RavennaMosaico 2011: Dates & Call for Art

Roto-B - Recuperi d' Oro Marco Bravura, 2008
Ravenna, Italy

 

Once again, Ravenna will become the center of the mosaic world when The Municipality of Ravenna and the International Association of Contemporary Mosaicists (AIMC) produce their second International Festival of Contemporary Mosaic  –

RavennaMosaico 
2011 October 8th – November 20th

Ricordo by Luciana Notturni,

Exhibited at RavennaMosaico 2009

Photo courtesy of Julie Richey

While the details aren't available yet on the RavennaMosaico website, now is the time to start planning for this outstanding event.  

In 2009, the MAN blog received postcards from publicist JoAnn Locktov and artist Julie Richey which captured the spirit, vibrancy and cultural opulence of this city-wide mosaic mardi gras.   You'll find the links to those posts at the end of this one.

 Aqua y Mosaico, Felice Nittolo 2009
Installation: Crypt in the Basilica San Francesco, Ravenna

Photo courtesy Sonia King

In the following announcement (taken from the AIMC website) you will also find information on how to submit work for exhibition and a link to the Submission Form.  The submission deadline is March 25, 2011.

The First International Festival of Contemporary Mosaic
RavennaMosaico

SECOND EDITION
Ravenna, 8 October – 20 November 2011

The Municipality of Ravenna and the International Association of Contemporary Mosaicists (AIMC) organize the second edition of  RavennaMosaico, the First International Festival of Contemporary Mosaic. The Festival due on 2011, will opens the 8th of October 2011, hosting exhibitions, new commissions and acquisitions, an international conference, debates, conferences, presentation of specialist publications, till the 20th of November.

The International Festival of Contemporary Mosaic will involve the whole city and the cultural institutions in a program devoted to the contemporary of an expressive technique that characterizes the artistic and cultural memory of Ravenna.

For this reason, the City of Ravenna and AIMC are pleased to invite the members to propose works to be submitted to a selection for the construction of pathways in the exhibition spaces more suggestive of the city.

The exhibition will be divided into a photographic section, dedicated to projects which illustrate the relationship between mosaic and architecture, and a section devoted exclusively to the presentation of contemporary mosaic works.

Please fill in the technical annex on the section to which you intend to participate, and return it along with the application form and a brief description of your artistic activity, not later than 25th March  2011.

The candidacy is possible for both sections.

We also indicate the intention to publish a catalog.

Kind regards.
Alberto Cassani
Assessore alla Cultura

Manfred Hoehn
Presidente AIMC
For more information:

AIMC Associazione Internazionale
Mosaicisti Contemporanei
Via di Roma, 13 - 48100 – Ravenna
Tel. + 39 0544 482766
info@aimcinternational.com

Comune di Ravenna
Servizio Turismo e Attività Culturali
via Salara, 8/12 - 48100 – Ravenna 
Tel +39 0544 482628 – Fax +39 0544 35094
eventi@comune.ra.it

Link to Submission Form PDF:  http://www.aimcinternational.com/file/allegati/invito_FestivalMosaico_inglese_def2.pdf

As we understand it, you must be a member of AIMC to submit work for consideration.  However, that is easily handled on their website here.  The cost for annual membership is $70 Euro for new members and $35 for renewing members.
 
It appears that there are still details to be worked out – the RavennaMosaico.com website hasn't been updated for 2011, for instance – but it is never too soon to count your frequent flyer miles or get into the studio.  As we know more, so will you.

Read our Oct. 11 Postcard from JoAnn Locktov here
Read our Oct. 17, 2009 Postcard from Julie Richey here
RavennaMosaico 2009 website here
AIMC website here

Enjoy –  Nancie