MILAN, Feb 14, 2008 / FW/ — Fashion scholarships and artistic research grants are in the horizon for emerging talents with the establishment of the Gianfranco Ferré Foundation.
With the main objective of preserving, promoting and spreading the cultural, artistic and aesthetic values that the late Gianfranco Ferré elaborated, expressed and embodied during the course of his lifetime, the Gianfranco Ferré Foundation was established with Cavalier Tonino Perna, Chairman of IT Holding S.p.A. and of Gianfranco Ferré S.p.A., and Mr. Alberto Ferré, brother of Architect Gianfranco Ferré as founders.
The Foundation intends to organize, support and fund the preservation and cataloguing of archive materials of Gianfranco Ferré’s work; initiate and develop academic scholarships under the name of Gianfranco Ferré; promote and support studies/research activities on art and culture.
The Foundation also plans to collaborate with museums and other cultural institutions to participate in fashion and art exhibits.
President of the Foundation is Cavalier Tonino Perna, Vice-president is Mr. Alberto Ferré, General Manager is Ms. Rita Airaghi.
The Board of Directors, whose members presently include Cavalier Perna, Mr. Ferré and Ms. Airaghi, will designate as soon as possible an advisory board composed of prominent figures from various social/cultural domains with recognized expertise in the areas of interest to the Foundation.
From within this same advisory board will come a scientific committee with the task of identifying, orienting and optimizing the Foundation’s strategic and operational decisions.
(Photo above: The late Gianfranco Ferre on the runway during the Milan Fall 2007 season.)
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