"Ricordo di un tempo - Livia 1926", ricamo su carta, verso, 1926.

Once again, we take part as a partner in Bolzano Art Weeks, this year in its sixth edition (25.09-04.10.2026).
On September 25, we will present Flora è contrariata (Flora is upset), a new performative project by Nadia Tamanini, curated by Lottozero and produced for BAW 2026.

Developed especially for BAW 2026, Flora è contrariata is a performative piece that gives voice and form to Flora, a figure of nature and spring, here outraged, offended yet resilient. Through a poetic language that blends the visual and the auditory, the textual and the material, Nadia Tamanini breaks language apart and reconstructs it, opening up new spaces for reflection in the friction between sound and meaning, error and rewriting.

The project resonates with this year’s theme, REGARD(EN)! REGREEN! REGROW!, an invitation to reconnect with nature through direct experience and action, bringing art, ecology and social participation onto common ground and collectively cultivating change.

Wrapped in a padded and quilted linen fabric embroidered with words, the artist interacts with a pre-recorded composition that becomes a visual and sonic score. Two textile sculptures from the Imparaticci series extend this exploration of language, error and transformation. The sculptures were created during Nadia Tamanini’s residency at Lottozero in Prato in 2025.

25.09.2026 | h 12.00 & 15.00
Performance, Sound Poetry & Textile Works
Lottozero @ Claudia Polizzi Graphic Design Studio
Via Monte Tondo 1 / Hörtenbergstr.

Lottozero, Center Rog and TaDa Residency got together to offer you two days dedicated to screen printing, sewing and making together.

We’ll start by experimenting with screen printing directly on fabric, then move to the sewing machine to transform the printed textile into a garment. The workshop is conceived as a hands-on space to learn through making, exchange skills and explore the possibilities between textile printing and garment construction.

No previous experience is needed — just curiosity and the desire to experiment.

Free workshop · max 8 participants
18–19 September 2026
Lottozero, Prato

Applications open until 10 September at this link.

Borjan Litovski, The Tablecloth of Morpheus, 2025, linen, cotton / machine embroidery, screen printing, dyeing. Dimensions: 1. 300 cm × 150 cm / 2. 50 m. Palazzo Lantieri, Gorizia, BIEN - Textile Art Biennial 2025.

Working across textile art, costume design, and scenography, Borjan Litovski creates immersive textile installations where hand-dyed fabrics, light, color, and sound evoke liminal states such as dawn, the hypnagogic state, and the threshold of sleep. Rooted in research into mythology, folklore, and material culture, his practice reinterprets Slavic myths and textile traditions, creating symbolic and abstract environments where narrative, ritual, and spatial experience converge.

During his 10-day residency, Borjan has been developing research for a new project through material sourcing in the Prato textile district, dye experiments, and technical explorations in the Lottozero Textile Lab, working with digital embroidery and the Feltloom.

His residency at Lottozero is the result of the ETA Award 2025, which he received from BIEN – the Textile Art Biennial in Kranj, Slovenia, for his textile installation The Tablecloth of Morpheus.

Borjan Litovski is a Macedonian artist and designer based in Slovenia. He holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Textile and Fashion Design from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering at the University of Ljubljana, where he completed his Master’s studies in 2025.

Alongside his textile practice, he works across costume design and scenography, with experience in opera and theatre productions in Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany.

Fast fashion has a huge impact on our planet—but your wardrobe can be part of the solution!
This free 3-session workshop at Lottozero offers practical tools and creative inspiration to help you build a more mindful and sustainable relationship with your clothes.
Participants must attend all three sessions, for a total of 18 hours:

Creative Styling, with Maria Virginia Benvenuti: discover how to create coherent and personal looks using what you already own, reducing the need for new purchases.
Friday, September 25 – 10:00–13:00 / 14:00–17:00

Armocromia, with Maria Michela Mattei: learn how to choose the colors that best enhance your natural tones, helping you make more thoughtful wardrobe decisions.
Friday, October 2 – 10:00–13:00 / 14:00–17:00

Creative Mending, with Ginevra Consoli: learn techniques to repair and care for your clothes, extending their life and reducing textile waste.
Friday, November 6 – 10:00–13:00 / 14:00–17:00


This initiative is part of the attivaMENTE project, a lifelong learning program funded by PR FSE+ Tuscany 2021–2027, and coordinated by Sistema Bibliotecario Provinciale Pratese.
The workshop is in Italian and is open exclusively to individuals who are residents or domiciled in Tuscany.

Location: Lottozero, Via Arno 10 Prato
Registrations open till September 15 at this link
Download the brochure of the workshop

patron/ise, exhibition view, Lottozero Kunsthalle, 2026. Ph: Alessandro Destro

Join us on 23 July for an evening of exhibition tours and live performance, part of “patron/ise” exhibition’s public program, at Lottozero Kunsthalle.

At 19:00, curator Ester Maria d’Avossa and the exhibiting artists will lead a guided tour of the exhibition.

At 20:00, ive performance activating Carmen Buonanno’s site-specific installation, created in collaboration with British-Irish electroacoustic composer Muiredach O’Riain.
Through text and voice, the performance unfolds the work’s reflection on power and radical care, expanding Buonanno’s research into the language of protest, bringing together slogans from workers’ demonstrations in Prato’s textile district.

“patron/ise” is the final exhibition of the first residency cycle of Textile Art Factory at Lottozero, featuring works by Lorena Bucur ,Carmen Buonanno, Linda Ann Cipriani and Nikola Filipović , curated by Ester Maria d’Avossa.

Textile Art Factory is a project by Lottozero, Museo del Tessuto and Studio Corte 17, funded by the Regional Programme FSE+ Tuscany 2021–2027, under the Public Notice approved by D.D. n. 138/2024, and part of Giovanisì, the Tuscany Region’s initiative for youth autonomy.

As part of the WeaveUp+ project, Lottozero is launching an open call for a 10-day residency in Italy dedicated to sustainable wool production, material experimentation, and contemporary design.

Guided by master textile designer Arianna Moroder of Lottozero Studio, the residency will bring together a small group of creative practitioners to explore wool through site visits, workshops, hands-on making, and shared research across Italian textile landscapes. Participants will investigate sustainable wool production, traditional and contemporary techniques, and the creative potential of wool and production by-products in contemporary design.

The residency includes travel, accommodation, a meal stipend, mentorship from Arianna Moroder, and access to Lottozero's textile laboratories, machinery, and materials.

The open call is open to designers, artists, architects, researchers, makers, students, recent graduates, and early-career professionals based in Italy or neighbouring European countries. We welcome applicants from a range of creative disciplines with an interest in sustainable and circular design, textile heritage, material innovation, locally sourced materials, and experimental design practices. Previous experience in textiles is not required, but applicants should be eager to explore sustainable materials and production processes through collaborative learning and making.

To apply, complete the application form HERE and submit a CV and portfolio.

Application deadline: 31 August 2026, 9:00 AM.

For questions, please contact Lauren Berardi at lauren@lottozero.org

Amalia Galdona Broche is a US based artist from Santa Clara, Cuba. 
Her work materializes and translates real and psychological landscapes, investigating identity, personal and collective memory, as well as belief systems and transculturation processes. Through textiles, she studies the complexities of identity-building as a Cuban-born woman touched by displacement, migration, and transculturation.
Via knotting, weaving, ropemaking, wrapping and other accumulative methods, her sculptures explore the role and definition of textiles in today’s world, focusing on the woven plane as a second skin, a weather-protective and complex reconfiguration of material, ideas, and memories. Manifested in organic, female and generative forms, her work acts as an offering, and act of sharing and expressing an identity that is multilingual, abstract and obscured, yet nuanced and familiar, as is the process of living in liminality.

During her residency at Lottozero, Amalia is in the early stages of a new body of work inspired by the mythical island of San Borondón, the legendary phantom island of the Canary archipelago and the birthplace of her father. Drawing on the island as a metaphor for migration, memory, and an imagined earthly paradise, she is experimenting with the digital jacquard loom to develop woven textiles with integrated three-dimensional elements, investigating how woven surfaces can generate volume before becoming part of a new sculptural body of work.

Amalia Galdona Broche earned a BFA in Sculpture and a BA in Art History from Jacksonville University, Florida. She has participated in residencies including the New York Academy of Art, MASS MoCA Studios, and WOC Residency. Her work has been exhibited at The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Field Projects, The Parachute Factory, The Sculptors Alliance, and other venues.

Her residency at lottozero is funded by RISD New Technologies Fund. 

Amalia Galdona Broche, Vestments in Time, 2023, installation view, woven, knotted and knitted textiles, synthetic resin, paint.

Amalia Galdona Broche, Los callos de una isla tienen caras I _ The Calluses of an island have faces I, 2023, synthetic resin, textile, beads, jute and other woven fibers, 67 x 50 inches.

Last week, Lottozero's Lab Manager took part in a five-day staff exchange at FarmLab in Kapfenstein, Austria, as part of the European Creative Hubs Network (ECHN) Peer to Peer programme.

Hosted by Silvia, Martin and their family, the exchange offered an opportunity to experience first-hand how a rural creative hub operates, exploring the relationship between making, local knowledge, nature and community engagement. Throughout the week, the programme combined practical activities, discussions and shared experiences, highlighting how creative hubs can respond to the specific needs of their local contexts while remaining connected to an international network of practitioners.

The visit focused on FarmLab's textile activities and local material practices. Alongside learning about indigo dyeing and wool processing, the exchange also included the installation of a new tufting station in FarmLab's textile studio, creating new opportunities for future workshops and experimentation.

Beyond the practical work, the exchange provided valuable space for dialogue, sharing experiences and discussing different approaches to managing creative hubs. It was a pleasure to share the week with Natsuka, Angie and the DesignLabGive team, whose perspectives and conversations made the experience even richer.

At Lottozero, we strongly believe that international exchanges like these are essential for strengthening the European creative hub ecosystem. They foster meaningful collaborations, encourage the sharing of knowledge and skills, and inspire new ways of working that can be brought back to our local communities.

We would like to sincerely thank the European Creative Hubs Network for making this experience possible through the Peer to Peer programme, and FarmLab for their generous hospitality and openness throughout the week.

patron/ise reflects on the residency as a model of artistic production within today’s art system.
The exhibition, developed through six months of residency within the Textile Art Factory programme, engages with the dichotomy between what becomes visible in the artwork and what remains hidden within the dynamics and conditions of the creative process.

Taking shape in relation to Prato’s textile context and its factories, the exhibition looks at an art system that continues to produce while much of the labour that precedes and sustains it remains unseen: conversations, adaptations, emotional labour, exhaustion, endurance, and compromise.

The installations and sculptures on view speak about labour while also carrying traces of the labour that generated them. Buonanno addresses factory work, protest, disability, vulnerability, and endurance; Filipović and Bucur transform local remnants of production into narratives of migration, childhood, and memory; and Cipriani incorporates discarded machinery to reveal the hidden infrastructures of textile production.
Together, their works hold the tensions of the place in which they were made, the structures that enabled them, and the compromises that shaped them.

Curated by Ester Maria d’Avossa.
Artists: Lorena Bucur, Carmen Buonanno, Linda Ann Cipriani, Nikola Filipović

Opening: 14.07.2026, h 18:30
15.07 – 11.10.2026

Lottozero, Via Arno 10, Prato
Mon – Thu 10-18; Fri 10-16; Sat and Sun by appointment
T. 0574 22883 / info@lottozero.org

Textile Art Factory is a project by Lottozero, Museo del Tessuto and SC17, funded by the Regional Programme FSE+ Tuscany 2021–2027, under the Public Notice approved by D.D. n. 138/2024, and part of Giovanisì, the Tuscany Region’s initiative for youth autonomy.

Emma Buswell, The Pool (The Lady of Shallot), 2024, knitted wool and lurex yarns, 430 x 270cm (detail)

Emma Buswell, Endlessly Circling Fields, 2026, knitted lurex, wool, cotton, nylon yarn 150 x 290 cm

Emma Buswell is a West Australian based artist, curator and designer.

Emma is fascinated with systems of government, economies and culture particularly in relation to constructs of place, identity and community. Her current work is focusing on relationships between identity and place, with a motivated enquiry into the way in which kitsch and nostalgia play into our understandings of self-identification and personal histories. Using Tropes appropriated from popular culture and Australian art history, Buswell examines her own family histories intuited through conversations and the learnt craft techniques from her maternal family line

During her three-week residency at Lottozero, Emma will explore the felt loom as an extension of her textile practice. Building on her research into handcraft traditions, women's labour and textile histories, she will investigate how industrial felt-making can open up new material and visual possibilities.

Emma Buswell has had solo exhibitions across Western Australia and Victoria, and is collected in the State Collection of Western Australia, Artbank, the City of Joondalup and a number of private collections.

Join us for the final exhibition of the first cycle of Textile Art Factory, a residency programme dedicated to contemporary textile practices, organized by Lottozero, Sudio Corte 17 and Museo del Tessuto di Prato.
After six months of research, experimentation, and production in dialogue with the textile district of Prato, the residents will present the outcomes of their work in a collective exhibition.

The exhibition presents new works by Carmen Buonanno, Linda Ann Cipriani, Lorena Bucur and Nikola Filipović, developed throughout the residency and curated by Ester Maria d’Avossa.

The exhibition opens on Tuesday, 14 July, from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM, at the Lottozero Kunsthalle.
See you there!

Textile Art Factory is a project by Lottozero, Museo del Tessuto and SC17, funded by the Regional Programme FSE+ Tuscany 2021–2027, under the Public Notice approved by D.D. n. 138/2024, and part of Giovanisì, the Tuscany Region’s initiative for youth autonomy.

Carla Schwering is a textile and costume designer, born in Vienna and based in Munich. After studying theatre science and art history at LMU Munich alongside an assistantship at the Residenztheater, she continued her education in stage and costume design, film, and exhibition architecture at the Mozarteum Salzburg. She has collaborated with theatres and cultural institutions including the Burgtheater Vienna, the Goethe-Institut Paris, and the Bregenzer Festspiele. During an Erasmus year at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, she further developed her focus on textile design.

Working across costume, textiles, film, photography, and spatial design, Carla combines drawing, material experimentation, and narrative imagery to create fictional worlds that reflect and reinterpret contemporary society. During her two-week residency at Lottozero, she is experimenting with manual and digital jacquard weaving, developing textile pieces for a film installation that forms part of her diploma thesis at the Mozarteum Salzburg.

Carla Schwering, drawing for costume design for the opera Dido & Aeneas, directed by Rosamund Gilmore, presented at Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, 2023

Paulina Włostowska

Paulina Włostowska and Michał Szczęsny Szuwar, Museum of Warsaw, 2023.

As a duo artistic collective, Paulina Włostowska and Michał Szuwar have undertaken projects involving textiles, painting, lettering and printmaking.
As a visual artist, Paulina Włostowska explores the status of decorative arts in the context of post-war Polish history, as well as their contemporary significance. Together with Michał
Szuwar, they have been carrying out projects for several years that straddle the boundary between craft and fine art within the aforementioned fields, as well as murals and fabric by the metre.
Michał Szuwar runs lettering and textural painting studios, where he utilises goldsmithing and screen-printing techniques.
Both are actively engaged as visual artists while also exploring craftsmanship and technology, particularly in the context of large-format mural painting.

During their 2-week residency at Lottozero, they will develop collaborative textile pattern designs, experimenting with screen printing and weaving techniques.

The residency is co- financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland - Adam Mickiewicz Institute

The moment many of you have been waiting for has arrived: the second open call for TEXTILE ART FACTORY is now open.

If you are a contemporary artist eager to deepen your relationship with textile practices, experiment with materials and techniques, and spend six months immersed in one of Europe’s most historically rich textile districts, this residency is for you.

From 5 October 2026 to 5 April 2027, selected artists will take part in an intensive programme combining formal and non-formal learning, hands-on experimentation and artistic research. Participants will explore techniques including weaving, embroidery, dyeing, printing, felting and knitting through workshops, talks, studio and factory visits, one-on-one mentoring, and daily exchange with the Lottozero team and invited international professionals.

The residency will culminate in a final exhibition and publication.

Residents will live together in our shared apartment, receive a dedicated workspace and full access to the textile laboratory, and receive a monthly stipend of €500.

If you are:
– under 36
– Italian-speaking (minimum B1 level)
– not in formal education
– not employed full-time

don’t miss this opportunity.

Applications are open until 15 June 2026.
More information and how to apply here

Textile Art Factory is a project by Lottozero, Museo del Tessuto and SC17, funded by the Regional Programme FSE+ Tuscany 2021–2027, under the Public Notice approved by D.D. n. 138/2024, and part of Giovanisì, the Tuscany Region’s initiative for youth autonomy.

The W4TEX project has recently completed a productive phase, advancing its mission to empower women to lead the green transition in the textile sector.

Between October 2025 and January 2026, partners organised a series of National Ideathons, bringing together participants to develop innovative, circular solutions for real-world textile challenges. These workshops focused on entrepreneurship, green skills, and the application of circular economy principles across diverse local contexts.

This process culminated in the Transnational Ideathon in Larissa, Greece (27–29 January 2026), where participants from all partner countries collaborated in international teams to address global fashion and sustainability challenges, while strengthening leadership and strategic skills.

The project has also released its Trainers’ Guide and Ideathon Training Materials, alongside key resources including the Be A Manager course, the Women Think Green Toolkit, and a series of vidcasts. Together, these outputs support skills development and sustainable innovation in the textile sector.

Access all the materials produced by the W4Tex project here.

Read the full newsletter in English and Italian.

Read the project’s final press release here.

This spring, Lottozero contributed to two key moments of exchange and learning around the future of fashion.

In collaboration with Simone Business Club, we delivered an online masterclass exploring critical issues shaping today’s industry, including sustainability, transparency, fashion, intellectual property, design theft, and the importance of authenticity. The recorded session is available to watch on YouTube.

Lottozero also took part in the Fashion For Future 2026 festival in Bolzano, where we led the workshop “No Fake Fashion: Behind the Label – Traceability, Transparency and the Future of Fashion.” The session invited designers, students, and consumers to critically examine garment labels, uncover greenwashing practices, and reflect on the role of traceability and Digital Product Passports in building more transparent systems. A key focus was the need to protect creative work and ensure recognition for designers within global supply chains.

To further explore these topics, check out the No Fake Fashion online course, designed to help designers protect their creative assets and navigate challenges related to intellectual property and authenticity in fashion.

Lottozero is looking for an experienced Textile Specialist to join our team in Prato.

This is a 12-month full-time freelance collaboration (Partita IVA) with an immediate start, designed for a hands-on, curious professional eager to work across textile production, laboratory practice and project development within a dynamic and growing environment.

The role sits at the core of Lottozero’s activities, working closely with Arianna Moroder and contributing to the development of our design studio and textile microfactory. The selected candidate will support and manage projects, collaborate with designers, companies and artists, and take part in research, sampling, production and consultancy processes, from sourcing materials and techniques to coordinating logistics and client relationships.

We are looking for someone with solid experience in textile processes and machinery (minimum 5 years of PROVEN experience), fluent in Italian and English, with a strong interest in local production, sustainability and short supply chains. Independence, initiative and a practical, problem-solving mindset are essential, as well as the ability to move fluidly between creative and technical tasks.

The position offers a central role within an international, multidisciplinary environment, with opportunities to contribute to innovative projects and to shape the future of Lottozero’s textile production activities. A long-term position may follow the initial collaboration.

For more information and to apply; please fill out this form

Lottozero is pleased to launch an open call for a 2-day workshop in Prato dedicated to fashion design for recyclability, taking place on May 23–24, 2026.

The workshop is part of the European project IMASUS, a practice-based initiative that connects academic research on sustainable fashion materials with the real needs of designers, supporting the integration of circular design strategies into contemporary practice.

Rethinking fashion through circular design

Focusing on design for recyclability, the workshop combines textile innovation, circular economy principles, and hands-on design development. Participants will explore how garments can be conceived from the outset with their end-of-life in mind, challenging conventional approaches to materials, construction, and production.

Hosted in collaboration with fashion designer Eva Di Franco, the workshop offers a collaborative environment where participants will engage directly with innovative design approaches rooted in circularity.

What participants will do

Over two days, participants will:

• Explore circular design strategies with a focus on recyclability and disassembly

• Work with the IMASUS structured design toolkit

• Develop a prototype garment concept

• Produce design outputs including flats, material specifications, and construction guidelines

• Create a tech pack ready for production, integrating circular principles

• Receive feedback from industry professionals

Through a combination of guided sessions and independent work, the workshop encourages both creative experimentation and practical application.

Who should apply

The open call is aimed at:

• Fashion designers

• Emerging designers and recent graduates

• Professionals interested in sustainable and circular fashion

We are looking for participants who are motivated to critically engage with their design process and explore new approaches to sustainability.

Apply here until May 9 (end of day)