Trash to Beauty: A Case Study of how Peccioli, a small Tuscan hillside town, turned a landfill into an engine of social, economic, ecological, political and cultural change. Curated by Brett Littman. Exhibition opening February 19, 2024 | 6PM. On view from February 19 to May 3, 2024. Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue, NY, from 10AM to 4PM.

In this exhibition, the curator, Brett Littman, looks at how contemporary culture came to Peccioli and the impact it has made. Through images, a documentary film and architectural models, Littman shows the radically different path the town of Peccioli took – one that places it in the center of a self-sustaining Venn diagram which prioritizes quality of life, ecology, civic infrastructure, culture, economic development, and social energy.