Job Opportunities in Italian Art and Culture: Late August 2025
Artribune has highlighted five opportunities for jobs and residencies within Italy's cultural and artistic fields. The Premio Mendrisio offers a six-month residency in Mendrisio, Switzerland, from February to July 2026, aimed at Italian architects and art historians under 35, with applications due by September 8, 2025. In Carloforte, Sardinia, the Giudicesse2030 residency welcomes interdisciplinary collectives from September 28 to October 10, 2025, providing a €6,000 stipend and a submission deadline of August 31, 2025. spazioSERRA in Milan is calling for exhibition proposals for March 2026, offering a €2,000 grant with a deadline of September 15, 2025. The Premio Ciampi Città di Livorno has a submission deadline of September 28, 2025, and will take place on December 13. Additionally, Palazzo Grassi in Venice is looking for a junior exhibition assistant, with applications due by September 12, 2025.
Key facts
- Premio Mendrisio residency for Italian architects/art historians under 35, six months in Mendrisio, Switzerland, from February to July 2026.
- Giudicesse2030 residency in Carloforte, Sardinia, for interdisciplinary collectives, with €6,000 compensation, from September 28 to October 10, 2025.
- spazioSERRA call for artists for site-specific projects at Lancetti station in Milan, with €2,000 prize, exhibitions from March 2026.
- Premio Ciampi Città di Livorno for singers and bands, final on December 13, 2025, at Teatro Goldoni, with additional prizes in visual arts, poetry, and comics.
- Palazzo Grassi in Venice hiring junior exhibition assistant for 12-month contract, 40 hours/week, deadline September 12, 2025.
- All opportunities are open to Italian and international artists, with specific eligibility criteria.
- Deadlines range from August 31 to September 28, 2025.
- Artribune also promotes its Artribune Jobs Facebook group for sharing creative opportunities.
Entities
Artists
- Piero Ciampi
Institutions
- Artribune
- Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea
- Ministero della Cultura
- Direzione Generale per la Diplomazia Pubblica e Culturale
- Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Zurigo
- Fondazione Archivio del Moderno
- CSC Carbonia della Società Umanitaria
- U-Boot Lab
- Comune di Carloforte
- Ottovolante Sulcis
- spazioSERRA
- Palazzo Grassi
- Pinault Collection
- Punta della Dogana
- Teatrino
- Teatro Goldoni
- Premio Ciampi Città di Livorno
- Premio L'Altrarte
- Premio Valigie Rosse
Locations
- Italy
- Mendrisio
- Switzerland
- Zurich
- Carloforte
- Sardinia
- Milan
- Lancetti
- Venice
- Livorno