One Sky One World - Artevento Cervia
World Flying Day for Peace
After the success of the Spring Festival, a new programme of events, exhibitions, meetings and workshops to promote peace, multiculturalism and environmental sustainability.
Artevento celebrates One Sky One World Peace Flight Day, conceived and promoted by the American kite flyer Jane Parker Ambrose following a historic meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev at the Denver Summit on nuclear disarmament in 1985. So many years after that event, the message entrusted to the historic kite remains more relevant than ever.
This event invites the public to become the protagonist of a spectacular collective action, paying homage to the spirit of the world day of kite flying for peace and celebrating it in the town of Romagna, consecrated "capital of art that flies" thanks to the longevity and fame of its historic festival.
Looking forward to the 2025 programme
find out what happened in the 2024 edition
The programme includes, from 10.00 a.m., three days of free flying on the Cervia beach at Lungomare D'Annunzio, with the Festival village set up.
Among the most eagerly awaited professionals is the name of Albert Trinks, the internationally renowned Dutch kite maker, author of extraordinary ‘edo’ kites inspired by Japanese tradition and dedicated to the defence of human rights. In addition to his most famous work, inspired by the portrait ‘Afghan Girl’, Trinks will also present two other kites inspired by the young Sharbat Gula, the refugee immortalised by American photojournalist Steve McCurry.
In addition, 12 days of educational workshops, lectures, guided tours, music and insights developed around the new episode of the exhibition ‘Around the World in 80 Kites - Special Tako No Hakubutsukan Tokyo Kite Museum.
Friday 11th October
Kites in flight for peace
Cervia, Lungomare d'Annunzio beach
from 10 a.m.
Kites in flight, with children's play area and educational workshops for children and adults.
Saturday 12th October
Kites in flight for peace
Cervia, Lungomare d'Annunzio beach
from 10 a.m.
Kites in flight, with children's play area and educational workshops for children and adults.
Book presentation (in italian)
Un autunno caldo. Crisi ecologica, emergenza climatica e altre catastrofi innaturali
Cervia, Lungomare d'Annunzio Beach
5.30 p.m.
The writer Andrea Fantini presents his book Un autunno caldo. Crisi ecologica, emergenza climatica e altre catastrofi innaturali.
In a stubborn and contrary direction
Cervia, D'Annunzio seafront beach
9.00 p.m.
Tribute to the great singer-songwriter Fabrizio de Andrè by Dimanco. In the event of bad weather, the concert will be moved to the Magazzino del Sale.
Sunday 13th October
Peace Parade
Departure from Cervia's historic centre
10.30 a.m.
For the first time organised with the PerugiAssisi Foundation to consecrate Artevento's recent adhesion to the ‘peace table’ of the historic march for human rights, the Parade sees as special guests the children of the Piccolo Coro Antoniano Bologna as spokesmen for the message of hope written in the wind.
Accompanied by the notes of live music and now characterised by the giant flag made by the Peace Centre of Cesena, the parade will cross the old town centre to reach the beach of the World Kite Capital, celebrating in the most joyful way possible the historic world day of flying for peace.
Great collective flight of kites for Peace
Cervia, Lungomare d'Annunzio
At the end of the Peace Parade, kites take to the sky for a collective flight. Workshops for children and adults and the play area on the beach continue.
The Kite Museum exhibition
Around the world in 80 kites
Salt Warehouse Tower
11th to 22nd October 2024
Kites collected during the 43 years of the festival are on display. Alongside the oldest specimens, built with materials of natural origin, the exhibition features the works of the most significant contemporary kite artists, who use the same materials and construction techniques as their ancestors, or are dedicated to experimenting with new methods and materials.
Inauguration on Friday 11th October at 6.00 p.m.
Workshops for adults with Alicja Szalska
11th and 12th October 2024
ARTEVENTO presents a kite-building workshop for adults by Polish wind artist Alicja Szalska, a long-standing guest of the International Kite Festival.
Workshops for children
14th to 22nd October 2024
For pre-school, primary and secondary schools (aged 4 to 12)
Designed for both individual and group activities, the special ‘Kites for Peace’ workshop inspired by the One Sky One World theme and set in the perfect context of the exhibition ‘Around the World in 80 Kites’.
- Click here for more information about the workshops
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