--- title: Extrartis Open Call for Artist in Residence in Sorrento Coast Italy description: 10-day artist residency in a historic Sorrento villa with a €500 award, free accommodation, and a final exhibition during Art Days – Napoli Campania. url: https://www.artsume.com/programs/7fbdb440-7a7c-49d9-b03b-cfd4cbe0a512 type: program status: open createdAt: "2026-10-24" updatedAt: "2026-10-24" programType: Residency organization: ExtrArtis organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/extrartis deadline: "2026-11-08" entryFee: 20 EUR location: Relais La Rupe, Sorrento, Campania, Italy isOnline: false compensationRange: €500 award covering the costs of producing the required artworks, plus free accommodation and a final exhibition. disciplines: - visual arts careerStages: - Emerging artist --- # Extrartis Open Call for Artist in Residence in Sorrento Coast Italy **Hosted by:** ExtrArtis **Type:** Residency | **Location:** Relais La Rupe, Sorrento, Campania, Italy | **Deadline:** November 8, 2026 | **Entry fee:** €20 ## About This Program > "European cultural heritage and artistic residency practice in historic houses" ExtrArtis provides an opportunity for dialogue on the sense of belonging to a shared European space, as envisaged by the European Year of Cultural Heritage, through experimental processes that support the idea of heritage as a resource (Bucharest Declaration, 16 April 2019 – as highlighted by the European slogan “Our heritage: where the past meets the future”). ### Duration of residency 10 days ### Accommodation Relais La Rupe in Sorrento, Italy ### Disciplines, work equipment and assistance Visual Arts ### Studio / Workspace the provision, by and at the expense of ExtrArtis, to the Selected Artists of suites, swimming pool and garden park for their exclusive use within the Artist Accommodation where the Artist Residency practice will take place and where they will stay during the artistic experience from 30 November to 9 December 2026. This year, the Artist Accommodation for the Artist Residency experience will be hosted in a venue in Southern Italy named Relais La Rupe (www.relaislarupesorrento.com). ### Fees and support The award to the Selected Artists is of EUR 500.00 (five hundred/00), inclusive of the material costs required to produce the Artistic Proposal, SUPPORTED BY EXTRARTIS. Also ExtrArtis will cover all the costs of the final exhibition and for the accomodation. In order to participate in the Call, each artist must pay a mandatory and non-refundable registration fee of EUR 20.00 (twenty/00) (the “Fee”), it being understood that – regardless of the outcome of the selection under the Call – each participant will be offered, free of charge, the opportunity to be promoted on the ExtrArtis platform’s social media channels, where applicable. ### Expectations towards the artist the “Selected Artists” are required to produce, during and/or within the Artist Residency, at least two physical artworks (the “Artistic Proposal”), which may be created in situ or elsewhere and, in any case, must be completed no later than the end of the Residency period. The requirement for at least two works is related to their placement within the Artist Accommodation: respectively, in the suite assigned to the Selected Artist during the Artist Residency and in the park belonging to the Artist Accommodation and facing the suite ### Application information Artists wishing to participate in the Artist Residency Call must send the required documents, including proof of payment of the participation fee, in a single PDF to info@extrartis.com: - a photocopy of a valid identity document together with the artist's detailed CV, including email and social media contact details so that the artist may be contacted if selected as a Selected Artist (maximum 1 page) - the artist's portfolio, including a brief description of their work and artistic method (a digital portfolio of no more than 10 works produced in recent years, with images in JPG format) - a descriptive and visual text concerning the two or more artworks making up the planned Artistic Proposal to be produced during the Artist Residency practice required under this Call - an optional motivation letter outlining the artist's intentions, objectives and expectations in relation to the Artist Residency (maximum 1 page), to be attached at the end of the Artistic Proposal - proof of payment of the participation Fee via PayPal Link or by bank transfer to the account of Associazione Culturale Artists Residencies, IBAN IT35S0103040260000001051595, with the payment reference "ExtrArtis event participation fee_First name and Surname" ## Eligibility & Requirements - **Career Stage:** Emerging artist - **Geographic Eligibility:** International - **Disciplines:** visual arts ### Additional Requirements - A photocopy of a valid identity document together with the artist's detailed CV, including email and social media contact details (maximum 1 page) - Artist's portfolio: a digital portfolio of no more than 10 works produced in recent years, with images in JPG format, including a brief description of their work and artistic method - A descriptive and visual text concerning the two or more artworks making up the planned Artistic Proposal - An optional motivation letter outlining the artist's intentions, objectives and expectations (maximum 1 page) - Proof of payment of the participation Fee ## Compensation & Benefits €500 award covering the costs of producing the required artworks, plus free accommodation and a final exhibition. **Includes:** Stipend, Materials budget The award to the Selected Artists is of EUR 500.00 (five hundred/00), inclusive of the material costs required to produce the Artistic Proposal, SUPPORTED BY EXTRARTIS. Also ExtrArtis will cover all the costs of the final exhibition and for the accomodation. ## What's Provided - **Housing:** Provided - Suites, swimming pool and garden park for exclusive use within the Artist Accommodation (Relais La Rupe), provided at ExtrArtis's expense from 30 November to 9 December 2026. - **Materials Support:** Available - The EUR 500 award is inclusive of the material costs required to produce the Artistic Proposal. - **Studio Access:** Provided - Suites, swimming pool and garden park within the Artist Accommodation for exclusive use during the residency. ## Timeline - **Opens:** October 1, 2026 - **Deadline:** November 8, 2026 - **Program Start:** November 30, 2026 - **Program End:** December 9, 2026 ## Contact **Email:** info@extrartis.com ## How to Apply Apply at: https://www.extrartis.com/call-for-artists/