It is the evening before the students arrive. Photographer Joel Wolfson, his wife Barb and I head out for one last scout to a desired shooting area not far from our base in Pienza. The white roads with green highlights do not disappoint. (Unpaved roads are ...
Read moreFinalmente – we are on our way back to Tuscany! We are headed to Pienza for our Creative Vision in Tuscany workshop with photographer Joel Wolfson from Flagstaff AZ. He went over early to get the rain out of the way for us! Looks like sunny skies ahead. ...
Read moreDuring the week of August 17th – 24th, while many Italians were still on holiday for Ferragosto – a few artists from Phoenix took in the Chianti Countryside with their eyes, with their paints, pastels and with their hearts. We spent a wonderful ...
Read moreThe Fairs of August – celebrating the end of hard labor in the fields and marking the beginning of the harvest. August 15th is the actual holiday, however, generally the entire month of August recognizes this holiday. Before the Roman Catholic Church ...
Read moreJuly 2nd and August 16th each year the town of Siena is transformed into a grand arena where one can experience what the Sienese life evolves around all year long – The Palio. A tradition dating back as early as the 14th century, the Palio has retained ...
Read moreRome is one of those cities that you fall in love with but cannot actually pinpoint exactly why. It could be the incredible evidence of the past centuries where current day Rome still flourishes. It could be globalness of it all; dozens of languages spoken on ...
Read moreIt’s no secret that Italians go on holiday in August either to the beach or to the mountains. This August, more Italians are coming to the U.S. taking advantage of their favorable exchange rate. Americans too, are still enjoying visits to Italy in more ...
Read moreI am sitting on the plane en route back to the U.S. after another absolutely wonderful stay in Tuscany thinking to myself “how can I be so lucky”? I believe a large part of my good fortune can be accredited to learning about Il Borgo Villa di Bossi Pucci. ...
Read moreJust a few kilometers from Il Borgo is a ceramics shop … well, more like a ceramics production facility, or even a ceramics warehouse. Simply put, it’s a large building housing many beautiful ceramics, a grand showroom and stations where the artist ...
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