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Torna al Sud Fellowship Artist Residency Application
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Art Center Padula is located in Campania, 9km from the border of Basilicata and 22km from Calabria. This fellowship, sponsored by our local genealogist and Art Center Padula founding member Michele Cartusciello, was created to give international artists with roots in these regions a chance to "come home". It is open only to artists who do not currently live, and have never lived, in any of these regions.
Learn more about Michele's work here: museodelcognome.it/en/
Applicants must be able to provide the full name, plus date and place of birth of their ancestor from one of these three southern Italian regions: Campania, Basilicata, or Calabria.
Award: Full residency fee of €875.
Qualified applicants must be working at a professional level in their field. We accept applications from emerging and mid-career creatives, as well as from those who are established with national and/or international reputations.
Applications for residency are judged primarily on the quality of submitted work samples. There are no publication, exhibition, or performance requirements contingent on an Art Center Padula residency.
We encourage creative professionals of all backgrounds to apply for admission. Art Center Padula celebrates varied ideas, world views, and personal characteristics, and are committed to being an organization that welcomes and respects everyone regardless of age, ability, ethnicity, race, religion, philosophical or political beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, geographic origin, and socioeconomic status.
Learn more about Michele's work here: museodelcognome.it/en/
Applicants must be able to provide the full name, plus date and place of birth of their ancestor from one of these three southern Italian regions: Campania, Basilicata, or Calabria.
Award: Full residency fee of €875.
Qualified applicants must be working at a professional level in their field. We accept applications from emerging and mid-career creatives, as well as from those who are established with national and/or international reputations.
Applications for residency are judged primarily on the quality of submitted work samples. There are no publication, exhibition, or performance requirements contingent on an Art Center Padula residency.
We encourage creative professionals of all backgrounds to apply for admission. Art Center Padula celebrates varied ideas, world views, and personal characteristics, and are committed to being an organization that welcomes and respects everyone regardless of age, ability, ethnicity, race, religion, philosophical or political beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, geographic origin, and socioeconomic status.
Creative Disciplines
We accept applications in the following disciplines:
VISUAL ARTS - including book arts, conceptual art, design, drawing, environmental art, fiber arts, film & video, installation arts, metalworking, mixed media, multimedia art, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and woodworking
Note: We do not have darkroom, sculpture/woodworking, or printmaking facilities, but provide exploration space for artists working in those disciplines. Those working in wood or metal must bring their own tools.
WRITING - including academic scholarship, criticism, fiction, history, poetry, journalism, nonfiction, philosophy, playwriting, screenwriting, storytelling
Collaborations and Couples
This fellowship is open only to individual applicants.
International Applicants
Art Center Padula welcomes applicants from around the world. Writers who work in languages other than English or Italian should supply samples of work in translation as well as in the original. A working understanding of either English or Italian is required.
We accept applications in the following disciplines:
VISUAL ARTS - including book arts, conceptual art, design, drawing, environmental art, fiber arts, film & video, installation arts, metalworking, mixed media, multimedia art, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and woodworking
Note: We do not have darkroom, sculpture/woodworking, or printmaking facilities, but provide exploration space for artists working in those disciplines. Those working in wood or metal must bring their own tools.
WRITING - including academic scholarship, criticism, fiction, history, poetry, journalism, nonfiction, philosophy, playwriting, screenwriting, storytelling
Collaborations and Couples
This fellowship is open only to individual applicants.
International Applicants
Art Center Padula welcomes applicants from around the world. Writers who work in languages other than English or Italian should supply samples of work in translation as well as in the original. A working understanding of either English or Italian is required.
- Applicant Proposal
A one-page proposal which addresses the concept and direction of proposed work, a description of your practice, and why a residency here in Padula is important to you or your project. - Bio
A brief description of your personal and professional background. - Resume/CV
This one-page summary should include educational background, teaching, publications, exhibitions, awards, honors and other pertinent experience. Document format pdf, doc or docx. - Work Samples
These should be recent and representative of the best work according to the applicant’s medium and discipline. Visual artists and writers: insert a link to your website or online portfolio. Audio/visual artists: link to embedded audio files (e.g. SoundCloud) or video files (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo). If you do not have any work samples online, please follow the instructions on the form below.
The Residency program consists of nine 3-week (18-day) sessions per year, taking advantage of the warmer months.
Each session starts on Thursday and ends on Monday, giving us a few days between each session to ready our spaces for the next artists.
Torna al Sud Fellowship applicants must choose a Summer or Fall session only.
Deadline to apply: Sunday, 12 March
Notifications: Friday, 24 March
2023 calendar
SPRING
1st session, 13 April - 2 May, 19 days*
2nd session, 4 May - 22 May
3rd session, 25 May - 12 June
SUMMER
4th session, 15 June - 3 July
5th session, 6 July - 24 July
6th session, 27 July - 12 August, 16 days**
AUTUMN
7th session, 17 August - 4 September
8th session, 7 September - 25 September
9th session, 12 October-- 30 October
* ends one day late to avoid possible travel issues on Festa dei Lavoratori, May 1.
** ends two days early to avoid possible travel issues during the week of Ferragosto, August 15.
Each session starts on Thursday and ends on Monday, giving us a few days between each session to ready our spaces for the next artists.
Torna al Sud Fellowship applicants must choose a Summer or Fall session only.
Deadline to apply: Sunday, 12 March
Notifications: Friday, 24 March
2023 calendar
SPRING
1st session, 13 April - 2 May, 19 days*
2nd session, 4 May - 22 May
3rd session, 25 May - 12 June
SUMMER
4th session, 15 June - 3 July
5th session, 6 July - 24 July
6th session, 27 July - 12 August, 16 days**
AUTUMN
7th session, 17 August - 4 September
8th session, 7 September - 25 September
9th session, 12 October-- 30 October
* ends one day late to avoid possible travel issues on Festa dei Lavoratori, May 1.
** ends two days early to avoid possible travel issues during the week of Ferragosto, August 15.
