Graniti Murales – Artist Residency

Four weeks of art and community

Between June 22 and July 19, 2025, the village of Graniti, in the Alcantara Valley (province of Messina), hosted a new edition of the Graniti Murales residency. The artists selected via open call lived in the village for a period ranging from two to four weeks, welcomed by local families and accompanied by excursions in Sicily to Mount Etna, Catania, and Syracuse.

The organization provided paints, materials, and technical support, while each artist created a site-specific mural to be added to the more than thirty works already present in the historic centre. The residency concluded with the traditional Final Night Celebration, an evening party open to the community and visitors.

The 2025 edition was structured as a four-week artist residency, from June 22 to July 19, in the village of Graniti.

• June 22, 2025 — Arrival of artists and start of the residency
• Work weeks — Creation of site-specific murals on the facades of the historic centre, with technical support from the organization
• Community life — Lunches and dinners with local families, excursions in Sicily (Etna, Catania, Syracuse)
• July 19, 2025 — Final Night Celebration: closing evening with the presentation of the new works to the public

The open call for the selection of artists had a deadline of February 15, 2025.