Centro Studi Italiani - Italian Language School in Urbania

Marcello Raffaele Motta, assistant to the direction and organization coordinator of the Centre of Italian Studies Opera Festival. He was born in Geneva on 1st February 1965. A teacher of mother tongue French and Italian, an artistic educator and a painter, he began his work at the centre of Italian Studies firstly as a teacher of Italian to foreigners and since May 2002 he has worked alongside Professor Pasotto in the organization of the various activities of the Centre, and in particular the Festival. From his native Geneva where he completed his high-school studies (he achieved his Swiss school leaving certificate for languages and also the Swiss and Italian certificate for art), he moved to Urbino in 1984 where he frequents university studies at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1988 he achieved a degree in art with a thesis on the 'History of Contemporary Art' under the direction of maestros Andrea Nelli, Omar Galliani and Elio Marchigiani. In the same year he won the competition for entrance to the University Institute of Fine Arts of Paris and there he specialized in Monumental Design and Engraving. He returned to Italy in 1989 and continued his studies in French literature at Urbino University. Consequently, he was called to teach French in Geneva. In 1991 he left the Swiss city and headed for the Montefeltro countryside (Pesaro and Urbino), where he now lives. He collaborates, as a designer, with the educational services for Pesaro's municipal museums and teaches artistic education at Pesaro's social services centres.
A painter, designer and engraver registered in his capacity as young creator in the SPAC (System for Contemporary Art) for the Pesaro and Urbino province, Marcello Motta has been regularly active in his profession since 1987. To summarize, his work concentrates on the expansion of traditional oil painting techniques and in a context open to all types of research.

PRINCIPAL EXHIBITIONS

1987	*NARRAZIONI Five proposals for painting*
*Organized by Prof. Umberto Palestini, Deposito Figure Gallery, Pesaro.*

1990	*L'ART EST NU*
*Personal. EX IT Gallery, Geneva.*

	*NO TITLE*
*Personal. Artespaziodieci Gallery, Bologna.*

1994	*SQUILIBRI*
Torre dell'Orologio, Palazzo Pubblico, Cagli. Organized by the Culture Councillorship of the Cagli town council. Catalogue presented by the Culture Councillorship of the Cagli town council.

	*ORNITORINCO*
Sala Laurana, Palazzo Ducale, Pesaro. Organized by the Culture Councillorship of the Pesaro town council and by the Confartigianato (Italian General Confederation of Craftsmen) of the Pesaro and Urbino province. Journalistic coverage by Rai 3 Marches Television. Catalogue presented by the Culture Councillorship of the Pesaro and Urbino province.

	*SOPRAESOTTO*
Torre del Palazzo Civico di Sant'Angelo in Lizzola (PS). Presentation and catalogue by the Culture Councillorship of the Pesaro and Urbino province.

	*SENZA PROTEZIONI*
Chiesa Santa Maria ad Nives, Rimini. Presentation and catalogue by the Youth Centre and with the participation of the Culture Councillorship of the Rimini town council.

1995	*FARFALLE*
*Sala da Tè, Urbino. Together with a live radio programme, organized by Prof. Gualtiero de Santi.*

	*JE COIGNOIS BIEN MOUCHES EN LET*
	*le Mosche nel latte*
Centre d'Art en l'Ile Municipal Gallery, Geneva. Catalogue presented by the artists Motta, Proietti, Schettini and sponsored by the Geneva and Cagli town councils.

1998	*Ô SAISONS, Ô CHÂTEAUX*
*Personal. Chiesa delle Zoccolette, Pesaro.*

	*ARTEFICI,*
Rampa by F. di Giorgio Martini, Urbino. Thirty years of the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino, by invitation only, with catalogue presented by Prof. Palestini and various other artists.

1999	*ARTISTA IN VIDEO,*
*Pescheria Arti Visive Centre, Pesaro. A video review of the Pescheria Documentation Centre, organized by Alberto Barbadoro.*

	*DIVERTENTI TERREMOTI*
*Personal. Les Voyages d'Ariane Gallery, Crans-Montana, Switzerland.*

2000	*PRE-PLASTIC PICTURES*
*Personal. Fluxia Gallery, Chiavari (GE).*

2001	*CAMPIONAMENTI VISIVI*
*Collection. Alidoro Gallery, Pesaro.*

	*DE ROCK'N'ROLL PICTURA*
*Personal. Cortina Arte Gallery, Milano.*

	*EVOCAZIONI*
Collection. Cascina Grande Cultural Centre. Organized by Giovanni Cerri, Rozzano (MI), in collaboration with the Renzo Cortina Cultural Association.

2002	*ZOO DOMESTICO*
*January - Collection. Organized by Grazia Chiesa, Studio D'Ars, Milan.*

	*850 DISEGNI EROTICI*
April - Personal. Alidoro Gallery, Pesaro. Together with a text by Giacomo Mariotti and Roberta Ridolfi.

	*SINERGIE*
May - Collection. Organized by Giovanni Cerri, Annotazioni d'Arte Gallery, Milan, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Renzo Cortina Gallery.

	*52nd G.B SALVI EXHIBITION*
July - International Contemporary Art Exhibition. Organized by Armando Ginesi. 10 proposals for the Marches region, presented by Roberta Ridolfi, Sassoferrato (PS).

2003	*METANOPOLI METAFISICA*
*April - Personal. Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cascina Roma, San Donato Milanese (MI).*

Cristina Mariotti, Diploma as “Art teacher” in the Department of Copper Engraving, given in the academic year 1982 at the Urbino State Institute of Art.
“Teacher Training School” diploma in Graphic Arts in the Department of Copper Engraving, given in the academic year 1983/84 with the grade 84/100mi at the Urbino State Institute of Art. “Academy of Fine Arts” diploma, Department of Painting, given in the academic year 1988/89 at the Academy of Fine Arts of Urbino with the grade 30/30mi.
Specialisation course for expert in computerised graphics at the Regional Professional school with the grade 96/100mi.
Copper engraving printer at the Aquilone printing works in 1984/85.
In 1989/1990 work experience as a printer, for two years, at her own printing works.
Qualified educator at the children’s centres in Urbania, Fermignano and Ca’ Gallo.
Avis projects carried out in the elementary schools of Urbino, Pieve di Cagna, Schieti, Urbania, Mercatello, S. Angelo in Vado, Ca’ Gallo, Borgo Massano.

Emanuela Ivaldi, Italian teacher, engraver and artist, was born in Acqui Terme on the 28^th of August 1970. Since 2000 she has collaborated with Professor Pasotto, teaching Italian to foreigners and being particularly involved in the Fine Arts course, teaching art and design. In 1989 she attained the Master of Art and Applied Art diploma certificates at the Jona Ottolenghi State Art Institute in Acqui Terme. She then moved to Urbino where, in 1993, she attained her Art Degree at the Academy of Fine Arts. Along her academic path she has elaborated a teaching unity within the field of pedagogy education at the Fermignano secondary school. In 1994 she attained both the Professional Specialization Certificate in Art Printing and the Specialization Certificate in Computer Graphics Technology. In 2001 she gained a Degree in Modern Arts - art course - at the University of Studies in Urbino. In the same year she even managed to attain the Certificate for the Historical-Anthropological Theories of Religion, a yearly specialized postgraduate course, in collaboration with the University of Studies in Urbino and the Superior Institute of Religious Science. She regularly collaborates with "Grafica d'art", a magazine edited by Professor Paolo Bellini, regarding the history of modern and antique engravings and design.
As an artist, in 1994, she took part in an art collection exhibition organized by the Fermignano town council.
She participated in the 1994-1995 editions of the XLIV and XLV "G.B. Salvi e Piccola Europa" National Exhibition of Art - Sculpture - Graphic Design - Poetry - Artists' Register, held in Sassoferrato (AN) and organized by the University of Studies in Urbino, the Marches Region Culture Councillorship and the Sassoferrato town council.
In 1996 she took part in a Collective Exhibition of Art - Sculpture - Graphic Design - Poetry, held in Fano (PU), by the Fanum Fortunæ Academy and achieved first prize in Graphic Design.
From 1995 to 1999 she worked as an antique furniture restorer in an art and restoration laboratory in Urbino.
In 1997 she attended the B.I.T (Borsa Internazionale del Turismo) with the Marches regional authorities, promoting and exploiting the engraving arts of the Marches region.

Daniel Casarin, born in Bolzano, followed figurative art courses in order to learn the major art techniques (acquarelle, acrilic and oil) within Mario Dall’Aglio’s atelier, between the years 1993 and 1995 and attended summer art courses organised by il Centro Studi Italiani between 1997 and 2000, to further his knowledge of the various artistic techniques. He studies languages and philosophy, specialising in art history at the University of Urbino. He has exhibited his works in October 1999 in S. Angelo in Vado (Palazzo Mercuri), from August to September 2000 in Urbania (Bar Centrale), and in August 2001 in Rieti (ex Sugar factory, for the summer university show, collective show).
He won first prize in the young artists’ competition of the “Comune di Cartoceto” in July 2000.
In September 2001 he illustrated and designed the cover for the geopolitical magazine Orion. He designed the logo for a fashion company in Salerno in March 2002. In October 2002 he designed the advertising and comemorative posters for the “Ezra Pound – Il miglior Fabbro” cycle for the thirty year anniversary of the poet’s disappearance, in collaboration with the university of Trento, the autonomous region of Trento and the Trentino Alto Adige region. In Autumn 2003 he illustrated the cover to the book “Ernst Jünger – L’Europa cioè il coraggio” by Daniele Lazzari, edited by SEB in Milan. He simultaneously became one of the founders and supervisors of the cultural association “Courtial des Pereires” active in Urbino. In the Spring of 2004 he illustrated the cover to the book “Nos belles annèes de plomb” by Gabriele Adinolfi, published by Aencre in Paris.
In May 2004 he began a collaboration with the periodical “Letterature Tradizione” that promotes and pubblishes some of his works.
He also collaborates with many cultural associations all over the country, and photographic studies on a local level.

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