Print Day in May / Officina Arte Alchemica / Bassano / Italy

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Print Day in May / Officina Arte Alchemica / Bassano / Italy

Post author:Roberta Feoli De Lucia
Post published:March 25, 2024
Post comments:1 Comment

To celebrate the Print Day in May 2024 I will be a guest of “Officina Arte Alchemica” a new and innovative reality that organizes free meetings with artists and varied courses from painting to silk-screen printing, from classical to experimental engraving. Born from an idea and above all from a need of the painter Manuel Pablo Pace it is transforming from a small reality in a capable of welcoming curious people and students to compare, share and discover the arts together. For the occasion of the PDIM we have decided to gather captivating Artists and their precious hands who will be available throughout the day in the workshop. I will offer art printing demos and provide artistic consultancy for the participants and they will be my artistic companions Stefano Luciano, engraver of space and time. Manuel Pablo Pace, portraitist par excellence, considered one of the most important exponents of the new artistic movement “Magical Realism”, Marika Bellò, young illustrator, Mauro Chiarotto, graphic designer and cartoonist who will print silkscreens and Fusina Fine Art laboratory that will exhibit an innovative photographic printing system. A surprising experience will be offered by putting “Michelangelo” into operation, a mechanical arm capable of “drawing” for us. Together we will play printing and engraving and make all our knowledge available to anyone who comes to the “Officina Arte Alchemica” for curious and interested. The appointment is from nine in the morning until nine in the evening in Vía Maria Prosdocimo 22, Bassano del Grappa, Italy. See you in this multidisciplinary place created to create.

Roberta Feoli De Lucia

Printmaker / Artist / Professor From the city of witches, Benevento, she specialized in Art Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino. She has been the print shop manager and Erasmus program coordinator at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia for more than a decade, an historical institution with which she continues to collaborate on projects with foreign universities and international programs, also developing tailor-made artist residencies. She also collaborates with the print studio Stamperia “Il Fondo” in Florence. In 2018, she was invited as a Guest Artist by Mixit Print Studio and Boston Printmakers, visiting various US universities and print shops. She became the first Italian to specialize in less-toxic printmaking techniques at Zea Mays Printmaking in Florence, where she currently teaches online. A member of the People of Print community, she is an active advocate for sustainable and respectful printing, organizing courses and conferences on the topic for years. She organizes artist residencies for Officina del Giorno Dopo and curated the projects ChartaPicta and Pre-Historia. In 2026, she founded "Artide / Arti a Tempo Determinato", an artist-run printmaking studio in Vicenza, located in a building slated for demolition due to the TAV (High-Speed Train) project. This unique condition gives the space a temporary and exceptional character, encouraging vibrant and intense engagement in every moment. - Since 2022, she has been organizing online events, in-person workshops, and activities related to the Print Day in May

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Robynn March 26, 2024 Log in to Reply

Hi Roberta, Thank you so much for all of this! I love that you will be offering all of this wonderful activity on Print day in May. I also love that we share so many connections. Zea Mays, Boston Printmakers, Shepard & Maudsleigh-on and on! I’m confident our pths will cross in person, and look forward tothat day. Please post your adventures on PDiM!
Thank you again,
Robynn
Robynn Smith, Founder Print Day in May