Verona: ArtiVer is born, a new network to promote contemporary art.

To establish a network for the promotion of contemporary culture and art in Verona, involving all the subjects available to become an active part of a new and articulated relaunch plan, which among its objectives also includes using Palazzo Forti again as an exhibition venue.

It officially takes shape and substance, with the approval today by the Council of the draft memorandum of understanding, the innovative project of the Administration, called 'Artiver', which aims to structure a real ecosystem of contemporary art in the city, promoting stable initiatives that foresee collaboration between the Municipality and all interested public and private actors.

The protocol follows the expression of public interest in May from the Municipality, which was joined by: Archivio Tommasoli, Artena – Mauro De Iorio, Academy of Fine Arts, In Habitat APS, Macchine Celibi, Contemporanea Verona, URBS PICTA, Veronafiere, Verona 83, Accademia Cignaroli Scuola Brenzoni.

The Network has a consultative and proactive function in collaboration with the Municipality of Verona, in order to organize contemporary cultural and artistic activities for the benefit of citizens and visitors of the Verona area.

The draft memorandum of understanding provides that the ArtiVer Network will be open to: in addition to the initial promoters, other public and private entities active in the field of cultural and professional training, of the provision of museum and exhibition services, and of other cultural and professional activities.

These entities can be represented by institutions, associations, foundations or citizens' committees and can provide their contribution in terms of suggestions, proposals, projects, services or availability of spaces and goods or collections.

Membership can occur at any time by signing the memorandum of understanding.

ArtiVer Network was illustrated yesterday morning by the Councilor for Culture Marta Ugolini together with the city councilor and president of the Cultural Commission Alberto Battaggia, creator of the project.

"NIn the short term we aim at the conception and implementation of exhibition activities through a multi-year program – explains councilor Marta Ugolini – and the promotion and planning of training and expressive activities for citizens of all ages. In the medium term, however, the aim is to build a Centre for contemporary culture and art in a city area, also with a view to urban regeneration".

Also according to the memorandum of understanding, the Artiver Network must provide the establishment of a steering committee composed of the Councillor for Culture or his delegate, who chairs it; director of the Civic Museums – Curator of the Achille Forti Gallery of Modern Art; a representative of each participating body other than the Municipality of Verona.

Among the objectives: bring the exhibitions back to Palazzo Forti and identify new exhibition spaces in the cityIn the direction of strengthening the exhibition circuit, there is also the possibility of once again using Palazzo Forti as a venue for exhibition and cultural activities promoted by the Municipality, with a solution implemented in agreement with the owners.

Again, the opening of new exhibition spaces such as, for example, the Silos di Levante in Santa Marta, and initiatives for the urban regeneration of degraded spaces through cultural activities.

These spaces may be dedicated to contemporary art, on the basis of shared economic-cultural management projects. which involve adequate public and private material and professional resources.

"An international city like ours – explains councilor Alberto Battaggia – needs to revitalize its relationship with contemporary culture and art. ArtiVer was born for this, counting on the remarkable intellectual, professional, commercial resources existing thanks to collectors, gallery owners, academies, fairs, cultural associations. A dense fabric of protagonists that the Municipality intends, on the one hand, to enhance, and, on the other, to use for large shared projects. A first objective is the relaunch of cultural and exhibition activities at Palazzo Forti. In the medium term, the development of urban regeneration projects financed by national and international calls for tenders".