cured by Canicola
in collaboration with Gender Bender, Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna, Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, U.O Pari opportunità, Tutela delle differenze, Contrasto alla Violenza di Genere, Comune di Bologna
BilBOlbul’s journey through fantastic worlds makes a stop in the world of childhood. Cristina Portolano used the fantasy genre to tell children a compelling story about an extremely delicate theme such as identity and the discovery of one’s own body.
exhibition
Io sono Mare (I am Sea)October 27th - December 2nd | MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna - Dipartimento educativoopening October 26th h 6 pm
Curated by Canicola
The exhibition Io sono Mare is dedicated to the children’s comic book of the same title by Italian cartoonist Cristina Portolano. Io sono Mare is part of the project “Dalla parte delle bambine” by Canicola, whose aim is to educate children to gender equality through exhibitions, workshops and books.
workshop
Trasformami tu November 24th h 10.30 am | MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna - Dipartimento educativo
with Cristina Portolano
in collaboration with Canicola
info e iscrizioni
bbbragazzi@bilbolbul.net
051233401
after the workshop, Cristina Portolano will guide the children through her exhibition
bio
Cristina Portolano was born in Naples in 1986. She graduated at the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts. She is a cartoonist, illustrator, and art teacher. Her illustrations have been published on several magazine, such as Internazionale, Lo straniero, Hamelin, Illywords, Napoli Monitor, and in the best selling book Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. She worked with many self-publishing labels and collectives – ernest, Delebile, Teiera, Squame. She won several awards, and her work was exposed in exhibitions both in Italy and abroad. Her last graphic novels are Non so chi sei (Rizzoli Lizard, 2018) and Io sono Mare (Canicola, 2018).