Fondazione Arkad
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FRIEND
- single membership card from 20 Euro
- dual membership card from 30 Euro
MEMBER
- single membership card from 120 Euro
- dual membership card from 180 Euro
- discount on books and catalogues
- access to members meetings and elections
- special conditions for:
- participation at the events
SUPPORTER
- single membership card from 500 Euro
- dual membership card from 750 Euro
- same privileges as for the members
- additional conditions for:
- using the spaces of the Foundation
- participation at special events
For any other forms of support, please contact the Foundation.
Membership is renewable yearly before January 31 of the following year, to guarantee the participation to all the events. The first fee inscription is proportional to the remaining trimesters.
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Starting this year, the Foundation offers its Supporters a small format artwork by Cynthia Sah and Nicolas Bertoux. These cast aluminium sculptures, in limited edition, are numbered from 1 to 100.
Once you have made your choice, by clicking “SELECT” you will be redirected to our membership registration form. There you can choose to become a supporter and to receive your complimentary gift.
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Since 2002 the ARKAD Foundation collaborates with a network of public bodies: Regions, Provinces, Municipalities, Associations, Societies, Banking Foundations, Universities and Public and Private Academies. Organize exhibitions, events, conferences and symposia; it carries out cultural exchanges with other artistic realities in the world, promotes editorial projects and guarantees training and hospitality for artists living in the structure. The Arkad Foundation has collaborated with national and international bodies such as:
- Regione Toscana
- Comune di Seravezza
- Associazione Culturale Metropolis, Lucca
- Ideal Party, Camaiore
- Fondazione KOMAN, Istanbul
- Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong
- Hualien Cultural Centre, Hualien
- Associazione Cibart, Seravezza
- Museo Ugo Guidi, Forte dei Marmi
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The ARKAD Foundation is housed by Studio ARTCO in an architectural complex full of charm and history, which consists of four groups of buildings:
-the large workshop intended for the artistic processing of monumental works,realised through the restructuring of an old sawmill;
-the studios, besides the workshop, dedicated to the creation of small works;
-the exhibition gallery, along the river in the basement, consisting of several spaces and intended for exhibitions, cultural and artistic events;the structure originates from the reconversion of the fishmongers built in the 16th century as part of the complex of the adjacent Palazzo Mediceo, a Unesco heritage site;
-three flats housing artists staying and working at the Foundation and a private flat;
-the meeting room, which houses a collection of books, specialised magazines and art catalogues;
-the offices, on the ground floor, with the administrative secretariats of ARTCO and of the ARKAD Foundation.
The building complex also includes two outdoor spaces: a forecourt equipped with a crane for handling marble blocks and a garden.
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If you would like to help us continue our activities and initiatives, you can support us by joining the ARKAD Foundation as a supporter, member or friend. You can sign up individually or in pairs at a discounted price.
You can choose between:
- SUPPORTER
- single membership: minimum 500 euros
- double membership card: minimum 750 euros
Benefits:
- subscription to the ARKAD Foundation newsletter, with advance news on our activities
- discounts on books and catalogues
- access to the assembly and elective tasks
- special conditions for participation in Foundation events and use of its facilities
- participation in reserved events
- gift of a limited edition sculpture, signed by Cynthia Sah or Nicolas Bertoux
- MEMBER
- single membership: minimum 120 euros
- double membership card: minimum 180 euros
Benefits:
- subscription to the ARKAD Foundation newsletter, with advance news on our activities
- discounts on books and catalogues
- access to the assembly and elective tasks
- special conditions for participation in Foundation events
- FRIEND
- single membership: minimum 20 euros
- double membership card: minimum 30 euros
Benefits:
- subscription to the ARKAD Foundation's newsletter, with advance news on our activities
Membership is annual and renewable by 31 January of the following year in order to guarantee participation in all events.
The fee for the first membership is proportional to the number of quarters remaining.
To join the Foundation, fill in the membership form here.
For other forms of support contact the Foundation by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone at +39 0584 757074.
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The ARKAD Foundation includes among its activities the organization of artists' residences, aimed at all Italian and international artists who wish to make a study stay in the home of marble.
The Foundation provides students with equipped work spaces and the possibility of sculpting marble and other stone materials.
The ARKAD Foundation can host artists, schools, groups and invite qualified professors and sculptors of national and international level.
There are many artists who have stayed at our premises and we are pleased to continue hosting them!
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In 2010 the ARKAD Foundation published an important volume entitled "MONUMENTAL ABSTRACT", edited by Valentina Fogher, published by Gli Ori of Pistoia and dedicated to contemporary marble sculpture made in the Apuo-Versilia area. Sponsored by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, the Tuscany Region, the Provinces of Lucca and Massa Carrara and all the Municipalities of the Apuan-Versilia area, from Pietrasanta to Carrara, "MONUMENTAL ABSTRACT" presents an original research, unique in the national publishing panorama, which aims to promote and enhance the great culture of the art of Versilia.
CONTENT
The volume comes in 292 color pages, it opens with the presentation of the Apuan-Versilian basin, with the fundamental component of the quarries and sculpture workshops and follows in the second part with a significant selection of over fifty projects by international artists realized in the last twenty years. The book is accompanied by an important apparatus of images that illustrate the territory, the characteristics of the material, the different processing methods and the final installation of the works in public and private spaces around the world.
PRESENTATIONS
-Presentation of "MONUMENTAL ABSTRACT" at the Palazzo Mediceo in Seravezza (the volume is presented by Franco Carli, Councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Seravezza, Prof. Costantino Paolicchi and the critic Antonella Serafini).
-Presentation of "MONUMENTAL ABSTRACT" at the Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara (the volume is presented by Giovanna Bernardini, Councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Carrara, the critic Prof.ssa Anna Laghi and Francesca Nicoli from Studio Nicoli).
-Presentation of "MONUMENTAL ABSTRACT" at the Academy of Design Arts in Florence (the volume is presented by Luigi Zangheri, President of the Academy of Arts and Design, Francesco Guerrieri, Dean of the International University of Art in Florence and critics Prof. Mauro Pratesi and Prof. Giovanna Uzzani).
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Conferences and meetings are among the activities that the ARKAD Foundation organises, with the aim of fostering the exchange of knowledge and opinions in the field of art.
2023
- PRESENZE - ASTRATTO MONUMENTALE. Behind the scenes of sculpture, a conversation between art critics, friends and relatives of the artists featured in the exhibition PRESENZE. Sculptors in Versilia in the 1980s. Valentina Fogher presented the volume ASTRATTO MONUMENTALE, which she edited for the ARKAD Foundation in 2010. Speakers included Cynthia Sah, Nicolas Bertoux, Massimo Bertozzi, Ines Berti Guadagnucci, Cordelia von den Steinen, Bruto Pomodoro, Filippo Rolla, Lisa Roggli e Claudio Maestrelli.
2018
- Tradition and Innovation in Sculpture: Conference-debate on an interesting comparison between two cultural and economic realities that have many differences but also many features in common, at the Grand Ducal Stables of Seravezza.
2017
- Creativity and Robotic, conference at the Hualien Cultural Centre as part of the Seravezza-Hualien Cultural Exchange.
- Meeting with artists Elisa Corsini and Cynthia Sah and screening of the film Marmo by Nancy Allison.
2015
- Creativity and Robotics: In-depth conference on the relationship between creativity and robotics in the creation of contemporary marble sculptures. Event organized by the Foundation in collaboration with CNA Lucca and the Order of Architects of Lucca.
2014
- Aperitif with the artist: Conference in the Cloister of Sant'Agostino di Pietrasanta, where Cynthia Sah and Nicolas Bertoux presented their works and the activities of the ARKAD Foundation with videos and photographs.
2007
- Continuous Present: Conference and presentation to the public of the activities carried out and the future objectives of the ARKAD Foundation.
2003
- Art and Industry Conference: Knowledge and development of contact points between industrial and artistic activities in the Apuan-Versilian area. The same theme was addressed during a conference held in Hualien during the symposium.
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The ARKAD Foundation organises and hosts concerts, plays and performances to encourage interaction between different art forms.
2023
- Jazz concert by musician Gigi Pellegrini.
- L'ho sussurrato al marmo in un orecchio. Life of Gigi Guadagnucci, reading for the stage by and with Elisabetta Salvatori, as part of the exhibition PRESENZE. Scultori in Versilia negli anni ottanta.
2022
- Scorci d'Arte: theatre, singing, music, performance organised by the La Seravezziana Association, with a piano and singing concert by Giulia Mutti.
- Theatre show by Elena Verri.
2021
- L'ho sussurrato al marmo in un orecchio, a performance by and with Elisabetta Salvatori dedicated to the life of sculptor Gigi Guadagnucci; organised by the ARKAD Foundation in collaboration with the Gigi Guadagnucci Museum.
2020
- Other Side, theatrical readings conceived and curated by the cultural association Semi Cattivi.
- Readings from the reduction of the novel The Desert of the Tartars by Dino Buzzati performed by author and director Franco Rossi.
2018
Several events took place in occasion of the exhibition Cava. The project tried to define the quarry as an "artwork", not only as a space where marble is extracted, but as an "art piece" to be admired and protected.
- Poetry evening with the narrator and quarrymen Sauro Mattei;
- Artistic performances with Cava Luana Marmi di Vagli and the sculptors from Studio Artco as protagonists;
- Storytelling event La congiura della facciata di San Lorenzo. Michelangelo vittima illustre del potere politico by Costantino Paolicchi;
- Conference L’immagine delle cave apuane nella pittura ottocentesca, presented by Andrea Tenerini
- Meeting dedicated to the discovery of the missing artist Beppe Domenici;
- Percussion performance with quarry cushions by musicians Francesco Toma, Luca Schillaci, Francesco Errante;
- Gastronomic dinner prepared by Giusy from 'I 4 Mori' restaurant.
- Lotto cubes extraction of the three award winning photographic works;
- Theater performance La bimba che aspetta written and presented by Elisabetta Salvatori.
2017
- Concert for violin by Ariel Horowitz, concert program: J.S Bach - Partita No.II in D Minor, Paganini - Caprice No. 5, Ariel Horowitz - Solitude for Violin and Voice 2017.
2015
- Piano concert by internationally known pianist and composer Gustavo Beytelmann from Argentina.
2013
- Piano and strings concert at the Studio Artco, directed by Michael Guttman within in the framework of the music festival Pietrasanta in concerto organized by the E. Rothschild Foundation.
- Party for the inauguration of the sculpture SPIRAL: event organized to celebrate the complete realization of the monumental sculpture "Spiral", 4 meters high, at the ARTCO studio before the Taiwan expedition, with Gabriele Fiotitti, cello and Monica Chiaradia Pallestri, acrobatic dance.
2007
- Performance FOS SUS by Daniele Poletti, blues and jazz concert in the square in front of the Artco laboratory, on the occasion of the Enoliarte2007 exhibition.
- Soul concert of the Jaime Dolce's Innersole, on the occasion of the Enoliarte2007 exhibition.
- Theater performance Sweet salty spicy, with Emanuela Lazzerini and Silvia Poggianti.
2006
- Piano, percussion and guitar concert by Lapo Marliani, on the occasion of the exhibition Istanbul by its children.
- Narrar di Gusto, narrative theater show, organized in collaboration with Osteria Teatro L'Atalante, with Gianluca Orlandini and Vincenzo Levante as narrative voices and Lapo Marliani on guitar, for the exhibition Enoliarte2006.
- Theatrical representation The man who lost time, of the Company of Teatro Coquelicot.
- Theatrical and musical performance Rituals, performed by Stefano Fogher, Matthias Dou and Patrycja Kujawaska, on the occasion of the exhibition Istanbul by its children.
2005
- Piano concert by Maestro Corrado Bennet, on whose notes the ballerina Silvia Bennet danced, on the occasion of the Enoliarte2005 exhibition.
2003
- Concert by voice and various instruments by Claudia Bombardella, on the occasion of the exhibition Embarkation for Taiwan.
2002
- Piano concert by pianist Gustavo Beytelman, closing the Exhibition 50%.
- Theatrical representation of the Coquelicot Group on the occasion of the 50% exhibition.
2003
- Concert by voice and various instruments by Claudia Bombardella, on the occasion of the exhibition Embarkation for Taiwan.
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How to get to us
ARKAD Foundation can be easily reached by:
car: from the A12 Motorway, Versilia Exit. take the road G.B. Vico direction Forte dei Marmi, then turn right on the provincial road SP68 and then the SP9 that goes up into the Apuan Alps to Castelnuovo Garfagnana, you will find ARKAD at the end of Seravezza town, on your left, in front of the Medici Mansion.
train: on the Pisa-Genoa line, exit at Forte dei Marmi-Seravezza-Querceta Station, then bus or taxi to Seravezza.
plane: Pisa Galileo Galilei Airport, shuttle Mover to Pisa Central Station or rent a car and take the highway FiPiLi and then the motorway A12 direction Genoa exit Versilia. (approx. 30 minutes to Seravezza) or: Florence Peretola Airport, shuttle to the SMN Central Train Station or rent a car, take motorway A11 then A12 direction Genoa (approx. 1 hour to Seravezza).
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ARKAD is a non-profit Foundation, founded in 2002 by the artists Cynthia Sah and Nicolas Bertoux.
The Foundation is based in Seravezza, in the facilities of Studio ARTCO, in the historic marble sawmill adjacent to the Palazzo Mediceo.
The aim of the Foundation is to establish an intercultural centre to foster artistic projects, organise exhibitions and events, transmit technical skills, encourage the meeting of artistic experiences in the broad field of contemporary art, and create links with the main local and international artistic events.
The Foundation's activities are supported by members' contributions, through annual membership renewals, and donations from sponsors.
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For the execution of its activities, the ARKAD Foundation utilizes the building owned by Artco Srl, the company founded by Cynthia Sah and Nicolas Bertoux for the creation of monumental sculpture destined for public and private collections.
Artco Srl has its head quarter in a building it owns in the city of Seravezza, Province of Lucca.
This building is part of the Polo Mediceo, an architectural complex of four buildings of Renaissance origin that has become an important cultural center for the promotion of modern and contemporary art.
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