Bimbo Faber Prize
The 50th anniversary work of CNA Biella created by Daniele Basso it becomes an annual recognition for those who work for the good of the territory
CNA Biella opens up further to the Biella area and its virtuous protagonists, The president Gionata Pirali together with the artist Daniele Basso, present the new initiative to the population, real protagonist of the award.
"The Bimbo Faber Prize was born between two worlds - describes Gionata Pirali - in the middle a tragic and painful event that made our certainties waver, together with the economy of the whole world. A condition in the middle in which, however, we have rediscovered the value of the Community".
This is the fundamental meaning of the Bimbo Faber work created in 2019 by the artist Daniele Basso for the 50th anniversary of CNA Biella. A work that anticipated this desire and need for a community that today becomes a prize by interpreting the feeling of gratitude towards those who, in authentic autonomy, were already working and working for the common good.
"A recognition - explains Daniele Basso - which founds the roots of its value in the community and widespread commitment. A value that is returned to the community in the form of shared recognition. To tell them that they are not alone. To tell us we are not alone".
CNA Biella supports aspirations, ambitions and dreams with this concrete gesture of attention to the person, the individual, the woman and the man. Rewarding positive models to follow, capable of concretely improving the reality in which we live, the Biella area and our culture.
A path in which It is accompanied by special friends, in the role of "Bimbo Faber Ambassadors", but also a path to do together with the whole Biella population.
The 2021 edition of the Award sees the possibility of reporting candidates (people and / or projects) meeting the requirements of the regulation to the secretariat of CNA Biella, at the email address mailbox@biella.cna.it. On the website www.biella.cna.it it is possible to view all the information on the "Bimbo Faber" sculpture, together with the regulations of the Bimbo Faber Prize.
A special thanks from the Association and the artist Daniele Basso goes to the people who accepted the proposal to be "Ambassadors of the Bimbo Faber Prize" of CNA Biella ":
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Nino Cerruti, Luisa Bocchietto, Christian Clarizio, Michele Colombo, Silvano Esposito, Franco Ferraris, Marco Fulcheri, Monica Gasparini, Fabrizio Lava, Paolo Naldini, Pier Ettore Pellerey, Maurizio Ribaldone, Angelica Sella, Federico Sella, Gianluca Spagnolo, Eugenio Zamperone, Paolo Zegna.