The new initiative of the Golinelli Foundation dedicated to publishing for children and adolescents started yesterday, Monday 3 April, and will last until Saturday. The event, which is called "Children's book fair and boom - Growing in books", is held at the Opificio Golinelli in Bologna in collaboration with Griffo, the great festival of letters: workshops, meetings, exhibitions dedicated to writing are planned and publishing for children and adolescents. Here is the complete program:
Tuesday 4 and 11 April | 14.15>17.45 | teacher training course
WE WRITE IN ITALIC IN THE DIGITAL ERA
The course promotes a reflection on teaching practices to improve the teaching and learning of handwriting. Following a gradual approach that takes into account the different writing movements required by the execution of the shapes of the single letters and their concatenation in the cursive, one becomes acquainted with a "new" model of manual writing, italic. The course is an opportunity to rediscover, through practical exercises, handwriting and the role it plays in the development of fine motor skills, visual-motor memory, and expressive skills in children.
In collaboration with the Francesco Griffo Association of Bologna and the SMED Cultural Association Handwriting in the Digital Era
FOR WHOM: Kindergarten and primary school teachers
ENTRANCE: €65 (including teaching material) Information, reservations and costs: www.educareaeducare.it, info@educareaeducare.it
Tuesday April 4th | 18>19.30 | encounter
HANDWRITING IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Is it true that children are losing the ability to write by hand, especially cursive? Is it possible to improve and enhance its teaching at school? What is the importance of handwriting today? The meeting, conducted by Massimo Gonzato, president of the SMED association, offers participants writing tests in the Italic style and illustrates the shapes of the letters that more than 500 years ago inspired the first typographic cursive (now better known as italic) made famous all over the world by Aldo Manuzio and engraved by the Bolognese Francesco Griffo.
In collaboration with the Francesco Griffo Association of Bologna and the SMED Cultural Association Handwriting in the Digital Era
FOR WHOM: everyone (recommended for parents, teachers, educators)
ENTRANCE: free Information and reservations: www.fondazionegolinelli.it, eventi@fondazionegolinelli.it
Wednesday April 5th | 18.15>19.30 | workshops
ART EXPLOSION WITH HERVÉ TULLET
An explosion of color and fun with Hervé Tullet. A unique opportunity to meet the French author of the award-winning A book. In the workshop the artist will ask the participants to get involved with action painting.
In collaboration with Franco Cosimo Panini Editore
FOR WHOM: parents, educators, teachers
ENTRANCE: free Information and reservations: www.fondazionegolinelli.it, eventi@fondazionegolinelli.it
Saturday 8th April I 15>19.30 PM I ABICIDANDO
We explore letters with writing, programming, imagination and experimentation
Workshops and activities for all ages, in collaboration with "Griffo, the great festival of letters", a multidisciplinary project that narrates and celebrates the story of the Bolognese inventor and of letters.
16>19 (repeats start: 16, 16.30, 17, 17.30, 18, 18.30); duration 20'
Discover by reading
Illustrated albs accompany children into the fascinating world of children's literature [2-5 years]
16>19 (beginning of performances: 16, 17, 18); duration 50'
From the body to the word
How does a child express himself when communication is not yet verbal? The children play with the letters, they mimic them and express them in a creative and personal way. Game and motor skills workshop on language, from the body to speech [2-3 years]
15.30pm>19pm (repeats start at 15.30pm, 16.45pm, 18pm); duration 1h
With a handful of letters
Drawing with words using the imagination: combine letters to create creative and unexpected images. In collaboration with Officina Typo [4-6 years]
15.45pm>19.15pm (repeats start at 15.45pm, 17.00pm, 18.15pm); duration 1h
Writing programming
The children try their hand at programming the robots on the wheel to write their name in a creative and original way [6-7 years]
16pm>19.30pm (repeats start at 16.00pm, 17.15pm, 18.30pm); duration 1h
Talking fabrics
Screen printing is an analogue printing technique possible on single or multiple color fabrics and supports. Participants can print letters and numbers in different styles on a pennant to take home [ages 7-10]
16pm>19.30pm (repeats start at 16.00pm, 17.15pm, 18.30pm); duration 1h
Yes, we print!
Letters to touch, color and print. Let's discover, while playing, the ancient technique of manual printing with movable wooden types, non-toxic inks, presses and proofers. Edited by Officina Typo [8-10 years]
16.30>19.15 (repeats start: 16.30, 18); duration 1h15'
Techno-graphy
In this station you can draw original characters on the computer and see them reproduced by a scribbling robot. It is then possible to create stamps, using 3D printing, and compose writings, in a creative way, using different molds [11-13 years]
16.30>19 (repeats start: 16.30, 17, 17.30, 18, 18.30); duration 20'
Molecular alphabet
Thanks to the genetic code, organisms are able to synthesize all the proteins necessary for their survival; the amino acids, which make up proteins, are identified by the letters of the alphabet. Using the databases used by researchers, it is possible to search for one's name written in a protein and understand something more about the genetic code [from 14 years and adults]
15.30>19 (repeats start: 15.30, 16, 16.30, 17, 17.30, 18, 18.30) Guided tours of the exhibition Africa Vibes, selection of works on African art from the collection of Marino and Paola Golinelli [for all]
INFORMATION
Compulsory booking of activities and workshops (both for children and adults) on www.fondazionegolinelli.it
FEES
child/teenager + first accompanying adult: 10 euros
adult/second accompanying person: 10 euros
The event is included in the Card Opificio subscription
Holders of the Musei Metropolitani Card can take advantage of a 15% discount on the ticket
For further information: eventi@fondazionegolinelli.it
