A Name in Every Neighborhood

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Participatory street art to regenerate Milan's suburbs

Five street art projects completed between 2023 and 2024 to regenerate Milan’s suburbs, engaging those who live there daily. Artists were carefully selected by Bepart and connected with local residents and communities to create projects that strengthen the local identity and engage with Milan’s diverse neighborhoods.

The works can be viewed in Milan at the following addresses:

VIGENTINO/FATIMA by Luogo Comune at Via Piero Bottoni 17
DERGANO by Lisa Gelli at Via dei Carafa 6
MAGGIOLINA by Ufocinque at Via Arbe 27
VIA PADOVA by Guerrilla Spam at Via Padova 122
GRECO by Viola Gesmundo at Via Privata Mauro Rota 6

Milano

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Credits

A Name in Every Neighborhood is a YesMilano project, developed in collaboration with the Office for Art in Public Spaces of the City of Milan and supported by the Milan Community Foundation and the Claudio de Albertis Foundation Fund.

The plan is to create numerous murals throughout the city, featuring the name of the neighborhood, to greet not only residents but also anyone passing by or visiting the area.

Thanks on behalf of the City of Milan: Councilor for Culture Tommaso Sacchi, Alice Cosmai for the Office for Art in Public Spaces, and Olimpia Vianini Tolomei for YesMilano.

For Maggiolina: work by Matteo Capobianco – Ufocinque. Thanks on behalf of Municipio 2: President Simone Locatelli, Councilor Arianna Curti, and coordinator Loredana Bellanca; Alessia Spadaro of the City of Milan; and the teachers and children of the Ragusa Preschool. Xue Chen and Beatrice Botta for backstage and assistance, Tommaso Matteocci for photos and videos.

For Dergano: work created by Lisa Gelli. Assistant: Luca Sertu. Thanks to Anita Pirovano, President of Municipio 9, Paolo Bernasconi, and all the educators and students of l’Amico Charly, Stephanie Schenck, and Atelier Molce for researching the plots, and the A.N.P.I. Martiri di Dergano, Niccolò Vitali and Alberto Maria Dorsi for backstage and assistance.

For Via Padova: work created by Guerrilla Spam. Thanks for Municipio 2 to President Simone Locatelli, Councilor Arianna Curti, and coordinator Loredana Bellanca; Cristina Soffiantini and all the educators and students of CAG Tarabella; and the florist on Via Padova 107.

For Vigentino: work created by Luogo Comune. Assistant: Luca Sertu. Thanks to Municipio 5 President Natale Carapellese; Achille Rossi of the City of Milan; for MM Costanza Gazzaniga, Maurizio Bellani, and Filomena Terzi, and custodian Giuseppina Sartori; Fabio Janiri, Francesca Missana, and all the boys and girls of Animondo; Soulfood Forest Farm; Technical sponsors: Cromology and Colorificio Maxicolor of Melegnano; thanks to Daniele Pricoco; Valentina Cesarani and Giulia Mancini for backstage and assistance.

For Greco: work created by Viola Gesmundo. Assistant: Danièl Nicolàs Schiraldi. Thanks for Municipio 2: President Simone Locatelli, Councilor Arianna Curti, and coordinator Loredana Bellanca; Barbara DeVecchi, Amalia Dececco, the staff, children, and families of the Sant’Anna School; Ugo Pavanelli and Valentina Fanelli of the Oratory of the Parish of San Martino; Technical sponsors: Cromology and Colorificio Maxicolor of Melegnano; thanks to Daniele Pricoco; Valentina Cesarani and Giulia Mancini for backstage and assistance.