Artribune Jobs: 5 Opportunities for Artists and Cultural Professionals
Artribune's jobs column highlights five open calls and opportunities in Italy, with deadlines in July 2020. The Artists’ Film Italia Recovery Fund, promoted by Lo Schermo dell'Arte and curated by Leonardo Bigazzi, offers €25,000 for Italian video artists under 35. The fund raised €25,000 from 225 donations (30% from abroad) and over 40 partners. A jury including Andrea Lissoni, Sarah Cosulich, Lorenzo Giusti, Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti, and Bigazzi will select at least three projects. Each produced video will be donated to the GAMeC collection in Bergamo. Deadline: July 7, 2020. Opera Viva Barriera di Milano, now in its sixth edition, calls for visual artists to interpret the theme 'Ludens,' inspired by Roger Zelazny's story. Selected works will be displayed on a billboard in Piazza Bottesini, Turin, and exhibited at Flashback fair (November 5–8, 2020). Deadline: July 15, 2020. AitArt offers an online course for Curator of Artist Archives, directed by Alessandra Donati, on July 13–21, 2020, via Google Meet. Deadline: July 6, 2020. The Municipality of Milan allocates €2 million from the Mutual Aid Fund to support cultural operators affected by the quarantine, focusing on sustainable pilot projects. Deadline: July 3, 2020. Mondadori Group seeks sales assistants for bookshops at the Venice Biennale (postponed to 2022), requiring a humanities degree and retail experience. Deadline: December 31, 2020.
Key facts
- Artists’ Film Italia Recovery Fund offers €25,000 for Italian video artists under 35.
- Fund raised €25,000 from 225 donations, 30% from abroad, with over 40 partners.
- Jury includes Andrea Lissoni, Sarah Cosulich, Lorenzo Giusti, Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti, Leonardo Bigazzi.
- Produced videos donated to GAMeC collection in Bergamo.
- Opera Viva Barriera di Milano call for artists on theme 'Ludens' inspired by Roger Zelazny.
- Selected works displayed in Turin and at Flashback fair November 5–8, 2020.
- AitArt online course for Curator of Artist Archives, July 13–21, 2020.
- Milan municipality allocates €2 million for cultural operators affected by quarantine.
- Mondadori Group seeks sales assistants for Venice Biennale bookshops, deadline December 31, 2020.
Entities
Artists
- Leonardo Bigazzi
- Andrea Lissoni
- Sarah Cosulich
- Lorenzo Giusti
- Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti
- Tommaso Sacchi
- Alessandro Bulgini
- Christian Caliandro
- Roger Zelazny
- Alessandra Donati
- Carol Rama
- Pino Dell'Aquila
- Piero Ruggeri
- Claudia Giraud
- Desirée Maida
Institutions
- Artribune
- Lo Schermo dell'Arte
- GAMeC – Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo
- Comune di Firenze
- Opera Viva Barriera di Milano
- Flashback
- Pala Alpitour
- AitArt – Associazione Italiana Archivi d'Artista
- Comune di Milano
- Gruppo Mondadori
- Biennale di Venezia
- Google Meet
Locations
- Italia
- Firenze
- Torino
- Piazza Bottesini
- Barriera di Milano
- Milano
- Roma
- Bergamo
- Venezia