{"id":103,"date":"2023-04-03T20:29:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T01:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/chi-siamo\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T18:53:25","slug":"chi-siamo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago<\/strong> is the cultural office of the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago. Founded in 1985, it is one of six cultural institutes of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the United States. Located in the heart of Chicago along the iconic Magnificent Mile, the Institute is a vibrant center for Italian culture. It operates as a source of information on Italian life and culture and showcases Italy\u2019s classical and contemporary heritage, with particular reference to art, music, cinema, design, architecture, literature, fashion, theatre, cuisine, science and technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Services<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago offers the following services to the public:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Italian language and culture courses at the ItalCultura school which operates on the premises of the Institute<\/li>\n<li>two annual sessions of CILS linguistic certification exams of the University for Foreigners of Siena to certify the level of knowledge of Italian as a foreign language<\/li>\n<li>a library available to the public for consultation and loan of Italian books, CDs, DVDs, magazines and newspapers<\/li>\n<li>information and documentation on Italy in the cultural field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Collaborations<\/strong><br \/>\nFor musical, artistic, theatrical, cinematographic events and for all larger events, the Institute avails itself of the collaboration of local museum and cultural institutions, such as the Art Institute, Chicago Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Cinema\/Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Chicago, Facets, Fermilab, Field Museum, Gene Siskel Film Center, Goodman Theater, Loyola University Museum of Art, <span class=\"TextRun SCXW245759634 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW245759634 BCX8\">Renaissance Society<\/span><\/span>, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Science and Industry, Newberry Library, Shakespeare Theater, Smart Museum, <span class=\"TextRun SCXW245759634 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW245759634 BCX8\">Graham Foundation, Poetry Foundation, Navy Pier<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the main festivals in which the Institute usually actively participates are <span class=\"TextRun SCXW245759634 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW245759634 BCX8\">the Chicago International Film Festival, EXPO Chicago, Opera Festival Chicago, Chicago International Puppet Festival, International Voices Project, Chicago World Music Festival, Chicago Critics Film Festival.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Institute also participates together with the Italian language school ItalCultura, in the main conferences on the teaching of foreign languages \u200b\u200bheld in in the territory under its jurisdiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago is the cultural office of the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago. Founded in 1985, it is one of six cultural institutes of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the United States. Located in the heart of Chicago along the iconic Magnificent Mile, the Institute [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12227,"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/12227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}