Design in the Classroom (il design nella scuola) Mini-lessons on design by Chiara Alessi IT/EN | Learn how Italian design entered the classroom in the 70s! WATCH NOW Watch the series curated by the Italian Institute of Culture in San Francisco on its YouTube playlist FIAT 500 | BACIO | VESPA | MOKA […]
Week 1: July 13-17 / Week 2: July 20-24 Join Fondazione Italia for a fun and interactive daily Italian art summer camp class. Students will learn about different artists and will create a new painting every day. Different artist will be introduced during this week in the event that there are students from week 1 […]
Andiamo a Roma! A Virtual Tour of Rome for Kids (English or Italian June 12 @ 2:00 pm PST (English) / June 12 @ 2:30 pm PST (Italiano) Join artist Maestra Ylenia on a children’s tour of Ancient Rome! Art expert Ylenia Mino and her friend Pimpa will take children on a virtual tour of […]
#Raffaello500 RAPHAEL’S DREAM A Live Zoom Presentation by Marzia Faietti May 15, 2020 | 11:00am PST On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Raffaello Sanzio’s death, while we wait for cultural destinations to reopen and to be able to see works of art live again, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes (IIC) […]
Scuderie del Quirinale present, from March 5 to June 2 in collaboration with Gallerie degli Uffizi, the exhibition RAFFAELLO, curated by Marzia Faietti and Matteo Lafranconi with the contribution of Vincenzo Farinella and Francesco Paolo Di Teodoro. A monographic exhibition with over two hundred masterpieces among paintings, drawings and comparative works, dedicated to Raffaello on the […]
Los Gatos, March 21st @ 6:30pm – 10:00pm An evening of Jewish and Florentine architecture, culture, music, and food • Informal talks about the history and architecture of two of Florence, Italy’s grandest and most iconic structures — the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral (the Duomo) and the Great Synagogue — by Ross King, author […]
Illustrator and art director Selena Squarzanti presents Gianni Rodari and The Art of Drawing Stories: Art Workshop for Children and Families (with stories read in Italian) at the Museo Italo Americano. The workshop is organized by the Museo Italo Americano in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute. Info Date: December 8th 2019 Time: 4:00 pm through 5:00pm Held by: Italian Cultural Institute […]
The year 2020 marks the centennial of the birth, on October 23, 1920, of Gianni Rodari, one of the most innovative children’s authors and the first Italian to win the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970. The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco and Bologna Children’s Book Fair will honour the anniversary with the exhibit Illustrators for Gianni […]
On the 70th Anniversary of its foundation, The Leonardo da Vinci Society San Francisco and The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco are proud to announce a series of events planned and launched under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy, in collaboration with Humanities West, ISSNAF, the Museo Italo Americano, the Commonwealth Club and Stanford University celebrating the Leonardo […]
Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale (MAECI), in collaborazione con la Fondazione Romaeuropa, e con la partecipazione del Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) bandiscono la prima edizione del Premio Vivo d’Arte – Arti performative, un concorso-premio annuale per giovani artisti al di sotto dei 36 anni di età […]