The ISIDEM Project brings together a study of late 20th century and contemporary Maltese art, together a similar study of contemporary Sicilian as well as an overview of the cultural scene in Sicily. This comparative study will bring into greater focus the emerging generation of Maltese artists, and will provide a detailed career database on around 70 Maltese post-war artists; another aspect of this project is the creation of a cultural and creative exchange between an invited foreign contemporary artist and Maltese counterparts, with the main topic to be discussed being the cultural reality in Malta today.

Similar exchanges will be taking place in Syracuse and Scicli. These will individually culminate in an exhibition that will showcase the work of art created as a result of this exchange.

‘Isole ed Identità in Movimento’ (ISIDEM) project selects Maltese and Sicilian artists

The Isole ed Identità in Movimento (Is.Ide.M) project is selecting artists, of Maltese or Sicilian nationality, to participate in the following activities

WORKSHOP

This activity will give an opportunity to 45 Maltese and Sicilian artists to work alongside internationally-renowned contemporary artists: Artur Zmijewski (Poland), Duncan Marquiss (Scotland) and Sancho Silva (Portugal). Over a 15-day period, several didactic activities will take place which include workshops, lectures and meetings with art curators and critics.The best works of art produced during this workshop will be exhibited in a final exhibition.
Applications for the workshop to be held in Malta by Sancho Silva can be submitted to the National Museum of Fine Arts until 26th November 2006 and may be downloaded here ( Application Form and Project Overview ).
Further information about these activities can be obtained from the National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta (Tel. 21233034).

ISIDEM ONLINE

A board consisting of art gallery directors, curators and critics from both Malta and Sicily will select a number of artists, with the aim of creating an online catalogue of Sicilian and Maltese artists from the 1900s to modern times.
The application for inclusion within the online catalogue can also be obtained from the National Museum of Fine Arts (Tel. 21233034).

ISIDEM is an EU-funded, Interreg IIIA Italia-Malta project led by the Comune di Siracusa – Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea in collaboration with the National Museum of Fine Arts (Heritage Malta), the Department of Economics and Quantitative Studies (University of Catania) and the Comune di Scicli.