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February 2021 Art and Culture Job Calls in Italy

other · 2026-04-27

A roundup of five open calls in Italy for architects, designers, artists, and researchers. POLITO Studio, a collaboration between Politecnico di Torino and the Ordine degli Architetti di Torino, selects 12 groups of architects for a two-year training program to access the Chinese market, where only 50,000 architects serve a high-density population. Deadline: March 8, 2021. BASE Milano launches 'We will design' for young generations and universities to reimagine living through design during Design Week 2021 (September 5–12). Deadline: March 31, 2021. ISIT.magazine seeks collaborators for its third open call, open to artists, writers, journalists, photographers, curators, critics, illustrators, designers, graphic designers, and tattoo artists, with free submission. Deadline: May 1, 2021. ReA Art Fair, an international fair for emerging art at Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan (September 3–6, 2021), opens a call for 100 talents with no thematic constraints; early bird fee €20 until March 1, then €35 until May 15. NAHR, an eco-laboratory in Sottochiesa, Val Taleggio (Bergamo), offers a summer residency themed 'ANIMALS: Interdependence Between Species' for artists, designers, and researchers, accepting applications until capacity is reached.

Key facts

  • POLITO Studio selects 12 groups of architects for a two-year training program to work in China.
  • China has only 50,000 architects, one-third of Italy's number.
  • Deadline for POLITO Studio: March 8, 2021.
  • BASE Milano's 'We will design' call for Design Week 2021 runs September 5–12.
  • Deadline for BASE call: March 31, 2021.
  • ISIT.magazine's third open call is free and open to all creative disciplines.
  • Deadline for ISIT.magazine: May 1, 2021.
  • ReA Art Fair 2021 at Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, features 100 emerging artists with no thematic limits.
  • Early bird fee for ReA Art Fair: €20 until March 1, then €35 until May 15.
  • NAHR residency in Val Taleggio, Bergamo, focuses on interdependence between species.

Entities

Institutions

  • Politecnico di Torino
  • Ordine degli Architetti di Torino
  • BASE Milano
  • ISIT.magazine
  • ReA Art Fair
  • Fabbrica del Vapore
  • NAHR
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Italy
  • China
  • Torino
  • Milano
  • Sottochiesa
  • Val Taleggio
  • Bergamo

Sources