January appointments to start the new year in St. Mark’s Square, including meetings for students and young changemakers, family workshops, parenting journeys, and a chamber music concert with the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory. Discover them all!
Events at the Home of The Human Safety Net, located in the Procuratie of St. Mark’s Square, offer free admission with reservation. They provide a wonderful opportunity to (re)visit the spaces restored by starchitect David Chipperfield, which host year-round: the interactive exhibition A World of Potential, the Illy Café, the Hub and auditorium, The Hall, and various areas for educational and recreational activities.
Activating imagination and listening: The Home of The Human Safety Net opens 2026 with workshops, music, and shared training.
- Saturday, January 10, 11:00 AM–1:00 PM
Involved! Stakeholder Mapping
A workshop for students, citizens, and third-sector organizations.
We explore cultural entrepreneurship as a lever for sustainable change.
Curated by Baba Jaga, CRSCC, and GreenerEU.
- Wednesday, January 14, 4:30 PM
Harmony. Yoga for growing together
Parents and children experience listening, movement, and play together. Through shared rhythm, they discover an inner music built on relationships. With Valentina Zocca from the BarchettaBlu Center.
- Sunday, January 18, 11:30 AM
The Quartets of Joy
Concert by the Leporello Quartet, in collaboration with the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory.
Program: Schoenberg (Quartet No. 0) and Dvořák (“American” Quartet).
Two works that speak of enthusiasm and discovery.
- Thursday, January 22, 4:30 PM
CUDDLES… Whimsical and witty
Let’s cuddle upside down, with a scratch, a hug, or a smile. Which cuddle is your favorite? Moments of reading and games made of small attentions and discoveries. With Sabina Italiano from the BarchettaBlu Center.
- Thursday, January 22, 5:00 PM
Futures Lab | Return to the present with futurist Mario Cusmai
A workshop for students and young changemakers to explore the capacity for perspective through readings, critical visions, and co-creation.
Two trajectories:
– Personal futures: from anxiety to awareness
– Collective futures: imagining alternative scenarios.
- Friday, January 23, 4 PM–6 PM
ALL THE PARTS OF ME
A training event for teachers and educators dedicated to new editorial releases: illustrated books and more that tell stories of ourselves and others, inspiring a passion for the diverse inhabitants of the world and their infinite beauty. With Marina Zulian and Sabina Italiano from the BarchettaBlu Study Center.
- Sunday, March 22, 11 AM
Those Over There. Near lands, far lands
Readings in many languages of the world to discover that we are many and all different! Illustrated, colorful, and fun books; stories that include and welcome. Project conceived and coordinated by Sabina Italiano of the BarchettaBlu Center with the reading ambassadors.
- Saturday, January 31, 12:00 PM
Growing Relationships
Meeting for families with children aged 4 to 7, curated by Baba Jaga APS.
Pedagogue Anna Giardi guides a journey of listening and exchange on conscious parenting.
The Procuratie, the Home of The Human Safety Net
Procuratie Vecchie, Piazza San Marco 105 – Venice
Opening hours: Wednesday to Monday, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM (closed Tuesday)
prenotazioni.procuratie@coopculture.it
thehumansafetynet.org
