Scuola di Arti e Mestieri F. Bertazzoni

Scuola di Arti e Mestieri F. Bertazzoni is an Italian non-profit foundation based in Suzzara, in the province of Mantua, Lombardy. It operates as an educational institution — a school of arts and crafts — and is legally organised as a foundation (fondazione), the form under which it appears in public registers and in structured data sources such as Wikidata, which describes it simply as a "foundation based in Suzzara, Italy". Its official web presence is the site cfpartiemestieri.it, which presents the foundation's activities under the umbrella name "Fondazione Arti e Mestieri". The foundation's work is organised around several distinct strands. The first is the school itself, which runs a formative year (anno formativo) with an electronic register of assessments for students. The second is music: the foundation runs a musical year (anno musicale) with open enrolment and published programme materials. The third is art, including a gallery — the Pinacoteca Dino Villani — and exhibition projects such as "Arte in Arti e Mestieri". Alongside these, the foundation has engaged in rural development projects in Lombardy, including the AGRI.RE.GEN. project approved and financed by Regione Lombardia. Because it is a foundation rather than a commercial company, its "products" are educational and cultural services: vocational training in arts and crafts, music education, art exhibitions and gallery programming, and publicly funded development projects. It serves students and the local community in and around Suzzara and the wider Lombardy region. The foundation is identified in Italian administrative terms by its Partita IVA (VAT number) 02036310205, and its public communication includes transparency disclosures (Amministrazione trasparente) typical of Italian publicly supported bodies. The name honours F. Bertazzoni, a local figure associated with the school's tradition; the institution is commonly referred to in short as the Fondazione Arti e Mestieri or the Scuola di Arti e Mestieri F. Bertazzoni. It should not be confused with the Bertazzoni appliance brand, which is a separate commercial manufacturer of kitchen appliances.

The Scuola di Arti e Mestieri F. Bertazzoni is a foundation based in Suzzara, a town in the province of Mantua in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Structured data sources describe it plainly as a "foundation based in Suzzara, Italy", and its own web presence presents it under the collective name "Fondazione Arti e Mestieri". The institution carries the name F. Bertazzoni, a dedication to a figure associated with its tradition, and it operates as a school of arts and crafts — the literal meaning of "Scuola di Arti e Mestieri". As a foundation, the institution is organised as a non-profit legal entity rather than a commercial company. Its public identity includes the administrative markers typical of Italian publicly supported bodies: a Partita IVA (VAT number 02036310205) and a transparency section (Amministrazione trasparente) on its website. This structure allows it to combine its own educational activity with publicly funded projects, notably in regional rural development. Over time the foundation's activity has broadened into three main programme areas, reflected in the navigation of its website: scuola (school), musica (music) and arte (art). The school strand runs a formative year with an electronic register of assessments for students. The music strand runs a musical year with open enrolment and downloadable programme materials. The art strand encompasses a gallery — the Pinacoteca Dino Villani — and exhibition projects, including the recurring "Arte in Arti e Mestieri" series. In the mid-2020s the foundation's public communication highlighted several developments. It announced the inauguration of the Pinacoteca Dino Villani for Saturday 10 October 2026 at 11:00. It opened enrolment for the 2026-2027 musical year. It reported strong public attendance at the inauguration of "Arte in Arti e Mestieri XX+VI" on Sunday 13 September. And it announced that the AGRI.RE.GEN. rural development project had been approved and financed by Regione Lombardia, identified by CUP C17F26000020009. Because the available evidence is limited to the foundation's own website and a structured-data entry, the precise founding date, founders and governance details are not documented here. What is clear is the institution's role: a Suzzara-based foundation that delivers vocational arts-and-crafts education and cultural programming, supported in part by regional public funding, and named in honour of F. Bertazzoni.

• Inauguration of the exhibition "Arte in Arti e Mestieri XX+VI", reported as a public success.

• Scheduled inauguration of the Pinacoteca Dino Villani at 11:00.

• Enrolment opened for the 2026-2027 musical year.

• AGRI.RE.GEN. rural development project approved and financed by Regione Lombardia (CUP C17F26000020009).

A publicly supported non-profit foundation delivering vocational arts-and-crafts education, music and art programming in Suzzara and Lombardy.

• Scuola di Arti e Mestieri (arts and crafts school)

  Vocational education programme running a formative year with an electronic register of assessments.

• Anno Musicale (music year)

  Music education programme with open enrolment and downloadable materials.

• Pinacoteca Dino Villani

  Gallery of the foundation, with an inauguration announced for 10 October 2026.

• Arte in Arti e Mestieri

  Exhibition project; the XX+VI edition was inaugurated on 13 September.

• AGRI.RE.GEN.

  Rural development project approved and financed by Regione Lombardia.

1. 1Scuola di Arti e Mestieri F. Bertazzoni Suzzara - Fondazione Arti e Mestiericfpartiemestieri.it
2. 2Scuola di Arti e Mestieri F. Bertazzoni - Wikidatawikidata.org