you can’t use up creativity. the more you use, the more you have. 

— maya angelou

B.A.C.A.S.

(borghi antichi cultura arti scienze)

our mission is to encourage and sustain interdisciplinary collaborations between established, mid-career, and emerging artists and scholars from all over the world, and to broaden the dialogue between america and italy in the less familiar and often overlooked southern italy. we offer short and long-term residencies and fellowships, and curate exhibitions, workshops, and symposia.

believing that the significant contributions of artists and scholars with distinguished careers can stir the work of those who have yet to be fully recognized for what they do, bacas aims to ferment artistic and intellectual interactions across stages of careers, genres, and disciplines.

immersed in the setting of any of the hilltop towns of our beautiful valley, rich with historical significance and natural beauty, bacas artists and scholars have space and time to work undisturbed, in solitude, and/or in collaboration with others, to create lasting works of imagination and ingenuity.