THE RECOVERY PLAN
FOUNDATION
THE RECOVERY PLAN is a research and community center based in the heart of Florence, Italy’s San Marco district. The space is hosted by Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA) since 2021.
The space and its operations are supported by The Recovery Plan Foundation, a 501(c)3, a US Based non profit which develops and advances socially engaged education related to peoples and cultures of African descent in a global context, with a focus on the historical and contemporary relationship between Italy and Africa.
Separately, the space is supported by the Italian non profit Associazione Culturale BHMF APS.
The Recovery Plan is a space for critical thinking to rectify historical inaccuracy and to recover histories that still await narration.
EVENTS
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Designed as a cultural repository for socially engaged education. The center hosts a range of events, seminars, retreats, workshops, and residencies reflecting upon Italy’s historic role as a site for cultural exchange.
The initiative advanced by The Recovery Plan is a rallying of voices aimed at facilitating cross-cultural research and dialogue. The center is run by an Italian non-profit association called Associazione Culturale BHMF with a team of over twenty dedicated volunteers and a committee of five advisors across cultural sectors.
METHODOLOGIES
Black History Month Florence
Engaging the city as a cultural vehicle.
Black Archive Alliance
Expanding the archive beyond the walls.
E il clamore è divenuto voce
Collectivizing support for experimental practices.
Di Palo in Frasca
Foregrounding artist’s research.
Library on Loan
Sharing practices of self education.
Fischi per Fiaschi
Workshopping our positionalities.
Repose as Resistance
Holding space for rest.
The Rediscovery Planet
Recentering childhood education.
Vulgar Eloquence
Activating public space.
YGBI Research Resideny
Sharing infrastructure with emerging talent.
Afrodipendenza
Expanding the sonic archive.
Whoever Drinks Black Earns Color
Shaping the discourse.
Un’Altra Luna
Forming future cultural producers.
On Being Present
Shaping institutionally driven narratives.
CURATORIAL COLLECTIVE BHMF
RETREATS
CONVENINGS
EXHIBITIONS
TOOLS
ABOUT US
The Recovery Plan is a research center that fosters transnational exchange around Afrodescendent cultures and peoples employing research, production and documentation in relation to cultural production as a means for examining the history and contemporary legacy of Blackness in a global context.
Pan-African Cultural Legacies: Activating the Commons
May 5, Workshop at the African Art in Venice Forum 2026
May 12-June 30, Exhibition at The Recovery Plan
