Overview

The Museum of Loss and Renewal invites applications for ART and FOOD, an immersive international group residency exploring the relationships between place, people, time, art, and food.

Set in Collemacchia, within Italy’s Apennine Mountains and the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, the residency brings together creative practitioners and researchers to examine food as a cultural, social, and artistic practice—shaped by land, labour, memory, migration, and sustainability.

The programme is devised and led by Tracy Mackenna (artist, educator, curator) in collaboration with Carla Smith (artist), drawing on shared Italian heritage and site-specific knowledge.

Focus Areas

  • Art and creative practices
  • Food, seasonality, and sustainability
  • Community, gathering, and shared knowledge
  • Relationships to land and place
  • Memory, loss, and renewal
  • Interdisciplinary and participatory approaches
  • Experimentation, play, and collective learning

Who Can Apply

Open to international applicants, with a strong interest in art–food relationships and Creative practitioners and researchers working in:

  •   Art and creative practices
  •   Food practices
  •   Horticulture, farming, land management
  •   Agronomy, conservation

(Approx. 9 participants selected)

What’s Included

  • Fully facilitated group residency programme
  • Subject-specific sessions and expert-led workshops
  • Hands-on making sessions and site visits
  • Collective and mentored individual working time
  • Fully catered residency (3 meals daily)
  • Shared critical discussion and forecasting sessions

Accommodation & Workspace

  • Recently renovated houses (double, twin, and single rooms)
  • Fully equipped kitchens, internet, central heating
  • Indoor and outdoor studio/workspaces within walking distance
  • Cleaning included

Fees

Residency Fee: €1,750

Includes:

  • Accommodation
  • Full board
  • Studio/workspaces
  • Collection/return to nearest train or bus station

Payment Terms

  • 50% deposit within 3 weeks of offer (non-refundable)
  • Balance due 8 weeks before residency start
  • Participants cover their own travel, insurance, and visa costs. Letters of invitation can be provided.*

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted via the online application form:

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

Please note: feedback on unsuccessful applications cannot be provided.

Residency Dates

  • Deadline: 1 April 2026
  • Residency Dates: 9–16 October 2026

Location:

Collemacchia, Apennine Mountains, Italy

Host: The Museum of Loss and Renewal