USA and France. 2020. Return to Artists >> Janet was with us for 5 months in the Winter-Spring of 2020. Her painting punctuated her days with absolute determination and regularity, but she did not show the turmoil of the time she was living. She was living in an excile of sorts, in the middle of lockdown, far away from her family and unable to cross the border to return home. Her works were charged with all the anguish and emotion, that she managed to transfor

Thursday, April 15, 2021. 6.00 p.m. Oltrarno Workshop visits Margherita Ghilardi. With special guest Nanà Cecchi D'Amico.

Brooklyn, New York, USA 2017 An up-and-coming American artist Alyssa Monks arrived at Il Palmerino in June 2017 to host a workshop with her students in a Tuscan and Italian context that would allow them to visit the major artistic attractions in Florence, whilst having the opportunity to perfect – under her guidance – the learning process they had begun at the New York Art Academy. The group combined 15 days of art production with exposure to local culture, which included vi

New York, USA. 2015 / 2016 A multimedia artist specialising in body painting, Trina works with bodies and their surfaces, making them disappear within the landscapes she observes, in order to become part of the surrounding environment. She works with the swiftness that distinguishes this generation, using immediacy and speed, as a means of expression. Trina's approach to the creative moment encompasses dexterity and skill and it is characterised by technology, self-determina

October 5, 2021 at 6.00 pm. A story to be read, acted and danced in two parts.

Colorado, USA 2015 / 2016 / 2018 / 2021 ​ Rachel had just graduated from the Florence Art Academy after 4 years of intense study and before heading home again, to the snow-capped mountains of Colorado, she needed some downtime. Although she remained in Florence to achieve gradual detachment from the city, Il Palmerino became a safe haven for her, where she could finally take some time to contemplate light. During the first month of her residency, it was surprising to see her