Irena Kongsuwan is an expressive drawer and painter from Canada who was in residence at Il Palmerino during the summer of 2026. Her goal for the residency was to reignite her art practice, which had taken a back seat to her full-time job and family life. Her artistic career began thirty years ago, shortly after high school. She went on to earn a Fine Arts degree, specializing in painting and drawing. The technique Irena focuses on is chalk pastel (aka soft pastel) on paper. T

Thursday, July 9, 2026 from 6.30 pm to 8.15 pm. Urban walk discovering architectural movements, with Duo Cristina Abati and Rilaben.

Monday, July 6, 2026, at 6.00 pm. A Workshop dedicated to people with movment experience and a performance from "TONY" by and starring Alessandro Marzotto Levy.

Thursday, July, 2, 2026 from 5.45 pm to 7.00 pm at Villa La Quiete. The dance performance "Alii Horti" , on to follow the performance at Villa La Pietra and pays tribute to the women connected to Villa La Quiete

Monday, June 29, 2026 from 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm. An all female student-led dance performance that pays tribute to women connected to the long history of Villa La Pietra.

View unique photography and book art from 12 June to 21 September 2026... Elena Salvini Pierallini – ESP, Mare d’Inverno (The Sea in Winter), 2013 In the 1980s, Florentine photographer and book artist Elena Salvini Pierallini (1934–2024) began creating her Libri in Piedi (books on their feet) series, but her art experience started much earlier, at the age of 17, when she was tasked with crafting designs for her mother’s embroidery business. In the years that followed, ESP b