Activities

The residency is primarily self-directed and, as an artist, you are expected to be self-sufficient in your practice. However, Nocefresca organizes some activities to help you fuel your artistic process:

- Presentation of each one's practice to the group
- Individual and group meetings with the curator for assistance and feedback
- Opportunity to propose site-specific projects, talks and workshops
- Final open-studio event, open to the public
- Outdoor excursions and explorations, screening of films, visiting artists and social activities with the local community are extra activities that can happen spontaneously during the residency
(NEWS 2024: the activities will include a one-day trip to Cagliari for each group of residents)

Curatorial assistance

After an online chat with each participant, our curator builds a monthly residency plan tailored to the interests of the whole group. During this chat, she is also available to discuss in detail any needs you have regarding your studio space, accommodation, equipment and so forth.

Our assistant curator is always present in Milis functioning as the main reference point. Their role is essential if you need support in finding a specific kind of equipment or material, navigating conversations with someone who doesn't speak English, and much more. They both pay you regular visits to your studio to support you through conversations and feedback.

Topics

At Nocefresca, artists are free to develop their own projects without any restriction regarding topic or outcome. As a curatorial choice, every year we pick a theme upon which we establish our plan of activities. On one hand, this helps us share with the artists and the public a coherent one-year-long experience; on the other, it allows us to create an inspiring and harmonious program. The topics focus always on the relationship among humans, nature and future and intertwine both local and universal interests, such as botany, agriculture, food, landscape, community, sustainability, history, anthropology, culture and more.