Art as pedagogy. In Florence a series of meetings on the theme

MAD Murate Art District will host Spazio Aperto, a series of meetings curated by art critic Pietro Gaglianò focusing on the perception ofart as a pedagogical experience, from October 13 to November 10, 2021. Spazio Aperto is part of the Voice Over project, funded by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze with the support of Regione Toscana, and will be held over two series of afternoon meetings, one in October and the other in November.

The first part of the project is entitled Convito: a series of three meetings (Oct. 13, Oct. 20 and Nov. 10 from 4 to 7 p.m.) open to practitioners, curators, theorists, artists and teachers who are involved in radical alternative pedagogy, including when it takes place within institutions. Each meeting will focus on athematic area: Wednesday, Oct. 13, the theme will be language, that of images, and that implicit in the museum and exhibition understood as an opportunity for learning; Wednesday, Oct. 20, will discuss the body, gesture, and physical action perceived as a place and medium for the experience of art; and finally, Wednesday, Nov. 10, will deal with urban space, as a pedagogical place and an occasion for listening and elaborating community narratives. This first phase will be followed by a seminar designed for secondary school teachers from any area entitled Art as Pedagogy, a course focused on experimenting with methods for creating and integrating teaching methods that place the experience of art at the center.

“Murate Art District returns with a proposal dedicated to educators and cultural workers,” explains Valentina Gensini, artistic director of MAD. “At last, the newfound presence becomes a comparison of methodologies, approaches, processualities capable of making art and heritage accessible and engaging. Pietro Gaglianò, who has been working for years on informal education and the involvement of multidisciplinary practitioners and artists, will lead to the construction of a real sharing training workshop.”

“Spazio Aperto wants to be an area of mutual discussion and learning,” adds Gaglianò, "about how art itself, the interactions it creates, its processes as much as its outcomes, are an extraordinary pedagogical opportunity.

The meetings will take the form of focus groups, so not a presentation of projects but the sharing of experiences, problems and possible solutions, aspirations and perspectives. In addition to professionals in the field, such as heads of educational departments of museums and theaters, artists, pedagogists, and so on, the program hopes for the participation of an audience of practitioners from the Florence area to give space to problems, failures to the margins for improvement of their respective practices; from here, debates, demonstrations and experimentations of exercises, elaborations of proposals will develop. The title, Convite, indicates the absence of hierarchies: a circular space for exchange and learning.

Participants will include, among others: Fabrizio Ajello, Marina Arienzale, Dance Activists, Marta Bellu, Marina Bistolfi, Vittoria Ciolini, Claudia De Venuto, Katiuscia Favilli, Lucia Giardino, Alessandro Iachino, Jacopo Jenna, Martino Margheri, Gina Monaco, Giulia Mureddu, Andrea Nanni, Maria Pecchioli, Radio Papesse, Robert Pettena, Stefania Rinaldi, Cristina Rizzo, Delfina Stella, Angelika Stepken, Cesare Torricelli.

Participation is free, as operators or auditors; reservations recommended.

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Art as pedagogy. In Florence a series of meetings on the theme

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