5 art job opportunities in Italy: open calls and residencies
ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with ACIT Venezia, has announced an open call for the 17th edition of CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2025, scheduled to take place from October 24 to November 7, 2025, at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, aligning with the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale. The exhibition will explore the relationship between the body and the environment. Submissions are due by October 3, 2025. Additionally, Fondazione Prada's Film Fund is providing €1.5 million to support independent cinema, with individual projects eligible for up to €250,000. The application deadline is October 17, 2025. The 21st Premio New York residency for emerging Italian artists will be held from February 1 to June 30, 2026, with a deadline of September 15, 2025. The Cocìmari residency at 34° Fuso in Salento is aimed at artists under 36, with a deadline of September 14, 2025. Finally, Lavanderia a Vapore's CAMP-IN for new dance creators will take place from November 13-20, 2025, with submissions due by September 15, 2025.
Key facts
- ITSLIQUID Group and ACIT Venezia open call for CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2025, 17th edition, October 24 – November 7, 2025, at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello and other historic venues in Venice.
- CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2025 runs concurrently with the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale.
- Fondazione Prada Film Fund offers €1.5 million total, up to €250,000 per project, for independent cinema.
- Premio New York 21st edition: 5-month residency in New York for emerging Italian artists, ending with an exhibition at EFA Manhattan.
- Premio New York applicants must be Italian citizens born after December 31, 1990, with at least one solo show.
- 34° Fuso Cocìmari residency in Salento (Cutrofiano and Martano) from September to December 2025, exploring food as cultural gesture.
- Cocìmari is open to artists under 36 in visual, performing, sound, gastronomic, and anthropological fields.
- Lavanderia a Vapore CAMP-IN training for dance makers under 35, November 13-20, 2025, in Collegno.
Entities
Institutions
- ITSLIQUID Group
- ACIT Venezia – Associazione Culturale Italo-Tedesca
- Fondazione Prada
- Fondazione Prada Film Fund
- Direzione Generale per la Diplomazia Pubblica e Culturale del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
- Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea del Ministero della Cultura
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura a New York
- Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America
- Columbia University
- EFA (Elizabeth Foundation of the Arts)
- 34° Fuso
- Lavanderia a Vapore
- Artribune
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello
- New York
- Manhattan
- Brooklyn
- Cutrofiano
- Martano
- Lecce
- Salento
- Puglia
- Collegno
- Torino