A Talk with Constantin Migliorini on Art, Students and Life

As part of the 5th Istanbul Children and Youth Art Biennial, Italian artist Constantin Migliorini will give a talk on “The Relationship between Art, Students and Life” on Saturday 28 April at 16:00 at Beşiktaş Çağdaş MKM.

The Istanbul Children and Youth Art Biennial, held from 19 April to 23 May 2018 with the concept “Here and Now!”, continues with workshops, exhibitions and talks attended by large numbers of students. In “The Relationship between Art, Students and Life”, one of the talks in the Biennial programme, Italian artist Constantin Migliorini meets students, teachers and parents on 28 April.

The place of art in life

Seeking answers to the questions “How does art touch a point in life, how does it build a ground for itself, and how can it keep going?”, the talk will look at the relationship between students and teachers through photographs of students’ moments of free, creative work in the classroom. With the aim of helping teachers and parents set children’s and young people’s spirits free and let them be free in their thoughts and feelings, the talk will also give examples from educational processes in Italy and Türkiye. The talk is open to all; please arrive 15 minutes early.

Who is Constantin Migliorini?

Constantin Migliorini was born in Poggibonsi (Siena) and studied painting at the Siena Art Institute in 1993. In 1999 he continued his studies at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts. Having won an Erasmus scholarship, he spent 3 years at the Seville Academy of Fine Arts. In 2000 he received advanced art training in Granada, Spain, with a Progetto Leonardo scholarship. Migliorini has taken part in solo and group exhibitions, seminars and workshops in Italy and many other countries, and continues to teach painting and scenography at the Varese School of Art.

Raising the creative new generations of the future

One of the largest events of its kind in the world, the Istanbul Children and Youth Art Biennial creates a space for sharing on a global scale, grounded in multiculturalism, and allows different geographies and cultures to be expressed through children’s eyes and aesthetics. At the Biennial, children and young people, who have the chance to create in many fields – from performance to dance, from video art to sculpture – are also leading the way in building effective intercultural communication.

Enriched by the exhibitions, concerts, events and workshops of students on their way to becoming the cultural producers and audiences of the future, the Istanbul Children and Youth Art Biennial is followed by a wide audience of writers, artists, art lovers, teachers, students, parents and members of the media. Previous Biennials, held at a variety of venues across Istanbul – its ferries, squares, railway stations, warehouses, galleries and museums – have been visited by 180 thousand people.

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