French Artist Verdiano Marzi to Dedicate the New Location of The Chicago Mosaic School

April 30, 2012 - PRLog -- The newly expanded site of the Chicago Mosaic School will open to the public on May 1st, 7p-9p with a free lecture by renowned mosaicist Verdiano Marzi.  The school is located at 1806 W. Cuyler Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60613.

Maestro Marzi was born and educated in Ravenna, Italy. He currently lives in Paris and teaches mosaic art at the Louvre. His work was exhibited in both the Venice and Moscow Biennales in 2011. Maestro Marzi will present a free public lecture and will offer a dedication of the new Chicago Mosaic School space while visiting the United States as Artist in Residence at the only non-profit school dedicated to the mosaic arts in the United States.

Verdiano Marzi became a master mosaicist after studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in his hometown of Ravenna, the cradle of Byzantine mosaics. On arriving in France in 1973, he enrolled at the Aecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris as a student of the mosaicist Riccardo Licata. He then joined forces with Licata to found the Anaxagoras Group, which included numerous talented artists such as Giovanna Galli and Gino Signorini. Besides creating mosaics and showing them at his own exhibitions and with other artists, Verdiano Marzi also teaches and carries out restoration work. In 1987 he was awarded the Premio Murano Prize, an international competition involving glass art in Venice, followed by the Grand Prix Regional des Metiers d’art in Paris in 1990. Mr. Marzi’s works can be seen in public venues and collections around the world.    

Maestro Marzi is currently the Visiting Artist in Residence at the Chicago Mosaic School and will be returning to Paris soon after his public lecture at the non-profit school.  

The Chicago Mosaic School is located at 1806 W. Cuyler, Chicago, Illinois.  Visit www.chicagomosaicschool.com or call at 773-975-8966.