The restoration of the former Tanneries complex in Fabriano by Fondazione Carifac is the starting point for a broader project aimed at regenerating the local community. The complex becomes a cultural center capable of spreading values and knowledge inherited from the past, promoting contamination with the creativity of the current community.
In order to bring back the “botteghe degli antichi mestieri” (ancient crafts workshops), the Carifac Foundation has created a creative cultural incubator with Cartiera Aperta and Scuola Internazionale dei Mestieri d’Arte.
Particular attention has been given to the education of new generations in the production of handmade paper and chiaroscuro watermarks. The School preserves, renews and gives continuity to an art that since 1200 has made Fabriano known throughout the world as the “City of Paper”. The Museum project hosts in the same place the works of the Fabriano artists Edgardo Mannucci (1904-1986) and Quirino Ruggeri (1883-1955).
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