Artist’s Residency 2025

Maja Arte Contemporanea

APPLICATION GUIDELINES FOR AN ARTIST’S RESIDENCY

Todi (Italy), 2025 | 5th Edition

1. – Applications are open to all female candidates born after the 31st December 1984 and active in the visual arts (drawing, painting, photography, video, sculpture et similia).

2. – The artist who will be awarded the Residency will be given exclusive and full use of an autonomous, furnished apartment for the entire month of May, 2025. The apartment is located in a vast private property in a rural area 8 km from Todi (Perugia), Italy. Having access to a car, whether owned or rented, is indispensable; nearby towns and villages (where all stores can be found) are only reachable with a private vehicle.

3. – The Residency is exclusively for the Artist who wins the competition and is to be intended as exclusive. The artist may not have guests. No other people are allowed on the property be these friends, partners, or pets. The apartment and all indoor spaces are non-smoking.

4. – At the beginning of the Residency the artist will receive 1000 euros as a contribution towards living expenses.

5. – Applications must be submitted by email to info@majartecontemporanea.com by 12:00 am December 31 2024; they should include the subject line “Application for the Artistic Residency 2025”. No late applications and no applications received in a different format will be considered.

6. –  Each application must include:

a) an updated CV, including pictures, as well as the artist’s relevant studies, interests and experiences;

b) a portfolio of the artist’s ten most representative works;

c) a description (if rough) of the artist’s project for the Residency;

d) a short motivational letter.

7. – The applications will be treated with strict confidentiality and will be evaluated by a small committee including a gallerist-curator, a collector, and an artist.

8. – The committee will evaluate all applications and nominate a winner by 28 February 2025. The winner will be informed via email and will be given 5 days to accept the Residency by email. Were she not to accept, the committee will nominate a second winner.