About us

 The Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne, an official body of the Italian State, aims to promote and diffuse Italian language and culture in the states of South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and Victoria. This is carried out by organising cultural events and language courses in order to stimulate the circulation of ideas, the arts and sciences.
 
Services

The Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne, offers the following services to the Australian public

• Italian language and cultural courses conducted by qualified native speaker teachers
• an annual examination in order to obtain a diploma of Italian as a Second Language (Certificazione IT)
• an Italian library available for use by Institute students and members. Books, CDs, DVDs, magazines and Italian newspapers may be consulted and in some cases borrowed
• information and flyers pertaining to Italian culture

Collaborations

For many concerts, exhibitions and major events, the Institute collaborates with:

• local galleries and museums such as the Immigration Museum, Melbourne Museum, the National Gallery of Victoria and the State Library of Victoria
• prestigious musical institutions such as Monash University (School of Music), Melbourne City Opera, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Victorian College of the Arts
• government institutions such as the City of Melbourne, the Organising Committee of Melbourne and the State of Victoria

The main Festivals with which the Institute is usually actively involved are: the Italian Film Festival, the Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival, Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields Festival, the Swiss Italian Festa, Umbria Jazz and the Woodend Winter Arts Festival.

The Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne, Collaboration Committe
 
Prestigious members of the Australian cultural and academic worlds and friends from Italy have accepted to participate in the Collaboration Committee of the Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne:

Dr Michela Betta – Head, Department of Italian Studies, Swinburne University
Mr Thomas Hazell – President, Dante Alighieri Society, Melbourne
Prof. John Gatt-Rutter – Head, Department of Italian Studies, LaTrobe University
Dr Piero Genovesi – President, Italian Australian Institute
Assoc. Prof. Stephen Kolsky – Head, Department of Italian Studies, University of Melbourne
Dr Antonio Mariani – President, Italian Medical Society of Victoria
Ms Gina Panebianco – Director, Education and Public Programs, National Gallery of Victoria
Dr Mirna Cicioni – Honorary Research Associate, Monash University
Connie Andreana – Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria
Claudia Falco – Dirigente Scolastico, Consulate General of Italy, Melbourne
Gabriella Gomersall Hubbard – Il Globo Newspaper
Mr Tommaso Durante – professional artist, freelance lecturer of History and Theory of Art and associate researcher in the Globalisation and Culture Program, RMIT University-Global Cities Research Institute
Mr Riccardo Schirru – Rete Italia

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