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Villa R is an exclusive private artist residency in Messina, Sicily, Italy, founded in 1990 by artists Iolanda Vacalebre and Nicola Rustica, and opened to international creatives in for intercultural and interdisciplinary exchanges. It offers expansive spaces including an 80-square-meter indoor atelier and -square-meter outdoor area for artistic production of any size and media, surrounded by nature with views of the sea and Aeolian Islands. The program welcomes artists without age or nationality limits across various creative fields, providing comfortable accommodations in three rooms.
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