--- title: 'Group Residency, Italy: ART and FOOD' description: >- 8-day group residency in Italy exploring art and food relationships. €1750 fee covers accommodation, full board, and studio space. ~9 international participants. url: 'https://www.artsume.com/programs/76e08b03-6ad5-4f4d-ad63-a010ae866149' type: program status: closed createdAt: '2026-03-30' updatedAt: '2026-10-09' programType: Residency organization: The Museum of Loss and Renewal organizationUrl: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/the-museum-of-loss-and-renewal' deadline: '2026-04-01' location: 'Collemacchia, Molise, Italy' isOnline: false compensationRange: >- No compensation provided. Residents pay €1750 which covers the programme, accommodation, full board, and transport to/from nearest train/bus station. disciplines: - mixed media - interdisciplinary - photography - painting - sculpture - installation --- # Group Residency, Italy: ART and FOOD **Hosted by:** The Museum of Loss and Renewal **Type:** Residency | **Location:** Collemacchia, Molise, Italy | **Deadline:** April 1, 2026 ## About This Program > "Relationships between art and food; Italian heritage, seasonality, community, sustainability, (return)migration, land care, foraging, and collective knowledge." The Museum of Loss and Renewal is delighted to invite applications for the Group Residency ART and FOOD, Italy. Fri 09 Oct – Fri 16 Oct 2026 / 7 nights, 8 days ART and FOOD has been devised by Tracy Mackenna (she/her), artist, educator and curator of The Museum of Loss and Renewal in partnership with artist Carla Smith (she/her). Tracy's family is from Collemacchia, where the Group Residency is centred, while Carla's family comes from nearby Santa Maria Oliveto. ART and FOOD will be led by Tracy and Carla who share a passion for bringing people together over food, to explore what it means to be creative, to gather, collect and share ingredients, materials and matter, and ways of making. Between us we activate a range of skills and expertise when we curate situations and groups of people. Additional subject-specific sessions will be delivered by a range of experts. We are driven by our Italian heritages to explore the relationships between art and culture and food. Current considerations include how the production of food is changing due to shifting labour patterns, new co-operative production methods, the importance of capturing and passing on local knowledge of land care, growing methods, cultivation, foraging, harvesting, sustainability and meal preparation. The impact of (return)migration is a key focus. FOCAL POINTS: Art and creative practices, Food, Seasonality, Community, Gathering, Immersive experience, Semi-structured programme, Co-learning, Interdisciplinarity, Collective platform for encounters, Sustainability, Experimentation and play, Expert facilitators and programme contributors, Shared knowledge / inherited knowledge / sought knowledge, Supportive, caring, non-hierarchical environment, Site visits, Imagining futures, Relationships to land, connections through place, Memory, loss, renewal, Fully catered. AIM: The aim of the Group Residency is to develop approaches to the relationships between art and food that are experimental and inventive in their form, in a specific environment. Bringing together residents from a range of areas of practice and research, the potential to create an international network is made possible. The Group Residency provides opportunities for approx. 9 international creative practitioners and researchers to share and establish a bank of knowledge and creative strategies, both globally interconnected and hyper local, digital and analogue, for imagining new responses to art-food relationships. Applications are welcomed from people working in creative practices, food practices, horticulture, farming, land management, agronomy, conservation etc. and for those who have a strong interest in the relationships between food and art as an area of practice. ACCOMMODATION: Residents are accommodated in two recently renovated, comfortable houses situated a couple of minutes walk from each other. Houses have fully equipped kitchens, bathrooms, sitting rooms, and double, twin and single bedrooms. Single use bedrooms can be allocated dependent on accessibility requirements. Central heating and internet throughout. Cleaning is included in cost. WORK SPACES: Studios/Workspaces are located in buildings that are situated a couple of minutes walk from each other, and from accommodation. They are recently renovated and include indoor and outdoor making spaces, and desk space. Internet throughout. FEES and SUPPORT: The residency fee is €1750 (Euro) paid by the resident. It includes the residency programme, accommodation, full board, collection/return to nearest train/bus station, accommodation in a variety of spacious rooms, excellent studio spaces. Catering (3 meals each day) includes ingredients that are mainly locally sourced and meals prepared by our cook. Vegan and vegetarian diets can be catered for. A deposit of 50% is payable within three weeks of being offered a place. The remaining balance is payable eight weeks in advance of the residency start date. You will be responsible for funding and organising your own travel, your own insurances and any visa requirements. No external funding is available for fees, flights, production costs or other subsistence. Formal letters of invitation can be provided to assist in sourcing funding. ## Eligibility & Requirements - **Geographic Eligibility:** International - **Disciplines:** mixed media, interdisciplinary, photography, painting, sculpture, installation - **Note:** Open to people working in creative practices, food practices, horticulture, farming, land management, agronomy, conservation, and those with a strong interest in art-food relationships. International applicants welcome. Approximately 9 participants selected. ## Compensation & Benefits No compensation provided. Residents pay €1750 which covers the programme, accommodation, full board, and transport to/from nearest train/bus station. Residents pay a €1750 fee covering the programme, accommodation, full board, and collection/return to nearest train/bus station. A 50% non-refundable deposit is due within three weeks of acceptance; the remaining balance is due eight weeks before start. No fee assistance, flight support, or production funding is available. Formal letters of invitation can be provided to support external funding applications. ## What's Provided - **Housing:** Provided - Two recently renovated houses a couple of minutes walk from each other. Fully equipped kitchens, bathrooms, sitting rooms, and double, twin and single bedrooms. Central heating and internet throughout. Cleaning included. - **Studio Access:** Provided - Recently renovated studios/workspaces in buildings a couple of minutes walk from accommodation. Includes indoor and outdoor making spaces and desk space. Internet throughout. ## Timeline - **Opens:** March 30, 2026 - **Deadline:** April 1, 2026 - **Program Start:** October 9, 2026 - **Program End:** October 16, 2026 ## How to Apply Apply at: https://tracy.mackenna.studio/the-museum-of-loss-and-renewal-residencies/group-residency-programme-italy/application-information/