13 Nov 2023

Residency Siena Art Institute Residencies

Siena Art Institute Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Opportunity Description

International Deadline: September 30, 2024 – The Siena Art Institute invites professional artists and writers for residencies in Siena throughout the year. They pursue independent projects while providing insight and inspiration to our participants. Visiting artists & writers are asked to give a public presentation upon their arrival in Siena to introduce themselves & their work to our community. They are also asked to hold formal critique sessions with our students.

Visiting Artist candidates are selected from around the world through an invitation-only nomination process. The Siena Art Institute accepts direct applications for Summer Residency Program, Studio/Casa Residency Program, and Studio Residency Program.

Summer Residency
The month-long Summer Residency Program grants resident artists a studio space at the Siena Art Institute & a private 1-bedroom apartment in the historic city center of Siena, as well as flight compensation for getting to and from Italy. Summer Resident Artists are provided:

  • A private studio at the Siena Art Institute for four weeks.
  • A private 1-bedroom apartment in downtown Siena for their month-long stay (one double bed).
  • Compensation for flight to and from Italy from country of residence.

Studio/Casa Residency
The Siena Art Institute’s Studio/Casa Residency Program awards accomplished professional artists & writers a studio at the Siena Art Institute and a 1-bedroom apartment located in the beautiful historic city of Siena, in the heart of Tuscany, Italy.

Studio Residency
The Siena Art Institute’s Studio Residency Program awards accomplished professional artists & writers a studio at the Siena Art Institute Studio Resident Artists are provided:

  • A private studio at The Siena Art Institute for one month.
  • A 1-bedroom apartment in the historic center of Siena is available at the cost of €950. Includes utilities, standard speed wifi and heating. Other housing arrangements may be possible for an artist who wishes to be accompanied by their family.

APPLY ONLINE – $30 Application
Indicate on online application form which of our residency programs you wish to be considered for: -Summer Residency Program -Studio/Casa Residency Program -and/or Studio Residency Program.

If you are applying for more than one of our residency programs in the same year, simply indicate this on your application form. You do not need to send multiple applications or send us more than one application fee per year.


About:
The Siena Art Institute Onlus is a small non-profit arts organization based in the heart of Siena, Italy, one of the oldest and most beautiful university towns in Italy. We welcome artists from all disciplines who are interested in the intersection of art and civic life, and who wish to explore how the theoretical content of our individual practices can be translated into socially-meaningful projects that produce a deeper understanding of the cultures in which we find ourselves.

Siena Art Institute Onlus
Via Enea Silvio Piccolomini
2 – 53100 Siena
Tel. (+39) 0577 573086

Opportunity Categories: + Open to Multi-Media. Opportunity Types: Residency. Opportunity Tags: Deadlines 09 Sept thru Oct and Open to Artists Worldwide. Benefits: Education, Exhibition - Solo, Housing Support, In-Kind Benefit, Residency, Studio Access, and Travel Allowance.

Opportunity expires in 158 days.

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