Events—such as previews, guided tours, conferences and meetings—offer an additional contribution to the intensive programme of this edition of the festival. They will be a valuable opportunity for dialogue with the event’s main protagonists.
INSTITUTIONAL EVENTS
Festival Opening Ceremony
Monday, May 18, 5:30 p.m.
Courtyard of Castelvecchio Museum
Entrance by invitation only
“Colori diVini” International Contest Award Ceremony and Festival Closing Ceremony
Sunday, May 24, 5 p.m.
Palazzo dei Mutilati, Via dei Mutilati 8
Entrance by invitation only
PREVIEWS
Preview on the occasion of the Notte dei Musei [Museum Night] event
Quilts From The Heartlands of Wales
Old Welsh quilts 1840–1930 from Jen Jones’ collection
Saturday, March 16, 7:30 p.m. to 1 am.
Castelvecchio Museum, Sala Boggian
Preview on the occasion of the Notte dei Musei [Museum Night] event
Symphony of colors – Japan Quilts
Exhibit of Japanese quilts, by Naomi Ichikawa
Saturday, March 16, 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Palazzo della Ragione, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery, Sala Scacchi
Preview on the occasion of the Notte dei Musei [Museum Night] event
Paths through Traditional Patchwork / Talking Silk
Works by the Associazione La Zampa dell’Orso / Manuscripts on silk
Saturday, March 16, 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Civic Library, Via Cappello 43
GUIDED TOURS
Guided tour to the “Symphony of colors” exhibit
With Naomi Ichikawa, journalist and curator of the exhibit
Tuesday, May 19, 4 p.m.
Palazzo della Ragione, Achille Forti Modern Art Gallery, Sala Scacchi
The Art of Welsh Quilt
A guided tour by Jen Jones, Welsh Quilt Centre
Wednesday, May 20, 4 p.m.
Castelvecchio Museum – Sala Boggian
MEETINGS
Presentation of the book “Emozioni in Patchwork” [Emotions in Patchwork]
by Marta Anzolla
Friday, May 22, 4 p.m.
Unicredit Art Gallery, Via Garibaldi 1
Presentation of the book “Appliqué”
by Maria Rosaria Nola Bonaccorsi
Saturday, May 23, 4 p.m.
Unicredit Art Gallery, Via Garibaldi 1
Creativity Marathon
Presentation of the books Creatività e Business [Creativity and Business], by Gabriella Trionfi and Fisco amico per creativi [Friendly Taxes for Creative People] by Carmen Fantasia
Free fiber art demonstration with DAMSS: Daniela Arnoldi and Marco Sarzi Sartori
Thursday, May 21, 5:30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m.
La Feltrinelli Libri e Musica, Via Quattro Spade 2
OTHER EVENTS
BLIND VIBE – Feelings in Music
A soirée of music-and-wine tasting, by FubLab
Friday, May 22, 9 p.m.
Former Church of Santa Maria in Chiavica, Via Santa Maria in Chiavica 7
Entrance subject to charge