JAM READING

Book presentation: Künstlerische Agilität - 30 Wege zur schöpferischen Kraft

by Dagmar Frick-Islitzer

20th november 2026

Eck Museum of Art

 

On Friday, 20 November 2026, at 6:00 pm, Dagmar Frick-Islitzer will present her new book Artistic Agility – 30 Paths to Creative Power at the ECK Museum of Art in Bruneck. The guests joining the conversation will be Maria Christina Hilber, Vera Nicolussi-Leck and Maria Craffonara.

 

Dagmar Frick-Islitzer

For her fourth book, Dagmar Frick-Islitzer spoke with 30 artists from a wide range of disciplines about their talents, attitudes and working methods. The artists, from South Tyrol, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, share insights into their creative practice and approach to life through 30 different concepts, each choosing the one that best reflects who they are. The wealth of experience gathered through these interviews offers numerous thought-provoking insights and invites readers to reflect further through questions at the end of each conversation.

Dagmar Frick-Islitzer will discuss the origins and development of the book before engaging in a live conversation with writer and cultural mediator Maria Christina Hilber, organisational coach Vera Nicolussi-Leck, and musician and singer Maria Craffonara. Both Hilber and Craffonara are featured in the book. As part of the evening, each woman will read selected passages from the book without revealing them to the others in advance. Each reading will be followed by a short discussion and an exchange of experiences. Together with the musical performances, this format will bring key skills and qualities to life for the audience, including openness to unexpected outcomes, the ability to embrace multiple perspectives, navigating different situations, as well as intuition and improvisation.

Dagmar Frick-Islitzer combines backgrounds in the arts, business and education. She studied painting and worked for many years in the private sector and at Theater Liechtenstein. Since 2009, she has been self-employed, developing her own concept, Künstlerbrille® – Seeing Through the Eyes of Artists.

She lives and works in Balzers, Liechtenstein.

Following the conversation, the book will be available for purchase and signing.

 

The Guests

Maria Christina Hilber

Writer and cultural mediator. She lives and works in South Tyrol, Italy. After completing a Master's degree in Art & Science at Die Angewandte, University of Applied Arts Vienna, she developed radio plays, essays and performative interventions. Most recently, her texts were featured in the theatre production Magdalena. Mai dai (2025). She is a co-initiator of ZeLT – European Centre for Literature and Translation.

 

Vera Nicolussi-Leck

Through her company vevaios, Vera Nicolussi-Leck provides consulting and support to businesses and works as a leadership and mental coach. Her professional background combines qualifications in law, education, business and psychology, alongside experience as a teacher, children's and youth ombudsperson, and executive. In her work, she strengthens the resources and potential of individuals, teams and organisations, helps resolve conflicts, and supports change processes and generational transitions. During the evening, she will build a bridge between the worlds of art and business, and back again.

 

 

Maria Craffonara

Born in Bruneck, Maria Craffonara studied at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She has performed opera, art song and oratorio, and has participated in numerous crossover projects, including the “Linz-Europa Tour East” with Hubert von Goisern. With the quartet Donauwellenreiter and as part of a duo with cellist Rina Kaçinari, she has achieved international success on stage and in radio and television. Her solo project Da Sora earned her the Walther von der Vogelweide Award for young singer-songwriters. Alongside her performing career, she works as a vocal coach, choir director and voice teacher, as well as a songwriter, composer and arranger. Her collaborators include the Vienna Boys' Choir, the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Tyrolean State Theatre and the European Forum Alpbach.