BEN ARRIVATA DI EVENTI SCAMBI METTE IN EVIDENZA CONTATTO
Initially planning began in 2023 and groups from each community have been meeting during the first half of 2024 with a timeline to complete each city's fresco in the late summer and fall of 2024. There will be a team of three art students and an instructor from each community. The Bend team will travel to Belluno in September and train for a week at week at one of the few remaining active fresco studios near Belluno. The two teams will then work together to create a permanent Fresco in Belluno.
In October the Belluno Fresco team will come to Bend and instruct art students at Central Oregon Community College (COCC) for the First week and then the two teams will create together a beautiful fresco that will adorn the walls of COCC’s Pinckney Gallery.
This project brings together the Rotary Clubs of Bend and the Belluno Rotary Club, plus the facility at COCC and the School of Afresco of San Vittore e Corona, as well as the Sister City groups of each community.
At our Bend-Belluno Sister City Plaque
Wednesday, August 14th
Near Greg's Grille in the Old Mill District
Forestry Exchange - Belluno, Italy, and Bend, Oregon.
Photos again by Todd Cary
Again, Greg's Grille provides food and hospitality!
Rotary Club of Greater Bend and Bend-Belluno Sister Cities
Happening now.
Travelers Tips
Update from Angelo in Belluno - The international team 🇮🇹🇺🇸 of artists, after the day off to visit the Biennale exhibition in Venice, have worked hard today. Tomorrow evening, they will finish their work. Friday late morning, the public presentation of the whole first act of our project at Belluno Town Hall. After the visit of the Fresco. Bravissime!
Thinking about travel in Italy? Why not include a visit to our sister city of Belluno. Here are some insiders notes to help you "feel at home" while being in Italy.
This unique artistic cross-cultural exchange is made up of teams from each city who’ve been sharing in the planning and artistic creation, with the end goal of completing a true fresco in each community.
Learning about recent and upcoming exchanges between COCC and Belluno
Connections Between Our Communities
Art students from Bend and Belluno at School of Afresco of San Vittore e Corona. This is the first day of instruction in the methods of Fresco, a true Italian art form with a long and rich history. Later this week, students will move into Belluno to create a fresco on the wall at the escalator.
Ilaria and Eleonora, Andra, Ursala and Zara from Belluno, working through our sister city organization each spent a month as part of the Bend community. These are individually arranged working exchanges allowing. Each of our guests from Belluno have participated in volunteer activities and joined in with Italian conversation groups plus enjoying being part of a Bend family for the month. These individual exchanges have been particularly meaningful for as Coach Bob Bruce pointed out after his masters swim exchange in Belluno, "The sister city connection is great, but it's particularly meaningful when one finds a group of people in our sister city that share your passion."
Individually Arranged Exchanges - Another Exchange Opportunity Between Our Sister Cities
Summer Celebration
Fresco Cross-Cultural Exchange
Belluno | Little Italy from Adorable Belluno on Vimeo.
Independent Exchanges
Meeting our 2024 students from Belluno and Bend
Rebecca Franklin, Ph.D. Department of Forest - Central Oregon Community College meets with Angelo Paganin and Belluno Forester
Rebecca has been able to travel through conifer, beech, and oak forests of the Veneto region of Italy in her quest to learn how spruce trees were turned into Stradivarius violins, and how trees for Venetian ships were harvested and rafted to Venice during the 14th century. During her sabbatical, Rebecca spent 6 months living in Belluno and exploring the Dolomite mountains and towns and cities of northern Italy.
Welcome
Bend Belluno Sister Cities Cultural Exchange
Comment from Stefano Perer - A simple idea, colored with passion, has finally materialized thanks to the parties' enthusiasm, creating a historic moment that will endure in the friendship between two cities, promoted by a small group of people who crossed the ocean between two continents. Congratulations to the young participants and the organizers