Gioia Italian Art Extends Special Throughout July On Italian Gifts Online
Gioia Italian Art and Products is extending their 15 percent discount online through June and July to celebrate seven years of sharing the joy of the Italian arts through a unique relationship with artist friends in Italy. The arts of Italy have always been important to the owners Kathy and Lee Marie, both Italian Americans. "We have spent years e...
The Conversation: Francesco Vezzoli, artist
by Liam O'Brien You're putting on a trio of exhibitions at Rome's Maxxi museum, New York's MoMA and the MOCA in Los Angeles this year – that sounds like a lot of work. It is. Especially because it's not the same show. I kind of grew tired of the whole scheme of art exhibitions – they start in one place and then go to another place...
Unescoitalia: Italy’s World Heritage Sites December 6, 2013 – January 24, 2014
The travelling exhibit, "unescoitalia" – created by Italy's Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities in association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – is a collection of photos of Italy's UNESCO World Heritage sites, as seen through the lenses of 14 prominent and contemporary Italian photographers: Olivo Barbieri, Gabriele Basilico, Gianni...
Of Bronz and Fire: The Art of Casting – Tuscan Craftsmanship
The exhibition presents bronze copies of famous works of art by artists such as Michelangelo, Donatello, Giambologna, and Etruscan masters, realized by the renowned Ferdinando Marinelli Foundry in Florence. The shows highlights the peculiar casting techniques employed in Tuscany and the role that the art of bronze casting plays in the conservation...
Announcing the 2nd Annual Next Generation Entrepreneurship and Global Crowdfunding Forum
Bridges to Italy is proud to be, once again, among the strategic partners of one of the best Silicon Beach events – the 2nd Annual Next Generation Entrepreneurship and Global Crowdfunding Forum which will be held at the Santa Monica's Marriott on November 15th. This event is for all those entrepreneurs, startuppers and innovators who wonde...
Italian Wines versus American Wines – What Makes Them Different
My recent vacation in California wine country inspired me to share a few thoughts on the differences between the US wine industry and the Italian wine industry. We discuss this very subject on almost all of our Bike the Wine Roads tours in Italy. My last post, on Bell Vineyards, discussed the different perspectives on terroir, the natural environme...
Maria Montessori’s pioneering educational method that shaped successful American businesses
Last week, Google celebrated its 16th anniversary. Behind the creation of the web giant, as well as of others the likes of Amazon and Wikipedia, there is a generation of brilliant Montessori-educated founders. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos, and Jimmy Wales all attended Montessori schools in the U.S., inspired by the innovative educational...
Dangerous Perfection: Funerary Vases from Southern Italy
Thirteen elaborately decorated Apulian vases provide a rich opportunity to examine the funerary customs of peoples native to southern Italy and the ways they used Greek myth to comprehend death and the afterlife. Displayed following a six-year conservation project at the Antikensammlung Berlin and the Getty Villa, these monumental vessels...
Italo-americani in California: una storia da non dimenticare
D'improvviso, la California riscopre le sue radici italiane. A febbraio le televisioni pubbliche della California, da San Francisco a San Diego, trasmetteranno due serie di documentari: una sull'epopea degli italiani in America, l'altra sulle vicende dell'emigrazione italiana nel "Golden State". È un segnale di vitalitá culturale che fa be...
Gran finale tra gli Italiani di Frontiera
di Roberto Bonzio Davvero in Silicon Valley succedono cose speciali. Non è solo questione di business, o meglio le opportunità di business sono conseguenza di una propensione mentale: quella alla disponibiltà alla facilità d'accesso. Così, a conclusione del Tour con i giovani imprenditori del Sud, di ritorno a San Francisco col bus, basta...
He's why we love Little Italy
by Nina Garin San Diego's Little Italy is a place to find top-notch restaurants, bars and events. But it wasn't always like that. Thanks to Marco Li Mandri, the area's been improving and growing since 1995. Li Mandri, 58, knows quite a bit about building communities. He's president of New City America, a company that forms and ma...
Stefano Pilati to fete Zegna's L.A. store
According to WWD, Ermenegildo Zegna is showing its commitment to the North American market by unveiling its spring couture collection at its new Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, store tonight that will also serve as the public introduction of creative director Stefano Pilati. A cocktail party in-store will be followed by a dinner at the JF Chen...