Italian Artist Paolo May, Ambassador of the Cultural Program of the Open Innovations Forum, to Take Part in the "Imperial Gardens of Russia" International Festival in St. Petersburg

During the Festival Paolo May will hold a number of master classes for the students of art. As an Ambassador of the Cultural Program of the Open Innovations Forum on June 7, the artist will hold a performance to produce a ceramic bas-relief - replica of the portrait of Anna Akhmatova (author: Natan Altman, 1914) exhibited at the Russian museum.

"I take an active part in the ideas and projects of the Forum, realizing not only the importance of the global initiative, but also the positive potential of modern art in providing an incentive for the comprehension of problems facing the global community and the desire to resolve them by means of science and creative activity," the artist says.

The modern Italian artist Paolo May was born and grew in Italy, adheres to the modern school of art, often creating bas-relief replicas of famous masterpieces of the past: Van Gogh, Picasso, Modigliani, transforming painting into a polychrome three-dimensional ceramics.

Open Innovations Forum  is a global discussion platform devoted to the high technologies and prospects for international cooperation in the field of innovations. The event will be held in Moscow in October,31 - November,2, 2013 under the auspices of the Government of the Russian Federation with the assistance of the Government of Moscow, and Russian development institutes: "RUSNANO" JSC, State Corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)", JSC "RVC", the Foundation for Development of the Centre of Research and Commercialization of New Technologies, the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in the scientific and technical field, the autonomous non-commercial organization "Agency for Strategic Initiatives on promotion of new projects" and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. For more details please visit  http://www.forinnovations.org.

The "Imperial Gardens of Russia" International Festival of park and gardening art  is annually held during the midnight sun "white nights" period.