Paris, France. 2020 / 2021 /2022 Our friendship with Virginie Houdet is relatively new, but it runs deep, as if she has always been part of our family. Virginie is an artist to the core and she naturally inherited this midset from a family that continues to cultivate a special kind of attention to art, in its freest forms of expression. Virginie's work is timeless as she plays with different media, treating them with uncommon lightness, as she experiences moment

UK - USA. 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 – 2021 Wendy and her husband Howard Itzkowitz have become regular visitors to Il Palmerino. Wendy’s residencies take place in any season, and we like to call her ‘our youngest artist ever’. Her British wit has been tamed by a long stay in the United States and her creative exuberance is the driving force behind her large family’s development. Through her art, she seems to have the ability to seek renewal with the ligh

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

South Dakota, USA 2010 / 2021 Anna Youngers returned to Il Palmerino after exactly eleven years. It was an emblematic return, as she found herself coming 'full circle' as far as her artistic career was concerned. As Anna reminded us in a presentation she gave for Il Palmerino's live-in community, she began her training as an academic artist with a profound knowledge of the technique of drawing, light and form. She would later strive to perfect colour a

From February 1st to April 28, 2021. Program of the "Oltrarno Gaze" Project.

Wednesday, 8 September 2021 at 6.00 pm. Classical guitar recital in the Gallinarium, small amphitheatre.

Past conference, 2021. Author: Claudia Tobin