Franca Marini
Professor of Painting

Related Experience:

2019:Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA), Spannocchia, SI, guest lecturer on her work         

2018: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, guest lecturer on her work         

2017:Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA), Spannocchia, SI, guest lecturer on her work         

2015: Al Aqsa University / The Italian Center for Cultural Exchange, Gaza City, Palestine, lecturer on her work

2007: Visiting artist lecturer on her work, Buffalo State College, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
2005: Guest lecturer on her work, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
2003: Guest lecturer on her work, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, Italy.
2000: Guest lecturer on her work, American University, Corciano, Italy.
1993: Guest lecturer on "The influences of 14th and 15th century Sienese painting on the art of a contemporary Italian painter", The City College (CUNY), New York, NY, USA.

Visiting Artist Projects:
2007: Buffalo State College, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.

Artist in Residence Projects:
1998: Artist of the Month for the month of May, Metropolitan Montessori School, New York, NY, USA.

SOCIO-CULTURAL ART PROJECTS:

2014 – 15  Italy-GazaStrip Festival, sociocultural exchange project, Gaza Strip, Palestine

2014 – 18 Arci Carretera Central e ARCS Culture Solidali project, La Habana:

            Santa Fè, rafforzamento dei servizi socio culturali per lo sviluppo comunitario

Public Commissions:

2009 – 2010: Pinocchio and the doctors Pediatrics Department  of Siena University Hospital “Le Scotte”, Siena

2006 - 2009: Sculpture for the P.zza G. Amendola, Siena, Italy.
2004 - 2005: Panel for the foyer of the Grancia di Montisi theatre, Italy.

Museum and Public Collections:

Biblioteca e Fototeca Giuliano Briganti Santa Maria della Scala Museum, Siena

Kean University, Union, N.J.

Le Stanze della Memoria Istituto Storico della Resistenza senese e dell'Età Contemporanea (ISRSEC), Siena

Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati, Siena

Museo della Terracotta, Petroio (Siena)
Istituto Statale d'Arte Duccio di Buoninsegna, Siena, Italy.
Buffalo State College, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Scuola di Specializzazione in Storia dell'Arte, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy.
Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporàneo (MADC) San José, Costa Rica.
Museo di Arte Contemporanea Italiana in America, Galerì­a Nacional, San José, Costa Rica.
Centro Civico per l'Arte Contemporanea La Grancia, Serre di Rapolano, Italy.
The Museum of Art and Origins, New York, NY, USA.
The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala's Fine Art Museum, Ocala, FL, USA
Provveditorato agli Studi di Siena (Istituto Statale d'Arte Duccio di Buoninsegna di Siena collection), Siena, Italy.

Sart life