Maria Carmela Colaneri boasts an extraordinary experience as a mint artist, responsible for the project. design and realization of many coins and medals for the Zecca dello Stato (Italian mint office), many of which are still in use today. Colaneri is the person behind the famous Dante Alighieri’s profile engraved on 2€ coin in Italy. And starting from that outline, that many of us have carried in their pockets on a daily basis, she will start a dialogue with the children, guiding them in the fascinating world of clay modelling.
The workshop entails two morning sessions Wednesday 27 October 2021 from 10 am to 12:30 pm and Thursday 28 October 2021 from 10 am to 12:30 pm at the Italian Institute of Culture for children from 6 years old in Italian language (for a total of 5 hours), all material necessary will be provided. Free event with limited capability. The workshop will be delivered in Italian with English support provided.
Free event, booking required.
FULLY-BOOKED.
We would like to ask you to inform us in advance in case you wish to cancel your booking at iicdublino@esteri.it.
Here are a few links on Maria Carmela Colaneri’s work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72ybiIXSPdc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NNN2uCD9v4
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Carmela_Colaneri
https://www.shop.ipzs.it/catalogsearch/result/index/?cat=3&q=Maria+Carmela+Colaneri