The Civitella Ranieri Foundation is an American artists’ community located at a 15th-century castle in the Umbria region of Italy.[1][2][3]
Civitella Ranieri Foundation
Type
Artist Colony
Location
Umbertide, Italy
Website
http://www.civitella.org/
The Foundation provides four sessions of six-week long unstructured residencies every year to visual artists, writers and composers; and, occasionally, it organizes events for the general public.[4][2][3][5][6][7]
Founded by arts philanthropist Ursula Corning in 1995. In the last decade of her life, Ursula often wondered aloud, "What will become of my dear Civitella after I die? Will it be turned into a dusty museum?" It was at this time, with the help of Gordon Knox and Cecilia Galiena, that she began to grow Civitella's current arts program.[8][9] Civitella Ranieri Foundation has hosted over 800 Fellows and Director's Guests from across the globe.[10][11][3][7]
Historyedit
Civitella Ranieri is an early Renaissance castle in Umbria. The Ranieri family, a noble Italian bloodline, first settled in Perugia and has owned the land since the early 11th century. Ursula Corning, a distant relative to the Ranieri family, turned the castle into the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, which started operating as an artist residency in 1995.[12][10][3][7]
Foundationedit
Each residency community at Civitella Ranieri Foundation is selected by a jury, and it brings together 12-15 international artists, writers and composers at pivotal moments in their careers.[3][10][13][7][14]
The Foundation provides studio space, accommodation, board, and covers travel expenses.[10][3]
Dana Prescott has been the Foundation's Executive Director since 2007.[7]
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