Made in Cloister

Made in Cloister

Fondazione Made in Cloister

Naples, Campania, Italy

Arts & CultureHeritageCommunity developmentPoverty & HungerTax-deductible donations
Operating foundationFounded 2012Local reach
Profile last updated: May 3, 2026

About

Founded in 2012, Made in Cloister is a foundation based in Naples, Italy working on arts & culture, heritage, community development +1 more.

Fondazione Made in Cloister is a private cultural foundation in Naples, founded in 2012. It runs a contemporary art and craft centre in the restored Renaissance cloister of the Church of Santa Caterina a Formiello, as part of an urban regeneration project. Its activities include exhibitions, residencies, music and theatre events, and Refettorio Made in Cloister, a social canteen serving the Porta Capuana community.

Location

Naples, Italy

Founded

2012

Organisation type

Operating foundation

Legal form

Fondazione

Legal name

Fondazione Made in Cloister

Focus areas

contemporary arturban regenerationcultural heritageNaplesartist residencysocial canteen

Languages

ITEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Arts & CultureHeritageCommunity developmentPoverty & Hunger

Works for

CommunitiesHomeless people

How they work

Community programmesAwareness & education

Programmes

Made in Cloister

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Arts & Culture · Italy

Site-specific exhibitions, art shows in the LAB.Oratorio space, outdoor exhibitions, and music, theatre and cultural projects at the restored Santa Caterina a Formiello cloister in Naples.

Refettorio Made in Cloister

Poverty & Hunger · Italy

Social soup kitchen, active since 2019, preparing weekly meals from surplus food for the Porta Capuana community, in collaboration with Food for Soul.

Casa Cloister

Arts & Culture · Italy

Artist residency project inviting national and international artists to work with the area, active since 2016.

Lab.oratorio

Arts & Culture · Italy

Multidisciplinary space for research, experimentation and exhibition of the young art scene, also used for meetings, screenings and theatre.

Produrre Futuro

Arts & Culture · Italy

Initiative linking art and business by placing emerging artists within companies focused on innovation and organisational wellbeing.

Countries of operation

Italy

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donationsMembership feesCorporate partnerships

Ways to support

DonateMembershipCorporate partnership

Trust

Tax-deductible donations

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Diarc - Federico II University of Naples, Food for Soul, Artsupp, Obvia for MANN, AIDAF, Comune di Napoli

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