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5 art job opportunities in Italy: from music to publishing

other · 2026-04-27

Artribune has compiled five current job openings and calls in Italy's art and culture sector. Valerio Berruti's 'L'abbraccio più forte' initiative, which raised over €260,000 for Fondazione Nuovo Ospedale Alba-Bra Onlus through 768 drawings, now seeks musicians worldwide to submit original compositions for the animation's soundtrack. The Italian Ministry of Culture (MIC) has launched 'Promozione Fumetto 2021' with €644,000 in funding for projects promoting comic culture, open to museums, public institutes, non-profits, foundations, and cultural associations; deadline May 14, 2021. The Haute École de Musique de Genève (HEM) in Geneva is hiring a new director starting January 1, 2022, to lead its 200 staff and 620 students across Geneva and Neuchâtel; applications due March 26, 2021. The Cittadella dei Giovani in Aosta seeks performing artists for its second theater season (October 2021–June 2022), including the T*Danse festival, offering fees, travel reimbursement, and accommodation; deadline March 31, 2021. Non-profit viaindustriae and Mahler & LeWitt Studios have opened a call for an editor, artist-editor, or artist working in publishing for a summer residency in Spoleto to develop a project for Quasi-Book, an experimental artist bookshop and event space; deadline April 30, 2021.

Key facts

  • Valerio Berruti's L'abbraccio più forte raised over €260,000 and produced 768 drawings.
  • Berruti now calls for musicians to submit original compositions for the animation soundtrack.
  • MIC's Promozione Fumetto 2021 allocates €644,000 for comic culture projects.
  • MIC call deadline: May 14, 2021.
  • HEM in Geneva seeks a new director starting January 1, 2022.
  • HEM has nearly 200 employees and about 620 students in Geneva and Neuchâtel.
  • Cittadella dei Giovani di Aosta call for performing artists for season October 2021–June 2022.
  • viaindustriae and Mahler & LeWitt Studios residency in Spoleto for publishing-focused artists.

Entities

Artists

  • Valerio Berruti
  • Sol LeWitt

Institutions

  • Artribune
  • Fondazione Nuovo Ospedale Alba-Bra Onlus
  • Ministero della Cultura (MIC)
  • Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea
  • Haute École de Musique de Genève (HEM)
  • HES-SO Genève
  • Cittadella dei Giovani di Aosta
  • viaindustriae
  • Mahler & LeWitt Studios
  • Quasi-Book

Locations

  • Italy
  • Alba
  • Bra
  • Geneva
  • Switzerland
  • Neuchâtel
  • Aosta
  • Spoleto

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