Associazione Artisti Bresciani

The Associazione Artisti Bresciani (AAB) is a non-profit cultural association based in Brescia, Italy, founded in 1945. According to its official website, since 1945 it has promoted the knowledge and study of figurative and visual arts and of Brescian artists. Its statutory purposes include organizing cultural activities such as exhibitions, round tables, conferences, debates, film and documentary screenings, and concerts; educational and training activities such as advanced courses in the arts and related techniques, study seminars, research groups, and refresher courses; publishing activities such as catalogues, conference proceedings, and studies on the arts and their protagonists, with particular reference to works and artists of Brescia; and promotional activities aimed at safeguarding, protecting, and enhancing the environmental, historical, and artistic heritage of the city and province. The association operates without profit in collaboration with public and private institutions and bodies. The AAB is headquartered at vicolo delle Stelle 4 in Brescia. It maintains a collection of works and organizes a regular programme of exhibitions, events, and courses. Its website highlights current and upcoming exhibitions, news about donations to its collection, the Premio Cesare Trebeschi competition for high school students, book presentations, and its school of courses. The association has deeply marked the local cultural and artistic scene, as stated on its website. As a membership-based cultural association rather than a commercial company, the AAB functions as a brand-like institution in the Brescian art world, with its own identity, venue, programming, and publications. It collaborates with public and private institutions and operates on a non-profit basis. Its activities are concentrated in Brescia and its province, though its exhibitions and publications may attract wider attention.

The Associazione Artisti Bresciani was constituted in 1945 and has deeply marked the local cultural and artistic reality, according to its official website. On 24 May 1945, just one month after the Liberation, a group of artists gathered around the sculptor Giovanni Asti founded the association 'Arte e cultura', based in Brescia at the Camera del Lavoro. From the outset it was established as a free association, with the aim of reorganizing, after the years of crisis of the Fascist dictatorship and the war, the assistance and professional training of members, as well as the exhibition circuit. In 1946 the association took the name 'Associazione artistica bresciana', and in 1962 the current name 'Associazione artisti bresciani'. The prefect of the Liberation, the lawyer... [text truncated in source]. The association's statutory purposes, as described on its website, include cultural activities (exhibitions, round tables, conferences, debates, film and documentary screenings, concerts); educational and training activities (advanced courses in the arts and related techniques, study seminars, research groups, refresher courses); publishing activities (publication of catalogues, proceedings of conferences, conferences, seminars, research and studies on the arts and their protagonists, with particular reference to works and artists of Brescia); and promotional activities (promotion of all actions suitable for the safeguarding, protection and enhancement of the environmental, historical and artistic heritage of the city and province). The association operates without profit in collaboration with public and private institutions and bodies. Over the decades, the AAB has maintained a venue at vicolo delle Stelle 4 in Brescia, where it holds exhibitions, events, and courses. Its website in the 2020s shows an active programme including exhibitions such as 'Giancarlo Staffoni. La forza di rette, colori e geometrie' (2026), the Premio Cesare Trebeschi for high school students, book presentations, and a school of courses. It also maintains a collection of works, which has been enriched by donations. The association continues to be a reference point for Brescian figurative and visual arts.

• 2026

  Exhibition 'Giancarlo Staffoni. La forza di rette, colori e geometrie' scheduled from 19 September to 7 October 2026.

• 1962

  The association adopted its current name 'Associazione artisti bresciani'.

• 1946

  The association took the name 'Associazione artistica bresciana'.

• 1945

  On 24 May 1945, a group of artists around sculptor Giovanni Asti founded 'Arte e cultura' in Brescia.

Non-profit cultural association promoting figurative and visual arts and Brescian artists.

• Exhibitions

  Regular exhibitions of figurative and visual arts at its Brescia venue.

• Cultural events

  Round tables, conferences, debates, film and documentary screenings, concerts.

• Courses and seminars

  Advanced courses in arts and techniques, study seminars, research groups, refresher courses.

• Publications

  Catalogues, conference proceedings, research and studies on arts and artists, especially Brescian.

• Art collection

  A collection of works, enriched by donations.

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