Exploring Veneto’s Silk Legacy: Iniziativa visits the Coordinator CREA
On Wednesday, July 17th, and Thursday, July 18th, representatives from Iniziativa engaged in a two-day visit to the CREA Coordinator in Padua, as part of the ARACNE project. The visit focused on discovering various entre ...
Exploring the world of fabrics: a look at Newton’s latest episode
Recently, the Italian program Newton, available on RaiPlay, dedicated an entire episode titled "Cosa tramano i tessuti?" (What are Fabrics Plotting?) to the world of textiles. This episode takes viewers on an extensive j ...
The traditional “SGAETATURA” in Massanzago, Italy
The dissemination activities also involve the recovery of popular traditions. This is the case with the "SGAETATURA," a dialect term used in the Veneto region of Italy, which refers to the cleaning of silk cocoons. It is ...
Silkworm rearing between tradition and new challenges
The Gallarate Society of Local Studies and the farm Mooroon, under the patronage of the City of Gallarate and CREA, and in collaboration with the Lead partner of the European project Aracne, are organising a conference o ...
Highlights from the 2024 Summer Museum Night at the University of Maribor Botanical Garden
Since 2008, the University of Maribor Botanical Garden has hosted the annual "Summer Museum Night" event. This is the largest promotional campaign for Slovenian museums, galleries, and other institutions in the fields of ...
Silkworm at the kindergarten and the nursery school in Padua
The dissemination of culture related to sericulture, mulberry cultivation and silk proposed by the ARACNE project aims to reach all age groups, including the youngest. For this reason, Dr. Luca Tassoni, who is pursuing h ...
Séricyne products inspire new collaborations at the CREA Sericulture Laboratory
The ARACNE project partners continue to interact.On 17 July, Dr Clara Hardy, founder of Séricyne, visited her colleagues at the CREA Sericulture Laboratory in Padua. The meeting was also attended by Prof. Manlio Piva of ...
Progress is fueled by cooperation
Cooperation between partners is one of the cornerstones of the ARACNE project. Therefore, on Tuesday, June 11th, the Slovenian team visited the CREA - Sericulture Laboratory in Padua to carry out the activities planned u ...
ARACNE Project Revitalizes the Interest in Bulgarian Sericulture
Even though the sericulture is an ancient and traditional activity in Bulgaria, in nowadays the young generation knowledge about it is too little. In the frame of ARACNE project the Scientific Center on Sericulture (SCS) ...
International Museum Day at the Silk Museum – Soufli
On the occasion of last year's celebration of International Museum Day (18/5) with the theme "Museums, Education and Research", the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation (PIOP) organized the educational activity “Aracn ...