The Glove School Event at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York

"The Glove School" will be at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, located on Park Avenue, an event that has already been a great success in Italy. The event, scheduled for Lineapelle New York 2024, was organized in collaboration with Chiroteca Business Network, the new network made up of companies such as Gala Gloves, Artigiano del guanto, Andreano, Gargiulo Leather and which includes the Experimental Station for the Leather Industry, the Union of Industrialists of Naples and Lineapelle, which aims to promote and protect this ancient and noble art. On Tuesday, January 30, the central appointments of the initiative. From 11:00 to 18:00, a workshop is organized at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, dedicated to students, titled "Demonstration of 'smasso' and cutting of the glove leather: how the 'master glovers' from Naples create a handmade glove". A practical demonstration that will allow participants to observe the operations of "smasso" and manual cutting of a glove leather carried out according to the know-how of a "master glover", in an experience that is unique in its kind. The "master glovers" Alessandro Pellone and Francesco Ricciardiello will be the protagonists. At 6:00 pm the official opening with Fabio Finotti, director of the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, with Edoardo Imperiale, general manager of the Experimental Station for the Leather Industry, and with Fulvia Bacchi, CEO of Lineapelle.