 October 9 and 10, 2009, the Fondazione Azzurra, in association with the UCLA’s Italian Department and the Otis College of Art and Design will be celebrating the Futurism Centenary, the Italian avant-garde artistic movement. The Founding Manifesto of “Futurismo” was published in Le Figaro in Paris on February 1909. The instant international notoriety of the movement had such magnitude that it kept its artist’s activity on the front pages in Paris, New York, Berlin and Tokyo. Exhibitions and celebratory events have been organized, since the beginning of this year, in Europe and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.In the years following 1909, the publication of another twenty-six Manifestos had extended the Futurist adventure into a multitude of mediums.
Our “Serata Futurista “ on October 10, 2009 at UCLA ‘s Fowler Museum will be an evening of art, theater, music and film and will end with a dinner on the Museum’s terrace overlooking the campus, inspired by Marinetti’s 1931 Futurist Cookbook and created by chef Evan Kleiman. The day before, on October 9, a symposium of graduate students, from the United States and abroad, will gather to discuss Italian Futurism at UCLA. |
Serata Futurista
July 30th, 2009Culmination Party for Italian Class at PS#1 in Santa Monica
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| On May 27, 2009 at PS#1 School in Santa Monica, Fondazione Azzurra celebrated the end of the scholastic year with students, parents, consular and school authorities with “La Nostra Festa”.
By organizing a time for sharing learning experiences and results and by enjoying great food and music together, the event embodied the spirit of the joy of learning typical of the Italian courses implemented by our Foundation. We believe that the learning of a foreign language occurs through the interaction of motivation, passion, imagination and fun to discover a new reality. Our Italian teacher Simona guided the students on the path of discovery of the Italian language and culture by immersing them in a pleasant environment where they could play with words, sounds, images, tastes and scents from Italy. Every child had a chance to build her own conception of this different culture and was able to get the tools needed for communication in a natural and spontaneous way. In our courses we aim to inspire our students to use their imagination to learn Italian, the desire to know more about it and to grow in anticipation of what it will feel like to be in Italy one day soon. Photos by Riccardo Spinotti |
Fondazione Azzurra Fundraiser
March 16th, 2009The Board of Directors of the Fondazione Azzurra would like to invite you to join us for a very special dinner on the eve of the Courtly Conviviality and Gastronomy in Early Modern France and Italy (1400-mid 1600) Conference to be held at UCLA April 2-4. conference schedule pdf
On Wednesday, April 1 famed Chef Gino Angelini (Angelini Osteria) will be preparing a meal inspired by the theme of the conference, which will include an authentic dish made from a recipe from Bartolomeo Scappi’s cookbook written in 1570.
We will hear a brief introduction about the conference by Massimo Ciavolella, Chair in Italian Renaissance Studies at UCLA.
In addition we will be treated to a short talk by UCLA professor of Modern and Contemporary Literature Luigi Ballerini who will present his book The Art of Cooking: The First Modern Cookery Book (California Studies in Food and Culture) written and published by Maestro Martino of Como in the 15th century. “Maestro Martino of Como has been called the first celebrity chef, and his extraordinary treatise on Renaissance cookery, The Art of Cooking, is the first known culinary guide to specify ingredients, cooking times and techniques, utensils, and amounts”. Our guests will receive a signed copy of the cookbook by Ballerini. Read The Full Entry »
