I love Sicily because the barista at the Palermo airport Autogrill is passionate about his work and made me smile, even when I, sadly, was on the way back to New York. Happy Sunday!
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Magnificent Marzipan Fruit
Yesterday I spent the day in Catania with the magnificent Alessandro Marchese. Alessandro is an artist who specializes in making Frutta Martorana, or the marzipan (almond paste) sweets, shaped and designed to resemble fruit and vegetables. He sculpts each and every one by hand, and then he decorates them with the craftsmanship and skill of…
Sicily’s Teatro Andromeda: On Top Of The World
Teatro Andromeda appears ancient, but in fact, it is contemporary. A theater and a sculpture, it sits 1000 meters above sea level, and when you are there, you feel like you are on top of the world. Built by native Sicilian sculptor Lorenzo Reina, the seating of the theater represents a constellation of stars. Reina…
Feel Inspired
You bring light to the world when you support artists and small business owners. And you’ll feel inspired when you get upclose to an artist like Mirella Pipia, pictured, in Sicily in her ceramic workshop and boutique. Shop small this weekend, when we are offering a special pricing incentive on our 2018 small-group, multi-sensory tours,…
Meet An Artist in Palermo
I’ve spent a busy couple of days in Palermo seeing cousins, doing some business, and scouting out artists’ shops and workshops for our Experience Sicily clients to consider visiting when they are in Italy’s 2018 Capital of Culture. For example, if you are a knitter, and I know some of you are, you could spend…
Bagheria’s Renato Guttuso
Yesterday in Bagheria at Villa Cattolica, they celebrated the re-opening of the Museo Guttuso which had been closed for renovation for a year and a half. On what would have been the 105th birthday of artist Renato Guttuso (1911-1987), a group of dignitaries including Bagheria Mayor Patrizio Cinque, Palermo Mayor Leoluca Orlando, and film maker…
La Vucciria Painting by Renato Guttuso
Renato Guttuso painted scenes of his homeland, like this one of Palermo’s famous market, La Vucciria, from 1974.
Mirella Pipia is a graphic artist who lives and works in Bagheria. Her ceramics and drawings reflect inspired beauty. #mermaid #sirena #sicily #sicily_travel #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #italia #bagheria #siciliaph #ceramics #artist #artista