artist residencies and retreats located in italy and england
VILLA EMMa | artist reSIDENCY | ITALY
THE VILLA IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN LODGING FOR ARTISTS ENGAGED AT CASA REGIS: CENTER FOR CULTURE AND CONTEMPORARY ART, HOWEVER, VILLA EMMA. IS A TREASURE UNTO ITSELF AND HAS RECEIVED JUST AS MUCH ATTENTION AS AN EXTRAORDINARY PROPERTY. IT IS A COMBINATION OF BEAUTY, STRIKING ARCHITECTURE, AND DESIGN FROM THE PRE-ART NOUVEAU ERA. THE DRIVE LEADING TO THE MANOR HOUSE IS EQUALLY EXCITING, UP WINDING ROADS PASSING CHARMING VILLAGES, LEADING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF ‘VALLE CERVO’ WHICH TRANSLATES TO DEER VALLEY IN ENGLISH. THE MOMENT I SET FOOT ON THE GROUNDS I KNEW I WAS IN FOR A SPECIAL TREAT. I FELT THE ENERGY OF THE BUILDING, A REMARKABLE PLACE THAT HAD SO MUCH TO SHARE WITH ME, AND I FOR IT, TO CREATE NEW MEMORIES FOR MY CREATIVE PRACTICES.
CASA REGIS | artist residency | ITALY
CASA REGIS, LOCATED JUST AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM MILAN AND 30 MINS FROM BIELLA (UNESCO JUST AWARDED BIELLA THE TITLE OF “CREATIVE CITY”), IS NESTLED IN THE SMALL VILLAGE OF MOSSO, WHICH IS PART OF THE PIEDMONT REGION OF NORTHERN ITALY. MOSSO OFFERS THE BASIC NEEDS FOR ANYONE’S STAY – IN THE TOWN SQUARE YOU CAN FIND A BAKERY, BUTCHER, CAFÉ AND A PIZZERIA. IT IS THE TYPICAL ITALIAN VILLAGE WHERE YOU TAKE A SIGH AND SAY TO YOURSELF, “THIS, IS THE REAL ITALY.”
THE HIDE | ARTIST RETREAT | england
JUST ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE TOWN OF NAILSWORTH SITS THE HIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF A COTSWOLDS AONB ‘AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY’.
THIS IS NO ORDINARY GETAWAY. IT SERVES THOSE SIMPLY LOOKING FOR A CHANGE OF SCENE AND IS THE IDEAL SPOT FOR ALL TYPES OF ARTISTS AND CREATIVES SEEKING INSPIRATION.