The CASTRO Studio Program is a non-accredited, five-month educational program that hosts a group of artists and researchers, offering free workspace and training with international artists, writers, curators, and theorists. Activities include: individual and group tutorials, workshops and seminars, CRITS, studio visits, guided tours of Rome, and Open Studios. Participants are selected through an open call by an international jury that changes every year.
CASTRO fosters collaboration, experimentation, and peer-to-peer learning. Each edition of the program is shaped around the interests and practices of its participants, encouraging a dynamic environment where individual and collective research intersect. The program also acts as a platform to connect with local professionals, organizations, and initiatives, facilitating exchanges that enrich both the participants and the wider community. In return for their participation, students are invited to actively contribute to shaping the program and its activities.
The open call is addressed to artists and researchers from all disciplines, approaches, and backgrounds. We are looking for individuals interested in exploring alternative learning methods, willing to engage with unconventional studio practices, open to questioning and unlearning, and committed to building collaborative and supportive working environments—both within and beyond CASTRO—with strong involvement in the broader community.
SELECTION COMMITTEE 2025/2026
The committee was composed of: Alberta Whittle, Ana Vaz, Saverio Verini, Paola Ugolini.
SELECTION COMMITTEE 2024/2025
The committee was composed of: Cally Spooner, Paolo Canevari, Roberta Tenconi.
SELECTION COMMITTEE 2023/2024
The selection committee was composed of: Sophie Jung, Liliana Moro, Ahmet Ogut, Francesca Pionati, Chris Rawcliffe.
SELECTION COMMITTEE 2021/2022
The selection committee was composed of: Bonnie Camplin, Darren Bader, Edoardo Bonaspetti, Ilaria Mancia, Claire Fontaine.
SELECTION COMMITTEE 2020/2021
Special thanks to this year’s Selection Committee: Yates Norton, Ola Hassanain, Leonardo Bigazzi, Anna Franceschini, Leopold Thun and Monster Chetwynd
SELECTION COMMITTEE 2019/2020
The selection committee was composed of: Stefano Collicelli Cagol, Anna Colin, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Damiana Leoni and Marco Palmieri.
SELECTION COMMITTEE 2018/2019
The selection committee was composed of: Michael Archer, Will Benedict, Barbara Casavecchia, Maria Adele Del Vecchio, Alberto Di Fabio, John O’Doherty.
 Adriana Gellini and Linda Jensen (Directors of Last Tango, Zurich)
Adrienne Drake (Director and Curator, Fondazione Giuliani)
Ahmet Öğüt (Artist)
Alberta Whittle (Artist)
Alessandra Biscaro (Coordinator, Han Nefkens Foundation)
Allison Grimaldi-Donahue (Artist and Writer)
Andrea Mei (Director, WOW – The World of Women Foundation, Rome)
Ana Vaz (Artist)
Ane Rodriguez Armendariz (Curator)
Anna Gorcharovskaya (Curator)
Antonio Valentino (Collector)
Associazione Giovani Collezionisti
Attilia Fattori Franchini (Curator and Director, Kunsthaus Gardenhaus, Vienna)
Bianca Stoppani (Curator)
Camilla Paolino (LATERAL)
CAMPO, Fondazione Re Rebaudengo
Carla Chiarchiaro (Director of Ada, Rome)
Carolina Ongaro (Director of Jupiter Woods, London)
Cecilia Canziani (Curator and Co-Director of Iuno)
Chiara Nuzzi (Assistant Curator, ICA Milan)
Chris Rawcliffe (Director, Forma Arts & Media, London)
Claire Fontaine (Artist)
Colin Ledoux (Director of Terzo Fronte)
Damiana Leoni (Italy VIP Representative, Art Basel)
Enrico Palmieri (T293)
Eugenia Delfini (Director, Galleria Eugenia Delfini)
Fabiola Fiocco (Curator and Researcher)
Federic Blancart (Head of Fellows Office, Villa Medici)
Flaminia Bonfiglio (Artist)
Flavia Prestininzi (Curator)
Georgia Stellin (Curator)
Gioia Dal Molin (Curator, Istituto Svizzero Rome and Milan)
Giorgia Basili (Journalist)
Giulia Floris (Assistant Curator, Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este)
Hugh Mulholland (Curator, MAC Belfast)
Ilaria Conti (Curator and Researcher, Centre Pompidou, Paris – Director, La Nueva Fábrica, Guatemala)
Ilaria Gianni (Curator and Co-Director of IUNO)
Ilaria Leoni (Director of Ermes Ermes)
Jacopo Rinaldi (LATERAL)
Jose Gracis (Director, Galleria Mazzoleni)
Katherine Weir (Curator)
Kiera Blankey (Director, New Contemporaries, London)
Lorenzo Gigotti (Head of Content and Co-founder, NERO)
Luca Lo Pinto (Director, MACRO Rome)
Manuela Pacella (Curator)
Marco Altavilla (Director, T293)
Maria Alicata (Curator, Fondazione Baruchello)
Marta Federici (Curator and Co-Director, LOCALES)
Matteo Binci (Curator)
Matteo Lucchetti (Curator, Museo delle Civiltà , Rome)
Michele Bertolino (Curator and Co-founder, Il Colorificio, Milan)
Nico Vascellari (Artist)
Nicola Zanella (Journalist, Il Sole 24 Ore)
Paola Capata (Director, Monitor Gallery, Rome and Lisbon)
Paola Clerico (Founder and Curator, Case Chiuse, Milan)
Paola Ugolini (Curator)
Rä di Martino (Artist)
Roberto Scalmana (Director, Baleno International, Rome)
Samuel Gross (Curator)
Saverio Verini (Curator and Director, Spoleto Museum System)
Shara Wasserman (Director, Temple University Art Gallery)
Stefano Collicelli Cagol (Curator, Centro Pecci, Prato)
Sophie Jung (Artist)
Tommaso De Luca (Artist)
Vasco Forconi (Curator)
Young Curators Residency Programme, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Zoe De Luca (Independent Curator and Co-founder, Siliqoon Agency, Milan)
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