MOUE — Social Graphics Festival
The social graphics festival in Foggia
About MOUE Festival
MOUE, graphics as a practice of participation
MOUE is the first festival entirely dedicated to social graphics in the city of Foggia, in the heart of the Capitanata region, Puglia. Created to connect design culture with local activism and cultural institutions, the festival presents design not merely as economic production, but as a practice of civic engagement capable of activating communities, places, and relationships. The name itself tells the story: in the Foggia dialect, mouè means "now" or "immediately," reflecting the urgency of taking immediate action in the local area.
A festival spread throughout the city
For a few days, Foggia becomes an open-air laboratory. The program weaves together widespread workshops (collaborative labs bringing together designers, Academy students, public bodies, associations, and citizens), exhibitions, dialogues with nationally renowned designers and visual communicators, performances, and urban interventions. The heart of the activities is the Palazzetto dell'Arte Andrea Pazienza, but events radiate throughout the squares, independent spaces, and community hubs of Foggia.
Social graphics and marginality
The common thread of MOUE is graphics as a tool for inclusion and interpreting reality: giving a voice to what remains on the margins, telling the story of the city's visual and cultural heritage, and addressing contemporary emergencies through design. The festival focuses primarily on a young generation—most of the audience is between 18 and 30 years old—who want to be present, leave a mark, and contribute to change.
Organizers
MOUE is promoted by the Academy of Fine Arts of Foggia and the Generact association, co-organized by the Municipality of Foggia and its Department of Culture, with the patronage of AIAP (the Italian Association of Visual Communication Design). Admission to all activities is free.
Foggia, the capital of the province of Foggia in Puglia, thus rediscovers an event that combines training, design research, and community life, confirming itself as a space for experimentation in social impact design in Southern Italy.
MOUE Festival — edition 2026
For its second edition, MOUE chose the theme "Design out of focus": an invitation to shift the gaze toward what normally remains on the margins, in the less sharp areas of the contemporary world. From May 11 to 15, 2026, Foggia hosted nine widespread workshops, exhibitions, a series of talks with nationally renowned designers, and urban interventions.
The festival was promoted by the Academy of Fine Arts of Foggia and the Generact association, co-organized by the Municipality of Foggia, and supported by AIAP. Exhibitions included Grafica a parte, dedicated to forgotten female figures of Italian graphic design, Marginalità Ø, featuring fifty posters selected from the international call, and exhibitions of works by Academy students.
Programme MOUE Festival 2026
Monday, May 11
- From 9:00 AM — Widespread workshops: nine collaborative labs in the city (until 6:00 PM)
- Posting of the Marginalità Ø exhibition in the city
Tuesday, May 12
- 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM — Widespread workshops
- From 7:00 PM — Domesticittà / Shared Projects at Spiazzo Mario Aquilino: presentation of the book "Data, Set, Go!" by Francesco P. Incantalupo, showcase by the ma0 studio, projects by the Collettivo Incolto, and photographs by Maria Palmieri
Wednesday, May 13
- 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM — Widespread workshops: conclusion of works
- From 6:30 PM — Itinerant theatrical performance by the Piccola Compagnia Impertinente, from the Academy of Fine Arts towards Via Castiglione 49
Thursday, May 14 — Palazzetto dell'Arte
- 3:00 PM — Opening of exhibitions
- 4:00 PM — Institutional greetings
- 4:30 PM — Presentation of the mural "L'isola della gente bella" by Giovanni Albanese
- 5:30 PM — Presentation of the results of the Widespread workshops
- From 7:30 PM — Symposium at the Pronao of the Villa Comunale
Friday, May 15
- 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM — Dialogues with Elisa Abbadessa, Carla Palladino, Donata Bologna, Diletta Damiano, Mauro Bubbico, Francesco Delrosso, Raffaello Chiarioni, and La Scuola Open Source
- Inauguration of the final exhibitions: the selection of the best works by Academy students and the historical exhibition curated with AIAP
- From 10:00 PM — After-party at Slow Park with live music and DJ sets
Highlights MOUE Festival 2026
Prices MOUE Festival 2026
Practical information — MOUE Festival
Location
The festival headquarters is the Palazzetto dell'Arte Andrea Pazienza in Foggia (Puglia). Some activities—widespread workshops, performances, and after-parties—take place in various locations across the city (Spiazzo Mario Aquilino, Villa Comunale, Slow Park, and other venues indicated in the program).
Admission
All activities (exhibitions, workshops, talks, performances) are free of charge. Participation in the widespread workshops may require advance registration.
How to get there
Foggia is a major railway hub in Northern Puglia, well-connected by trains from Bari, Naples, Rome, and Pescara. Foggia station is just a few minutes from the city center. By car, it can be reached via the A14 motorway (Foggia exit) and the SS16 state road.
Information
Full program and updates are available on the official website moue.it and the festival's social media channels.
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Where does it take place — MOUE Festival
Palazzetto dell'Arte Andrea Pazienza
Palazzetto dell'Arte Andrea Pazienza, Viale Michelangelo, 71100 Foggia