Monday, April 18, 2011

4 and 11 June Certaldo Medieval Dinner

4 and 11 June Certaldo

Medieval Dinner “A dinner with Messer Boccaccio”

booking to www.elitropia.org


Ceramics by Terry Davies at Paluffo



Fine ceramics from the artist Terry Davies who works close to Paluffo are now exposed at Paluffo for the season.

http://www.terrydavies.it/

EVENT AT PALUFFO

2011 Events at Paluffo

21 April 3.30 pm Paluffo

Search fossils with us

Search and discover the fossils from seas that cover Paluffo in Pliocenic era with the help of a paleontologist. For children and adults, in English, free admission

23 April 5.00 pm Paluffo

Discover local trees, herbs and wild flowers

A professional naturalist will introduce us in Paluffo wild flora; with a short walk we will discover local trees, herbs and wild flowers.

23-27 July Paluffo

A Holiday with painting sessions in the Florence Chianti region.

Drawing and painting: a way to learn to look better beyond the conventional surface of things.

details: for 4 days, two-hour sessions in the late afternoon run by Francesco Gnecchi and Laura Bedoni in a very welcoming atmosphere surrounded by vegetation. The pleasure to give expression to one’s creative self through the language of painting, by experimenting with different techniques, from watercolours to ink or charcoal crayons.

Italian, English and French are spoken.

the teachers: Laura Bedoni: besides a long experience as a school teacher, she has been investigating a personal language in painting for many years, having attended courses such as the Scuola Libera del Nudo at Accademia di Brera in Milan. She has been involved in several exhibitions on her own and with other artists.

Francesco Gnecchi: having a degree in modern foreign languages and literatures, he has been practising painting and artistic research for many years. He is about to graduate in painting from Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Swallows are arrived!

Swallows are again at their italian home in Paluffo.
In few weeks some small and hungry birds will born!