Field Trip and Tour of Magazzino Italian Art Museum
Thu, Apr 04
|Cold Spring
Join Paola Bari from Gallery 40 for a field trip and tour of Magazzino Italian Art. Please RSVP to gallery40pok@gmail.com
Time & Location
Apr 04, 2024, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Cold Spring, 2700 US-9, Cold Spring, NY 10516, USA
About the Event
Magazzino's campus is composed of two buildings and grounds. The original, 20,000-square-foot building from 2017 houses the permanent collection focused on the Arte Povera movement and the Germano Celant Research Center. The Robert Olnick Pavilion includes an additional 13,000 square feet of exhibition space dedicated to temporary exhibitions, a gallery devoted to Italian decorative arts and design, a multipurpose room, and a combined café and store on the mezzanine.
The grounds span 5 acres and are also home to our Sardinian donkeys.
A stop at the Silvia Cafe' for an Italian lunch or snack is planned.
Thursday, April 4, 2024
10:30 AM
Paola Bari will meet you at Gallery 40 (40 Canon Street, Poughkeepsie) at 10:30am and you will car pool to Magazzino Italiano Art.
The Pirandello Institute has long been a dream of Vita Mesnick—a dream brought to life through love, patience, dedication, and an enduring passion for Italian language and culture. The Institute stands as the result of her years of commitment, effort, and inspiration, creating a vibrant community of students and friends united by a shared appreciation for learning and connection.
After many years of inspiring students through her teaching, Vita has decided the time has come to retire from the traditional classroom format. While she is stepping away from formal instruction, she remains deeply committed to the Pirandello Institute and the community she has helped build over the years.
To support that continued connection, we are pleased to introduce Conversations with Vita—an informal opportunity for students and friends of the Institute to spend time with her in a relaxed and flexible setting.
These one-on-one or small-group conversations can be arranged directly with Vita, free of charge, and may include speaking in Italian, discussing books and culture, reviewing aspects of the language, sharing memories, or exploring topics of mutual interest. Designed to foster conversation rather than formal instruction, these sessions preserve what has always been at the heart of the Pirandello experience: meaningful connection, lively discussion, and a shared love of Italian language and culture.
We are grateful for Vita's continued presence in our community and look forward to this new chapter—one that celebrates friendship, conversation, and the dream she has nurtured for so many years.