Projects & Events
The Foundation promotes various projects and events, also in collaboration with other cultural actors, to preserve and enhance its cultural heritage but also to offer various audiences the opportunity to access the collections, initiatives and results of research activities and disclosure.
2023
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BOROTAROT. WorkshopVoce di elenco 1The Lalàgeatelier project - Clothing Devices in residence in the spaces of the Foundation and Textile Museum of Chieri - from March to June 2023 - proposes the cycle of BOROTAROT workshops. A collective and experiential journey led by the artist Sara Conforti through the knowledge and creative interpretation of the symbols and archetypes of the twenty-two Major Arcana of the Tarot. BOROTAROT is a path that combines dexterity and well-being, personal narration and creative writing and sewing.
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MUSEUMS OF CLASSVoce di elenco 2The Chieri Textile Museum is part of the "Class Museums" project promoted by the Turin Industrial Union to facilitate access for schools to Turin's company museums. Presentation: February 24, 2023.
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Rossano Maniscalchi. PHOTOGRAPHING THE TEXTILEVoce di elenco 4Event dedicated to the memory of Angelo Vasino. Personal exhibition of Rossano Maniscalchi, internationally renowned photographer and film maker, who presents a project with unpublished photographs and films made at Angelo Vasino SpA. He receives the "Navetta Arcobaleno" Award from the Textile Museum.
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2022-2023 PROFESSIONALIZING COURSE TO START WORK IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRYVoce di elenco 3
Promosso dalla Associazione Tessili Cotonieri della Unione Industriale Torino, questo progetto pilota è stato realizato insieme alla Fondazione per offrire una formazione professionalizzante teorico-pratica seguita da tirocinio retribuito nelle aziende tessili del territorio.
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Sergio Augusti. OFF LOOM | BEYOND THE FRAMEAnthological exhibition by Sergio Agosti curated by Silvana Nota. With works from the civic collection of contemporary art Author textures and some works on loan from a private collection. Inauguration on May 12, 2023
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FESTIVAL DEL VERDE Off event: guided tours of the TEXTILE® BOTANICAL GARDENVoce di elenco 3
Dopo la partecipazione a FLOR 2022, la Fondazione aderisce al Festival del Verde 2023 con un evento off: visite guidate all'Orto Botanico del Tessile® per piccoli gruppi e accesso al Museo del Tessile con biglietto ridotto, € 3.
Sabato 27 maggio 2023
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Archival "CHIERI NODE"Voce di elenco 2As part of Archivissima 2023, the Chierese Textile Museum Foundation participates with the presentation of a project created in collaboration with the Lisio Silk Art Foundation. A drawing from the "Serra e Carli" collection has been translated into velvet on a jacquard loom in the prestigious Florentine reality. The results are exhibited in our Historical Archive during the "Night of the Archives". 9 June 2023, 18:00 - 21:00.
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GIORNATA DI STUDI. Gualdo: macine e sviluppi contemporanei nel tessile ecosostenibileStudy day dedicated to gualdo millstones and the use of indigotine in the eco-sustainable textile industry of the present. Feast of Chieri, 12 September 2023.
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BANDERA DAY
Giornata di presentazione e workshop di ricamo Bandera a cura di Anna Ghigo, che con il suo atelier presso la Fondazione, dà lustro al Museo del Tessile di Chieri. Evento patrocinato dal Comune di Chieri e dalla Fondazione.
14 ottobre 2023
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BOROTAROTExhibition of the return of Sara Conforti's artistic project.
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Exhibition of contemporary tapestriesExhibition of contemporary tapestries by an international artist
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Continuum: lights and colorsTextile art installation with lights, colors and fabric. Curated by Giulia Perin, artist in permanent residence at the Textile Museum.
2022
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THE TEXTILE AND THE MYTH
Mostra personale di Maurizio Sicchiero. Incisioni su tela e su carta che evocano i figure mitologiche legate al tessile: Arianna, Aracne, Penelope e altre ancora. Completa la mostra un arazzo contemporaneo di Andrea Navone da disegno dell'Artista. Novembre 2022
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NOROBLAUM OF THE GARDENERSSite specific collective project curated by Sara Conforti: cloths embroidered on denim to evoke the moleskin of Chieri at the door of textiles, installation, photographs and works on fabric. 22 October – 5 November 2022
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CAVOUR FABRICA 20th-century drawing from the "Serra e Carli" collection in the Foundation's historical archive is translated into technical fabric for the prestigious umbrellas destined for Piazza Cavour, the "living room of Chieri". Exhibition and event: 21-30 July 2022.
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BETWEEN SIGN AND INTENT: CHANGING THE WEAVEVoce di elenco 1
Disegni e studi tessili del Novecento dal Fondo "Serra e Carli" dell'Archivio Storico della Fondazione alla Biblioteca civica di Chieri, 9-18 giugno 2022.
Evento inserito nel calendario di "Archivissima 2022"
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Study day. NOT JUST WATCHStudy day dedicated to the dyeing plants of the area, and guided tour of the Orto Botanico del Tessile®. Speeches by Giulia Perin, Magda Massaglia, Mitti Baiotti. Presentation and conclusions by Laura Vaschetti and Melanie Zefferino. September 10, 2022.
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CIRCULAR REFLECTIONSThe Foundation participates in the "Circular Reflections" project conceived by Sara Conforti, promoted by the Hòferlab cultural association and financed by the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation. We are present at the summer campus (June 27) and at the Fashion Quick Corto Lab Contest.
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Anita Contini. RED OUTScreening of the short film "Rosso Fuori" by Anita Contini, winner of the Fashion Quick Contest curated by Sara Conforti and recipient of the Textile Museum engagement award. 8 December 2022
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TREASURE HUNT AT THE MUSEUM FOR THE LITTLE ONESEvent curated by Laura Vaschetti dedicated to children to combine learning and play at the Textile Museum. Prizes for all participants. December 8, 2022
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RestART!The Foundation is a partner of the "RestART!" focused on Fiber Art and aimed at enhancing the painting of Vajro. The project, led by the Municipality of Chieri, is financed by the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.
2021
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RestART!The Foundation is a partner of the "RestART!" focused on Fiber Art and aimed at enhancing the painting of Vajro. The project, led by the Municipality of Chieri, is financed by the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.
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ART AND INDUSTRYVoce di elenco 1Series of conferences, exhibitions and workshops. Interventions by specialists in the art and manufacture of textiles, its history and developments in the contemporary world. With exhibitions of drawings and artifacts of historical and artistic interest.
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ChieriFacile (2019-2021)Voce di elenco 3Project carried out with the support of the Municipality of Chieri and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation as part of the "CivICa" tender.