Friday, October 10, 2008

La Macina di San Cresci Residency

Deadline: November 15, 2008 (RECEIVE)

Fellowship Residence 2009
La Macina di San Cresci

Florence, Italy


La Macina di San Cresci, residence for artists member of RES ARTIS announces that the Municipality of Greve in Chianti (Florence, Italy) grants a fellowship for one month in the 2009 . This programme is open to artists between 18 and 35 years old, proposing innovative projects reflecting an opening to the human, social and economic contexts surrounding them.

Disciplines: Architecture (architecture design, urban studies, landscape design), Photography, Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and Installation.

The fellowship recipient is granted Euro 1000 to cover expenses (art material, meals, local transport, etc.), in addition living space and studios free of charge. The selected artist is provided with a shared room and workspace in a shared studio for a 30 day period.

Calendar: The recipient may choose a 30 day time from January 15 to April 30.

Residency requirements: During the stay at La Macina di San Cresci, the selected artist is asked to give at least one informal lecture concerning his/her work, open to the public in general. The artist-in-residence is asked to leave one piece of work made during his/her stay as a donation to Municipality of Greve in Chianti.

Deadline for Applications: November 15, 2008.

Application form and brochure with general information: http://www.chianticom.com/ &
http://www.chianticom.com/inglese/residence.htm#

Download prospectus: Application form .pdf

FELLOWSHIP 2009 APPLICATION ADDRESS:

LA MACINA DI SAN CRESCI
PIEVE DI SAN CRESCI
50022 GREVE IN CHIANTI (FI) ITALY
TEL. FAX : 055 8544793
e-mail: info@chianticom.com