---
title: Associazione LAIMA
description: >-
  Italian cultural association promoting matristic values through art,
  residencies, and ancestral practices.
url: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/associazione-laima'
type: organization
createdAt: '2026-04-27'
updatedAt: '2026-09-29'
organizationType: Professional association
location: 'Italy, TX, United States'
website: 'https://associazionelaima.eu/'
---

# Associazione LAIMA

*Professional association • Italy, TX, United States*

## About

Italian cultural association promoting matristic values through art, residencies, and ancestral practices.

Associazione LAIMA is an Italian cultural association founded as a tribute to the scholar Marija Gimbutas, who developed new interpretive frameworks for understanding prehistory through the lens of archaeology, symbolism, and myth. The organization works to build and promote more balanced models of existence—culturally, artistically, socially, and educationally—centered on a matristic culture of care, mutuality, and relationship. LAIMA organizes artistic residencies, international conferences, workshops, and online gatherings that explore shamanism, indigenous peaceful cultures, and ancestral practices.

Its programming embraces a wide range of artistic disciplines alongside spiritual and educational inquiry.

## Details

- **Address:** Via Variante SS 90, A Loc. Loreto, 8/A, 83031 Ariano Irpino AV, Italy
- **Website:** https://associazionelaima.eu/
- **Social Media:** facebook: https://www.facebook.com/associazionelaima, instagram: https://www.instagram.com/associazionelaima/

## Programs

View current programs from Associazione LAIMA on Artsume: https://www.artsume.com/o/associazione-laima