DIDACTIS - ALESSANDRA PORFIDIA

← (it / fr) →

INSTAGRAM

In addition to the personal artistic research activity, the teaching activity started since 1985 is very significant.
He taught, among other places, in the Academies of Fine Arts in: Milan, Florence, Carrara, Sassari, Macerata, before receiving in 2017 the chair of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where today he teaches for the three-year course and the course specialist in Sculpture, Public and Environmental Art, and where he also directs the School of Sculpture and has the delegation of the European research program Horizon Differences 2020.
In Brera she was the first Italian sculptor to hold the chair of Sculpture; while at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence she was also Erasmus and International Relations Manager, giving life to numerous international projects such as the Mediterranean Project, coordinating many educational projects with other artistic faculties, UPV in Spain in Bilbao and T.EI . in Greece in Athens and Tinos.
Still today strongly engaged in various international initiatives, she is active with numerous workshops, conferences and collaborations with artists and scholars of national and international universities.

ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS OF ROME
Professor and coordinator of the School of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
Teachings: Sculpture (course of 1° – 2° level), Methodologies and Techniques of the Contemporary (2° level)

The Sculpture course aims to train figures capable of developing an expressive technical awareness in the context of contemporary sculpture, in relation to the pluralism of languages and techniques pertaining to the world of contemporary art. In the specifics of sculpture, practical experience is considered essential for the knowledge of a research methodology. The educational path is extended by a considerable number of workshops, external laboratory activities, exhibitions, seminar meetings, educational trips, participation in national and international competitions and artistic residencies.

The international environment of the academy of fine arts, enhanced by recent participation in European international projects, allows us to offer ever greater exchange and openness to students attending the sculpture course. To access the course, a high school diploma or other qualification obtained abroad and recognized as suitable by the Academy of Fine Arts in compliance with international agreements is required. There is also an admission test for those who do not come from secondary schools of artistic training.

The second level course in Public and Environmental Art Sculpture completes the three-year course. It offers a preparation centered on research enriched with experience, in the field of public art and specifically aimed at the wider use in urban and natural spaces. The course is divided into theoretical seminars and individual practical research within an articulated design programme. Training opportunities are foreseen aimed at the knowledge of the most advanced technologies applied to materials for the creation of large-scale works and for works with a high technical and expressive finish. This Sculpture address also deals with the most current environmental issues of an ecological nature, sustainability, in response to the social and cultural urgencies of the world in an international perspective. To access the course it is necessary to have obtained a first level academic diploma or a university degree in a corresponding sector. Based on the training, an admission test will be scheduled.