Best Practices

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From the Netherlands to Cittadellarte, face to face with the director of ArtEZ’s bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts – VIDEO

Cittadellarte & ArtEZ Residency Programme: we talked to Marie Van Leeuwen, director of Arnhem Academy’s BEAR, and Johan Wagenaar, artist and (now retired) tutor in Social Engagement at the same school.

Redazione, 05/02/2019

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Let Eat Bi: reclamation of the territory, farming and food in an event dedicated to saffron

On Thursday 21st February, Cittadellarte will host the first initiative in the Green Academy’s 2019 programme. The speaker of the event will be farmer Enrico Covolo, who will illustrate the peculiarities and the story of the production of its saffron in Coggiola (BI).

Luca Deias, 04/02/2019

An artistic residency as an educational instrument, the students from ArtEZ Academy at Cittadellarte

Starting from last week and for five weeks Fondazione Pistoletto will be hosting “arti-vamente”, an artistic residency involving twelve students from ArtEZ Academy in Arnhem, ten of whom are in their last year of a bachelor’s in visual arts. All the participants will carry out an individual research, also through the natural contaminations of Cittadellarte and its spaces. The residency includes a programme of meetings managed by the UNIDEE office and the tutoring by some of their professors. A public open studio will mark the end of the experience.

Luca Deias, 17/01/2019

Demopraxy, sustainability, responsability: the new Rebirth Forum at the Macro in Rome

The first Rebirth Forum in Rome will be held on 24th, 25th and 26th January 2019, at, and with, the MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art. The representatives of a hundred organizations will participate in the initiative, and will work to identify responsible and sustainable practices and projects for the realities active on the territory of the capital city according to the criteria of the Art of Demopraxy.

Luca Deias, 15/01/2019

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Cittadellarte’s sustainable fashion at the White Street Market in Milan

In the context of the fair dedicated to street culture, Fashion B.E.S.T. will present a selection of brands already well-known for their sustainable development, displayed along Michelangelo Pistoletto’s “Venus of the Rags”. In programme is also a speech by Paolo Naldini, director of Cittadellarte.

Luca Deias, 10/01/2019

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The art of demopraxy – VIDEO

What is the art of demopraxy? Here is a video explaining the peculiarities of the participatory practice in question, carried out through a three-phase process (Mapping, Forum and Working Site).

Luca Deias, 08/01/2019

Art as an instrument for social change in the most recent UNIDEE module

Last week, Cittadellarte hosted “Broadcasting the archive #10”, University of Ideas’ module curated by Gemma Medina Estupiñan and Alessandra Saviotti. In the course of the initiative, six international artists in residency analysed a few case studies from the archive of Asociacion de Arte Útil (a database of about 300 projects in which art has generated a responsible social change) and the projects developed by Cittadellarte on the theme of food.

Luca Deias, 11/12/2018

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B.E.S.T., young fashion designers at Cittadellarte for the future of sustainable fashion

Last Friday, B.E.S.T.’s directive and staff met a few young fashion designers operating in the field of sustainable fashion. A dialogue on the theme which laid the foundations for the new project “Sustainable Fashion Best Platform”. Here are the comments of some of the participants.

Luca Deias, 16/11/2018

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