COLORS CROSSES THE ATLANTIC

Colors magazine, Academy of Art University San Francisco and the Italian Cultural Institute are proud to present a special event celebrating art, creativity and diversity with a lecture and an exhibition featuring the magazine’s latest issue, Money.

Ponzano, April 2008 - Enrico Bossan and Erik Ravelo, the editorial and creative directors of Colors magazine along with Babak Payami, acclaimed director of video and film at Fabrica, will present Colors magazine’s latest issue, Money, devoted to the world economy, and launch a collaborative venture between the Academy of Art University and Fabrica.

Enrico Bossan, Erik Ravelo and Babak Payami will review the work of selected students at the Academy of Art University who are interested in joining Fabrica’s creative team in Italy. Candidates chosen by the selection committee will be offered a one-year, all-fees-paid scholarship to live in Treviso and work with the creative team of Fabrica.

79 Gallery will host a photography exhibition featuring Colors 73/Money and an installation of a giant podium made of flattened issues of Colors, where the magazine cover is a 100-dollar bill aimed at questioning the role of money and the relationship society has with it.

Another exhibition, Colors: Past and Present, featuring all 73 original issues of Colors magazine, among them some rare copies, will also be on view at the Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco from April 18 – May 17, 2008.

April 15 and 16, 2008
Portfolio reviews with Enrico Bossan, Erik Ravelo and Babak Payami.

April 17, 2008
5 pm, 79 Theater
Presentation/Lecture by Enrico Bossan, Erik Ravelo and Babak Payami featuring Fabrica and the latest issue of Colors magazine focusing on “money from the rest of the world.”

6 pm, 79 Gallery
Opening Exhibition
Photography and Installation featuring Colors 73/Money

79 Theater | 79 Gallery
79 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Ph: 415-618-6115 

April 17 – May 17, 2008
Italian Cultural Institute
Colors: Past and Present will be on view through May 17, 2008 at the Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco.

Italian Cultural Institute
425 Washington Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, California 94111
Ph: 415-788-7142

About Fabrica & Colors
Created in 1994, Fabrica is Benetton’s communication research center, where young artists and researchers from various countries and cultures are invited to develop communication projects in the fields of design, music, video, photography, publishing and new media. Fabrica’s challenge is both an innovative and international one, to marry culture and industry through communications.  Fabrica’s publishing activities include Colors, a quarterly magazine sold in over 40 countries and published in four languages. www.fabrica.it, www.colorsmagazine.com

About the Academy of Art University
The Academy of Art University was established in San Francisco in 1929 by Richard S. Stephens, a fine art painter who had accepted the position of Creative Director for Sunset Magazine.
Founded in 1929, the Academy of Art University is the nation's largest private art & design university, offering accredited Associate of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Master of Fine Arts degrees in 13 areas of art and design, and over 30 areas of academic emphasis.  With close to 11,000 students both online or on campus, majors include Advertising, Animation/Visual Effects, Architecture (MFA only), Computer Arts/New Media, Digital Arts/Communications (AA, BFA Only), Fashion, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture & Design, Motion Pictures & Television and Photography.
Academy of Art University is accredited by WASC, and nationally accredited by NASAD, Council for Interior Design Accreditation (Formerly FIDER), (BFA-IAD), and NAAB(M-ARCH).
www.academyart.edu 

For more information, please contact:

Media Inquiries:
Pamela Williams, Williams and House
Ph: 860.675.4140
pwilliams@williamsandhouse.com

Academy of Art University
Susan TolandPh: 415.688.6515
stoland@academyart.edu

Fabrica
Angela Quintavalle
Ph: +39  0422  516209
angie@fabrica.it

Italian Cultural Institute
Robin Treasure
Ph: 415.788.7142
robin.treasure@esteri.it

Photos of speakers, Colors covers, Fabrica and the latest issue of Colors 73/Money are available upon request.

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