Since its foundation in 1975, the goal of the Italian American Committee On Education in New York has been to promote and protect Italian culture and Italian language around the world.

This goal was perfectly matched with the international visual arts competition Dante 700 – Sospira, conceived in Naples and promoted as part of the Sorrento Peninsula Award to celebrate the seven hundred years since the death of the “Supreme Poet.” And no one more than Dante Alighieri deserves the linguistic authorship of Italian thanks to his masterpiece, the Divine Comedy.