Villa Filanda Antonini launches Open Call 2024 to select 1-2 European artists to reside at the villa next fall. The residencies, two months each, are funded and supported entirely by the Culture Moves Europe program.

Culture Moves Europe provides mobility grants for artists legally residing in one of the 40 Creative Europe countries, and willing to develop a project in another Creative Europe country. Culture Moves Europe is fully funded by the European Union and is implemented by the Goethe-Institut.

 

INFO

Deadline: Sunday 21 April 2024, 11.59 PM (CET).

Who: Culture Moves Europe & Villa Filanda Antonini.

Where: Villa Filanda Antonini, Via Montegrappa 25, 31020 Villorba, Italy.

To whom: European Artist non-residing in Italy.

When: 70 consecutive days, from September 12 to November 23, 2024.

How: The art residency is fully funded and supported by the European Union grant.

To apply: It is necessary to upload the curriculum vitae, portfolio, and letter of intent on the predefined Form.

Winner announcement:Due to the large number of applications received the judging process is ongoing. The date of announcement of the winners is postponed to early June. The announcement will be made in early June.

 

WHAT IS THE RESIDENCY PROJECT ABOUT?

VFA invites the artists to explore the surrounding area and create projects that have social repercussions, as well as employing site-responsive strategies capable of engaging with the local community, both through artworks and workshops. Artists will be asked to learn from the place by developing practices drawing on traditional techniques, knowledge, and/or transforming local materials (including waste from agricultural and/or industrial production). The goal is to facilitate the transfer of values and the mapping of local knowledge through the artistic process.

The Open Call closed on Sunday, April 21, 2024, 11:59 a.m. (CET). Applications received after this deadline will not be accepted.