IartNET

An international platform for artistic practice/research and cultural heritage at italian higher arts education institutions

IartNET PORTAL

IartNET RESEARCH PROJECTS

IartNET ACTIVITIES

IartNET - An international platform for artistic practice/research and cultural heritage at Italian higher arts education institutions

IartNET advances the digital accessibility and international visibility of AFAM’s artistic research and heritage, fostering cross-disciplinary dialogue, innovation, and collaborative excellence across global higher arts education institutions.

IartNET GOALS

Enhancing the digital accessibility of AFAM’s artistic research and cultural heritage.
Providing digital access to materials that have so far remained scarcely accessible, both nationally and internationally.
Reaffirming the role of AFAM institutions within the long history and tradition of Italian artistic excellence across all disciplines.
Fostering cross-disciplinary dialogue between past and present, and among different forms of heritage and artistic production, as a means to build community, stimulate innovation, and envision future trajectories.
Promoting the international visibility and attractiveness of AFAM institutions through the creation of a network of Italian and foreign higher arts education institutions committed to sharing data on artistic research and cultural heritage, exchanging expertise on EU-compliant processes, and advancing activities of internationalization.
Contributing to the establishment of research institutes within AFAM institutions through the design and development of an international hub aimed at building a research community of supervisors and experts, and fostering innovative third-cycle degree programs aligned with the Bologna Process.

IartNET OUTPUTS

Database on Cultural Heritage
An interoperable database and English-language web portal that collects, preserves, and provides open-access content on cultural heritage and on current educational, artistic, and research projects at Italian higher arts education institutions..

Products of Artistic Research
An international network of higher arts education institutions engaged in developing joint projects on cultural heritage and artistic research, promoting data sharing and innovative processing strategies, and establishing international cross-disciplinary joint MA and PhD programs.

Artistic Research Hub
Laying the groundwork for an international hub for artistic research, aimed at fostering a dynamic research community capable of developing cross-disciplinary and inter-institutional projects, and of designing cross-sectoral PhD programs focused on innovation and the creative industries.

INSTITUTIONS

Lead institution

Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera 

Partners

Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara 

Accademia di Belle Arti di Catania 

Conservatorio di Musica ‘Luca Marenzio’ di Brescia 

Fondazione Accademia d’arti e mestieri dello spettacolo Teatro alla Scala

Università degli studi di Milano 

Associate members

Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris 

Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti di Torino