Italian Heritage & Culture Committee of New York, Inc.

2013 L’Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States

Italian Heritage & Culture Month Committee of New York

2013 Poster SeriesThis Year for 2013 the Committee will launch a poster to commemorate each theme for 2013: Science and Technology, Language and Literature, Art , Music, Cinema and Photography, Fashion and Food.

Each poster will highlight one of the themes main events in the United States and will be available online via on demand printing for our website at www.italyculturemonth.org

2013 will highlight Italian research, discovery, innovation and culture in the United States. This initiative developed by the Italian government will showcase Italian creativity and culture spanning the Classical age and the Renaissance up to present times.

2013 will have contributions from Italy’s, regional and local authorities, central Government depart-ments, private foundations, as well as renowned and cultural figures. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs is strongly committed to developing this initiative in the United States. In 2013 the United States will discover new facets of Italy in Science and Technology, Language and Literature, Art and Music and Theater, Cinema and Photography, Fashion and Food.

Italy will bring some of its foremost masterpieces to major U.S. cities: the classical sculptures of the Dancing Satyr and the Youth of Motya will pair up with works from the Renaissance and the Baroque. Michelangelo and Caravaggio will be admired along with XX century artists such as Morandi, De Chirico, and Chia. Michelangelo’s David-Apollo, is at the National Gallery in DC. 2013 will also mark the Bicenten-nial of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth. Maestro Riccardo Muti and Maestro Maurizio Pollini will perform in some of America’s premier theaters and concert halls as will our jazz virtuosos. Cinema and photography will play a leading role at festivals and exhibitions across the country. In the sciences, Italy will display its cutting edge technology, from science parks to robotic surgery. The internationally renowned furniture by Gio Ponti as well as Barrique, a project that transforms disassembled barrel staves into works of art, will showcase the ingenuity of innovative Italian design. Young people will benefit from interuniversity projects and new fellowships on both shores. Academic institutions will celebrate the 700th anniversary of Boccaccio’s birth as well as the 500th of Machiavelli’s The Prince. A new App will be launched help find the nearest location for courses in Italian.

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