FRANCESCA SIMONDIPresident of the Cultural Association Messy Lab, pottery association In 2015 she approached the world of ceramics with great passion. In Turin she attended the pottery-wheel courses held by Lilli Morgando and Maria Teresa Frizzarin. Subsequently, in Tuscany, she trained at La Meridiana, the International School of Ceramic Art founded by Pietro Elia Maddalena. Specifically, in 2017 she took part in the "Marathon of the Turners" with Pietro Elia Maddalena and Franco Rampi, while in 2018 she followed the professional course held by John Colbeck "Porcelain and the art of the wheel" and the course of high temperature glazes held in Turin by Luca Tripaldi. She came back to La Meridiana in the summer of 2019, as assistant ceramist for John Colbeck. After her graduation in Contemporary Art at the Fine Arts Academy in Turin, in 2011 she's selected by the CRT Foundation for the annual Master for Talented Newly Graduated Students. During this experience she worked in New York at the Educational Department of Gateway National Recreation Area. Between 2012 and 2016 she worked as a museum educator at GAM, Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art and at the Pinacoteca Giovanni and Marella Agnelli in Turin. She's currently working as a gallery assistant at the Alberto Peola Art Gallery. Meanwhile she manages playful and sensory clay workshops in nursery, primary and secondary schools of Turin. |