Le porte accanto - Creative Workshops with Alda Merini

A series of free art workshops open to citizenship. Inspired by the themes of diversity, proximity and welcome, the workshops invite us to explore the generative power of art as a tool for encounter and dialogue.

Creative workshop by Sara Lamanda

Opening the Next Door: Art, Trust and Inclusion

Gorizia, 15-22-29 April and 2 May 2025
A workshop weaving colours and words to give shape to emotions and build authentic bonds. With paper and brushes, cardboard and pencils, paper cuttings and tempera colours. A creative journey inspired by Alda Merini’s poetry.
What emotions take shape on a canvas? What words do we choose to tell us? What if art were a way of feeling closer?

Creative writing workshop by Giovanni Fierro

Writing closeness: the word as a meeting place

Gorizia, 18 April, 2-9 May 2025

A creative writing workshop inspired by the poems of Alda Merini, to explore emotions, fragility and beauty. The word as a possibility to express oneself and one’s relationship with others.

What happens when we give voice to what we feel? How do we turn emotions into words? What if writing were a way of finding oneself?

Storytelling workshop by Invasioni Creative

Story corner. Voices between poetry and life

Gorizia, 28-29 April 2025

A storytelling workshop to give space to community stories, inspired by the poems of Alda Merini. The words weave between memories, emotions and shared experiences, to build a small library of human poetry.

What stories live inside us? How do our voices meet with Alda Merini’s verses? What if every life was a poem to be listened to?

Photography workshop organised by Mitteldream Arte Gorizia

Gorizia between doors. Glances and symbols to cross

Gorizia, 3 May 2025

A photographic walk that begins with the portraits of Alda Merini, crosses the streets of the historic centre and reaches the Rafut pass in the company of photography enthusiasts.

Which doors catch our gaze? What meaning do they have for us? What transforms an image into a story?

Final exhibition

The creations of the workshops will be exhibited at The Circle exhibition space – Via Rastello 91, Gorizia
from 15 to 18 May: a journey through words, images and installations
that returns the results of the workshops and shared experiences to the community.