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Forme Naturali (Natural Forms)
July 24, 2015 @ 7:00 pm – 11:45 pm
The Guardia summer is once again tinged with art, with the event entitled Forme Naturali which will be held in the historic center on Friday 24 July, at the Monte dei Pegni, from 7:00 p.m. to midnight.
Promoting and curating the event is Helena Wadsely, an artist from the Canadian city of Vancouver. For about three years, the artist has been hosting artists from all over the world with the “Terra Vivente Art Studio” residency, located in the ancient village of Guardia. During their stay, they create a series of works that they exhibit in an exhibition at the end of their artistic experience in Guardia.
The “Natural Forms” exhibition features the work of four international artists. The artists participating in the July residency at Terra Vivente Art Studio are: Margaret Craig, a sculptor and printmaker from Texas, USA, who presents a project using recycled plastic bottles and transforming them into delicate organic forms; Ingrid Tremblay, a French-Canadian from Montreal, who works with natural forms, sculpted locally found tuff, and made plaster molds of local plant life; Crystal Davis, a poet from Tasmania, Australia, who brought her vintage typewriter with her to write on leaves and other natural material, and also made videos of her investigations during the residency; Rachael Bower, an artist from Texas, USA, inspired by the plant and animal life present in Guardia, worked with drawing and painting on paper.
“The realization of these events is important, as they aim to make the historic center an art village,” declared the local representative of the initiative, Carlo Di Lonardo. “I have been supporting the Terra Vivente art laboratory for three years now, thanks to which dozens of artists have stayed in Guardia and have chosen the village as a place to live an experience through which they can draw inspiration for their art and creativity.”
The event is sponsored by the Municipality of Guardia Sanframondi, which has made available to the artists the municipal building in the historic center “Monte dei Pegni”, where the exhibitions will be set up.
