We’re thrilled to announce our Open Call to apply for an artist residency at Salemi Ceramics.
Application deadline: 15th of October 2025
We invite ceramic artists to apply for a creative residency at Salemi Ceramics for a period of 1 to 3 months in the year 2025.
The call is open to ceramicists, ceramic artists, and interdisciplinary artists with an existing ceramic practice.
We will select between 6 and 9 artists who are looking for an opportunity to deepen existing work or develop new ideas. We will also select 2 artists to develop ceramics murals installations in the town of Salemi.
The independent residency program is directed at artists who are looking for an opportunity to deepen existing work or develop new ideas. We will select between 6 and 9 artists for this mode.
The ceramics mural residency program we will select 2 artists to develop ceramics murals installations in the town of Salemi.
We provide free of charge:
Artists working on murals for the town will also receive a fee of 500€.
Residents developing personal work (not mural) will not receive any fee.
We ask:
We do not offer:
To apply you must submit our application form.
You may apply for 2 different modes of residency:
You will be able to select your preferred modality in the application form.
The form will request your personal details as well as:
Please have all these documents ready before you start your application.
The selection process is carried out by a committee of internal and external judges, including the Salemi Ceramics team and international professionals.
The applications will be assessed based on:
We will also look for a balance between International and Italian applicants, professional background, gender and age. We believe that a group that is as diverse as possible is very valuable for mutual exchange.
At Salemi Ceramics, we believe that equal opportunities are extremely important and we want to create a welcoming and inclusive environment in which people have the opportunity to flourish. We encourage everyone from different backgrounds, ages, experiences, cultural and ethnic backgrounds to register.
Please note that unfortunately, we are not currently able to provide accommodation and all-round access for people with disabilities.
Apply here -> Link of Application form