CETTINA DONATO
In concert Born and raised in Messina (Sicily), Cettina Donato started playing drums at the age of 6. She performed since she was a child. At the age of 8 she met during a concert the Director of the Conservatory of Messina who really wanted her to study music at the Conservatory. Cettina started studying […]
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YOUNG ITALIAN FILMMAKERS AWARD 2013
rsvp@diana.santi@nyfa.edu ICI and NYFA celebrate the three young film directors who won the YOUNG ITALIAN FILMMAKERS AWARD 2013. They will have the opportunity to showcase their work and discuss with their peers from different countries cinema and its future.The award was granted in the following categories: DOCUMENTARY: “Pietra Pesante” by Davide Gambino SHORT FILM: “Storia […]
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MARIO FRATTI – A FORBIDDEN DIARY
Book presentation “Diario Proibito” (A Forbidden Diary) was written in 1958. Mario Fratti was 15 year old when nine of his partisan friends were murdered by the fascist regime, in his home town of L’AQUILA.Shocked, he felt the need to write about his experiences during the war. He, also, honored their memory in the play […]
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THE TRANSATLANTIC GAZE
Italian Cinema, American Film Mary Ann McDonald Carolan In The Transatlantic Gaze, Mary Ann McDonald Carolan documents the sustained and profound artistic impact of Italian directors, actors, and screenwriters on American film. Working across a variety of genres, including neorealism, comedy, the Western, and the art film, Carolan explores how and why American directors from […]
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Italy 2020: Challenges and Opportunities of Growth
A panel discussion /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Can Italy avoid seven more years of lean cows? Yes, but only if we restart thinking long-term. Today’s strategic decisions will determine what Italy will be […]
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FORTUNATO DEPERO
For its inaugural year, the Center for Italian Modern Art presents an installation of the work of Italian artist Fortunato Depero (1892–1960). Throughout his career, Depero worked beyond the Futurist movement’s orthodoxy, engaging in fruitful dialogues with Dada and Metaphyiscal Painting, Esprit Nouveau and the Bauhaus, Valori Plastici and Art Deco. More than any other […]
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Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe
The first comprehensive overview of Italian Futurism to be presented in the United States, this multidisciplinary exhibition examines the historical sweep of the movement from its inception with F. T. Marinetti’s Futurist manifesto in 1909 through its demise at the end of World War II. Presenting over 300 works executed between 1909 and 1944, the […]
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Crime & Redemption Theatre: Photography by Clara Vannucci
Curated by Veronica Santi OPENING: Friday, February 21 6 PM “Why should I run? Where would I go? Twenty years I’ve lived in prison. Now I have something to live for. Life has meaning.” This was the surprising response photographer Clara Vannucci received when she asked a prison inmate and theatre actor why he’d never […]
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ZUCCHERO CD Release and Tour
ITALIAN SUPERSTAR ZUCCHERO TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM AND DVD — LA SESIÓN CUBANA — FEBRUARY 18TH ON MANHATTAN RECORDS RECORDED IN HAVANA, ALBUM TEAMS BEST-SELLING SINGER WITH PRODUCER DON WAS FOR VIBRANT MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH LATIN, CUBAN, TEX-MEX, AND SALSA RHYTHMS Zucchero “Sugar” Fornaciari , the Grammy-nominated Italian blues-rock singer, and one of Europe’s best-selling […]
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Rebirth of Rome: Italian Art and Architecture in the Interwar Period
On the occasion of Rebirth of Rome, a program of interrelated exhibitions at The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, three Italian scholars will discuss the alliance between art, architecture, and ideology that helped to define Italian political identity during the period of Fascist dictatorship (1922–43). Though the regime controlled and censored most cultural production—from newspapers and school […]
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