The Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) is the most well known international art event, featuring the most innovative and thought-provoking artists from around the world.

 I am honored to be invited by the European Cultural Council to prepare a public art experience for this coveted international art fair.

Now you can be a part of this too. You and your loved ones can be beneficiaries of a wonderful public art project that will continue through all of 2021 and 2022!

This is a campaign for parents looking to support and engage their kids with game-fied learning, to give them an opportunity to experience world cultures and feel like they're on a scavenger hunt for clues, designing their own worlds and growing their imaginations.

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• This is also an interactive and uplifting art experience for adults with wanderlust, those of us who love learning about different cultures and places, unable to quench our thirst for travel and looking to educate ourselves in entertaining ways, to de-stress and bring some joy and light amidst Covid darkness.

• * Did you know that masks during the Carnivale played a key role in creating diversity and equalizing Venetian society?

• * That Venice stands on over 120 islands?

  * Were you aware that Venice is the site of the very 1st Jewish Ghetto?

  *That Tintoretto scandalously painted the ceiling of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco before even winning the commission?

• Here're our 1st 6 Virtual Lectures/Workshops that are planned out:

  1. Feb'21 Carnivale of Venice: masks and costumes

  2. Mar'21 Geography of Venice: islands and Aqua Alta (floods)

  3. April'21 The very 1st Jewish Ghetto and its architecture

  4. May'21 Gondolas of Venice: clay

  5. June'21 Byzantine Venice: mosaics and gold leaf

  6. July'21 The Renaissance ceilings at Scuola Grande by Tintoretto

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  Your donation will support an art installation of two monumental pieces, complemented by plein air watercolors and custom designed garments inspired by the exuberance of Carnival and the architecture and reflections of Venice itself.

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• The funding will cover costs of creating the work and compiling research for virtual workshops. It will also pay people on site to install the exhibit, man the gallery and provide participants with audio/printed guides and materials to explore the scavenger hunt in person in 2022!
• The team consists of the artist: Diana Stelin, who is volunteering on behalf of European Cultural Council, and is collaborating with the 'Ailes de Venice' charitable organization to provide backing for important projects in preserving Venetian culture and landmarks. 
  
  Tiffany Raymond, a very trusted and knowledgeable travel advisor, who owns Wanderlust Travel Group, is teaming up with Diana Stelin on this campaign. Tiffany has been in the industry for many years and has a passion for not only travel but high level service. She strives to provide her clients with top notch support to ensure that they have the trips of their dreams. Not only does she have experience planning all facets of travel, but Venice is especially important to her because that is where she got engaged. As part of your donation to the project Tiffany will be waving ALL concierge travel fees when helping you book your trip to Venice in 2022 :). Her services will include booking flights, hotels, transfers, tours, and travel insurance. This is a great opportunity to not only support my project but to have someone take care of all the details of your trip.
   
• Thank you so much for backing this incredible interactive art experience! We cannot wait to share stories of how Venice lives on over a 100 islands, the significance of masks during the Carnival, the special architecture of the Jewish Ghetto, and so much more!!