EventsThrough its new Bando Artigianato call for project proposals, the Fondazione CON IL SUD (Foundation for Southern Italy), in collaboration with the Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte (OMA), which carried out the research, is making 800 thousand euros available to support some of the excellences of Southern Italy’s artisan tradition that are in danger of disappearing. The invitation is addressed to Third Sector organizations for projects aiming to valorize ancient productions and skills in Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily, to be implemented also in partnership with public or private, profit or non-profit organizations. Proposals must be submitted online by 17 October 2018. Info at www.osservatoriomestieridarte.it
On the occasion of the 2024 edition of Salone del Mobile, Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte is pleased to present the eighth edition of “Doppia Firma. A dialogue between design and artisanal excellence” a project developed with Living, the interiors, design and lifestyle magazine of Corriere della Sera, under the patronage of the Michelangelo Foundation […]
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Milan hosted the first Made in Italy Festival: the new Eccellenza Artigiana initiative that connects students with the opportunities offered by the Italian economy of “high quality savoir-faire”. Fondazione Cologni has been an institutional partner of the event and presented to the young audience the project of training internships “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di […]
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Nominations for the Starhotels Award, now in its third edition, closed on Friday, March 22, 2024. The chosen theme, “Souvenir of the Grand Tour”, has aroused great interest in the artisan world: many nominations were received from all over Italy, with very different types and often highly original interpretations. After screening by the prestigious Jury […]
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Composer Gustav Mahler said that tradition “is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” An image that seems to fit Naples perfectly: not only because of its relationship with a tradition so famous that it has become iconic, but also because of the vital substratum that pulses beneath the heart of this […]
