Who we are
Segni d’infanzia associazione artistica e culturale was founded in 2008, with the aim of organizing the like-named international theatre festival for an audience aged 18+ months, which has been known as SEGNI New Generations Festival since 2016.
With Cristina Cazzola – an actress and playwright with extensive experience in cultural management and international relations – as its artistic and organizational director, and a permanent staff of three people sharing their skills in different sectors, the Association creates and implements projects aimed at boys and girls, children and teenagers, drawing on cooperation with artists and professionals from Italy and abroad.
Its projects provide the new generations with inspiration and tools for growth, fostering their empowerment and cementing the bonds between various age groups in the community.
Segni d’infanzia’s strength lies in its ability to forge a valuable network of collaborations between a range of different environments: institutions, schools, companies, associations, the volunteering world, while maintaining a keen eye for all inspiration offered by cultural scenarios in Europe and the whole world.
Mission
The Association believes that only by providing children and teenagers with high-quality stimulation is it possible to contribute to the cultural development they themselves have started.
A long-time champion of inclusion and integration through the theatre and artistic disciplines, it designs innovative formats to generate dialogue across generations about contemporary issues and supports school activities with non-formal educational projects.
Attentive to social concerns involving the new generations (and not only), Segni d’Infanzia is committed to giving its contribution via specific activities and using the power of artistic language for educational and therapeutical purposes.
Based on its strong links with Youth Theatre, Segni d’infanzia firmly believes in the importance of networking to promote the circulation of companies, give visibility to emerging creativity and offer spaces for the creation and development of skills and expertise.
What we do
Design and management of cultural events: the Association can handle an event from beginning to end, providing both script and direction and looking after artistic and organizational aspects, either globally or partially.
Communicating content through the language of the arts: the Association is involved in conveying various types of content to the new generations by designing formats that allow exploration of artistic languages such as painting, dancing, music, drama. It creates animated readings from the best childhood literature around one or more chosen topics, based on a comprehensive, specially compiled bibliography; it provides interactive workshops and itineraries, training sessions, theatre shows with gripping stage action.
Circulation and promotion of projects: the Association can develop contacts and relationships between schools, families, institutions, companies, and the world of training and volunteering in order to design customized events for the promotion and visibility of different kinds of projects.
Staff
Cristina Cazzola
Degree in literature and diploma in dramaturgy. For over 10 years he has been involved in cultural management and international relations, working on the conception of formats with public bodies and private institutions. Since 2006 he has directed the international art and theatre festival for the new generations "SEGNI New Generations Festival" in Mantua. He provides consultancy for internationalisation, fund raising and audience development processes.
Monica Colella
Curator and organiser of cultural events. For several years she has been working in the fields of theatre, performing arts and electronic music, creating paths of artistic dissemination through multidisciplinary events and residencies, with a focus on enhancing the territory, cultural heritage and host space.
Elisabetta Girolami
A graduate in Clinical and Community Psychology, she is the contact person for external relations, following in particular relations with Sponsors and Partners, both public and private. She also coordinates all the volunteers who support the festival.
They collaborate with us:
Valentina De Poli
Valentina De Poli, journalist, long-time editor-in-chief of Topolino loves to communicate to transversal targets through all available media, traditional and digital. Some time ago she discovered... the voice! Since 2020 she has been a communication consultant for Segni d'infanzia and is responsible for the production of the episodic podcasts, "The voice of the whale", available on segninonda.org
Sara Zoia
A graduate of the Piccolo Teatro drama school in Milan, where she trained with Giorgio Strehler, over the years she has taken part in many of Piccolo Teatro’s productions, in Italy and abroad. She has been collaborating for years with Segni d’infanzia on theatre productions (“Amore e Psiche”, “Lupus in Fabula”, “SuperEureka” and “Patchwork”) as well as designing, planning and leading events and educational workshops.
Giuseppe Scaletti
Accountant, Auditor and Labour Consultant. Date of appointment: 01/02/2021
Segni Factory Ideas Visions and itineraries
Segni in Onda
Segni’s digital scene: videos, podcasts, workshops, interviews, animations and shows
Segni Projects
365 days a year of artistic projects for the new generations and the adults connected to them, including national contests, projects about European cooperation and fighting educational poverty.
Segni su Misura
A space for co-planning between Segni and all organizations that would like to start a dialogue with the new generations
Segni Production
All things produced and coproduced by the Association: shows, workshops and cultural events for children, teenagers and people of all ages.
