13 06, 2023

It’s Up to You – An Illustrated Short Story

Cinzia2023-12-01T09:36:32-05:00

It’s Up to You – Solo da te

An Illustrated Short Story

Some of my paintings have been used as backdrop for the short story “Solo da Te” / “It’s Up to You” by Italian writer Gianni Bortolaso

– Watch the video (in Italian, with English subtitles) below –
Narrated by Gianni Bortolaso and Elena Negro

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Gianni Bortolaso is the author of Un accordo stonato published by Argentodorato Editore. The book was eventually selected for Sanremo Writer 2023 during the popular Italian music festival. “Solo da te” (“It’s Up to You”) is a short story written in 1000 words and created for the inauguration of SBS Edizioni, under the theme Centrum Tuum, or Your Center.

In the writer’s own words, “I weighed, cut out, and re-edited the concept to the essence, sacrificing the superfluous that initially wasn’t there. Therefore, we arrive at the fulcrum, at the center of the story, which is enriched by keeping only what is strictly necessary, without narrative smudges. Not just an exercise in style, but a small sacrifice against a phenomenon – violence against women – that shouldn’t even exist. 1000 words, not one more, Not One Less. In Italian and in English.”

It’s Up to You – An Illustrated Short StoryCinzia2023-12-01T09:36:32-05:00

12 06, 2023

Uptown Magic Solo Exhibition at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum

Cinzia2023-10-09T11:55:18-04:00

Cinzia Meneghello: Uptown Magic

May 2nd – September 2nd, 2023

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum

Watercolor drawing of the Unicorn in the Cloisters.

Cinzia Meneghello: Uptown Magic transforms Inwood into a fairy tale. It depicts a luminous, fantasy realm full of whimsical creatures, enchanted forests, and symbolic thresholds. Many of the works in the exhibition were inspired by the natural and cultural richness of Northern Manhattan – from its majestic parks and beautiful wildlife to the Met Cloisters’ and Dyckman Farmhouse Museum’s unique collections. Viewers are invited to see themselves as heroines and magicians, fairies and angels, or simply as curious beings enthralled by the potential and magic within themselves, their community, and the places they inhabit.