LA MANSARDA
This self-funded project was born in March 2022 to support the Arts & Humanities, while creating a safe space where everyone, from artists to audiences, could express themselves and be themselves.
From the very root of the concept, the idea of freedom has been at its core.
In Italian "La Mansarda" means "the attic" and this is a space often forgotten where we just store things. But, in this sense, it is also a space where there is no right or wrong, and there are no mistakes. It is a space to find refuge from the harsh outside world and allow your inner self to thrive in ways you normally don't in day-to-day life.
Over 2022, La Mansarda has created monthly multidisciplinary cultural events, celebrating the diverse art scene in Dublin. From comedy to spoken word, music to dance, each event showcases both established acts and emerging talent in a supportive environment. Each event has been self-funded but donations were open on the night, with proceeds going to the artists and charity organizations. This has become a valuable platform and one of the few regular events where artists are paid for their time and efforts.
The 2 years of Covid have proven how fragile the artistic sector is, yet how vital it is for the local communities' souls.
Many artists have been hit very hard and faced extraordinary challenges with remarkable strength. Because of all of this, "La Mansarda" has aimed to support and promote creative & talented artists offering an intimate space that is open to performances of all varieties of art, from music and dance to poetry to stand-up comedy.
From the very root of the concept, the idea of freedom has been at its core.
In Italian "La Mansarda" means "the attic" and this is a space often forgotten where we just store things. But, in this sense, it is also a space where there is no right or wrong, and there are no mistakes. It is a space to find refuge from the harsh outside world and allow your inner self to thrive in ways you normally don't in day-to-day life.
Over 2022, La Mansarda has created monthly multidisciplinary cultural events, celebrating the diverse art scene in Dublin. From comedy to spoken word, music to dance, each event showcases both established acts and emerging talent in a supportive environment. Each event has been self-funded but donations were open on the night, with proceeds going to the artists and charity organizations. This has become a valuable platform and one of the few regular events where artists are paid for their time and efforts.
The 2 years of Covid have proven how fragile the artistic sector is, yet how vital it is for the local communities' souls.
Many artists have been hit very hard and faced extraordinary challenges with remarkable strength. Because of all of this, "La Mansarda" has aimed to support and promote creative & talented artists offering an intimate space that is open to performances of all varieties of art, from music and dance to poetry to stand-up comedy.
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Each event of La Mansarda has been organized in different venues around Dublin city such as a library, cafeteria, local pubs, and record studio. This is because the project is community focused and wants to encourage the cross-pollination of ideas as attendees share the staple post-show tiramisu (made by me) and swap books.
During 2022, the project has taken part in "Varieté", in cooperation with the artistic group Rather Gather, concluding its summer with a fantastic multidisciplinary and transcultural family-friendly mini-festival. |
Within the aim of supporting humanitarian projects, last year La Mansarda has strongly supported PIC.
PIC-People In Cooperation is a humanitarian non-profit association founded in 2014 by Andrea Mastria, the current president of the association and also a nurse in Italy with a Master's in pediatric oncology, and Antonio Martella, the vice-president and a surgical nurse based in Chimbote.
Thanks to the founders' dedicated work and effort, PIC has achieved significant milestones over the past 8 years. Such as financing and supporting a project for surgeons in Chimbote together with the help of the NGO Emergenza Sorriso (Smile Emergency) and the Peruvian Association "Operation Mato Grosso." This project has allowed a team of Italian surgeons to fully operate in Chimbote for free and specialize in plastic functional surgery helping several children and adults with severe skin conditions.
PIC is strongly active in Peru where it continues to seek funding which allows it to have a medical center with good medical equipment able to provide appropriate diagnostic treatment for adults and children.
This year La Mansarda will raise funding for UNICEF.
UNICEF works in some of the world's toughest place, to reach the world's most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, everywhere everyday to build a better world for everyone. Before, during, and after humanitarian emergencies.
PIC-People In Cooperation is a humanitarian non-profit association founded in 2014 by Andrea Mastria, the current president of the association and also a nurse in Italy with a Master's in pediatric oncology, and Antonio Martella, the vice-president and a surgical nurse based in Chimbote.
Thanks to the founders' dedicated work and effort, PIC has achieved significant milestones over the past 8 years. Such as financing and supporting a project for surgeons in Chimbote together with the help of the NGO Emergenza Sorriso (Smile Emergency) and the Peruvian Association "Operation Mato Grosso." This project has allowed a team of Italian surgeons to fully operate in Chimbote for free and specialize in plastic functional surgery helping several children and adults with severe skin conditions.
PIC is strongly active in Peru where it continues to seek funding which allows it to have a medical center with good medical equipment able to provide appropriate diagnostic treatment for adults and children.
This year La Mansarda will raise funding for UNICEF.
UNICEF works in some of the world's toughest place, to reach the world's most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, everywhere everyday to build a better world for everyone. Before, during, and after humanitarian emergencies.
~La Mansarda, like UNICEF and PIC, is committed to building a better world~
The founder:
Ligia is the founder of this little project of La Mansarda.
About her:
She born in Colombia and at the age of 4 years old was adopted together with her sister (she is the one in the yellow t-shirt) by Italian parents. The above picture represent for her the beginning of everything. She is, and always will be, very grateful to her parents as they have given her a chance to an incredible life full of laughs, travels and Love.
After living in Italy, Australia and England, she decided to move to Ireland and experience the Irish life! Ligia is currently working in Dublin as a nurse in ICU.
Why did she came up with this website? Well, she thought to grab the chance to show off La Mansarda project and some of its works to the world.
About her:
She born in Colombia and at the age of 4 years old was adopted together with her sister (she is the one in the yellow t-shirt) by Italian parents. The above picture represent for her the beginning of everything. She is, and always will be, very grateful to her parents as they have given her a chance to an incredible life full of laughs, travels and Love.
After living in Italy, Australia and England, she decided to move to Ireland and experience the Irish life! Ligia is currently working in Dublin as a nurse in ICU.
Why did she came up with this website? Well, she thought to grab the chance to show off La Mansarda project and some of its works to the world.