Rocca Albornoz – National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto

5 March – 30 July 2017

GUESTS AT THE ROCCA – from 5 March

TREASURES FROM THE VALNERINA – from 9 April

An extraordinary body of works join the collections on display at the Rocca Albornoz – National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto, for a unique exhibition, a tribute to the vitality of Umbria, a land that knows how to react. The exhibition is strictly connected to the fundraising campaign to support the restoration of works damaged by the earthquake.

Umbria is a land that reacts to the events with the strength of her cultural heritage. From 5 March to 30 July 2017, the Rocca Albornoz – National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto will host a series of works that were spared from ruin after the recent earthquake in Central Italy, thanks to an important exhibition organized by Regione Umbria, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Assets and Tourism, Spoleto-Norcia Archdiocese and the City of Spoleto. Sistema Museo will be the exhibition’s operative managing subject. The event is included in the “Discovering Umbria” programme, supported by Regione Umbria to promote and highlight the museum activities.

The exhibition “Treasures from the Valnerina” opens on 5 March with a body of works coming from areas of Marche, Lazio and Umbria, that were struck by the earthquake, an evidence of solidarity among areas sharing such a mournful event, as well as cultural and artistic roots. The exhibition features works selected following various criteria, yet they all show a very deep symbolism, such as the 16th-century Wooden Crucifix from the church in Sant’Anatolia di Narco, a 16th-century “Madonna with Child” from Avendita, the Annunciation by Andrea della Robbia from the Castellina Museum, Norcia, an exquisite “Madonna with Child” (painting on table) by Ulisse da Siena, previously at the Diocesan Museum in Ascoli Piceno, and a refined “St. Sebastian” dating to the second half of the 17th century, coming from Scai, close to Amatrice. The exhibition is strictly tied to the crowdfunding campaign that started on 1 February, to support the restoration of other works of art that were damaged by the seism. It is possible to participate in the campaign here: (https://valorecultura.starteed.com/it/lightquake).

From 9 April, a wide selection of works already restored after 24 August 2016, will be included in the exhibition “Treasures from the Valnerina”. These artistic treasures are ambassadors to Italy and to the world of Umbria’s vitality, a “collective tribute” to an invaluable richness of art and history.
The 2016 earthquake struck hard the cultural heritage of an area of Umbria, the Valnerina, which is for many the place of soul. Not only a land of spirituality, tied to St. Benedict and St. Rita from Cascia, but also a harmonious whole of landscape, burgs, churches, and works of art, now wounded by the merciless shocks that started on 24 August and went on for the whole autumn, 2016. The work and self-denial of many who operated in this emergency (MiBACT, Fire Brigade Units, Italian Army, Civil Defence, Carabinieri’s Cultural Heritage Protection Unit, Volunteers) allowed to rescue many works from damaged churches and museums in Valnerina, and to store them in the Santo Chiodo di Spoleto specialized depot (4000, so far). From here, they will be able to receive the “cures” by restorers at the Vatican Museums, at the Florence Opificio delle Pietre Dure and other skilled restorers, and wait to return to their original settings, when ready. In the meantime, thanks to the project “Discovering Umbria”, it will be possible to see a significant part of them in an exhibition at the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto, where they will be on display from 9 April.

What will be possible to see in the Spoleto exhibition is the result of a committment that started soon after the earliest shocks, a sign of the professionalism and competence of the many who were called to protect the cultural heritage. Only a small part of Umbria was directly damaged by the earthquake, even if the images of seriously-struck churches have moved many a heart, but the will of the Umbrian community is that of not giving up and continue to protect their historical and artistic heritage.
The earthquake’s wounds are faced by bodies and people with the invitation to all those who love Umbria to come and visit its museums and monuments, which are open, vital, and offer an extraordinary view on history, art, environment and traditions.

DISCOVERING UMBRIA

“Discovering Umbria” shows a land that reacts to the events with the strength of its cultural heritage. Art and history meet in the region’s museum network, that features more than 170 museums, ecomuseums and archaeological sites. In the land of Giotto, Signorelli, Perugino and Burri, each museum is an evidence of the connection between community and land.
Museums represent the main tool to know the history, art, burgs and landscape of Umbria: hundreds of proposals, itineraries and curiosities that raise intense emotions, an invitation to discover the art that has marked the history of this land and become one with the contemporary.

An extraordinary reconstruction work on the basis of archaeological information, a trip to discover the Longobards’ daily life through textiles, clothes and jewels of this extraordinary people; the exhibition Trame longobarde: tra architettura e tessuti opens on Thursday 16 March at 12.30, at the National Museum of the Duchy by the Rocca Albornoz. It will be visitable till 18 June (extended to October 1st)

The exhibition returns to Spoleto after four years, and after having been on display in Monte Sant’Angelo, Brescia, and Benevento. Future stages include Cividale del Friuli, the National Museum of the Early Middle Ages in Rome, Ferentillo, Abbadia San Salvatore (Siena).

Textiles and hems were created by the inmates of the Spoleto Jailhouse that have participated in the weaving course, using school looms of the IIS Sansi Leonardi Volta. The compositions were done studying the scarce traces found in the few sources available, the Historia Langobardorum by Paul the Deacon, but the result is an accurate proposal of the old weaving techniques in the Early Middle Ages. Various social ranks are represented, and the visitor will be led by horsey icons and spears, through 4th/8th-century-old finds, to meet the protagonists of Trame Longobarde on the background of images of the Basilica of San Salvatore.

The exhibition is curated by Glenda Giampaoli and Giorgio Flamini, with the scientific support by Donatella Scortecci. The project is the result of an exceptional collaboration of bodies and institutions, including Comune di Spoleto, Regione Umbria, Istituto Sansi Leonardi Volta, the Spoleto Jailhouse, the National Museum of the Duchy, all of them co-ordinated and directed by the Association Italia Langobardorum.

Guided walking tours of Spoleto

Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and holidays from April 1 to October 1, 2017

Every Saturday at 4 pm (tour in Italian)
Every Sunday at 10.30 am  (tour in Italian)
Every Monday at 10 am (tour in English)

Easter (morning and afternoon), Easter Monday (morning), April 25 (morning), May 1 (morning), June 2 (morning)

Itinerary (2 hours): starting point at Piazza della Libertà, visit of the Roman Theatre, Arch of Drusus and Germanicus, Piazza del Mercato, Cathedral, walk around the Fortress, looking at the Fortress and the Bridge
Meeting point: Piazza della Libertà, in front of the Tourist Office, 10 minutes before departure
Participation fee: € 7,50; free for under 15

Tours are led by Authorized Tourist Guides

Evening walks to discover Spoleto, every Tuesday and Thursday, at 20.30 (meeting at 20.15)

Find out the schedule of November, December and March

Information: +39 338 1634018
Facebook: SpoletoCammina

RULES OF CONDUCT
– Participants are required to observe the street code
– Walk on the sidewalks
– Walk on the edge of the road
– Cross over the pedestrian strips
– Do not anticipate the guide
– Keep in touch with those who precede
– Follow the escorts’ suggestions

Those who have pre-existing health problems or perceive they experience intense physical exertion when walking are advised to consult their own trusted physician before starting.

Promoters and escorts are not liable for any damages to persons or things happening during the activity. SPOLETOCAMMINA-nov-dic-2017-marzo-2018

Every Thursday, starting from May 18, guided tours to the Deposito dei Beni Culturali di Santo Chiodo (Santo Chiodo cultural heritage Repository) on the occasion of the Tesori dalla Valnerina (Treasures from Valnerina) exhibition.

Visits at 15.00 and 16.00, with compulsory reservation before 12.00 on Thursday.

Accompanied by an art historian, participants will be able to admire the repository, a place where artworks are temporarily welcomed and “cured” in order to return them to their places of origin within the shortest possible time. The repository houses more than 5000 works of historical and artistic importance, books and historical documents that were recovered from the damages caused by the Central Italy earthquake of 2016 . The safeguard measures that the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Umbria has planned with the Opificio delle Pietre Dure of Florence will concern in a year the largest possible number of works among those sheltered at the Santo Chiodo Repository, according to a logic of’ prompt intervention’ on the most serious damages, in order to stop the process of degradation. These operations are accompanied by an accurate work of indexing and cataloguing. A true heritage to safeguard.

During the visit, the guide will explain the work of recovering as well as the functions and characteristics of the repository itself.  The visit also includes the entrance to the restoration workshop where  restorers will explain phases, techniques and procedures of these delicate interventions.

Participation fee: € 6
50% of the proceeds will contribute to the restoration of the artworks damaged by the earthquake.

Information and reservations:
Sistema Museo
Phone 0743.224952 – 340.5510813
spoleto@sistemamuseo.it

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Dance and music performance in downtown Spoleto on the occasion of the Paris Fête de la Danse.

The initiative is open to all, dancers and non-dancers alike. It will be a performing stroll across the city that will lead the audience to various spaces, to finish with a Rendez Vous at Sunset between Rocca, Roman Theatre and elsewhere.

A performing parade will take place, with costumes created by the Spoleto Istituto Tecnico Professionale in collaboration with  teachers Federica Palombini and Giuseppina Giardini.

Info:
Tel. 348.0872126
e-mail: carolemagnini@yahoo.fr

Purchase the SPOLETO CARD and you will be able to join special guided tours for free.

Without the SPOLETO CARD, you can still join for € 3,00 (+ the museum ticket, if applicable)

The SPOLETO CARD also reserves to small groups the chance to have THEMATIC GUIDED TOURS at a special fare of € 25,00.

Guided tours are led by art historians and tourist guides

Schedule:

Saturday 3 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 4 June
h 11.30
Diocesan Museum – visit to the collection
Meeting: Diocesan Museum – ticket office

h 11.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Saturday 10 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 11 June
h 11.30
The frescoed gallery of the piano nobile
Meeting: Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts – ticket office

h 15.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office

Saturday 17 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 18 June
h 11.30
Spoleto Roman Theatre
Meeting: Archaeological Museum – ticket office

h 15.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office

Saturday 24 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 25 June
h 11.30
Roman Spoleto: visit to the I-century domus
Meeting: Roman House – ticket office

h 15.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office

Information and reservation: Soc. Coop. Sistema Museo – Piazza Collicola – Tel. 0743 46434 – 0743 224952 – e-mail: info@spoletocard.it

Information: IAT di Spoleto – Tel. 0743 218620 info@iat.spoleto.pg.it

Further info on www.spoletocard.it

From 16 June, the Parco Chico Mendes becomes Parco del Mondo (Italian for World Park) and offers a leisure, creative space to all those who would like to project and start initiatives and activities for the common good.

Film and documentary projections, tastings, aperitives, musical meetings.

Parco del Mondo is a project by Comune di Spoleto and Cooperativa Sociale “Il Cerchio”.

To learn more about the season’s schedule, please visit the facebook page: Il parco del mondo
e-mail: ilparcodelmondo@gmail.com
Tel. 0743 221300 – mob. 331 6784140

Eleven prototypes of hemp-made objects will be on display at Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts, in the frame of the Fabric-Action Project promoted by Regione Umbria in collaboration with the Hemp Museum – Ecomuseum of the Umbrian Appennine Ridge, the Polifactory of the Polytecnnic University of Milan and Ghénos Communication.

On the occasion of the 2017 Milan Design Week of last April, the project was presented at the Fuorisalone. 80.000 visitors praised the futuristic lines of the eleven objects on display, that include musical and percussion instruments, an air-filtering system, vase-holders for indoor farming, a suspended cradle, a hat by the revitalising properties, and insulating modules. And then there is more, i.e. retro games such as seesaws and skateboards, which sent the imagination of many a visitor back to their childhood days…

All these hemp prototypes were conceived by famous designers or by students who threw their hats into the Fabric-Action ring, to give new shapes and life to this fiber, deeply rooted into the Valnerina’s traditions and lands.

Fabric-Action combines design and digital production through multiple experimentations on hemp, across digital technologies and new production techniques.

In particular, Fabric-Action, conceived and developed to support Valnerina in the frame of the Valnerina – Saper Fare project, blends the material theme of hemp with the immaterial dimension of know-how, that distinguishes Umbria in general.

After the huge success of the Fuorisalone exhibition, the prototypes will be on display at Spoleto – Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts – 17 June through 31 August.

Inauguration: 17 June, 2017 at 12.00

Speeches:
Fernanda Cecchini – Head of Culture at Regione Umbria
Camilla Laureti – Head of Culture at Comune di Spoleto
Gianluca Marziani – Director at Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts
Stefano Maffei – Directore at Polyfactory, Polytechnic University, Milan
Tullio Fibraroli – Mayor of Sant’Anatolia di Narco
Walter Trivellizzi – Director at GAL Valle Umbra e Sibillini

For the second year in a row, the passion for “Ducati Red” invades the city of the Festival.

On Sunday 18 June, the enthusiasts of the universally recognised Italian motorcycle brand will gather round Spoleto for the second Ducati Red Convention.

The event is organised by the Perugia Ducati Club in collaboration with Cames Spoleto, will have its meeting point in Piazza Campello, in the deep heart of the old city.

A first meeting point will be the Spoleto Sud access to town at 9.00, to then converge to Piazza Campello at 9.30, where the registration operations will take place. The bikers’ parade will start at 10.30, to stroll first through the old city, and head out then to Caso, Gavelli, Monteleone di Spoleto, Leonessa, Piediluco Lake, where there will be a lunch break. Some prizes will be given during lunch, that will be followed by the bikers’ return to Spoleto through Ferentillo, Scheggino and S. Anatolia di Narco on the Valnerina road.

Registration fee: € 10,00, includes gadget + t-shirt.
Lunch: € 22,00

Info, please call Mr. Roberto Zampolini 328 4289117.
The convention is open to all.

Purchase the SPOLETO CARD and you will be able to join special guided tours for free.

Without the SPOLETO CARD, you can still join for € 3,00 (+ the museum ticket, if applicable)

The SPOLETO CARD also reserves to small groups the chance to have THEMATIC GUIDED TOURS at a special fare of € 25,00.

Guided tours are led by art historians and tourist guides

Schedule:

Saturday 3 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 4 June
h 11.30
Diocesan Museum – visit to the collection
Meeting: Diocesan Museum – ticket office

h 11.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Saturday 10 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 11 June
h 11.30
The frescoed gallery of the piano nobile
Meeting: Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts – ticket office

h 15.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office

Saturday 17 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 18 June
h 11.30
Spoleto Roman Theatre
Meeting: Archaeological Museum – ticket office

h 15.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office

Saturday 24 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 25 June
h 11.30
Roman Spoleto: visit to the I-century domus
Meeting: Roman House – ticket office

h 15.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office

Information and reservation: Soc. Coop. Sistema Museo – Piazza Collicola – Tel. 0743 46434 – 0743 224952 – e-mail: info@spoletocard.it

Information: IAT di Spoleto – Tel. 0743 218620 info@iat.spoleto.pg.it

Further info on www.spoletocard.it

MODIGLIANI AND AFRICAN ART: SYMBOLS, WORKS, TECHNOLOGY

curated by Istituto Amedeo Modigliani

An exploration of all the influences of African art in the work of Modigliani, an exciting and moving experience that will make guests feel the emotions the artist has experienced while making contact with the African art.

INFORMATION
Istituto Modigliani – Palazzo Bernardino Montani, June 22 – July 30
opening Thursday June 22 at 17.30
opening hours:
from June 22 to July 30, 2017
from June 22 to July 16: 11.00-23.00
July 21, 22 e 23: 11.00-22.00
July 28, 29 e 30: 11.00-22.00

TICKETS
full-price ticket €10,00
reduced-price (from 12 to 21 years old) € 7,00
over 65 € 7,00
free entrance under 12 years old

The 53rd Race of the Vaporetti, a challenge at breakneck speed through upper Spoleto, will take place from June 23rd to June 25th 2017.

Vaporetti are small carts on iron wheels, with a team of two, a pusher and a driver.

The name comes from a steam-engine coach, the ‘vaporiera’, that from 1902 to 1909 used to serve the Spoleto-Norcia route, the first in Italy.

Organization: Associazione Corsa dei Vaporetti di Spoleto ASD, in collaboration with AVIS

Info: www.vaporettispoleto.it

A generous schedule of entertaining events with music and dance ensembles will make your nights at the tabern. You’ll enjoy traditional dishes while in San Brizio, from 23 June to 2 July, at the Sagra degli Gnocchi, del Suino e del Trebbiano spoletino, 31st edition.

The event is promoted and organized by the San Brizio Proloco, with the help of local volunteers.

Camilla Ancilotto (Mutaforma), Giuseppe Biasio (Opere 1973-20..) Tommaso Pincio (Sfere Celesti) and Giuseppe Ripa (Home Ground) at Palazzo Collicola, Julien Friedler (La Forêt del âmes – 2010) at SS. Giovanni e Paolo church, Dario Ghibaudo (Sculture da viaggio) at the Roman House: these are the proposals of Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive art director Gianluca Marziani on the occasion of the 60th Festival of Two Worlds.

Exhibitions’ opening: June 24 at 12.00

Camilla Ancilotto, Giuseppe Ripa, Giuseppe Biasio e Tommaso Pincio exhibitions will continue until Sunday October 29.

Find out more at www.palazzocollicola.eu

Purchase the SPOLETO CARD and you will be able to join special guided tours for free.

Without the SPOLETO CARD, you can still join for € 3,00 (+ the museum ticket, if applicable)

The SPOLETO CARD also reserves to small groups the chance to have THEMATIC GUIDED TOURS at a special fare of € 25,00.

Guided tours are led by art historians and tourist guides

Schedule:

Saturday 3 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 4 June
h 11.30
Diocesan Museum – visit to the collection
Meeting: Diocesan Museum – ticket office

h 11.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Saturday 10 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 11 June
h 11.30
The frescoed gallery of the piano nobile
Meeting: Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts – ticket office

h 15.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office

Saturday 17 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 18 June
h 11.30
Spoleto Roman Theatre
Meeting: Archaeological Museum – ticket office

h 15.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office

Saturday 24 June h 17.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 25 June
h 11.30
Roman Spoleto: visit to the I-century domus
Meeting: Roman House – ticket office

h 15.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office

Information and reservation: Soc. Coop. Sistema Museo – Piazza Collicola – Tel. 0743 46434 – 0743 224952 – e-mail: info@spoletocard.it

Information: IAT di Spoleto – Tel. 0743 218620 info@iat.spoleto.pg.it

Further info on www.spoletocard.it

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This year marks the 60th edition of the festival founded by M° Gian Carlo Menotti and directed by Giorgio Ferrara.

From June 30th to July 16th, 2017 Spoleto will turn into a great stage, featuring opera, music, theatre and dance, exhibitions, cinema and meetings with internationally-known artists.

FIND OUT THE FESTIVAL’S PROGRAM ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE

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Spoleto Ticket Offices 
– Via Filitteria, 1
from April 10 every day 10-13 | 15-18
from June 23 every day 10-19
– Piazza della Vittoria, 25
Monday-Saturday 9-13 | 16-20

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For further information, please visit www.festivaldispoleto.com

60 moons in Spoleto’s sky for the sixtieth Festival of Two Worlds

a project by Giancarlo Neri

LUNE is a light installation spread over the town’s historic center. Sixty luminous globes, with a diameter ranging from 25 in. to 4 ft, will be strategically positioned on towers, churches, palaces and rooftops of the old town so as to always offer a “multiple” view of the sixty satellites orbiting around planet Earth.

“I have been playing with the Moon and with moons for over twenty-five years now, and very seriously. In New York, London, Naples, Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon… and now Spoleto: it’s a fatal attraction and I’ll probably never tire of it.”

In 1958 Spoleto welcomed the first great multidisciplinary art and performance review of the twentieth century, conceived by Gian Carlo Menotti as an opportunity for cross-cultural contamination between Europe and the United States of America.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of this fantastic creation, the City promotes a major exhibition entitled 1958-2017 – The City in the Festival a Festival in the City.

The exhibition itinerary ideally starts from Rocca Albornoz, with section 1958: alle radici della storia, and concludes in the former church of Sant’Agata, reopened for the occasion, where visitors are plunged into an evocative story of the art events of the last 60 years. This long and suggestive tale unravels across the city along the mechanized paths leading to the Old Town and in commercial activities.

A project conceived and carried out by Emaki Immagine e comunicazione, with the organization and coordination of Stefano Bonilli and Mario Brunetti’s artistic direction.

The section of the exhibition 1958: alle radici della storia is edited by Antonella Manni and Rosaria Mencarelli with the collaboration of Spoleto State Archive Department. The section 1958/2017 set up in the Church of S. Agata has been organized in collaboration with the National Archaeological Museum – Roman Theater of Spoleto.

Inauguration: Thursday 29 June at 5.30 pm at Palazzo Mauri

The exhibition venues:
Church of S. Agata 1958/2017
Casa Menotti – Festival of the Two Worlds Documentation Center
Mechanized routes
Ponzianina / Rocca – 1958: alle radici della storia
Section of Spoleto / Largo Giuseppe Ermini State Archives
Spoletosphere / Piazza della Libertà
Posterna / Piazza Campello
Commercial activities of the Old Town

Information:
aciemmearte@gmail.com, mob. 339.5993281.
National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto tel. 0743.224952 – info@museoducato.it
Municipality of Spoleto – Piazza del Comune, 1 – 06049 Spoleto (PG) – Office +39 (0) 743.218.249 – +39 (0) 743.218.276 – email: ufficio.stampa@comunespoleto.gov.it

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Two years past the first exhibition organized by Officina d’Arte&Tessuti in Spoleto, this year it’s the time of Spoleto Fiberart.II – Contaminazioni from 30 June to 31 July.

The exhibition is curated by Maria Giuseppina Caldarola, will be split between the Museo del Costume e del Tessuto and the exhibiting spaces in Via Plinio il Giovane. A single material is the object of the exhibition, the fiber, represented in a huge number of shapes and uses, hence the title Contaminazioni.

Prominent artists, including Lydia Predominato and Anna Moro Lin, will be joined by young artists. This is the result of the collaboration with DARS Udine, an association that promotes and organizes the biennial Libro d’artista exposition, that will present a selection from the 2016 edition. In particular, it will be possible to examine the works of professors and students of the Bologna and Barcelona Academies of Fine Arts, of the Art School of Udine and Cortina d’Ampezzo, and of the Venice International Graphics School. Students and professors of Paper Technology at the Rome and Milan Academies of Fine Arts were also invited, as well as those from the Weaving and Tapestries Sections of the Rome Ornamental Arts School. The association “Arti Tessili”, organizer of the Valcellina Prize, will present four artists from Germany, Poland, Japan, and South Korea.

TECHNICAL FILE
TITLE: «Spoleto Fiberart.II – Contaminazioni»
CURATOR: Maria Giuseppina Caldarola
WHEN: Spoleto, 30 June– 31 July, 2017
WHERE: Museum of Textile and Costume, Palazzo Spada, Piazza Sordini – Art Gallery “Officina d’Arte&Tessuti”, Via Plinio il Giovane 6/10.
ARTISTS: DARS proposes students’ works and works by artists Giulia Maria Belli and Paolo Brasa, along with artists and teachers Eva Figueras Ferrer, Manuela Candini and Roberta Feoli. Artist and teacher Margherita Labbe is joined by Giulio Locatelli, Alessandro D’Isanto, Guido Nosari, while Riccardo Ajossa is flanked by Giulia Carioti, Claudia Roma, Giulia Cabassi, Elisa Garrafa, Matilde Guarnieri and Gianna Parisse. More: Lydia Predominato, Anna Moro Lin, Virginia Ryan, Justin Thompson, Noushin Moghtader Gilvaei, Marilena Scavizzi, Wanda Nazzari, Maria Grazia Medda, Annacarla Scanu, Annamaria Castellan, Anna Pięta, Deepa Panchamia, Wona Cho, Annet Erfurt, Cristina Mariani, Silvia Giani, Jennifer Balsamo, Roberta Lozzi.

OPENING: Friday 30 June, with the following schedule:
• 17,30 exhibition’s opening at the gallery and brief introduction, greetings by Head of Culture Camilla Laureti;
• visit to the second leg of the exhibition at the Museum of Textile;
• “Ladders”, closing performance by Justin Thompson at the Sala Pegasus in Piazza Bovio.

INFO: 333 3763011 – info@officinadartetessuti.com – www.officinadartetessuti.com

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DOMENICO GNOLI
DRAWINGS FOR THEATRE 1951-1955

The exhibition Domenico Gnoli. Drawings for the Theatre 1951-1955 will take place from July 2 to September 30 2017 at Spoleto’s Town hall. It is promoted by the Fondazione Marignoli di Montecorona and it focuses on a specific period of Gnoli’s career, one of the most important Italian artists of the twentieth century (Rome, 1933 – New York, 1970).

The exhibition will feature about 70 drawings for theatrical sceneries and costumes created between 1951 and 1955.

All works come from the Domenico Gnoli Archive of Rome and will include the following: designs for the poster of Chéri by Colette for Andreina Pagnani’s company, represented at the Teatro Eliseo of Rome (1951), drawings for Re Cervo by Carlo Gozzi (1953), scenery and costumes for La Belle au Bois by Jules Supervielle commissioned to the artist from Jean-Louis Barrault (1954), scenery and costumes for As You Like It by William Shakespeare directed by Robert Helpmann at the Old Vic Theatre in London (1955), and finally sketches for the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet (1955).

under the patronage of Regione Umbria
organized and produced by The Marignoli di Montecorona Foundation
in collaboration with Domenico Gnoli Archive Rome, Comune di Spoleto
as part of Festival di Spoleto 60
curators Michele Drascek, Duccio K. Marignoli
display Giorgio Gentili
graphic design M A Y B E Studio – Giovanni di Natale

INFORMATION
Town Hall, from July 1 to October 1
opening 1 July 2017 at 15.00

OPENING TIMES
July 1-16: from Monday to Friday 16.30-20.30
Saturday and Sunday 10.30-13.30 / 16.30-23.30
July 17-31: Monday and Tuesday 10.30-13,30
from Friday to Sunday 10.30-13.30 / 16.30-20.30
closed on Wednesday and Thursday
August 1-31: every day 10.30-13.30 / 16.30-20.30
September 1-10: every day 10.30-13.30 / 15.30-19.30
September 11-October 1: Monday, Tuesday and Friday 10.30-13.30
Saturday and Sunday 10.30-13.30 / 15.30-19.30
closed on Wednesday and Thursday

curated by Riccardo Buzzanca

The exhibition is a tribute to Master Gianni Gianese, a talent from the Italian 1900s who has just passed away, with a selection of sculptures and sketches created for the motion picture industry and the theater.

Gianese´s artistic story unfolds along the fragile borderline that divides an artist from an artisan; in the case of the Master, this borderline made him lose control of his very existence.

For more than sixty years he shaped the “dreams” of the greatest film and theater directors and scenographers, both Italian and international, giving shape to the sculptures that have become a shared heritage of all those who love cinema, dream, and the lifelike. From Fellini to Pasolini, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Luchino Visconti, Elio Petri, Lina Wertmüller and Franco Zeffirelli.

He collaborated, among others, with Luca Ronconi, Carmelo Bene, Mauro Bolognini, Gabriele Lavia, Liliana Cavani, Giorgio Ferrara, Robert Carsen and Grahm Vik.

His collaboration with the Italian scenographer Dante Ferretti was also intense.

He created sculptures for the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Salzburg Festival, the Opéra in Paris, Nanterre, Zurich and the major Italian theaters. Today some of his maquettes in the Opéra Garnier section of Paris are permanently exhibited at the Orsay Museum, others at the Louvre.

INFORMATION
Exhibition room in Via di Visiale 1, from July 1 to August 30
opening July 1 at 17.00

La MaMa Spoleto Open, Festival of Two World’s fringe section, is back from July 1 to July 16, thanks to the support of Festival of Two Worlds,  Municipality of Spoleto, Region Umbria and La Mama ETC.

All scheduled events will take place at Cantiere Oberdan, at Piazza San Gabriele dell’Addolorata.

Program and information: www.lamamaspoletopen.net – lamamaspoletopen@gmail.com

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Purchase the SPOLETO CARD and you will be able to join special guided tours for free.

Without the SPOLETO CARD, you can still join for € 3,00 (+ the museum ticket, if applicable)

With the SPOLETO CARD you can join the Creative Workshop for families Che vista! at a reduced rate.

Guided tours are led by art historians and tourist guides

Schedule:

Saturday 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 July h 17.30
Sunday 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 July h. 15.30
Discovering Umbria
visit to the exhibition Treasures from the Valnerina
Meeting place: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office – free admission

Sunday 2 July
h 11.30
A noble promenade – Visit to Palazzo Collicola’s noble floor
Meeting place: Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts – ticket office

Sunday 9 July
h 11.30
Roman Spoleto: visit to the I-century domus
Meeting place: Roman House – ticket office

Sunday 16 July
h 11.30
Beverly Pepper and Spoleto – Carandente Museum
Meeting place: Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts – ticket office 

Sunday 23 July
h 11.30
On the set with Don Matteo: the places of the fiction
Meeting place: Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive – ticket office

h. 17.00
ARTE ESTATE
Creative workshop for families
Che Vista!
Reductions for Spoleto Card holders
Meeting place: Rocca Albornoz – ticket office

Sunday 30 July
h 11.30
The Basilica of S. Eufemia
Meeting place: Diocesan Museum – ticket office

Information and reservation: Soc. Coop. Sistema Museo – Piazza Collicola – Tel. 0743 46434 – 0743 224952 – e-mail: info@spoletocard.it

Information: IAT di Spoleto – Tel. 0743 218620 info@iat.spoleto.pg.it

Further info on www.spoletocard.it