Category: Events

The Biella Literature and Industry Award represents a unicum in Italy because it researches and rewards works that combine the investigation of the industrial world with the literary instance, and that specifically aim to tell about models of transformation of Italian society with general reference to reality socio-economic and the culture of commitment, business risk, values ​​such as entrepreneurship.

The Prize is intended for an edited work, by an Italian or foreign author in Italian translation, and in alternate years it awards works of Narrative or Essay.

This year it was the turn of fiction, and the five finalists were selected from over 30 nominations by the Jury.

After this first Turin event – which was held in Turin on Monday 13 May as part of the International Book Fair – the five finalists will meet the public on Saturday 12 October 2019 in Biella, at the Città Studi library, while the award ceremony of the winner will be held Saturday, November 16, 2019 also in Biella Città Studi.

The Turin event will also be an opportunity to present other important awards that the Biella Literature Industry Award over the years has established and promoted.

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On 13 and 14 May 2019, the EUNIC Focal Points Meeting was held in the spaces of the Pistoletto Foundation. Some of the protagonists of the two days intervened at Cittadellarte’s microphones: we propose their video-interventions here: http://journal.cittadellarte.it/arte-societa/cittadellarte-focal-points-meeting-ofthe-initutis-culture-nationals -dellunione-European-video

Organize general assemblies and discuss strategic decisions to be taken within the EUNIC network: this is the focus of the Focal Points Meeting of the national cultural institutes of the European Union, held in Cittadellarte.

EUNIC is the network of national cultural institutes, with 36 members from all 28 EU member states and offices in over 150 countries. Members work in the arts, languages, youth, education, science, society, intercultural dialogue and development; at local level, instead, they meet in over 100 clusters – in cities, regions and countries – to collaborate on joint projects and programs and to promote the role of culture in the EU’s internal and external relations (the Global EUNIC Office in Brussels supports the work of EUNIC clusters around the world).

Regarding the appointment held in Biella, the participants, in addition to the scheduled work sessions in the two days, also visited the spaces of the Pistoletto Foundation. But not only: Michelangelo Pistoletto and Paolo Naldini, director of Cittadellarte, during a meeting illustrated to them the principles of the Third Paradise, the Art Project Manifesto of the Biellese master, the function of the Rebirth Forums and much more.

Tomorrow, Saturday 11 May, an opportunity will be presented in Biella to learn more about the candidacy.

In Via Italia the young citizens of Biella will gather with the intent to explain how “a thousand different threads of an extraordinary fabric” – the excellence of the Biellese textiles – could obtain an international recognition.

It will also be the occasion for the launch of the Instagram campaign with an invitation to take a “creative portrait” in support of the candidacy of Biella in the Creative Cities Network.

All portraits will then be published on the Instagram account of Biella Creative City (@Biella Città Creativa) with hashtags

#unescocreativecity #unescoitalia # unescoitaly # unescocity #millefiliuntessuto

From May 4th to 12th, return #fuoriluogo. City and culture.

After the public success of the last edition, #fuoriluogo reappears not only as one of the most anticipated events in the Biella area but also as a reality able in a short time to attract the attention and curiosity of the city. Twenty-three appointments in nine days in which it will be possible to attend and attend numerous events, meetings with authors, performances, tastings, exhibition itineraries, breakfast with the author and guided tours to discover the hidden places of the city. But not only that, for this new edition #fuoriluogo has decided to go – virtually – to Japan and – really – to the Cervo Valley to introduce its public to new interesting realities.

Also at the helm this year will be Eleonora Celano, Deborah Mancin and Gianni Crestani who, assisted by Alessandra Palmi, have decided to reconfirm the format of past editions, inserting seductive novelties. Thanks to #fuoriluogo, in fact, the city of Biella will be the protagonist of a great cultural event. On June 22nd, in fact, the five finalists of the Strega Prize will arrive in the city, which will be hosted at the Villani Social Theater. A great success of #fuoriluogo, this, which will allow Biella to host a stage of the most important literary prize in Italy, having the better of many other Italian cities on the list to welcome the event.

Moreover, for this edition, #fuoriluogo has included in its program of events three events that will tell the relationship between father – mother / son, thus enhancing the theme of the important exhibition “Father and Son. Ettore Pistoletto Oliviero and Michelangelo Pistoletto” realized from the Cassa di Risparmio di Biella Foundation, the Pistoletto-Cittadellarte Foundation and the Zegna Foundation.

There will be important names in journalism, art and culture, including: Gianluigi Nuzzi, the editor of the newspaper “La Stampa” Maurizio Molinari, the writer Luca Scarlini.

Guided tours to discover hidden places of the city will continue thanks to the precious collaboration with the art historian Alessandra Montanera.

The important collaboration with the daily newspaper La Stampa, media partner, is reconfirmed, thanks to which the weekend appointments return with the reading of the newspapers in the morning in some cafes of the center, in addition to the meeting with the director Maurizio Molinari who will present his last book “Why did it happen here?” Furthermore, the collaboration with the illustrator Andrea Della Fontana who created the graphics of the program is reconfirmed, with BTREES that will take care of the social communication, with Officine Lavoro for the appointment with Pino Mercuri, Director of Human Resources at Microsoft Italia, and with Microsolchi for the presentation of the book “Amico Faber: Fabrizio de Andrè told by friends and colleagues” by and with Enzo Gentile.

Among the novelties of this edition there will be the presentation of the new website: www.fuoriluogobiella.it

Back in 2019, the competition will reward the best images taken in the territories of Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria and Valle d’Aosta to which amateur photographers, amateurs and professionals of all nationalities can participate.

An opportunity, therefore, to get to know and value nature and the different environments that characterize the north-west of Italy.

The contest includes 4 sections that will focus on as many environments: “Mountain“, “Hill“, “Plain” and “Lake and Sea“.

Entries must be made by 13 May 2019. Membership can only take place through the form on the website: www.nordovestnaturae.org.

The award ceremony will take place on May 23 at 8:00 pm, at the Conference Room of the Cassa di Risparmio di Biella Foundation (Via Garibaldi, 17).

The photos of the winners will be exhibited at the Culture Space of the Foundation from 24 May to 23 June 2019.

INFORMATION, REGULATIONS AND REGISTRATION FORM: www.nordovestnaturae.org info@nordovestnaturae.org www.facebook.com/nordovestnaturae/ 015 33891

The exhibition in three locations, curated by Mauro Natale, aims to illustrate the cultural and figurative richness of the city of Biella and its territory in a path that runs from the fifteenth to the sixteenth century.

Sebastiano Ferrero, his sons and other illustrious Biellese were important clients of works of art that, over the course of time, emigrated out of Biella: today they are visible in one big exhibition!

The three locations:

– Ferrero Palace

– La Marmora Palace

– Biellese Territory Museum

Inauguration: 18 April 2019 – 6.00 pm – Museo del Territorio Biellese

More information: www.ilrinascimentoabiella.it

On Tuesday 9 April 2019 the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour returns to BIella, the Canadian mountain show.

The adventure, the search for the unknown, and the great emotions that only wild nature can give: the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour brings to Italy the best films of the Canadian festival dedicated to the mountain and outdoor activities, for an evening of great cinema that, after the debut of last year, returns to make a stop in Biella.

Traveling in the most remote and fascinating places on the planet together with athletes, adventurers and explorers will last over two hours and will be hosted by the Mazzini cinema.

Info on tickets and pre-sales at this link: https://www.banff.it/event/biella/.