Saturday, 8 December , 2007 – 10:19
http://www.museovirtuale.net
Contact: Lorenza Colicigno
“Opera Prima”, the Committee which promotes the Contemporary Art Museum in Basilicata (non-profit-making) originated in 1998 in Potenza. This Committee aims at both establishing a Contemporary Art Museum in Basilicata, in Potenza, and starting up several activities meant to improve the public’s expertise, especially the young’s – respecting the activation of the arrears in order to achieve the aim of the Statute. The Committee has promoted and signed an agreement with the Basilicata Region Authority, the Potenza Provincial Council and Potenza Municipality for the achievement of this aim.
Activities and projects
This Committee has had a conference on the theme of the Contemporary Art Museum and training courses on contemporary art expressions aimed at High School students. Moreover, it has taken part in competitions on a national level with projects carried out in partnership with the Municipality of Potenza. With repeated encouragement the Committee believes it has helped to build a positive atmosphere of expectation, as well as the acceptance of the idea of a Contemporary Art Museum–workshop and also contribute to the evolution of a mature public. All of which nowadays makes the realization of a factory more and more concrete and relevant thanks to the “Agreement with the Young” as well. A factory, which is a workshop and productive area including all the contemporary art expressions and a necessary and useful evolution of the museum-workshop – idea which was at the very beginning of its layout. You can see the Committee’s work on the website www.museovirtuale.net.
Promoting the activities connected with contemporary art and encouraging and trusting the young have led the Committee chairwoman, Lorenza Colicigno, to think of promoting a group of associations capable of establishing an Art Factory in Basilicata, a place in which to plan and produce workshops and events regarding several contemporary art expressions.
Basilicata Art Factory Project
http://artfactorybasilicata.blogspot.com/
artfactorybasilicata@gmail.com
This is a plan originated in 2006 and is being carried on by five Associations which are not only creative but also excellent organizers, such as Opera Prima (the Committee which promotes the Contemporary Art Museum in Basilicata), Orfeo Hotel contemporary art project (Contemporary art projects, photography, performances, public art and specific-site works of art), Cartoons (Audio-video expressions, comics and digital art), La Luna al Guinzaglio (Workshops, children’s theatre and exhibitions), Feedback-tragitti sonori (Contemporary and electronic music).
By means of a valid synergy between these five associations Art Factory is planning to create an identity which will be productive on the Lucanian territory and at the very same time active on an international level. This will be realized in a place where art can be offered, planned and produced for the public through creative workshops and the theatre, literature, design, music, cinema and contemporary art events.
The market and sources of income
The Basilicata Region Authority, the Potenza Provincial Council, The Potenza Municipality and Basilicata’s IRRE have earmarked funds in favour of the Committee.
Problems and drawbacks to development
After involving the above-mentioned Public Institutions in an active way, the Committee noticed a slowdown in the activities concerning the aim of the Statute which is mostly due to the complex importance of the establishment of the project for the Contemporary Art Museum and the difficulty in keeping the citizens’ and Institutions’ attention alive plus the Local Bodies’ own legitimate orientation towards the promotion of important contemporary art events.
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