Biennale College
Artistic practice and internships for young people
Biennale College is La Biennale di Venezia’s project dedicated to the practice of young people in the artistic fields and in the activities of the organizational structure of the Biennale.
Encouraging young talents, offering them the opportunity to work side by side with the masters to develop “creations” that will be part of our Artistic Programs: this is the spirit of the Biennale College, a well-fitted bridge that allows young people who wish to engage in one of the arts to do so under the finest conditions that an international institution can offer.
University students can improve their training through the internship experience of the Biennale College - Internships.
The international call, launched on 7 May 2024, invited students, graduate students and emerging practitioners under the age of 30 to submit projects that employee natural, artificial, and collective intelligence to combat the climate crisis.
From this global pool of submissions, up to 16 projects from undergraduate and graduate students, young professionals in architecture, urban design, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, and adjacent professions dealing with the built environment, will be chosen by the Artistic Director Carlo Ratti to be developed in the Biennale College Architettura programme.
Check out the international call
Deadline for applications: 21 June 2024.
On the occasion of the 60th International Art Exhibition (20 April - 24 November 2024), 4 projects have been selected for the 2nd edition of the Biennale College Arte 2023/2024. Over 150 young emerging artists under 30 from 37 countries around the world have joined the call for participation.
The 4 finalists are Agnes Questionmark, Joyce Joumaa, Sandra Poulson, and Nazira Karimi.
In 2024 the Biennale College Cinema announced its 13th edition with two calls for applications aimed at Italian and International teams composed of a director and a producer.
The Biennale College Cinema – Italia call for applications is reserved for Italian director/producer teams. The call was open from 18th January to 15th April 2024.
The Biennale College Cinema – International call is reserved for International director/producer teams, and was open from 3rd May to 4th July 2024.
9th edition (2024-2025) of the Biennale College Cinema – Immersive:
The Italian call for applications for the development and production of Virtual Reality projects, to be submitted by Italian teams, was announced in March 2024.
The International call aimed at teams from all over the world was announced in September 2024 during the 81st Venice Film Festival (28th August - 7th September 2024).
In 2024, the call for applications of the Biennale College Danza was announced: 16 dancers between the ages of 18 and 28 were selected along with 2 choreographers for an intensive immersive residency in Venice.
The 2025 call for applications will be announced shortly.
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For the Biennale College Musica 2024, five calls were dedicated to the submission of five new compositions: for string quartet, for piano, for viola, for electronics, and for percussion.
Three calls were aimed at performers: the first dedicated to the formation of a string quartet; the second dedicated to the selection of a violist da gamba; the third call for the selection of a percussionist.
The 2025 call for applications will be announced shortly.
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Biennale College Teatro 2025: at present there are no new calls for applications from participants outside Italy.
The new call for applications of the Biennale College Internship for the period January - May 2025 was announced on 11 December 2024.
A learning experience on the field, organized as a curriculum-required internship for undergraduate or graduate university students who wish to enrich their training in the fields of organization, management, administration, technical support, editorial work, communication, etc., in other words, the work that is done every day within the organizational structure of La Biennale di Venezia.
Just like a “College” experience, the young people selected for the internship are supervised individually in their training, stimulated and encouraged to seek the greatest benefit from the moment they arrive to the last day of their internship, which will also include social events designed to share experiences and create an active community.
The call is reserved for university students enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate programme of a University based in Italy.
Deadline: 7 January 2025.