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StARTers with musicologist Guido Burchi 5...
#StARTers con Guido Burchi
Il musicologo senese Guido Burchi, presenterà, tra aneddotica e rigore accademico, una conversazione sul tema “L’operetta: nascita e trionfo”, con un focus su Jacques Offenb...
Susan Barbour arrives for March residency
Susan Barbour is the current artist-in-residence at the Siena Art Institute for the month of March 2019! Her recent work focuses on smell and its effect on the verbal imagination. Drawing on her background ...
Announcing 2019 Pratt Residencies
We are very happy to be continuing our residency partnership with Pratt Fine Arts, co-sponsored by Pratt Institute’s School of Art and School of Design. Having hosted Pratt artists Susan Ciancolo and Nat Meade a...
Policromia Poetry Festival June 13-16 2019
POLICROMIA: Poetry&Co.
Siena, Thursday June 13- Sunday June 16 2019
Policromia - Poetry & Co is a weekend of poetry that, for the second year in a row, will bring to Siena great Italian and international...
Expanding to new location June 2019!
We are very excited to announce that the Siena Art Institute will be expanding to a new location here in Siena beginning in June 2019!
Our new building will be located right alongside Siena's historic ...
Visit to the Lupa Contrada
Today we had the wonderful opportunity to visit different artistic spaces in the Lupa Contrada, the neighborhood of the She-wolf here in the historic center of Siena.
We visited the Museo D'Inverno, a...
StARTers with artist Adrian Paci 26 Feb
Tuesday Feb 26th at 6pm for StARTers: Assaggi d'arte artist Adrian Paci will trace the boundaries of his path at the center of the contemporary art scene. Among his themes: travel, exile, migrations. The eve...
Cantiere Patrimonio exhibition on view through...
Don’t miss out on Cantiere Patrimonio exhibition! The last day to check it out will be on February 28th.
Construction of the Heritage Site: forms and materials for the new generations, from the ideas to...
Recent activities on Art & Society class...
To catch up on our Spring 2019 students' recent activities, visit the Art & Society class blog www.sienaart.org
This afternoon architect Annunziata de Comite led a presentation on the Siena-based project...
Writer's Talk with Caoilinn Hughes 19 Feb
Tuesday 19 February 2019 - 6pm
Irish writer, Caoilinn Hughes, in residence at the Siena Art Institute for the month of February, opens the calendar of StARTers - Assaggi d'arte 2019.
She will read some ...
Ancient books at Siena's City Archives
Our study abroad students had the opportunity to visit the City Archives of Siena to see highlights of their collection, including ancient books and scrolls. The space itself makes palpable the volume ...
Visiting artisanal book-binding studio
Our study abroad student met artisan Piergiorgio Bertolozzi Caredio at his studio Sator Print, specializing in making and restoring hand-crafted books, prints, manuscripts, etc. as well as beautiful examples ...
Meeting master stone-carver Maestro Frati
We had the very special experience to meet master stone-carver Maestro Frati and to see his studio space in front of Siena's synagogue, just around the corner from Piazza del Campo. Maestro Frati is truly...
Visiting exhibition at Spaziosiena
Today we visited the current contemporary art exhibition at Spaziosiena, "Forme Instabili" with our study abroad students from Siena Art Institute & Siena School for Liberal Arts. A really interesting explora...
Tempo Zulu walk with Bernardo Giorgi
This morning artist Bernardo Giorgi took our students on a walk to discover some of the stones of the Tempo Zulu project. For more info on these site-specific interventions in the streets of Siena, visit ...
Studio visits with Sienese artisans
This evening we were able to see the fascinating studio of multi-media artist and metalsmith Laura Brocchi, whose family comes from many generations of Sienese metalsmiths.
Yesterday our study abroad students g...
Exploring the cabinets of curiosities at...
Just down the block from the Siena Art Institute here in the city’s historic center, we visited the Fisiocritici Museum to explore their cabinets of curiosities. The Accademia de’ Fisiocritici was founde...
Exploring local traditions & crafts at the...
Today we visited the Tartuca Contrada Museum, exploring local traditions and crafts, and learning about the history of our neighborhood. Our special guide was architect Annunziata de Comite, who was ...
City Arts Open Day 6 Feb
It is crucial to the mission of the Siena Art Institute Onlus to serve as a resource for our local community. Throughout the year, we offer a variety of City Arts Programs for children and adults.
Arte, ar...
Nicoletta Di Gaetano - Weaver
"Weaving allows me to use linguistic codes. Humans have always represented our origins and our symbologies through a visual language: a visual communication made up of full and empty spaces that draw ...
