Theater Curtain

Edited by Vea Vecchi

The story of the project and of the processes which lead the children of Diana municipal Preschool to the realisation of a new theater curtain for the Ariosto Theater in Reggio Emilia: a huge fresco, a cosmogony where every subject represented is in relation with the others.

Beyond the extraordinary theme we try to highlight here the group working dynamics, how the ideas are generated and developed within the group and how adults intervene. “The children have had a taste of the ‘pleasures of thinking’, the excitement, hard work, and joy of thinking together. They have pursued the beauty of ideas, experienced the difficulties of certain moments and the rigor of decision making. They have been impassioned, amazed at the final result of their own work and have appreciated its beauty.” Vea Vecchi

Graphic design by Rolando Baldini and Vania Vecchi

English translation by Leslie Morrow

Published by Reggio Children, 2002; 132 pages