Italy International Center
Promoting International Understanding and Collaboration Through the Arts
Italy International Center is a cultural organization celebrating Italian culture and art. With our curated exhibitions, we want to find commonalities in our visions, celebrate the richness of our diverse imaginations and invite all participants to collaborate in making the world a more connected and friendly place.
Celebration of Italian Heritage
Storie d'Italia
Stories of Italy · An open call
Every Italian family that left Italy carried something. A recipe. A photograph. A saint's medal. A way of making bread. We are collecting those stories — and bringing them to Italy.
Maria Conti · Columbus
Giovanni Ferretti · Sydney
Rosa Caruso · Buenos Aires
Salvatore Amato · Detroit
Lucia Ricci · London
Carmela Esposito · Chicago
Pietro Gallo · Vienna
Giovanni Ferretti · Sydney
Rosa Caruso · Buenos Aires
Salvatore Amato · Detroit
Lucia Ricci · London
Carmela Esposito · Chicago
Pietro Gallo · Vienna
The campaign
Two ways to participate
Storie d'Italia — open to everyone
Submit your family's story
Share photographs, recipes, immigration stories, heirlooms, and traditions. Submissions are documented, credited, curated, and featured on this website, on our social media accounts, and in an exhibition in Alvito, Italy.
Photographs
Recipes
Stories
Objects
Traditions
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Trasmissione · art installation
Send a fax to Italy
A fax machine sits in Alvito, Lazio. Send a photograph, a recipe, a drawing. Your transmission is printed on thermal paper and displayed in the exhibition, alongside your name and city.
Fax number
[ +39 __ __ __ ____ ]
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About the IIC
Italy International Center
Promoting International Understanding and Collaboration Through the Arts
Italy International Center (IIC) is an arts organization dedicated to curating traveling exhibits that promote international understanding and collaboration. With our curated traveling exhibitions we want to find commonalities in our visions, celebrate the richness of our diverse imaginations and invite all participants to collaborate in making the world a more connected and friendly place.
Postcards from Utopia — Sarasota & Alvito, 2024
Over 150 handmade postcards from artists and everyday people across 15 countries — shown in Florida and in a 16th-century palazzo in Alvito, Lazio.
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The exhibition
Alvito, Lazio, Italy · September 2026
What
Faxed transmissions, projected stories, and the scrolling names of contributors from around the world
Where
Alvito, Lazio — the ancient hill town where Postcards from Utopia was shown in 2024
When
September 2026. The fax number is open now.
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