Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel…500 Years
William E. Wallace
Wednesday 22 October marked the conclusion of MADA students’ stay in Prato and they said goodbye to the city with a final exhibition that took place at the Prato Centre. The exhibition displayed a variety of works, from photography to video installations and urban planning rendering design for proposed student housing in Prato. It was visited by many locals, including city councillors Daniela Toccafondi and Simone Mangani.
We wish students all the best for the future!
After nearly two months of field and studio work, Monash Fine Arts and Architecture students will present their responses in an informal exhibition to be inaugurated on Wednesday 22nd October at 6:30pm on the ground floor of the Monash Prato Centre, Via Pugliesi 26.
The exhibition will remain open to the public the next day, Thursday 23rd October, from 4-7pm.
Free entry. All welcome.
The Monash University Prato Centre wishes to advise that the Monash Executive MBA Corporate Project presentation which was scheduled for this Friday 10 October will now take place on Thursday 30 October, from 12-2pm, at the Monash Prato Centre in Italy, Via Pugliesi 26, Prato (PO).
For travel and accommodation options, and information on how to get here, visit our website.
Following the success of last year's edition, once again the Monash University architecture students, currently in Prato, have engaged in a series of temporary installations in the city. The theme this year is the river Bisenzio, its impact and influence on the identity of the city.
The official project launch, entitled "Multiple Entities", will be held at 2.00pm on Tuesday 7 October in the courtyard of the Monash Prato Centre, in via Pugliesi 26. Students will lead the way to each of the five selected sites that host their installations along the river.
The recently appointed Australian Ambassador to Italy, San Marino, Libya and Albania, the Honourable Mike Rann made his first official trip to Prato to open the conference Encountering Australia: Transcultural Conversations held in Prato 24 - 26 September.
In his opening address, the Ambassador praised Monash University’s vision in establishing the Prato Centre in 2001 and reflected on his own experience of immigration, noting that he had three citizenships.
On Tuesday, 16 September, award-winning Australian author Archimede Fusillo met the students of Liceo Scientifico Copernico, a local secondary school, to present his work and talk about themes such as migration, cultural identity and the importance of storytelling. Archimede’s writing focuses primarily on the experiences of Italian migrants and their offspring in Australia, drawing particularly on his own life as the Australian born son of Italian parents.
The evening, held at the Monash Prato Centre, was the first public event for Pat Foster and Jen Berean selected resident artists for 2014. The artists gave an overview on their previous works and provided a brief preview of their future projects.
One of the most prominent climate science specialists in the world, the Australian Nigel Tapper is part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which, together with former US Vice-President Al Gore, was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
On the 4th September this year, at the conference on global climate change held at the University of Siena, Professor Tapper spoke about the impact of climate on large cities and possible solutions to adapt urban architecture and landscape to limit damage from global warming.
A unique opportunity to experience moonlight cinema in Italy in a 13th century castle!
