The G. De Fabris Art School and Ceramics Museum

The combination of the “Giuseppe De Fabris” Ceramics Museum and the Nove Art School arises in 1875, thanks to the bequest of the homonymous sculptor. Thus begins the history of this Museum, the only one to be housed inside a scholastic institution – currently the Art Secondary School – which holds one of the richest collections of ceramic works in the area. The pieces – the oldest date back to 1600 – retrace all of the history and evolution of ceramics to the present day. The different Directors that followed one another in guiding the School, as well as the generous donations of fellow citizens, created a collection that leads us through ancient plates and sculptures through to contemporary artworks, plus the outcomes of five international ceramics symposia.

1875
According to the testamentary will of the sculptor Giuseppe De Fabris, from Nove, the school of Drawing and Plastic Arts Applied to Ceramics is born in Nove

1890
It becomes the “G. De Fabris” Royal Art School

1925
The Museum of Ancient Ceramics of Nove is inaugurated on school premises

1954
It becomes a secondary Art School. By finishing the 3-year studies, one obtains the Master of Arts diploma

1961
The School of Art changes into State Art Institute for Ceramics, with an attached Middle School

1970
The study structure becomes five years long. Once finished, one obtains the Applied Arts baccalaureate

1979
The Architecture and Interior Design section is activated

1981
The current headquarters of the school is inaugurated, on a project by Franco Albini, where the Ceramics Museum finds a new and more adequate accommodation

1988
L’Istituto aderisce al Piano Nazionale per l’Informatica

1991
Con l’inaugurazione della nuova ala, l’Istituto si ingrandisce ulteriormente e assume la sua attuale e definitiva fisionomia

1995
The Ministry of Education’s experimentation, called “Progetto Michelangelo,” begins. The study structure is modernized and completed with the insertion of new disciplines.

1996
The experiment as “Art High School” starts, involving the unification between Art Institutes and Art High Schools. Nove’s is the only school in the province that adopts the reform of Artistic Education.