1. Ravenna Young Artist Office Activites

2. WHAT IS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE AND WHAT ARE ITS MAIN TASKS AND ACTIVITIES? 39 young artists offices spread all over the country All Young Artists Offices are part of GAI network – the Young Italian Artists organizzation GAI is an association created in order to support youth creativity through training, artistic promotion and research.

3. GAI AIMS Document all activities and to provide services, training and promotional opportunities for young people working in the fields of creativity, arts and entertainment.

4. GAI WEB SITE www.giovaniartisti.it Contests Events Conferences Opportunities Exhibitions Users can participate, interact, discuss and exchange information.

5. RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE Created in 2004 GAI member Painting Sculpture Photography Video Mosaic Installation Comics Dance Theater It targets local artist under 35

6. RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE Managed by Associazione Culturale Mirada. Organizes trainings and promotional opportunities, initiatives and exhibitions related to the city area. All young people who live, work or study in one of the municipalities of Ravenna province have access to the office services.

7. RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE coaching on cultural professions; support in the artistic design; counseling on artistic books creation and curriculum vitae preparation; assistance in filling in the applications to participate in art competitions; data entry in the on line young artists database accessible by public institutions, museums, private galleries, curators and art professionals. THE GENERAL SERVICES

8. RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE WEB SITE Registry of Ravenna artists www.giovaniartistiravenna.org

9. AIMS To create a valuable database of young artists from Ravenna; To serve the artists themselves; Consulted by public institutions, museums, private galleries, curators and art professionals. RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE WEB SITE

10. R.A.M. Ravenna Artisti Mostre & REGIONAL COMPETITION OF REALITY COMICS SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE

11. R.A.M. Ravenna Artisti Mostre RAM is a biennial competition open to all young artists of Ravenna, organized since 1999 by Mirada Association on behalf of Ravenna Youth Politics Department. RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

12. painting, mosaic, photography, comics, video art, installations, performance, graphic communication, visual design, web design, digital creation, curators R.A.M. DISCIPLINES RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

13. RAM today is the most significant event to discover the emerging artists in Ravenna area R.A.M. RESULTS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

14. A committee of experts is encharged of the selection of young artists, young curators and art critics. The winners are then called to create specific projects for RAM on a theme set-out by the art committee. The works thus created are then presented in the second year in one or more exhibitions in the city area. R.A.M. SELECTIONS AND WINNERS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

15. Every selected artist is monitored and supported all through the working period by a curator until the final exibition. Therefore the competition offers so much more than an occasion of public visibility, putting each artist in a professional context. R.A.M. ORIGINALITY RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

16. RAM publishes a collective catalog where each curator/ critic is responsible to write an essay on the work of the artist he has followed. The critical presentation of each artist in the catalog is another point of strength of the competition, because it gives to the artist the first curatorial credit. R.A.M. CATALOGUE RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

17. R.A.M. CATALOGUE COVERS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

18. R.A.M. EXHIBITIONS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

19. R.A.M. EXHIBITIONS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

20. R.A.M. EXHIBITIONS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

21. 2006-2007 we identified the "village" as theme with specific reference to the former working-class district Anic of Ravenna; 2008-2009 the theme was related to the sea and the coast of Ravenna; 2010-2011 the theme is Ravenna Capital, subject related to the candidacy of Ravenna to the European Capital of Culture for year 2019. R.A.M. EXHIBITION'S THEMES RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

22. SITE MAR (Ravenna Art Museum) PARTNERSHIP Harlem Studio Fellowship of New York R.A.M. 2011 RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

23. REGIONAL COMPETITION OF REALITY COMICS Organized by RAVENNA YOUTH POLITICS DEPARTMENT Young Artists Office & Mirada Association Supported by GA / ER the Young Artists network of Emilia Romagna Region Linked to KOMIKAZEN International Reality Comics Festival RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

24. A moment of knowledge and production A way of putting artists and their professionalism in relation to artistic context and market. REGIONAL COMPETITION OF REALITY COMICS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

25. Exhibitions, workshops and meetings REGIONAL COMPETITION OF REALITY COMICS ACTIVITIES RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

26. REGIONAL COMPETITION OF REALITY COMICS THEMES RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES DESCRIBE REALITY THROUGH COMICS

27. The winner is awarded with the publication of his graphic novel, edited by a national publisher and distribuited in bookshops all over the country. REGIONAL COMPETITION OF REALITY COMICS AWARDS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

28. Aim to give visibility to the highest possible number of young authors. REGIONAL COMPETITION OF REALITY COMICS EXHIBITIONS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

29. to offer training and artistic professionalization for the young authors to give to young authors tools and opportunities and conditions to realize their projects by themselves REGIONAL COMPETITION OF REALITY COMICS MAIN AIMS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

30. REGIONAL COMPETITION OF REALITY COMICS PUBLISHED BOOKS RAVENNA YOUNG ARTIST OFFICE / SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES