In 2009, thanks in part to the participation of the Belgian Academy in Rome, the foreign students taking part in 20eventi all hail from Belgium.  In fact this time two prestigious Belgian academies are involved as it seemed appropriate that the country's two different language groups and cultures should both be represented. . And, with two  foreign academies taking part, it was only right that students from two top Italian academies, one in Rome and one in Milan, should join them.

The four participating Academies are:
The Konionklijke Accademie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp with artist-teachers Nadia Naveau and Vaast Colson
The Ecole Superieure des Arts Saint-Luc from Liège with artist-teachers Jean
Janssis, Willy Welter and Michel Leonardi
The Accademia delle Belle Arti from Rome, with artist-teachers Donato Bianco and Oriana Impei
The Accademia Brera from Milan, with artist-teacher Mauro Folci

> Artists 2009

As in previous years, Catherine Girault will be overseeing a whole range of activities in local schools. She is putting together special “Valises pédagogiques”, a collection of teaching tools for use in both nursery and primary schools aimed at providing young children – and their families – with hands-on experience of contemporary art through play. The same reasoning lies behind the playground, created by artists, in Farfa Abbey, where new work will join the various pieces created in past years.

20eventi 2009 is being held between Saturday 23rd May and Sunday 7th June and is based in Toffia, Bocchignano, at Farfa Abbey and in Fara in Sabina.

On 28 May the “Academia Belgica” in Rome plays host to a seminar on “The art of teaching Art”.