This week focuses on how 3D printing can be a key tool in artistic production. Participants will learn advanced 3D acquisition techniques and apply them to create original artworks. The week will also examine the use of 3D printing in cultural heritage conservation, offering a broad view of both artistic and heritage applications. Throughout the week, participants will design and print with sustainable or circular materials, exploring the creative and regenerative potential of large-format 3D printing.
A unique opportunity for professional training
weeks of full-immersion training
places available
scholarships for under 30 available
! Applications are accepted until the places are filled but no later than 7 July 2025
SMAC Summer School offers highly-specialized professional training which brings together theory and practice to meet the technological and environmental challenges of today’s ever-changing sector.
The course aims to provide the competences which will be essential for anyone working in the additive manufacturing sector, whether they be designers or craftsmen, with variations offered for the artistic, architectural and design fields. Aswell as exploring and experimenting with modelling software and digital acquisition techniques, students will gain hands-on experience of state-of-the-art hardware.
SMAC is a multi-disciplinary school which offers a unique opportunity to share professional knowledge and experience.
Using sustainable printing materials from the circular economy is of great importance to us.
We aim to show how production strategies based on digital manufacturing tools and a new concept of “a decentralized productive network” represent a valid alternative to linear and centralized production.
Among our sponsors we have some of the protagonists of the innovation of the Italian circular economy.
As early as 1883, Coreglia was home to an innovative School of “Design and Plastics” created to equip locals with the knowledge and skills they would need to work as “figurinai”, or statuette sculptors, across the globe.
Its founder, Sir Carlo Vanni, came from a family of figure-painters and entrepreneurs and chose the most highly-skilled local artisans to be the first teachers in his new school. Some of their works are displayed in the current Statuette Museum which is housed in a villa donated by Vanni himself.
The museum, which is truly one of a kind, bears testimony to the phenomenon of plaster sculpture and its links to the emigration from the area around the Serchio Valley which began in the 1600s and continues to the present day. Visitors can admire eighteenth-century statuettes of cats, busts of historical or literary figures as well as copies of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures.
The registration fee includes accommodation in shared double rooms (two single beds) within a comfortable house. The house features a living room, kitchen, and two shared bathrooms, offering a cozy and practical environment for your stay.
Additionally, guests can enjoy access to a refreshing swimming pool, perfect for relaxation during your free time.
SMAC lecturers are expert professionals in various sectors. (in update)
Marco Paganucci