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.
On 11 February 2025, 8 projects have been selected for the Biennale College Architettura 2024/25.
Over 200 students, graduate students and emerging practitioners under the age of 30 from 49 countries around the world have joined the call for participation.
The 8 finalists are:
Joelle Deeb (Syrian Arab Republic)
Jia Wei Huang (Malaysia)
Caterina Miralles Tagliabue (Spain)
Agnes Thomasina Parker (England)
Lucia Rebolino (Italy)
Tanvi Khurmi (Canada), Rita Espinha Dos Santos Abreu Morais (Portugal)
Florian Kilian Jaritz (Germany), Franziska Gödicke (Germany)
Jaakko Julius Heikkilä (Finland), Emil Oscar Lyytikkä (Finland)
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.
The new call for applications for the Biennale College ASAC – Writing in Residence are available online starting 18 April 2025.
The Biennale College ASAC - Writing in Residence Architecture, Theatre, Dance, Cinema and Music are open to young graduates/ under 30 from all over the world with an excellent knowledge of Italian language, spoken and written. Sponsor of the Biennale College ASAC - Writing in Residence 2025 is Swiss Seaside Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 2008 in Switzerland that supports projects related to children, youth, family and environment.
The calls launched today cover the following sectors and themes:
Writing of Architecture
theme Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective, tutor: Luca Molinari, deadline14 May
Writing of Cinema
theme The Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica of La Biennale di Venezia 1983 – 1991, tutor: Paolo Lughi, deadline 2 June
Writing of Dance
theme Myth Makers, tutor: Elisa Guzzo Vaccarino, deadline 2 June
Writing of Theatre
theme Theatre is Body – Body is Poetry, tutor: Katia Ippaso, deadline 14 May.
In 2025 the Biennale College Cinema announced its 14th 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 is open from 16th January to 14th April 2025.
The Biennale College Cinema – International call is reserved for International director/producer teams, and will be open from 6th May to 7th July 2025.
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 2025, Biennale College Danza has announced two calls for applications aimed at young dancers and choreographers.
We are looking for young dancers (+18 > 28 years on the closing date of the call) with at least three years vocational (or equivalent) training in dance at a high technical level and who are creatively curious, daring and open-minded.
Call for dancers
We are looking for early career choreographers (+18 years) who have presented at least two original creations in public and who have a committed interest in developing their choreographic practice through participation in the programme.
Call for choreographers
For both calls, the selection is open to participants from all over the world.
Deadline for applications: 6 March 2025.
For 2025, the Biennale College Musica has announced the selection of up to 5 projects by composers, sound artists and performers for a residency, research and production programme of new projects to be presented at the 69th International Festival of Contemporary Music (11 > 25 October 2025), titled LA STELLA DENTRO.
The eligible musical project categories are:
· live performance (with optional audiovisual component)
· acousmatic composition with multi-channel diffusion
The call for applications will be open from 13 February to 13 March 2025.
Get the call
In 2025, Biennale College Teatro has announced a series of workshops that will be held in the period from 30 May to 15 June. 8 training programmes are entrusted to the following masters: Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura, Eugenio Barba and Julia Varley, Roberta Ferraresi, Gardi Hutter, Evangelia Rantou, Thomas Richards, Yana Eva Thönnes, Sandra Toffolatti and Giorgio Sangati.
The deadline for applications is 30 March 2025.
The new call for applications of the Biennale College Internship for the period May - December 2025 was announced on 28 March 2025.
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: 27 April 2025.