Short Description
It is possible to apply to multiple residency using the corresponding Apply links. Please specify on cover page of aplication if you have done so and list your preferences and dates.
ALTERNATIVE Residency: July – August – September [2-6 weeks]:
Applications to this residency are rolling and accepted until spaces are available, under payment of a fee. NAHR preferred beginning dates: Tuesday July 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th or August 5th or 12th. Please indicate which weeks you are interested in (starting on a Tuesday, ending on a Monday). A 2 week residency is the minimum and a 6 weeks residency is the maximum. Longer stays are encouraged and have priority.
NAHR CA Fall – [2 weeks] in October 2025, starting on a Sunday and concluding on a Saturday. FUNDED ACCOMMODATION (see Accommodations for all details) – make sure to read all details, including transportation BEFORE applying!
Eligibility
Every year NAHR invites artists, scientists, architects, dancers, poets and others interested in exploring the year’s theme to apply for a limited number of spots in a two-week group fellowship held in Italy’s Taleggio Valley (and, starting in 2021, in California’s Santa Ynez valley). Below you will find links to pages with brief biographies of each year’s fellows.
Submission Requirements
1. Select form based on the residency you like to apply to, if you like ot apply to multiple, please submit multiple forms, indicating that you have done so on cover page.
2. Contact and biographical information, including web page links (100 words)
3. Current CV ( max. 3 pages) outlining relevant experience
4. Three References name and contact information
5. Portfolio of selected relevant projects published, performed, exhibited, or otherwise publicly presented during the last five years. (max 10 pages)
6. Letter of personal motivation (300 words)
7. Project Proposal: A one-page description (500 words) of the project that the applicant would pursue during her/his stay at NAHR. The proposal, must clearly:
1. it must address this year’s NAHR research project and preferred domain,
2. describe your research topic and its outcome: an artifact (painting, sculpture, installation), an image, a research paper, a food recipe, a structure, a process, a thematic path. The candidate will be held accountable for the delivery of the proposed outcome.
Priority of selection will be given to proposals that demonstrate direct engagement with the topic, the surrounding nature and human habitat, through both objectives and methods, and to those that reveal the ability to leave a mark on the Taleggio Valley’s or Santa Ynez territory.
No NAHR funding are available at this time. Upon request, NAHR is pleased to provide individuals with letter of support for independent funding purposes.
If external funding is available to applicant please indicate it at the end of the project proposal page.
8. Upload: 1 PDF file [Lastname_NAHR25_month(april_june _july/august _october residency).pdf] (max 6 MB)
How to Apply
Program Benefits & Awards
Residents are expected to be at NAHR for the majority of the time to fulfill one relevant objective of their NAHR residency: namely, the residency expects to bring participants into active engagement with the natural environment. Artists are expected to take advantage of the residency by spending their time in the area, experiencing the environment, visiting sites, contacting local people, working with traditional and innovative materials, experimenting with old and new technologies, promoting their works in public happenings, as well as producing the final documentation for the open studio weekend and for NAHR archive.
Accommodation: is FREE for most programs (see ALT RES for exception) and provided in a single apartment (kitchen/working space, bedroom, bathroom) for each NAHR fellow. See links California and Italy for details.
Resources: Facilities may vary depending on the project needs. Local artisans might support the production needs while local guides may accompany the residents during their excursions in nature.
Entry Fee
None
Location
Italy
Timeline
- Application Deadline: Ongoing
Website Link: https://nahr.it/Apply-Iscrizione
