📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Cultural Association ARTEMISTA is a nonprofit organisation that deals with artistic, cultural, environmental and social educational projects. It was created by the meeting of artists of different disciplines: Music, Theatre, Comics, Photo, Video. Artemista is established within the Cascina Castello, an agricultural building of XVIII century but some parts date back to before the X. It today host a hostel and a cultural center of exhibition and artistic production. Cascina Castello is located in the small municipality of Spessa, near Pavia, in timeless rural area which lies directly on the fields leading to the forests and beaches of the river Po, in front of the green hills of Oltrepo Pavese.
💼 What the programme involves
The main work will be the restructuring of the room for theatre and dance of the Cultural Centre. Located in the oldest part of the farmhouse (previous 1.000), it has walls in brick and vaults. We will take care of the treatment of the walls. Another work will be the arrangement of the warehouses of the Association. For the work is necessary that each volunteer bring working gloves, working shoes and clothes.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in the dormitories of Artemista Hostel. The cleaning of common areas, rooms and kitchen will be organized on turns. For accommodation the hostel will provide the sheets, while the volunteers must bring their own towels for the bathroom.
📍 About the location
The camp will take location in a very isolated area called Cascina Castello in the small municipality of Spessa, 40km from Milano and 20km from Pavia.
⚠️ Requirements
We ask to volunteer to be motivated and have predisposition to manual work.
ℹ️ Additional information
In the day off we can go in group in cities or go swimming in the river Trebbia, on the appennino piacentino. Volunteers should bring towels and the needed for the bath. For the work is necessary that each volunteer bring working gloves, working shoes and clothes.