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title: 'Group Residency Programme Italy Place, People and Time: WRITING with PLACE'
description: >-
  Week-long group residency in Italy for writers and artists exploring
  place-based creative practices. €1,750 fee includes accommodation, meals, and
  studio space.
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type: program
status: closed
createdAt: '2026-03-20'
updatedAt: '2026-09-30'
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'
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compensationRange: >-
  No artist stipend provided. €1,750 residency fee required, which includes
  accommodation, meals, studio space, and transportation to/from nearest
  train/bus station.
disciplines:
  - writing
  - poetry
  - performance
  - visual art
  - scenography
  - education
careerStages:
  - Emerging artist
  - Established
  - Mid-career
---

# Group Residency Programme Italy Place, People and Time: WRITING with PLACE

**Hosted by:** The Museum of Loss and Renewal

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** Collemacchia, Molise | **Deadline:** April 1, 2026

## About This Program

> "place, writing, loss, renewal, memory, belonging"

This Group Residency has been devised by Tracy Mackenna (she/her), artist, educator and curator of The Museum of Loss and Renewal in partnership with writer Elizabeth K Reeder and writer and artist Amanda Thomson.

WRITING with PLACE will be led by Tracy, Elizabeth and Amanda who share a passion for writing, and the design, production, publishing and dissemination of printed matter and digital publications. Between us we activate diverse skills and expertise when we employ text, language, writing, publishing and performative modes of working to investigate place(making), (un)belonging, loss, renewal, memory, (personal)narratives and imaginary futures.

The aim of the Group Residency is to develop 'writing' and approaches to 'writing' that are experimental, inventive in their form, and that respond to place, 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.

'Writing' is understood as creative and critical, and situated writing as an area of practice in its most expanded sense. In other words, writing that is experimental, inventive in its form, and responds to place.

We welcome applications from people working in creative practices, research, writing, poetry, performance, scenography, education etc. and for those who have a strong interest in 'writing' as an area of practice. The group will comprise of approx. nine participants.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist, Established, Mid-career
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** writing, poetry, performance, visual art, scenography, education

## Compensation & Benefits

No artist stipend provided. €1,750 residency fee required, which includes accommodation, meals, studio space, and transportation to/from nearest train/bus station.

The residency fee is €1,750 (Euro) paid by the resident. It includes the residency programme, accommodation, full board, collection/return to nearest train/bus station, and accommodation in a variety of spacious rooms with excellent studio spaces. A deposit of 50% is payable within three weeks of being offered a place (non-refundable). The remaining balance is payable eight weeks in advance of the residency start date. Residents are responsible for funding and organizing their own travel, insurance, and visa requirements.

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided - Private bedroom in a shared housing facility on campus, or shared bedroom. Double, twin and single bedrooms available. Single bedrooms allocated dependent on access needs.
- **Studio Access:** Provided - Private studios and shared studios available with access to printers, scanner, easels, book arts facilities, and large sinks.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** March 20, 2026
- **Deadline:** April 1, 2026
- **Program Start:** October 1, 2026
- **Program End:** October 8, 2026

## Contact

**Contact:** Tracy Mackenna

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://tracy.mackenna.studio/the-museum-of-loss-and-renewal-residencies/group-residency-programme-italy/application-information/