Robert Raphael

Robert Raphael

I came to Civitella to participate in the first NEA funded Ceramic Residency. I had the amazing fortune to work with a local ceramics factory, Cotto Etrusco. While at Cotto Etrusco I developed an entire new body of work. Making ceramics in Italy taught me unexpected...
Pélagie Gbaguidi

Pélagie Gbaguidi

Pélagie Gbaguidi Benin Belgium is a contemporary artist griot interested in the decolonization of knowledge and its transmission. As an extension of my research, Civitella Ranieri has been a laboratory of unprecedented experiences (crossroads of encounters with...
Bonita Ely

Bonita Ely

During my residency at Civitella Ranieri I conceived of an unexpected artwork, related to the project I had planned in Sydney. My interest in archeology, speculating what might be found in centuries to come about our times, coalesced in a series of collages on the...