Children’s Illustration Exhibition
Two talented Italian illustrators Germano Ovani & Martina Peluso will be exhibiting for the first time at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Their exhibition draws on the amazing power of drawing, one of the first forms of expressions we all experience. So doing, Martina and Germano’s drawings will get youngers to explore the magical world of books, bringing back to their childhood those who have only apparently lost their ability to dream.
Germano Ovani’s artistic training took place mainly in Urbino (Italy) where he studied Art at the School of Art, and Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1997 he began to be interested in the illustration of children’s books. After
obtaining his first commissions from various Italian publishers, in 1999 he started an MA dedicated to the Illustration of Children’s Books at The University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
www.germanoovani.com
Martina Peluso has studied printing art at the Institute of Art in Naples and she has attended courses of illustration at Sarmede and Pavia. In 2006 at the Carampa Circus in Madrid she set up her first personal exhibition: Circus. In 2007
she exhibited her work at Assisi, Italy, called ’The Hymn of the Creatures, images of a world of grace’; it was on exhibition at the museum of St. Damiano.
www.martinapelusoillustratrice.blogspot.co.uk
You can Meet the Artists on Monday 18 August between 11am and 1pm, as well as enjoy a Free Dance event – No Matter What Colour (30,31 Jul & 30,31 Aug) and getting to grips with basic italian with Imagining Stories (19, 23 & 26 Aug).
RACCONTA L’IMMAGINE / IMAGINING STORIES
9, 23, 26 August, 11am
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43 – 45 High Street
45 minutes
Based on Martina Peluso and Germano Ovani’s exhibition this morning session will encourage children to use their imagination to create a story using some basic Italian words. An opportunity to learn and use a foreign language in an enjoyable approach to Italian. In association with the Italian Cultural Institute with teachers Pina Gallucci and Elena Masoero. Buon Divertimento!
Free admission
NO MATTER WHAT COLOUR
30 – 31 July & 30 – 31 August, 3pm
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43 – 45 High Street
15 minutes
Federica Esposito and Giulia Montalbano will be performing a short dance piece inspired by the children’s book illustration by Germano Ovani and Martina Peluso. The dance piece will represent a contemporary exploration of their beautiful colours, shapes and dreamy images in a playful atmosphere. In association with the Italian Cultural Institute.
Free admission
For more information please visit also http://www.tracscotland.org/scottish-storytelling-centre/courses-workshops/exhibitions
Leggimi forte by Martina Peluso
The Dandelion by Germano Ovani
Entry to the Centre is free – just drop in!