Mediterranean Capitals of Culture and Dialogue

She has a background in architecture and extensive experience of socially impactful territorial design in Italy and abroad. Since 2003, she has been involved in urban and social regeneration projects, coordinating multidisciplinary and international working groups. In 2014, she joined the Matera 2019 European Capital of Culture team, dealing with social innovation, territorial animation, and artistic and exhibition programmes. From 2016 until 2019 and beyond, she managed the flagship projects of Matera 2019: the Open Design School and I-Dea. The Open Design School is a participatory design laboratory and a new learning paradigm: open and horizontal, based on multidisciplinary and peer-to-peer learning. It is a partner of the New European Bauhaus. Over the years, the ODS has involved over 100 European professionals and around 2,000 citizens in DIY workshops and has realized urban regeneration projects through participatory temporary installations in the public space. I-Dea was an exhibition programme exploring the archives and collections of Basilicata from an artistic perspective. It is an experiment in how archives and collections can be understood as living entities. Five artists and designers with research-based practices were invited to guest-curate five consecutive and overlapping exhibitions, using the archive as a starting point and present their interpretations in the form of temporary exhibitions. She was also the technical coordinator for the construction of performing arts facilities in an 18^(th)-century quarry. After a period as Deputy Director, she is currently the Manager of cultural planning and networking at the Matera Basilicata 2019 Foundation, as well as the project manager of Matera Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue 2026 and Fantastico Medioevo, a strategic programme for territorial development and promotion. She is also responsible for the capacity-building programme addressing the digital transition of CCI professionals. She also advises PAs on integrated territorial development and social innovation programmes, and delivers training on cultural management.