A Brunch to Discover Sardinia’s Millennia-Old Heritage

New York, NY – Full house today at the Italian Trade Agency in occasion of the seminar dedicated the Mont’e Prama at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. A successful collaboration with the Region of Sardinia and Consulate General of Italy in New York, proudly hosted a seminar highlighting the Region of Sardinia.

The program started with the greetings of  Fabrizio Di Michele, Consul General of Italy in New York;   and Dr. Anthony Muroni, President of the Mont’e Prama Foundation. Featured speakers included Sean Hemingway, Curator in Charge of Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Barbara Faedda, Director of the Italian Academy of Columbia University; Massimo Carboni, Service Director of the Sardinia Region; and Marsilio Balzano, Commercial Director of Dinamo Basket of Sassari. Antonino Laspina,  Trade Commissioner, Executive Director for the USA joined the conversation with a salute to the audience.

The seminar was followed by a tasting of wines and typical products of Sardinian gastronomy.

This is an a great opportunity to make the relationship between the institutions more cohesive in the promotion of the great Italian product,” declared  Antonino Laspina, Director of the ICE Agency in New York, coordinator of the US network.