Philanthropic pioneers across education, conservation, health and culture , on key issues in the rapidly changing world of philanthropy. In association with UBS Optimus Foundation
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo is the founder and President of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. After graduating in Economy and Business at Turin university, she approached the world of contemporary art as a collector, in the early 1990s.
The cultural educationist
Who: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
What: Founder and president, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation
Where: Italy Achievements: Creating one of Italy?s leading contemporary art foundations and cultural education programmes together with the Italian Ministry of Culture; creating a new environmental and cultural centre from the island of San Giacomo, Venice. LUX: How does educational philanthropy work effectively"
PSRR: In the educational workshops of the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation ? the non-profit contemporary art centre I have led since 1995 ? children are involved in activities designed to develop creativity, collaboration and mutual trust.
The challenge is precisely to imagine and then structure, within a contemporary-art museum, a dynamic learning and growth experience for a small group. I think it is very important to think of the museum as an educational agency, capable of promoting an education based on respect, coexistence, plurality. Philanthropy comes later and accordingly.
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