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In the month of December, San Gavino Monrealein South Sardinia, we held the third edition of Shades of Art. This cultural initiative united figurative art, dance and literaturein a shared experience and inclusive.
The deep meaning of this project is clear from the words of the writer Marco Farinathe curator of the initiative, which from time to time carries on anidea of art able to talk really at all.
A project that grows year after year
Shades of Art nUn project that grows year after edizioneon was born as an isolated event, but as a path renewed in time. The goal, says Marco Farina, is to bring people closer to art without barriersovercoming the idea that culture is reserved only to those who have specific skills.
This third edition has confirmed the intention to create a space where different languages talk to each othergiving life to a’experience accessible, dynamic and engaging.
Dance, painting and the words in the box
During the event, alternating dance performanceinterventions art figurative readingswith the participation of artists such as Rossella Small Buoys and Andrea Ferrero Seventogether at the same Flour.
All forms of expression, was part of a story wider, capable of engaging the public not only visuallybut even on the floor emotional.
L’artin this context, is not explained or “taught”, but shared, leaving space to thepersonal interpretation.
Inclusion as a practice
One of the central elements of Shades of Art it is the attention toinclusionunderstood as the real value and not just a simple slogan.
The event was thought to be accessible also to those who, often, feels excluded from the cultural contexts of traditional.
Thank you to the event even persons with disabilities have not been simple spectators, but active part of the experience, in a climate that values differences and the recognizes as resource.
Important topics told with delicacy
Among the themes to emerge identity, autonomy, affectivity and sexuality, treated with a respectful language, and directwithout simplifications and without taboos.
The event opened spaces of authentic reflectionshowing how theart can be a powerful tool to talk about rights and daily life.
A public space that becomes the community
The choice of a space made available by the municipal government has strengthened the the message of the initiative.
A place the public that is transformed into cultural space and relational, where art becomes the occasion of encounter, dialogue, and collective participation.
An experience that leaves its mark
It also emerges that, Shades of Art it is not only a the artistic eventbut a human path and sharedcapable of generating awareness, emotion, and a sense of belonging,
a concrete example of how the culture can be accessible, inclusive and deeply social.
The affordable art is not an exception: it is a right
Narrate events as Shades of Art means give space to a culture that puts people, which recognises the differences and the transformed into an opportunity.
It means to continue to talk about accessibility, inclusion and participation as concrete practices, not as abstract concepts.
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