Circolo Scandinavo

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Circolo Scandinavo aims at offering residencies for Nordic artists in the studio apartments in Rome, in order to strengthen and develop the individual Nordic artists' work, and to increase dialogue and network between the Nordic artists in an international context.

The artists-in-residence can focus on their individual artistic work, as well as networking and promotion within the framework of a flexible artist-in-residence programme. Circolo Scandinavo organizes events and artist talks to expose the Nordic artists in Rome.

Circolo Scandinavo’s Residence in Rome for Nordic Artists is a unique institution. It offers artists from five Nordic countries, and from all forms of art, residency for two or more months under the same roof to work in an interdisciplinary, inter-Nordic environment. This happens nowhere else and is of importance both to each individual artist and to the cultural life of the individual countries as well as to the experience of a common Nordic artistic identity in an international context.

The Director – a Nordic artist – has the overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Residence. Since September 2012 the director is Ingo Arnason (1971, Iceland), director for theatre, opera and radio, Masters of Fine Arts degree in theater directing.  He has worked for many years in the theatre and opera field, after finishing studies at the Accademia Nazionale D'Arte Drammatica "Silvio D'Amico" in 1999.
The director is assisted by volunteers from Finland and Italy. Unpaid board members also participate actively in the operations. Since 2006 the Circolo has been located in Via della Lungara, in a large, spacious apartment in the stately “Casino di Vigna” from the 16^th century as a neighbour to Villa Farnesina and opposite Palazzo Corsini where the Swedish Queen Christina spent the last 35 years of her life.