Open Call 2025
DOM Art Residence, in collaboration with ExtrArtis, welcomes artists from around the world to apply for a residency in a historic 16th-century villa, located in the heart of Sorrento.
Join the Residence!
Deadline: 31.05.2025
- Duration: 1 month
- Location: Sorrento (Italy)
- Date: 1-15 and 16-31 August 2025
- Application deadline: May, 31
- Application fee: 20 euro
- Residency covers accommodation and provides a grant of 500 euros.
- Residency does not cover travel costs, daily allowance or meals.
- Currently, we do not provide visa support
Detailed information:
Open Call
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Photo: Eugene Soh "Renaissance City"
About the Venue
The residency will take place at Relais La Rupe, a 16th-century villa located in the heart of Sorrento.
This historic venue combines architectural heritage with a stunning natural setting. Surrounded by lush gardens featuring centuries-old trees and views of ancient ruins, the villa offers a serene and inspiring space for artistic creation.
The interiors of Relais La Rupe provide comfortable living spaces and a welcoming atmosphere, while the outdoor areas serve as ideal locations for workshops, lectures, and creative experiments. This unique venue will allow participants to engage deeply with the cultural and historical context of Sorrento.
This historic venue combines architectural heritage with a stunning natural setting. Surrounded by lush gardens featuring centuries-old trees and views of ancient ruins, the villa offers a serene and inspiring space for artistic creation.
The interiors of Relais La Rupe provide comfortable living spaces and a welcoming atmosphere, while the outdoor areas serve as ideal locations for workshops, lectures, and creative experiments. This unique venue will allow participants to engage deeply with the cultural and historical context of Sorrento.
About the Theme
We invite artists from various disciplines to join us in this creative journey, exploring the multifaceted theme: “Reimagining Genius Loci: how the movement of people and traditions shapes the Spirit of Place and new communities.”
Genius Loci – or the spirit of a place – is a combination of historical, humanistic, and natural factors that create the atmosphere and character of a specific location and architecture. Within this theme, we invite artists to immerse themselves in a world where the traditions and values of different cultures intersect. People leaving their homelands, become carriers of unique customs and traditions they bring into new communities. Such a fusion affects multiple aspects of the built environment, and it can enrich the local cultural and architectural context and create new opportunities for interaction.
Traditional building techniques and styles are adapted to new conditions, creating unique spaces that become part of the collective identity. In this framework, striking a balance between diverse cultural influences and fostering dialogue and mutual understanding is essential, because cultural stimulation can effort to maintain the traditional character of a place than the new ones that often lead to tensions.
Artists Residencies Cultural Association and DOM Art Residence invite artists to ExtrArtis event in order to explore this multilayered and dynamic topic: discovering how their artistic proposal could influence, becoming a reinterpretation of the Genius Loci as a central player in shaping the unique spirit of places; solving the various issues related to the preservation and (re)activation of European cultural heritage while respecting the identity of local community. This will lead to the creation of artworks that transform spaces into unique expressions of collective identity.
Genius Loci – or the spirit of a place – is a combination of historical, humanistic, and natural factors that create the atmosphere and character of a specific location and architecture. Within this theme, we invite artists to immerse themselves in a world where the traditions and values of different cultures intersect. People leaving their homelands, become carriers of unique customs and traditions they bring into new communities. Such a fusion affects multiple aspects of the built environment, and it can enrich the local cultural and architectural context and create new opportunities for interaction.
Traditional building techniques and styles are adapted to new conditions, creating unique spaces that become part of the collective identity. In this framework, striking a balance between diverse cultural influences and fostering dialogue and mutual understanding is essential, because cultural stimulation can effort to maintain the traditional character of a place than the new ones that often lead to tensions.
Artists Residencies Cultural Association and DOM Art Residence invite artists to ExtrArtis event in order to explore this multilayered and dynamic topic: discovering how their artistic proposal could influence, becoming a reinterpretation of the Genius Loci as a central player in shaping the unique spirit of places; solving the various issues related to the preservation and (re)activation of European cultural heritage while respecting the identity of local community. This will lead to the creation of artworks that transform spaces into unique expressions of collective identity.
Photo: Rosemary Laing "Welcome to Australia"
- Dates: August 1–31, 2025
- Participants: 10 artists, divided into two groups:
- First group: August 1–15 (5 artists)
- Second group: August 16–30 (5 artists)
- Accommodation: Provided by the organizers at Relais La Rupe
- Grant: Each participant will receive a €500 grant to cover materials and other expenses
- Expenses not covered: Travel to and from Sorrento, meals
- Program: In addition to creating artworks, participants will enjoy a rich educational and cultural program in Sorrento, including workshops, lectures from art professionals, and networking opportunities.
- Visual Arts only: this year, we are not considering applications from other art fields
- The candidates must have at least 5 years of experience in solo and group exhibitions.
- Registration fee: 20 euros (non-refundable)
- You will be asked to attach your CV, Portfolio, Artistic Proposal, and Motivation Letter to apply for the Open Call. These documents must be in English.
- The selected artists will be required to create two tangible artworks, one of which will remain at ExtrArtis, and the other will be signed for representation by DOM Art Residence.
DOM Art Residence and ExtrArtis invite artists from around the world to join this project, blending creative exploration with cultural exchange in one of Italy’s most historically and artistically significant locations.
Conditions for Participants