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Do the deaf feel art as we do and how does one translate the language of art into the language of the deaf?The Museum of Contemporary Art Castello di Rivoli and the Institute of the Deaf of Turin have produced a unique initiative: the first ever Dictionary of Contemporary Art in Italian Sign Language. The Dictionary, which is bilingual in Italian and English, will make contemporary art vocabulary methods accessible to the deaf internationally.A group of deaf people and a group of specialists have worked together to introduce 80 new signs to describe contemporary art.

Directed by Giulio Mercati and known as one of the most important International Organ Festivals in 2010 the Loreto Organ Festival – Loreto in the world – reached its fifth season.
The festival is organized by the Centro Studi Lauretani, a cultural institution supporting the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto.
The International leaning of the Festival, already evident in the great number of foreign organists, was confirmed on its third year by the successful launching of the project Loreto in the world.

The conference “ The Identity of Italian in Italy and North America” will discuss linguistic connections in Italy and in the United States.In Italy there is now a constant contact within the nation between the unified “ lingua media”, Italian dialects, and English.

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IMAFestival Press Conference
The Italian Cultural Institute of New York is pleased to announce the International Migration Art Festival’s (IMAFestival) press conference, which will take place at the Institute on Friday November 4, 2011 at 6 PM.
The IMAFestival aims to help and promote artistic talent in different cultural venues and art categories, focusing on migration and its cultural and social dimensions.

Nicola Pecoraro and Riccardo Previdi are the winners of the first edition of the “Premio Selezione Italian Cultural Institute New York 2011”. These artists have created two site-specific projects at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. The exhibitions are curated by Laura Barreca.The First edition of the “Premio Selezione Italian Cultural Institute New York 2011”This award is a project by the Italian Institute of Culture New York, conceived as an opportunity to present the excellence of young Italian art in New York.

The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to present the 2011 edition of the NICE Festival, 10-13 November,New Italian Cinema Events, aimed to the promotion of the New Italian Cinema abroad.Feature films, choosen among the best made by up-and-coming italian film directors, will be presented to the New York stage.A film presented in the Nice Usa Festival is eligible to receive the “City of Florence Award”: winner is selected by the American audience by voting cards handed out before each screening.Director Daniele Luchetti, La Nostra Vita (Our Life) one of the most successful film of 2010 Ca

One of the most prominent public intellectuals and writers in contemporary Italy, Claudio Magris is a renowned expert on modern literature German literature and a subtle interpreter of the condition of individuals and nations that are defining their cultural and psychological roles, and of the often conflicting identities of Europe.
Sponsored by: Alitalia Registration required for the event: [email protected] of charge

Although ten years passed since the World Trade Center was attacked and the Twin Towers fell, the memory of that day- the pain, the hurt, the shock, and where everyone was- still remains. Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman and one of Europe’s leading classical guitarist Marco Cappelli reflected on that world-changing day through their film In the Shadow of No Towers.