Taking Time / Prendendo Tempo

APPLY NOW for 2026 and 2027 / residency periods May – October annually

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis / outcome is communicated within a week
Min. 1 week residency period

An Individual Residency provides uninterrupted periods of time in the beautiful environment of Collemacchia in Italy’s Molise region, for centuries home to the family of Tracy Mackenna, curator of The Museum of Loss and Renewal.

Ethos
Attentiveness, meaningful exchange and unhurried working are prioritised. Care is an essential value that is extended to our residents, and to the local community.

Creatives, scholars and researchers working in all disciplines are welcome to join us in residence.

There is no expectation of a final residency outcome. Whether you wish simply to be up close to your practice, allow nature to suffuse your thinking and feeling, produce new work or complete a project, at The Museum of Loss and Renewal the utmost will be done to ensure that you can achieve what you set out to do. Residents receive support and informal mentoring from Tracy / Associates during the residency period, and ongoing support often after the residency.

Our residents come from around the world, bringing their wonderful personalities, ideas, ways of working, and generosity. You may want to take time out from hectic domestic and/or professional schedules to decelerate or to reconnect with your work, to test thoughts or new materials, perhaps work towards an upcoming exhibition, composition, performance or piece of writing or a publication. Anything is possible, and will be supported.

Local community
The residency facilities are located in the village of Collemacchia. It is one of twelve ancient villages in the parish of Filignano. Citizens are closely related, and move between the villages and their other homes in places such as Rome, Naples, Paris, Brussels, Glasgow, Melbourne, Philadelphia, Toronto … This is due to historic waves of (return) migration, and each person contributes to our active Filignano community.

The multi-lingual community welcomes our residents warmly, whether that be over coffee or a meal in the local Bar run by the delightful Adua, on impromptu mountain walks, in invitations to join the olive harvest, or to participate in local festivals. Knowledge is generously shared and many of our residents make friends locally, returning to us for multiple periods in residence.

The neighbouring large town of Venafro is a railway / intercity bus hub, and from Collemacchia/Filignano is easily reached by local bus and taxi. Our region is one of exceptional beauty and is part of the National Park of the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise which is abundant with undisturbed forest, flora and fauna. Strong traces of the remarkable Samnite (pre-Roman) and Roman civilisations can be experienced up close without tourist footfall, in every village and town, and in the land.

World-class resources
The world-class museums, galleries, bookshops and libraries of Rome and Naples provide additional resource material for our residents and are very easy to access. Take the train from Venafro in the morning, and be back with us in Collemacchia at night.