Art and Nature

A Celebration of Biodiversity Exhibition

A Celebration of Biodiversity 20206 - Exhibition & Eco Extravaganza 
Submit your artwork now to be featured in our exhibition, celebrating biodiversity through creativity. All biodiversity and climate themed work will be considered. It's free to send zines or donate prints to raise money for wildlife charities. Submitting for exhibition in the open call is free to age 18 and under or £5 per work for adults.

Deadlines vary depending upon which category you enter.

Exhibition runs: 27th July – 14th August 2026
Monday – Friday: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Leicester Adult Education Centre - The Lower Gallery. 51 Belvoir St, LE1 6QL.

The Nachiri Routes Art Residency in Italy

Baroque Blue Art & Nature Residency 2026 (5th Edition)
The Nachiri Routes: Biodiversity and Landscape
Curated by Dores Sacquegna
 Torre Dell’Orso, Lecce Puglia, Italy
  September 19 – October 3, 2026

Primo Piano invites you to join the fifth edition of its Baroque Blue Art & Nature Residency, an intimate gathering shaped by creation, reflection, and connection. Set along the luminous coastline of TORRE DELL’ORSO,  this residency  offers more than a retreat—it is a space for reconnection, reflection, and creative awakening.  

Constellations Art & Nature Residency in Italy

Baroque Blue Art & Nature Residency 2026 (5th Edition)
Theme: Constellations: The Awakening of Star Feathers
Curated by Dores Sacquegna
 Torre dell’Orso, Puglia, Italy
 13–27 June 2026

Primo Piano invites you to join the fifth edition of its Baroque Blue Art & Nature Residency, an intimate gathering shaped by creation, reflection, and connection. Set along the luminous coastline of TORRE DELL’ORSO, where the sea is not just a view but a presence, this residency unfolds as a space to listen more deeply—to your practice, to others, and to the quiet stories held by the landscape.

August 2025 - Residency Available in Colombia

The artist residency program (AIR) is designed for visual artists, musicians, writers, architects, clay artists, performers, and other makers. It is a self-directed residency, where artists have full access to studio spaces of all kinds (visual art, music, movement, writing, etc.) throughout the vast and beautiful campus that includes a natural park in process of about 230 acres. Artists are given the space, freedom, and encouragement to explore and experiment with their work.

WATER PATH: Art Residency and Exhibition in Italy

IV edition of Baroque Blue Se-Art Residency 2025

WATER PATH: ON THE TRAIL OF GREAT MOTHER

From 20 september to 04 october 2025 

ADRIATIC SEA: Torre dell’Orso (Melendugno -Lecce), Italy

The project is curated by Dores Sacquegna

July Open Call: Animalia

Our July Open Call, “Animalia," has been created by our 34 Gallery Art Advisor Lawrence W. Lee to generate discussion on emotions that often defy words. Previous Winners can be found on the Open Calls page of our website. Our initiative aims to channel the power of art to explore monthly mental health themes through art therapy.  This month, we are particularly interested in works by artists who reduce mental health distress through self-care with the assistance of pets, guide/therapy animals and the natural world.

Why Animals Matter in Art

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