Maria Papa’s “Gaia” will grace the Piazza D’Annunzio, in Pietrasanta’s Parco Internazionale della Scultura
Events
Art Events in Pietrasanta
“Michelangelo’s marble” – a lecture by Caterina Rapetti, headlines an event at the Accademia Aruntica of Carrara, this Saturday
The Carrara-area marble quarry workers go on strike to protest Renzi’s “Jobs Act” reforms
Viareggio celebrates Percy Bysshe Shelley – “Viareggio la città del cuore di Shelley”
Get free guided tours to Pietrasanta’s Museo dei Bozzetti – the City of Art’s museum of artists’ models, this weekend, as part of the “Giornate Europee del Patrimonio”
“La bimba che aspetta” performance by Elisabetta Salvatori closes “Leggera Materia” exhibition at M.U.S.A., this Saturday and Sunday
“The City and the Water” workshop ends. “The City and the Water” … exhibition begins!
Tonight: “Watercolors,” an exhibition by Luca Gnizio, an evening to benefit the Fondazione Nuove Sorgenti, which seeks to make water more available in Africa
Waiting for the Art Weekend ____________ Events, workshops and exhibitions
“The City and the Water” workshop examines architecture, art and design for the Marina di Pietrasanta waterfront
“Il Simposio Internazionale di scultura a mano” returns with 10 artists over 10 days, in Carrara’s main Piazza
From “Marble Weeks” to “Marble Wrecks.” Group organizes a mock auction of items to highlight the plundering of marble in the Apuan Alps
Antonio Bertusi reads from Aminata Fofana’s “La luna che mi seguiva” as part of Con_Vivere Carrara Festival 2014
“Africa, the heart of the planet” features talks, art, and music, at the Galleria Duomo, as part of Con_Vivere Carrara Festival, 2014
“The Destinies of the Earth” an evening of poems by Giuseppe Cordoni, with paintings by Mariano Domenici, at Intrecciarte gallery in Pietrasanta
Flash mob for peace in Pietrasanta draws 300, strains (facebook) friendships, … gets a fine
Sant’Anna di Stazzema commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Nazi-Fascist massacre
The annual re-staging of the “Lizzatura” of the marble blocks above Carrara happens August 10th
World Premiere: “Tre canti delle Pietre di Stazzema” for organ and sax, by Stefano Teani at the Organo della Pace Festival, in Sant’Anna
The Armenian Sculptor Mikayel Ohanjanyan wins the 2014 Henraux Sculpture Prize
“Aperitivo con l’Artista” features the Italian Sculptor Emanuele Giannelli, and the art critic Enrico Mattei, tonight at the Chiostro in Pietrasanta
Four women artists exhibit their art at “Fashion Art Versilia” which happens at La Versiliana from Thursday to Sunday
“Aperitivo con l’Artista” features the Italian Sculptor Giuseppe Bergomi, Tuesday at sunset, at the Chiostro in Pietrasanta
The lithographs of David Lynch, and the video art of Bill Viola get shown this weekend at M.U.S.A., in Pietrasanta
Last weekend to see “Rock Stars” exhibition of works in marble – produced digitally – by US students at M.U.S.A., in Pietrasanta
“Aperitivo con l’Artista” features the Peruvian Sculptor Melitón E. Rivera, and the art critic Costantino Paolicchi, tonight at the Chiostro in Pietrasanta
“Marble, between Art and Architecture” a talk by Italian art critic Achille Bonito Oliva ____________ Carrara Marble Weeks, 2014
“Anteprime 2014,” Pietrasanta’s festival of authors and their books this year comes to the La Versiliana, the opening is today, Friday the 4th of July
Massimo Mannozzi hosted the 18th annual “Convitto di Bacco,” a special event for artists with lunch, networking … and a glass of claret
Art, Architecture and Design, in the Tropic of Marble ____________ Carrara Marble Weeks, 2014
Download the “App” ____________ Carrara Marble Weeks, 2014
Photos from the #ILove MarbleWeeks Photo Stream ____________ Carrara Marble Weeks, 2014
Summer Solstice 2014 ____________ Sunrise through the Monte Forato
Andrew McConnell, Nicola Gnesi and Paolo Ciregia exhibit photographs at Riomagno
Party in Rio(magno!) this Sunday, with an evening of photography and music
Intrecciarte Gallery, in Pietrasanta, hosts an “Artperitivo” this Saturday
Photographs from “Homo Faber, III” ____________ Pietrasanta Sculpture, 2014
Pietrasanta’s “Homo Faber, 2014” the third edition, celebrates the close relationship of artist to artisan – with fifteen studios, 38 artists, 60 works ____________ Pietrasanta Sultura, 2014
“I Have a Dream” Pietrasanta ____________ Cultivating peace and building community through art
“Aperitivo con l’Artista” kicks off this Thursday, the 19th with a toast – with artist Alfredo Sasso and moderator Lodovico Gierut
#DigitalStoneProject 2014 – here’s a photo of the sculptors participating
20 American students visit the Garfagnana region for “Digital Stone Project”
Colonnata hosts the 1st “Festa del Cavatore” – a feast of the quarrymen, with wine , food, and its world-famous lard
“ANTEPRIME,” Pietrasanta’s literary festival of writers and their new books returns with much anticipation – and a change of venue
