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MAM – Maestro d’Arte e Mestiere (Master of Art and Craft): the shortlist of excellence 2022

Now in its fourth edition is the MAM - Maestro d'Arte e Mestiere award, promoted by the Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d'Arte, in collaboration with ALMA, The International School of Italian Cuisine. Dedicated to Italian masters of art of excellence, under the aegis of important and significant institutional sponsorships including the Ministry of Culture, the award is given to 57 master craftsmen who have distinguished themselves for particular professional merits and for their activity in favor of the transmission of knowledge. They are joined by the new 10 Supporters of Artistic Crafts who in the world of education, business, institutions, museums and communication play a fundamental role in the work of promotion, protection and dissemination of our heritage. The association with the prestigious School of the Art of the Medal of the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, which creates the bronze castings awarded to the creators of "Italian beauty," is renewed for the 2022 edition as well. The awards were presented to the masters at a special invitation-only ceremony in Milan in early October. www.maestrodartemestiere.it

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La Grande Bellezza by Starhotels at Artigianato e Palazzo

“La Grande Bellezza – The Dream Factory”, progetto di mecenatismo contemporaneo per l’alto artigianato artistico, promosso da Starhotels in collaborazione con Fondazione Cologni, OMA-Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte e Gruppo Editoriale, dopo il grande successo di pubblico ottenuto al Fuorisalone milanese 2023 sarà in mostra al Giardino Corsini (15/17 settembre, Firenze) con un allestimento inedito: il […]

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Applications open for internships under “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di Eccellenza”

As of September 4, applications are open to participate in “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di Eccellenza” (One School, One Job. Pathways to Excellence) the Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte’s training internships project. All public and private schools and training institutions in the artistic crafts sectors are invited to send in applications from their best […]

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All ready for the XXIXth edition of Crafts and Palace

From Sept. 15 to 17, from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Corsini Garden in Florence, “Crafts and Palace. Artisan workshops and their commissions” will give life, also in this XXIX edition, to a new visual narrative revealing different perspectives of savoir faire through the dialogue of the great protagonists of this 2023: Métiers […]

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Galileo Chini. Opere nelle collezioni pubbliche e private di Montecatini Terme

In this year, the artist and the Manifattura Fornaci di San Lorenzo, in Borgo San Lorenzo, Mugello, are the protagonists of initiatives that follow one another to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Galileo Chini’s birth and the variety of his work among painting, ceramics, stained glass and architectural decorations that express, although with different materials, […]