Fully funded VFA Sonic Connections residency for sound artists, performers, curators, designers, and professionals legally residing in eligible Creative Europe countries outside Italy.

Villa Filanda Antonini has opened applications for a Fully Funded Italy Residency, VFA Sonic Connections, in Villorba, Treviso, Italy. The 2027 Sonic Connections residency will select up to four participants for a one-month residency from March 1 to March 31, 2027. The program supports site-specific sonic research, experimental music, sound art, and performance projects developed in response to the former silk mill and warehouse spaces of Villa Filanda Antonini. Support includes accommodation, travel allowance, a €1,000 stipend, mentoring, and production support determined case by case.

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VFA Sonic Connections Snapshot

What: Sonic Connections Open Call 2027
Who: Sound artists, performers, curators, professionals, and designers who have completed their studies and are legally residing in Europe, except Italy, or eligible OCTs/ORs countries.
Where: Villa Filanda Antonini, Via Montegrappa 25, 31020 Villorba, Italy.
Award / Support: Fully funded residency. Accommodation, travel allowance, production costs, mentoring, and €1,000 stipend for the 31-day residency. Top-ups and production budget available case by case after resident selection.
Application Fee: FREE
Residency Duration: March 1–31, 2027. The residency period is non-negotiable.
Deadline: July 19, 2026, 23:59 CEST.
Official Link: https://www.vfa.art/about-us/
Application Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_cq9PgqSgp4IziNCPRKy2TA5ewgKQ-DSU4soCRFWbCtfvRw/viewform
Strategy Coach Notes: https://www.patreon.com/pformart/posts/strategy-coach-161948633

Get The Application Strategy

The Strategy Coach Notes for this opportunity focus on how to frame a site-specific sound project for the VFA warehouse, how to connect prior work to the Sonic Connections theme, and how to make the proposal structure clear through timeline, methodology, objectives, and public outcomes. The strongest applications will show how the artist will use the acoustic, architectural, and environmental conditions of the site to produce recorded material, performance, or archival material for VFA.

About VFA Sonic Connections

Villa Filanda Antonini is an artist residency in Villorba, Treviso, Italy, established in 2021 and supported by the Arper Feltrin Foundation. The residency supports transdisciplinary dialogue among art, design, and architecture, with projects connected to place, community, heritage, ecology, labor, and post-industrial transformation. The program provides time, studio space, accommodation, and a stipend for research-based artistic development.

The VFA Sonic Connections residency is focused on experimental music, sound art, performance, and collective sonic experience. Residents will develop site-specific projects connected to VFA’s former industrial warehouse. The call asks artists to consider how architecture, acoustic space, landscape, and local context shape sonic creation. The residency includes research, production, open studios, listening sessions, live performance, and contribution to a sonic archive.

What Is Offered

• Fully funded residency
• Accommodation at Villa Filanda Antonini
• €1,000 stipend for 31 days
• Travel allowance of €400 or €800 depending on distance
• €30 daily allowance
• Mentoring support
• Production costs covered case by case
• Green travel, visa, family, OCTs/ORs, and accessibility top-ups where eligible
• Studio and work space access
• Public engagement through open studios, listening sessions, workshops, or performances

Who Should Apply

This opportunity is for sound artists, performers, curators, professionals, and designers who have completed their studies and are legally residing in eligible Creative Europe countries outside Italy, or eligible OCTs/ORs countries. Applicants must be 18 or older, available for the full March 1–31, 2027 residency period, and able to communicate in English. Staff members of the European Commission or Goethe-Institut are ineligible.

VFA Sonic Connections Timeline

Application Deadline: July 19, 2026, 23:59 CEST
Candidate Announcement: August 30, 2027 as listed in the application text
Residency Period: March 1–31, 2027

Why VFA Sonic Connections Matters

This residency offers a strong structure for artists working with sound, space, performance, and site-specific research. The call has a clear theme, a defined site, a production outcome, and a public engagement framework. Applicants are expected to propose work that responds directly to the VFA warehouse and contributes to the residency’s sonic archive. The opportunity is especially relevant for artists whose practice connects sound, architecture, recording, performance, listening, and community exchange.

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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_cq9PgqSgp4IziNCPRKy2TA5ewgKQ-DSU4soCRFWbCtfvRw/viewform

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