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aulArte 2026-2027
The Fondazione Arte CRT call for proposals to promote art in schools is back.
The aulArte call is back once again this year. Conceived and promoted by the art-oriented organisation Fondazione Arte CRT, a entity of Fondazione CRT, it is aimed at schools in Piedmont and is designed to foster knowledge of and engagement with contemporary art within the school curriculum.
Building on the success of previous editions, the third aulArte edition has two key objectives: encouraging engagement with contemporary art in schools and promoting access to cultural venues for students, as well as providing professional development opportunities for teachers. The 2025 edition involved 30 Piedmontese schools, with over 2,000 students in total.
Through the call for proposals, which is open to all Piedmont and Aosta Valley schools, the Foundation will provide a total contribution of €70,000, €2,000 for each of the 35 beneficiary schools (an increase from 30 in the previous edition). This funding is intended to support the costs of educational trips to Piedmont’s museums and contemporary art foundations: these include the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea (Rivoli), Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto (Biella), GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Fondazione Merz, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, PAV Parco Arte Vivente, Pinacoteca Agnelli and from this year OGR Torino (Turin).
The deadline for submitting applications is 13 June 2025, with the selected schools being announced on 30 June.
A free teacher training programme run by the Education Departments of the contemporary art institutions involved will accompany the grant. Starting in autumn 2025, it will provide teachers with the tools to independently develop a didactic approach that uses contemporary art within the school curriculum. The last edition involved over 400 teachers from all levels of education.
The Fondazione Arte CRT’s commitment includes the conception and design of the initiative, the guidelines for its implementation, and the grant awarded to the 35 institutes, selected by a special commission according to the criteria set out in the call for proposals.
photo credit Giorgio Perottino
