THE MUSEUM OF LOSS AND RENEWAL is an art project that offers Residencies in Molise, Italy and the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

The Individual Residency Programme (Italy) and Group Residency Programmes (Italy and Scotland) provide space and contexts for making and sharing, nurtured by artists and curators Tracy Mackenna & Edwin Janssen.

Rather than being a museum in the traditional sense that accumulates ‘stuff’, The Museum of Loss and Renewal stimulates people to take time in which to generate thoughts, feelings and ideas.

The Museum of Loss and Renewal is a growing collection of experiences that are regularly shared through the activities of its curators, partners and residents, and is a vehicle that enables the consideration of how to lead a more balanced life.

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TAKING TIME / PRENDENDO TEMPO
Individual Residency Programme

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TAKING TIME / PRENDENDO TEMPO Individual Residency Programme

”The residency programme that just keeps giving”.
Maree Hensey, 2024 resident

An Individual Residency provides uninterrupted periods of time in the beautiful environment of Collemacchia in Italy’s Molise region, with no expectation of a final 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 The Museum of Loss and Renewal does its utmost to ensure that you can achieve what you set out to do.

Applications are open to creative practitioners such as visual artists, film makers, writers, poets, performance artists, curators, designers, craft makers, musicians, theatre makers and researchers who work either individually or collaboratively.

We aim to communicate the outcome of your application within two weeks.

Residency periods are available between now and end of October 2024.
A minimum 2 week period can be requested, however for the full benefit of a period in residence, a minimum period of 3 weeks is recommended.

APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED ON A ROLLING BASIS

APPLY NOW FOR 2024

AIR, SEA AND SOIL
Group Residency Programme in Orkney

AIR, SEA AND SOIL is The Museum of Loss and Renewal’s Group Residency programme that takes place in Scotland’s Orkney Islands. It is a new partnership with the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness.

Each Group Residency takes place at the Pier Arts Centre’s residency facility Linkshouse, in the historic area of Birsay beside the Atlantic Ocean, and at sites of natural and archaeological importance in Orkney, accessible by foot and minibus.

Developed by The Museum of Loss and Renewal, often in partnership with an organisation or person of international repute, each Group Residency is individually designed to stimulate new ways of thinking and experimentation through production, research, co-learning and presentation.

Our Group Residencies are special gatherings that are based around particular themes. They offer participants a supportive, discursive environment for practice and research, exchange and co-learning. Residents become part of a multi-skilled, multi-disciplinary international peer-group.

AIR, SEA AND SOIL: DRAWING WITH PLACE
Sat 24 Aug – Sat 31 Aug 2024
APPLICATION DEADLINE: has passed

AIR, SEA and SOIL: MICRO-MACRO
Sat 31 Aug – Sat 07 Sept 2024
APPLICATION DEADLINE: has passed

In 2023 the following AIR, SEA AND SOIL Group Residencies took place:
DRAWING WITH PLACE
MICRO-MACRO
WRITING INTO PLACE

PLACE, PEOPLE AND TIME
Group Residency Programme in Italy / APPLY NOW!

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PLACE, PEOPLE AND TIME is The Museum of Loss and Renewal’s Group Residency programme that takes place in the village of Collemacchia, in Italy’s Molise region. The village has been home to Tracy Mackenna’s Italian family for centuries.

Each Group Residency takes place in the contemporary parish of Filignano, amidst the historical remains of Samnite and Roman settlements. The community is situated in the outstanding National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, accessible by foot and minibus.

PLACE, PEOPLE and TIME: DRAWING DEEPLY
Fri 21 June – Fri 28 June 2024
APPLICATION DEADLINE: has passed

PLACE, PEOPLE and TIME: MICRO-MACRO
Thurs 24 Oct – Thurs 31 Oct 2024
APPLICATION DEADLINE: ONE PLACE AVAILABLE – APPLY NOW!

In 2023 the following PLACE. PEOPLE AND TIME Group Residency took place:
PLACE, PEOPLE AND TIME: DRAWING DEEPLY