Thursday, April 21, 2022, at 6 p.m. International artisans share their take on the neighbourhood's age-old practices and modern-day flair.

From 15 March to 16 June 2022, this exhibition and events series is a dialogue through the centuries that forges a bridge between modern-day art and artisanship, and art by historic women, with emphasis on Florence's Oltrarno district March 15 to April 30 STITCHING ARTISTS INTO HISTORY A call to writers History belongs to those whose stories are told. Writers in Florence and farther afield are invited to send their submissions – stories, poems, reflections and sketches –

Thursday, April 7, 2022. At 5.30 p.m. Language: italian. We invite you to a presentation by Prof. Maria Grazia Messina, introduced by Prof. Claudia Corti

From 19 March to 22 April 2022, international artists debut with a series of portraits in conversation' with women artists of the past For the first time, three emergent painters, trained at Charles H. Cecil Studios, an art atelier in the heart of the Oltrarno, will exhibit portraits of friends and neighbours from the district. Their works, were created using the 'sight-size' method which was "first used by Titian and the old Baroque masters and was later adopted by the Briti

March 21 - 25, 2022, Grant programme begins. Atelier degli Artigianelli, Via dei Serragli 104 This student grant programme involves a series of hands-on workshops for four young creatives from Cooperativa Il Girasole.

From March 19 to April 22, emerging artists Sam Bordley, Lydia Chapman and Emily Rogers in conversation with artists Angelica Kauffman and Violante Siries The exhibition 'Portrait Dialogues' features portraits painted under the tutelage of Charles H. Cecil Studios, in the Oltrarno. They depict 'friends and neighbours' from Florence's riverside artisans' district, where Bordley, Chapman and Rogers have reached the end of their 3-year study programme. The paintings were crafted