Integration and art are at the
center of the Bridge Art project presented at the Bio
Mediterranean Cluster at Milan Expo 2015.
The project La Favola-Bridge was first conceived in 2013 by
Valeria Valenza, a Germanist and novelist specialized in the
didactic of civilizations and is developed between the farm La
Favola di Noto, in Val di Noto in south-east Sicily, and the
United States.
Conceived in New York by Valenza, with the help of Cristina
Bertarelli, an economist and coach specialized in supporting
expats, the project focuses on cultural diversity to replace a
void in relationships as well as social, affective and identity
eradication that can be found in individuals approaching diverse
cultures.
The plan also supports peaceful cohabitation and
integration by working on identity and nature.
The contacts with the US held by Valenza, who directs the
project, were also aimed at making Sicily more international as
the region has always been a crossroads connecting east and
west, north and south.
Another objective is educating youth to change and the
project has already been presented to the United Nations
International School (UNIS.
A joint program has also been developed, based on
strategies of grounding for Italian-language expats as well as
for other nationalities.
The project Bridge Art was also created as part of
Favola-Bridge to focus on contemporary art, under the artistic
direction of Lori Adragna.
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