A CIELO APERTO

## OPEN AIR
### An art gallery through the streets of the town

**Under the patronage of:** Municipality of Terlizzi; Terlizzi Madonna del Rosario Festival Committee; UTE F. Del Zotti Modugno; Metropolitan City of Bari.

**Curated by:** Laura Lepore
**Coordination:** Maria Bonaduce, Tiziana Veneto, Emma Ceglie

**Scientific committee:** Michelangelo De Chirico (Mayor of Terlizzi), Daniela Zappatore (Councillor for Culture), Cav. Vincenzo Colasanto (President of the Madonna del Rosario Festival Committee), Tommaso Laviosa (President of UTE Modugno), Terlizzi Information Point.

**Exhibiting artists:** BARBARA BARILE, ANGELO GILBERTO BARRACCHIA, LUIGI BASILE, ANGELA BERNARDI, MARIA BONADUCE, VILMA BURDIZZO, LOREDANA CACUCCIOLO, LARA CATALDI, MADDALENA CIPRIANI, CUBER (UMBERTO COLAPINTO, UTE F. DEL ZOTTI MODUGNO COLLECTIVE, TITTI D’ALESSANDRO, ENRICO DE LEO, VITO DE LEO, CARLO DICILLO, PIERO DI TERLIZZI, ROSA FIORE, GIUSEPPE FIORIELLO, RAFFAELE GELAO, GIULIO GIANCASPRO, ALESSANDRA LAMA, LAURA LEPORE, NICOLA LIBERATORE, GIOVANNI MORGESE, STEFANO PELLE, IRENE PETRAFESA, DANIELA RAFFAELE (CLITOROSSO), RITA RICCI, PATRIZIA RICCO, MYRIAM RISOLA, SILVIA RIZZI, VANINA PAOLA SAVORE’, GIUSEPPE SCIANCALEPORE, LUIGI SERGI, DOMENICO SFORZA, SALVATORE SIMONETTI, LUCIA SPAGNUOLO, ANTONIO SPANEDDA, SABRINA VENDOLA.

**Opening reception:** Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 6:00 p.m.
**Venue:** Cloister of the Clarisse – Piazza IV Novembre, Terlizzi
**Open to visitors:** September 30–October 12

“Open Air” is an unusual artistic initiative that will enliven the center of Terlizzi from September 30 to October 12, 2026, transforming it into a large open-air art gallery that brings together tradition, contemporary creativity, and collective participation.

The streets, squares, balconies, and façades of the city center will be transformed into an exhibition space featuring works by 60 artists. Their paintings on canvas, sheets, and fabric panels will add color to the city. In this way, art leaves museums and galleries to become a visual narrative accessible to everyone. By becoming part of everyday life, this distinctive collective installation—now increasingly widespread—will offer its aesthetic and communicative message to a broad and diverse audience.

It will be easy to be captivated by these works, which, animated by the wind, will present landscapes, figures, colors, emotions, and social messages through the use of a variety of techniques, including painting, photography, textiles, and reused materials.

The main aim is to create a dialogue between art, the city, and the landscape, inviting people to view urban spaces with new eyes and reflect on the contemporary world.

*Laura Lepore*

**For information:** comitato2026@libero.it, adsum.arte@libero.it
347 650 2478, 338 304 4329.
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