IEEP Update: Students from Rome have now completed their 2005-2006 "My Dream Park" curriculum. Their final projects, drawings of their dream parks were showcased on June 6, 2006 at the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park for Sister City day. Also on display were models made by New York City students and drawings from Beijing, Jerusalem, Budapest and Madrid. Examples of a "Dream Park" from Rome.
An example of a "Dream Park" from Rome.
January IEEP update: Rome students receive IEEP "Global Citizen Passports" as part of the 2005-2006 curriculum, "My Dream Park." These original "passports" will track the progress of the students’ work, as the passports need to be "stamped" at the completion of each phase of the curriculum.
Rome students continue to work on the 2005-2006 curriculum, "My Dream Park."
An example of an Italian student describing a park in Rome:
"There are many parks in Rome. Usually we go to Villa Borghese. We play football and we ride a bike. There are a lot of trees, but often there are too many people. We can reach it by 116 bus or on foot. The Villa Borghese consisted in part of formal gardens, largely composed of hedged plots of trees, divided by walks and ornamented with fountains. The gardens of Villa Borghese today resemble an English landscaped park rather than a formal Italian garden. In fact in 1773, the Prince Borghese of the day commissioned Jacob More, to redesign the garden in the English style."
Rome students start IEEP 2005-2006, working with New York City students on a revised and improved internet-based forum and with a new curriculum titled “My Dream Park.” June Rome students receive “Certificates of Excellence” from the New York City Sister City Program to recognize their participation in the 2004-2005 pilot year of IEEP.
May IEEP Rome students from Istituto Comprensivo E.Q. Visconti conclude the pilot year of IEEP by submitting their completed project for the “Cities Around the World” curriculum.
February 17-18th, 2005 Rome sends a five person delegation to the February Public Art Summit, “Strategies for Public Art.” Professor Rosella Bennati, International Relations Expert for Deputy Mayor for Culture, Maurizio Anastasi, Director of the Technical Office of Culture, Municipality of Rome, Ludovico Pratesi, art critic, Ludovica Rossi Purini, art collector, and Giovanni Giuliani, comprise the delegation. Professor Bennati presents “Rome and Public Art: Actualities, Perspectives and Strategies.” Rome’s White Paper is available
here.
Ludovico Pratesi also participates in the international panel session, “Public Art: Vision or Compromise?” at Tweed Courthouse on the second day of the Summit. The Panel Session is
available for viewing as a web cast.
