Società di Amici | The Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities

We cordially invite you to join the Bogliasco Foundation’s Società di Amici, which offers the opportunity to make an important contribution to the future vitality of the arts and letters, those disciplines that have, in large measure, defined human civilization.

With your gift of $1,000 or more, you can enjoy many valuable benefits of the Società di Amici, which offers the opportunity to meet performing and visual artists, writers and humanists and to become more involved with the Foundation and Study Center.

Click here to view the list of current Società di Amici members.

$10,000 Amici dei Pini
— Pine Trees —
The most impressive pine trees in Bogliasco (the pinus pinea, sometimes called the stone pine or umbrella pine) can grow to a height of 100 feet. These trees, like thousands of others in Liguria, produce the pignolo, or pine nut, an essential ingredient in pesto sauce.
($9,700 tax deductible)

All privileges of Amici degli Ulivi, plus:

Ability to stay at the Liguria Study Center during special donor weeks
Recognition on the donor plaque, which is permanently displayed at the entrance of the Library in Villa dei Pini
Publication, score or recording created and autographed by a Bogliasco Fellow

$5,000 Amici degli Ulivi
— Olive Trees —
Olive trees are found throughout the region of Liguria. The olive grove in the garden of Villa Orbiana contains more than 140 trees, some of which may be more than 450 years old. These trees produce their olives every two years. When harvested, our olives yield an oil that is intense in flavor.
($4,825 tax deductible)

All privileges of Amici della Mimosa, plus:

Copy of Luci e Ombre di una Città: Immagini di Genova, a book of poetry, prose and photography produced in collaboration by the Bogliasco Foundation and Fondazione Carige in Genoa.
Ability to tour the Liguria Study Center and have dinner with the Fellows

$2,500 Amici della Mimosa
— Mimosa Tree —
The Ligurian mimosa tree prefers to grow in the hills that lead into the Apennines. In the area around Bogliasco, the brilliant yellow flowers of the mimosa, which appear in midwinter, are considered special gifts for women, or sometimes simply for passers by on the Via Aurelia.
($2,400 tax deductible)

All privileges of Amici della Buganvillea, plus:

Limited edition photograph of the Liguria Study Center signed by photographer and Bogliasco Fellow John M. Hall
Invitation to a special event hosted by the Foundation’s President

$1,000 Amici della Buganvillea
— Bougainvillea —
This climbing plant, which appears to be content on any vertical surface, does not produce flowers but rather changes the color of its leaves according to season. The bougainvillea plants that grow on the southern wall of Villa dei Pini turn a deep purple color in spring and summer.
($975 tax deductible)

Complimentary subscription to the Bogliasco Foundation’s annual newsletter
Listing on website and in any printed listing of donors
Event invitations, including an annual lecture and cocktail party featuring a Bogliasco Fellow

Giving levels are named after the varieties of flora that are indigenous to Liguria, the region that gives the Study Center its name. Each of these plants can be found on the expansive and beautifully landscaped grounds of the Study Center.

For more information about Società di Amici benefits, please contact Hope O’Reilly at (212)713-7617.