Istituto di Alta Cultura Fondazione " Orestiadi" Onlus

National Network
Italy
Address

Baglio Di Stefano
91024 Gibellina
Italy

Telephone
+ 39 0924 67844
E-Mail
info@orestiadi.it
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1992
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
General Information
The Orestiadi Foundation is a no-profit Institute of Higher Culture founded in 1992 through a donation from his president Ludovico Corrao, is based in the Baglio Di Stefano in Gibellina (Sicily) The Foundation, which has since been enriched by further donations, continues the cultural activities first begun in 1968 when leading Italian and International artists were summoned to rebuild the city following devastation by earthquake and lend a hand in its profound reconstruction as an extraordinary home to works of art of all kinds. The Foundation features the participation of representatives from the regional authorities of , the municipality of Gibellina, local administrations and cultural associations. The Foundation sponsors and produces events in the worlds of theatre, visual arts, music and poetry, and sponsors scientific, publishing and professional training activities with a structure capable of providing a tangible contribution to the greater public appreciation and development of both the territory in which its activity is primarily based and other areas of the South Mediterranean
Mission and Objectives

The multicultural strategy of the Fondazione Orestiadi in Gibellina has been stimulated and confirmed by its own interdisciplinary activity. As far as figurative arts are concerned we have acted according to a project capable of seizing themes linked to the current cultural situation, monographic notes and comparisons between artists of different ethnic origins.
The central value pursued and emphasized through the expositive choices is of course that of  the coexistence of art, an essential value in such an age as ours in which selfishness and intolerance seem to prevail.
Thus, our expositive strategy has underlined the possibility of combining artistic presences originating from different continents, from Europe to Africa, to Asia etc., believing that in the linguistic research carried out by the artists of our age there exists a desire for communication which emphasises not so much territorial distinctions but rather the virtuality of anthropological roots extending in space and time.

Main Projects / Activities

In the context of its research into the cultural bonds between Mediterranean peoples, since 2000 the Orestiadi Foundation has continued developing a project for an itinerant exhibition “Islam in Sicily, a garden between two civilizations” dedicated to the influence of Islamic Culture in Sicily starting from the period of its Arabian domination.
This effort is sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and made possible by support from the Sicilian Regional Authorities.
The exhibition  set up  in Dar Bach Hamba in Tunis, and has been subsequently brought to both Cairo,Amman,  Damascus, Sana’a, Ryad , Doha, Islamabad,Karachi and Muscat.
The Foundation has participated at the Biennale Exhibition Art in Venice and displayed works at the Beaubourg Museum in Paris, exhibitions in  New York, London, Basle, Algiers, Beirut, Castel Del Monte (Italy), Matera(Italy), Forlì (Italy).

Contact (1) Full Name
Vincenzo Fiammetta
Head of the organisation
Calogero Pumilia