Nature Meeting Graffiti Artist in Parma September 6-7, 2024
A call for 6 urban artists to reflect on the relationship with Nature
Nature Meeting Graffiti Artist is a Call for 6 Urban Art artists who are invited to give their contribution for a reflection on nature, understood not only as beauty but also as a mother of which man is only part and not the central point.
The Meeting is conceived and coordinated by the McLuc Culture aps association of Parma ( https://www.mclucculture.org/) and is hosted by Molino Agugiaro & Figna, promoter and supporter of the initiative, at the Valera facility on Via Martiri della Liberazione (between Parma and Vicofertile). In an area that already represents an important historical memory for the art of Parma millers.
The artists will be selected by an internal jury whose names will be announced after June 25. The jury will take into account: Relevance to the proposed theme, Artistic quality, Creativity of the work, Interaction with the surroundings, Feasibility in relation to resources and Originality. Works must be unpublished not have already been used in other areas.
The project is not intended to be a competition, but an opportunity for the organizers and artists to use urban creativity as a means of concretely raising community awareness of the contents of the proposed theme.The works, created on the walls of some of the plant’s buildings, will in fact be clearly visible from the street.
McLuc Culture APS is a nonprofit cultural association based in Parma. Created in 2005, it is dedicated to promoting urban art as a form of social development. Among its aims is to use urban art as a tool to overcome cultural boundaries, prejudices and social conflicts. Creativity is a form of art therapy to foster personal growth, connection with the environment and relationships among people. Despite its modest size, the association manages to organize regular world-class events thanks to a network of passionate volunteers who revolve around it. McLuc Culture APS is part of an international network of urban artists around the world and organizes several initiatives, including the European urban art convention Urban Signs and in 2024 the Meeting of Styles Italy
