Casa degli Ulivi is an artistic and cultural center located in the countryside of Castel Colonna, in the Marche region. Founded by artists Guglielmo Vecchietti Massacci and Isabel Permanyer, it features a sculpture garden integrated into the natural landscape and a house-museum that celebrates the connection between art, land, and tradition. The project reflects Massacci\u2019s desire to give back to his homeland, offering a space open to the community where sculpture becomes a free and profound form of expression. Casa degli Ulivi hosts events, workshops, and moments of creative exchange, becoming a point of reference for those seeking an authentic and immersive artistic experience.<\/p>\n
Casa degli Ulivi is an artistic retreat that welcomes visitors with a striking sculpture garden, set among the rolling hills of the Marche countryside, near Castel Colonna. Founded in 2013 by artists Guglielmo Vecchietti Massacci, sculptor and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, and Isabel Permanyer, painter and restorer.
\nThe restored farmhouse hosts sculptures in marble, wood, and bronze, harmoniously integrated into the surrounding natural environment. Inside, objects from local rural traditions create a genuine connection between art and agricultural heritage. Casa degli Ulivi is also a vibrant cultural center, hosting art workshops, concerts, poetry readings, and moments of shared creativity and dialogue.<\/p>\n
The project was born from Guglielmo Vecchietti Massacci\u2019s deep desire to return to his native land after a long academic and artistic career in Bologna and abroad. With the creation of this house-museum, open to the public, the artist offers a gesture of gratitude to his community, presenting an art rooted in the sincere dialogue between matter and spirit. Each of his sculptures is a unique work, entirely conceived and crafted by him, free from critical, commercial, or political constraints.<\/p>\n
Since the 1980s, Vecchietti Massacci has promoted sculpture exhibitions in urban spaces, especially in Northern Europe, convinced that art should be a shared experience. His artistic language has evolved from solid figuration to light, essential forms that challenge the heaviness of matter, transforming into sails and wings of marble\u2014symbols of freedom, movement, and return to one\u2019s roots. Works such as Matrice and Grembo express this circular journey between sky and earth, between creative impulse and memory.<\/p>\n