Sein Tempu Musica Danza y Poesia del Mediterraneo is a Buenos Aires-based quintet devoted to the research and interpretation of traditional music and dance from the Mediterranean ‘basin’, a place of ancient multicultural exchange, where most of the Argentinian migrants came from, as early late 18 century onwards. Their name can be translated as meaning…Continue Reading Timeless
Drummond Community High School 1-4 September 2014 The concept of the project was to combine 4 disciplines: Bookbinding, Embroidery, Spanish and Printmaking with the overall aim to create a handmade book which would represent and reflect the individual participant’s experiences of different cultures, languages, and migration in a creative way. This was the…Continue Reading Making Books
The Manuscript of Monte Cassino (1991), situated in Edinburgh’s Picardy Place, is one of the most powerful artworks created by Eduardo Paolozzi. It poignantly explores the destruction brought about by war and at the same time offers a message of peace, hope and regeneration. Paolozzi’s family came from the village of Viticuso, near Cassino…Continue Reading The Manuscript of Monte Cassino by Eduardo Paolozzi
The Italo-Scottish Artist Antonio Pacitti introduced by Diane Pacitti Click on the image below to watch the video. 1. Antonio Pacitti (1924 – 2009): 0:00 2. Russian Dancer conte on paper / Reclining Nude: 2:15 3. Guantanamo conte on paper: 3:22 4. The Long Flight: monotype: 5:23 5. Grieving monotype: 6:52 6. The Mocking of Christ: watercolour: 7:58 7. Resurrection: oil: 9:11…Continue Reading Antonio Pacitti
‘A Bench on the Road’ è il titolo di un nuovo testo teatrale dedicato all’emigrazione italiana in Scozia. È scritto e diretto da Laura Pasetti. Sinossi Tre donne, di diverse generazioni, raccontano un secolo di storia italiana in Scozia a partire dalla fine dell’Ottocento. E altre tre, scozzesi, rappresentate come un vero e proprio coro…Continue Reading A Bench On The Road
Pop Paolozzi! is the name of an exhibition of prints held at St Andrews University in May 2014. It featured the work of 8 young artists from Drummond Community High School in Edinburgh. Under the guidance of their art teachers Philippa Drummond and Louise Fraser, S1 pupils at the school researched the life and work of Eduardo Paolozzi, the renowned…Continue Reading Pop Paolozzi