Conference.Art Clicks. Rehearsing Interculture

Cristina Da Milano

She holds a degree in Archaeology (University of Rome, IT) and the MA in Museum Studies (University of Leicester, UK).
She is president of ECCOM (European Centre for Cultural Organisation and Management), an organisation founded in 1995 which carries out research projects at a national and international level on the issue of the social role of culture and of the impact of lifelong learning processes within the cultural sector. She has been involved in several EU funded projects and studies and she took part in the “Study on Audience Development” funded by the DG Culture and Education of the European Commission.
She lectures in many post-graduate courses and Masters and is member of the board of directors of Culture Action Europe and Teatro di Roma.

Elisabetta Maria Falchetti

Elisabetta holds a degree in Natural Sciences Sapienza University of Rome.

Researcher and collaborator in national and European cultural projects, ECCOM (European Centre for Cultural Organization and Management). Collaborator for educational-cultural and didactic activities; Civic Zoological Museum of Rome. Researcher and project manager in national and European projects for museum professional training, scientific-sustainability education and communication, socio-cultural inclusion, accessibility and intercultural dialogue.

Author of more than 100 publications/contributions in national and international journals and Reviews; Author of technical books, e-books and interactive educational CD rom. Participation in about 70 professional Congresses and Meetings. Organizer of National and International Meetings and Congresses. Include here any other information that may be relevant, for example contact persons, references, etc. (Remove heading if not relevant, see instructions). Member of Scientific Committee and advisory Board of the World Environmental Education. Tutor and trainer for university students, trainees, doctorate students. Advisor for the Ministry of Public Instruction for scientific educational Programs.

Member of National/International Scientific Committees and Advisory Boards (WEEC, ICOM, ANMS, ESERA…). Referee for national and international Journals and Reviews. Author of books and papers/contributions published in national and international (impact factor) reviews and publications. European professional trainer.

Maria Francesca Guida

Degree in Sociology (University of Rome “La Sapienza”); Master for curators of contemporary art museums and architecture (University of Rome “La Sapienza”), PhD in Territorial and urban planning at the University of Rome “la Sapienza”, Faculty of Architecture, with a final dissertation about the role of culture in urban regeneration processes.
She is lecturer of cultural marketing– with specific reference to cultural planning – at the Accademy of Fine Arts of Rome.
She joined Eccom in 2005 and within this organization she is in charge of projects and studies related to: professional profiles operating in the cultural field; volunteering in the cultural sector; promotion of creativity and contemporary art; creation of regional observatories for the performing arts.
She operates mainly in the field of territorial and urban planning, territorial marketing, heritage valorisation, planning and monitoring of cultural projects and social innovation.
She is vice-president of ECCOM association, member of ItaliaCamp Foundation and Member of the Board of Directors of the Special Company Palaexpo.

Mercedes Giovinazzo

Holds a Degree in Archaeology (Università degli Studi “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy) and a Master’s Degree in Arts Management (École Supérieure de Commerce de Dijon, France).
She is director of Interarts (Barcellona, Spain), a non-governmental organization specialized in culture and cooperation for development. She oversees the financial, organizational and institutional policy of the organization and coordinates diverse projects, including: “Cultural rights to be promoted development and health – DECIDES” in Spain, Latin America and West Africa; “European Network of experts on culture” in Europe; “CulturalBase” and “NETHER” in Europe; “Campus de cultural cooperation” in both Euro-American and Auro-African editions; “Practice community for the public value of culture – SouthMed CV” in North Africa; “The public value of culture for social cohesion and urban development” in Africa – “Culture at Work Africa” in Sub-Saharan Africa.
She has been Board Member of the Teatro di Roma (2013-2016); President of “Culture Action Europe” (2008-2015)  Development and President of the “Access to culture” Platform of the European Commission (2008-2011) and co-founder of “Disorderly Women, The Alliance of Women Leaders in Culture”.
Previously, she was Director of Services and Deputy Director of Customer Services at the “Universal Forum of Cultures” in Barcelona, Spain; Administrator at the “Division of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage at the Council of Europe”, in Strasbourg, France; Director of the” Mastère Européen Management des Entreprises Culturelles” at the École Supérieure de Commerce de Dijon, France.

Marta Morelli

Head of Education at MAXXI

Marta Morelli is an art historian and a heritage educator. She obtained the Master of Arts in Learning and Visitor Studies in Museums and Galleries at School of Museum Studies of University of Leicester. She runs the Education Office at MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Arts (Rome) where she’s been working since 2005. She was a member of the Scientific Committee of Ludantia. I International Biennial on Architecture Education for Children and Youngsters (Pontevedra, Spain). She created Reading the Space. International Conference on Education through Architecture (first edition January 2019, second edition March 2021). Her research focuses on social inclusion, participatory planning and education through the built environment.

Andrea Paolucci

Movie director. He is co-director of the “Compagna Teatro dell’Argine” and Director of the ITC Theater, a 220-seat hall just outside Bologna. With over 30,000 spectators a year, more than 300 opening days, over 5,000 members of the laboratories and a network of institutional and private partners with more than 200 subjects, the company and the theater have become a benchmark in the field national and international not only artistically but also in the conception and implementation of projects related to intercultural, social and active citizenship issues.

Niels Righolt

Director of CKI – the Danish Centre for Arts & Interculture in Copenhagen. The centre is a competence centre on interculture, audience development and cultural democracy. Niels has a broad background and experience from more than 25 years in the arts field. He has worked as Artistic Director, Managing Director, Producer and Curator, Head of Information, Cultural Political Developer and Political Advisor within a variety of cultural institutions and organizations over the years, among others, as Managing and Artistic Director of the Dunkers Arts Centre in Helsingborg, Sweden, as Chief Curator and producer for Møstings Hus & Byggeriets Hus, Copenhagen and as co-founder of the intercultural magazine and communication bureau Cultures. At present Niels is a board member of among others Culture Action Europe (Brussels), Inkonst Theatre (Malmö, Sweden), the theatre Teatergrad in Copenhagen and the Audience Europe Network (Rotterdam). Niels and CKI is one of the partners in the large scale Erasmus+ project CONNECT and the large scale Creative Europe project ADESTE+.