LA MANSARDA □
This self-founded project was born on March 2022 to support the Arts & humanitarians/community associations, while creating a safe space where everyone, from artists to audience, 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 the 2022, La Mansarda has created monthly multi-disciplinary 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 clearly proven how fragile is the artistic sector, 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 which is open to performances of all varieties of art, from music and dance to poetry to stand-up comedy.
Each event of La Mansarda has been organized in different venues around the 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, La Mansarda during 2022 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 a number of children and adults with severe skin conditions.
PIC is strongly active in Peru where it continues to seek funding which allows to have a medical center with good medical equipment able to provide appropriate diagnostic treatment for adult and children.
On November 27th La Mansarda has organized its last event of the year, but it will be back next year! With great energy, new ideas and still arts-focused and pro-community.
CAN'T WAIT!! :)
The founder:
Hi!
My name is Ligia and I am the founder of: La Mansarda.
About me: I was born in Colombia and at the age of 4years old I was adopted together with my sister (I'm the one in the yellow t-shirt).
The above picture is the beginning of everything. I am, and always will be, very grateful to my parents as they have given me a chance to an incredible life full of laughs, travels and Love.
I have studied nursing in Italy and currently working in Dublin as a nurse in ICU.
I have a big passion for traveling and because of that I have moved a lot. I worked and travelled on my own in Australia for one year, lived in London for almost 5 years, visited half of South-America for 6 month and now I am experiencing Irish life. So far, my life path has been such an adventure!
Another big passion that I have is to spend most of my time off duty creating and learning how I can express myself, and how can I support the Arts.
Why did I came up with a website? I thought to grab the chance to show off La Mansarda project and some of its works.
My name is Ligia and I am the founder of: La Mansarda.
About me: I was born in Colombia and at the age of 4years old I was adopted together with my sister (I'm the one in the yellow t-shirt).
The above picture is the beginning of everything. I am, and always will be, very grateful to my parents as they have given me a chance to an incredible life full of laughs, travels and Love.
I have studied nursing in Italy and currently working in Dublin as a nurse in ICU.
I have a big passion for traveling and because of that I have moved a lot. I worked and travelled on my own in Australia for one year, lived in London for almost 5 years, visited half of South-America for 6 month and now I am experiencing Irish life. So far, my life path has been such an adventure!
Another big passion that I have is to spend most of my time off duty creating and learning how I can express myself, and how can I support the Arts.
Why did I came up with a website? I thought to grab the chance to show off La Mansarda project and some of its works.