the association
To the visitor who draws near to Volterra through the austere and suggestive landscape of its soft hills, the city still appears as the poet Fazio degli Uberti described it in 1200 : "above a great mountain, strong and ancient, like no other land in Tuscany".
Strong, for the solidity transmitted by its severe profile, by its boundaries and its towers; and ancient, because every stone of the historical center brings the signs of a millennial history and the civilizations who made great the city of alabaster stone.
Strong, for the solidity transmitted by its severe profile, by its boundaries and its towers; and ancient, because every stone of the historical center brings the signs of a millennial history and the civilizations who made great the city of alabaster stone.
But also to pick up and to publish all kinds of material on the working methods and raw materials, to create solid base competences in those who choose to be artisans.
All of this with a particular attention toward every profitable form of promotion and exploitation of the artistic and cultural patrimony, through the collaboration with all the institutions that share this scope and the search of sponsoring partners.
Arte in bottega, we can say, looks back at the pre-Renaissance model of shop, where true wealth was that to "know how" and to communicate it to others, and where between Art and Man didn´t exist any border.
All of this with a particular attention toward every profitable form of promotion and exploitation of the artistic and cultural patrimony, through the collaboration with all the institutions that share this scope and the search of sponsoring partners.
Arte in bottega, we can say, looks back at the pre-Renaissance model of shop, where true wealth was that to "know how" and to communicate it to others, and where between Art and Man didn´t exist any border.
L´associazione si propone di esplorare e diffondere le tecniche di lavorazione tradizionali e le possibilità offerte dalle nuove tecnologie attraverso la partecipazione ad incontri, convegni, mostre o specifici progetti di attività didattiche, dedicati ai giovani artigiani. Ma anche di raccogliere e pubblicare materiale informativo sui metodi di lavorazione e sulle diverse materie prime, per creare solide competenze di base in chi sceglie la strada dell´artigianato. Il tutto unito ad un´attenzione particolare verso ogni utile forma di promozione e valorizzazione del patrimonio artistico e culturale, attraverso la collaborazione con gli enti e le istituzioni che condividono questa finalità e la ricerca di soci sostenitori.
Arte in Bottega, insomma, guarda indietro al modello pre rinascimentale di bottega, dove la vera ricchezza era quella del saper fare e del comunicarlo agli altri, e dove tra l´Arte e l´Uomo non esisteva confine.
Arte in Bottega, insomma, guarda indietro al modello pre rinascimentale di bottega, dove la vera ricchezza era quella del saper fare e del comunicarlo agli altri, e dove tra l´Arte e l´Uomo non esisteva confine.
