency: Nature, Art & Habitat ResidencyThe Nature, Art & Habitat Residency: An ECO-Laboratory of Multidisciplinary Practice, located in the Taleggio Valley near Bergamo, Italy, is a summer program that aims to unfold and display a sensitive culture that responds to nature’s needs and uses nature’s insights as a source of inspiration and as measure of impacts on available resources. The ultimate goal of NAHR is to uncover intimate links between all living organisms in order to support

Name of Residency: Palazzo MontiPalazzo Monti, launched in March 2017, is an Artist Residency program located in an eight centuries old palazzo in the city of Brescia, Italy. The project is completely independent from any institutions and funded by the Monti family. Artists are selected anonymously by the Board whose members are based in New York, London, Seoul, Paris and Brescia. The program is open to all international artists and offers the opportunity to explore different mediums. The reside

PigPrints – Printmaking Residency in Milan

Via Monte San Genesio 13, Italy

Name of Residency: Pigprints residencyPigPrints residency programs offer experienced and less experienced printmakers an opportunity to live and work in Milan for a period of time that can go from a minimum of one week to a maximum of 1 month.Artists have unlimited 24/7 access to a workshop fully equipped for all intaglio techniques and are accommodated in a private studio/bedroom next to the workshop. A fully equipped kitchen with all the facilities is available night and day. Wi-fi is availabl

Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice

Cannaregio 1798, Italy

Name of Residency: Venice Artist ResidenciesThroghout the year, the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica organizes Independent and Guided Studio Residencies→   for established and emerging artist, as well as for art enthusiasts.Our resident artists have 7 days a week access to our fully equipped and extensive studios and print-workshop in the central area of Cannaregio. The studios are wheelchair accessible. You can view a video of our facilities→ or book a virtual visit of the Scuola→The resident a

The Bottega Projects

Via Galluzzi Fausto, Italy

Name of Residency: Montebuono Artist ResidencyThe Bottega Projects Artist Residency allows time and space for artists and scholars to continue their research in the town of Montebuono, Italy. The house, built in 1595, is in the center of the small medieval town, a few minutes from a grocery store, pharmacy, bar, restaurant, bank, and post office; and just an hour train ride from Rome. It consists of two bedrooms, kitchen, bath, studio space, and a reading/writing room for individual or collabora

The Museum of Loss and Renewal

Via Collemacchia 17, Italy

Name of Residency: Individual Residency Programme, Group Residency ProgrammesThe Museum of Loss and Renewal Residency Programmes offer individual residencies, and thematic group residencies which are designed to support research, exchange, co-learning and/or the development of new work.In Italy, Individual Residencies and Group Residencies are located in the small village of Collemacchia where Tracy’s family has lived for hundreds of years, situated in a protected area of exceptional significanc

Viafarini

Fabbrica del Vapore, Italy

Name of Residency: VIR Viafarini-in-residenceProgramma VIR Viafarini in residenzaIl programma VIR Viafarini-in-residence è organizzato a Milano, in Italia, dal 2008 dall’Associazione Viafarini, associazione no-profit fondata nel 1991, con l’obiettivo di promuovere la ricerca artistica. Parallelamente al programma di residenza, Viafarini organizza un centro di documentazione e un archivio portfolio presso il centro culturale Fabbrica del Vapore.Il programma VIR Viafarini-in-residence è organizzat