MADE Program

On July 3rd we celebrated *The Summer We MADE*, the closing exhibition of our Summer Programs.

In collaboration with Study Abroad with Hop Education Abroad, Global Lehigh and Finger Lakes Community College, the exhibition presented the outcomes of five weeks of experimentation, research and making developed through the Bread Design, Volcanology, Travelogue, Ceramics, Mosaic, Architecture, Drawing and Printmaking courses.

The exhibition brought together the projects, processes and discoveries developed by students from different backgrounds, guided by a team of instructors who accompanied them throughout this intensive experience.

A huge thank you to all the students and instructors who made this edition of the Summer Programs possible.

Deirdre Murphy
Vincenzo Suscetta

Anita Rubera

Martina Distefano
Salvo Giammanco
Stefania Pennacchio

IUVENTA: Open Call for Ideas to Rethink the Rescue Boat
Deadline Extended: 2 August 2026

How might a wounded civic body be reactivated as an artistic, pedagogical and political infrastructure?

As a new cinematic chapter connected to the history of Jugend Rettet and the Iuventa brings the story toward wider public circulation with the Netflix premiere, we renew the invitation to participate in the IUVENTA: Open Call for Ideas to Rethink the Rescue Boat.

The Open Call invites artists, designers, architects, researchers and practitioners to imagine temporary or long-term transformations of the vessel engaging with migration, maritime memory, ecological transition, decolonial imaginaries and collective care in the Mediterranean.

We are looking for proposals that rethink the Iuventa beyond representation — as an artistic, pedagogical and political infrastructure; as a space of public relation, memory and civic imagination.

Promoted by MADE Program in collaboration with Iuventa Crew and Lazy Studio .jugendrettet Lazy Studio

Submit your proposal by 2 August 2026.
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Image from 23,000 Lives, Netflix Netflix DE Netflix US

In attesa di aprire la sessione estiva, uno sguardo ai progetti di laurea della nostra ultima sessione invernale.

Le tesi degli studenti dei corsi di Design e Arti Visive hanno esplorato il rapporto tra territorio, memoria, ecologia, identità e cultura visiva attraverso approcci di ricerca e pratiche progettuali interdisciplinari.

Dalla mappatura di paesaggi e patrimoni nascosti alla rilettura ecologica dei rituali e delle tradizioni locali; dalla costruzione di sistemi di identità per valorizzare il territorio all’indagine sul branding contemporaneo; dall’editoria come strumento di critica culturale alla riflessione sulle tracce della guerra e sulle stratificazioni del paesaggio siciliano.

Ogni progetto ha trasformato la ricerca in un dispositivo progettuale, dimostrando come il design e le arti possano diventare strumenti per osservare, interpretare e immaginare nuove relazioni tra persone, luoghi e società.
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Artem Khotulev

THE SUMMER WE MADE
Final Exhibition of the Summer Programs

The Summer We MADE brings together the works created by international students during their time in Sicily, exploring different locations, materials, and techniques through drawing and photography practices, architectural mapping, and artistic production.

The exhibition showcases the projects developed across the courses of Architecture, Drawing & Printing Techniques, Travelogue, Vulcanology, Ceramics, Mosaic, and Bread Design, celebrating the creative journeys and shared experiences that unfolded throughout the summer.

Join us at 19:00 for the opening at
MADE Program — Ground Floor
Via Cairoli 20, Siracusa

Poster design by Vincenzo Suscetta