A simple wooden table against a textured, partly brick wall. The table holds a candle in a holder, some stones, a small jar, a potted purple flowering plant, and some papers or documents. To the right of the table, there's a wooden frame with a patterned, cloud-like textile attached. The setting appears to be an art studio or gallery with minimalist decor.
A woman with long brown hair, wearing a black long-sleeve top and wide-leg blue jeans, poses in front of an orange metal gate in a rustic interior with exposed brick and a painted white cross on the wall.

setteuarciate is an interdisciplinary artist residency based in Pacentro, Italy that centers ecological relationships.

The residency is hosted by Mia Frances LaRocca, one of the women who carries on the nickname setteuarciate.

In Pacentro, setteuarciate is a unit of measurement in dialect — it implies the ability to hold a lot of things at once, seven armfuls to be exact.

Mia is a beekeeper by practice — her work is intertwined with movement, plants, and food.

The setteuarciate studio is an official field-site for the Centre for Multispecies Relations and Future Ecologies.

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(italiano)

artist in residency: Chiara Leto
beekeeping workshops
yoga
enfleurage
milk + honey
pleasure of preserving
nocino
honey harvest workshops