S.A.C.S. Sportello per l'Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia
The Sportello per l'Arte Contemporanea in Sicilia was founded as a dynamic structure aimed at promoting contemporary art in Sicily and at reinforcing ties between the Sicilian and the international art scene.
S.A.C.S. objectives:
- To increase, organize, and make readily available information on Sicily's young artists.
- To provide younger artists, in particular, with the opportunity for a critical appraisal of their work and a chance to acquire professional presentation skills.
- To promote information collected on young artists to potentially interested parties (Sicilian, Italian, and international critics and curators).
- To provide Sicilian artists and curators financial support for exhibitions abroad.
- To broaden international curators' direct knowledge of the Sicilian art scene.
- To provide artists and curators information on residencies abroad.
- To promote the network of Sicilian public and non-profit exhibition spaces.
S.A.C.S activities include:
- an archive on Sicilian artists
- an international programme for visiting curators
- an artist-in-residence programme for Sicilian artists
- a programme for Sicilian artists and curators supporting for exhibitions abroad
- a programme of activities (workshops, conferences, presentations, and projections held by visiting critics and artists documented in the archives).
S.A.C.S. is based in Palermo, at Palazzo Riso.
S.A.C.S. is directed by Helga Marsala.