NIAF hosts photo contest, 2014

The National Italian American Federation hosts a photo contest for photographers to submit their best photos. In 2014, here were the top 6 winners.

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NIAF hosts photo contest, 2014

NIAF sponsoring scholarships for Young Students

Established in 1975, the NIAF has served the Italian American community—a community of over 20 million people—for nearly half a century. It would be difficult to name an area of the NIAF that does not sponsor initiatives.

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NIAF sponsoring scholarships for Young Students

Fashion Week Returns to Milan

Milan is widely regarded as Italy’s fashion capital, home to world-renowned luxury designer brands such as Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana. The northern industrial city has carved a spot out for itself as one of the world’s top fashion cities, joining the ranks of legendary giants such as New York City, Paris, and London to form a group known as the “Big Four.”

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Fashion Week Returns to Milan

Sustainable Fashion Leading the Way

Rebecca Bush set out to create her sustainable fashion brand Rebecca Elizabeth, she found inspiration for her first collection in an unexpected place—the National Archeological Museum of Naples’s world-renowned ancient Roman sculptures.

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Sustainable Fashion Leading the Way

Leonardo Da Vinci- a True Renaissance man

Born in Vinci, Florence in 1452, Leonardo was truly a Renaissance man. His passion for art and science extended to painting, sculpting, architecture, anatomy, and more—it would be difficult to list subjects he wasn’t interested in! Out of his many works, both finished and unfinished, the most famous include his enigmatic portrait the Mona Lisa,

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Leonardo Da Vinci- a True Renaissance man

Elizabeth II – Italy’s adopted Queen 

The British monarch always had a strong connection to Italy. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the second-longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country.
The Queen went to Italy five times, warming the hearts of the Italian people.

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Elizabeth II – Italy’s adopted Queen 

Dante Alighieri, Father of Modern Italian Language

Born in Florence around 1265, Dante was a poet, philosopher, and political thinker who wrote one of the most famous works of world literature—The Divine Comedy, which chronicled his imagined journey from hell to heaven—while in exile from his native city. Dante is sometimes called the father of the modern Italian language for his promotion

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Dante Alighieri, Father of Modern Italian Language

Luciano Pavarotti gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

The operatic voice of a beloved tenor wafted through the streets of Hollywood today as the ceremony for Italy’s Luciano Pavarotti began on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Luciano Pavarotti gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Italian Americans honored at baseball heritage nights

While countless proud Italian American organizations across the country fight for the preservation of Italian American heritage and culture, the Italian American Baseball Foundation (IABF) has carved a niche in baseball.

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Italian Americans honored at baseball heritage nights

An ode to Enzo Ferrari – the King of Speed

Born in Modena, Italy in 1898, Enzo Ferrari’s life would be defined by a need for speed. Drawn to racing from an early age, he excelled at both driving cars and designing them – he would found both the Scuderia Ferrari racing team and the brand that bears his name.

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An ode to Enzo Ferrari – the King of Speed