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FUNDING DIRECTORS
Chiara Canal
Chiara Canal has a profound passion for the arts, in all its possible forms. This has lead her to develop in the past 20 years a strong and extensive expertise both in the performing and visual arts, ranging from theatre administration, production and stage management to the exciting experience of founding and managing an art gallery specialised in contemporary art. Her academic background in social studies is at the base of her deep curiosity for human relations and WE RESTART embodies Chiara’s dream to improve and enrich people lives and communities through the power and impact of artistic projects and actions.
Cristina Cellini Antonini
Cristina Cellini Antonini has an extensive strategic and operational experience gained within the Arts and Culture industry. With a proven track record in creating and overseeing large-scale events, festivals and art fairs internationally, she has leading edge in negotiating commercial partnerships and fundraising campaigns both for the private sector and for non-for-profits organisations. She is passionate about cultural placemaking and in developing Community Engagement programs. She has been appointed Artistic Director and juror for several International Art Organisations.
Young Ambassadors 2024
Selah Payne
Nazmeen Shahban
Selah Payne
Selah Payne is an artist and scholar from the south side of Chicago. Currently, she is an undergrad student attending New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Studies pursuing a degree with a concentration on Interdisciplinary Arts, Art History, and Design. Her art practice focuses on themes of displacement and belonging as she creates work that aims to reflect upon ancestry, love, imagination, archival practices, resistance, and Black life, further exploring these themes through painting, photography, collage, creative writing, and poetry. Selah has working experience in a variety of art settings including art galleries, youth community arts projects, non profit organizations, and creative marketing
Sophia Rosa
Nazmeen Shahban
Selah Payne
Sophia Rosa is an undergraduate student pursuing a BS in Hospitality and Communications at Boston University. Currently in her third year of studies, Sophia’s academic interests are centred around Advertising and Marketing, and the Hospitality Industry, specifically event planning and the restaurant industry. Originally from Philadelphia, PA, Sophia is currently studying abroad in London. Outside of school and work, she enjoys music, books, and quality time with friends and family.
Nazmeen Shahban
Nazmeen Shahban
Nazmeen Shahban
Nazmeen Shahban is a junior studying English Education at New York University. She hopes to teach English literature to middle and high schoolers and impact them in the same ways her English teachers have impacted her! In the past, she has worked with elementary school children and volunteered to work with immigrant high schoolers in similar areas of English, math, technology, art, science, and more. Because of those experiences, she is so excited to be here at WE RESTART because she has seen art be a powerful tool for analyzing human nature and society. By emphasizing refugee and migrant artists' voices, she hopes to contribute to the building of a more empathetic and kind world. She looks forward to being part of this great community.