The Cooperativa Santa Maria delle Rose

The Cooperativa Santa Maria delle Rose is in charge of managing the exhibition.

Until 2007, the Cathedral Chapter of San Rufino had carried on the management of the exhibition, but as it was no longer able to do so, the author asked the people who had been in charge of the exhibition from the beginning to form a Cooperative to take it over completely. Thus the Cooperativa Santa Maria delle Rose was born, to which Guido Dettoni della Grazia entrusted the free availability of the entire Alfa-Omega installation of his property. Due to the spirit of the exhibition, he has added the TAU, two meters high and carved from lime wood; the Face of Christ and a marble reproduction of the statue of the Resurrection, an enlargement of which can be found in the Church of St Ignatius in Singapore.

The Contemporary Sacred Art Exhibition, before MARIA exhibition, by concession of the Cultural Heritage Commission of Assisi, Nocera Umbra and Gualdo Tadino, has since its inception relied on the patronage of the Cathedral Chapter of San Rufino, the Municipality of Assisi, the Province of Perugia and the Region of Umbria.

The inauguration

A previous installation of the 33 wooden sculptures of the MARIA Icon had been hosted at the same church during the summer of the Holy Year 2000. That presence was a seed.

On January 24, 2002, the permanent exhibition MARIA, now called Contemporary Sacred Art Exhibition, was inaugurated at the church of Santa Maria delle Rose by the Bishop of Assisi, Monsignor Sergio Goretti, and the Mayor of Assisi, Claudio Ricci, both of whom presided in their respective offices at that time, and was presented by Don Vittorio Peri, dean of the Cathedral Chapter San Rufino.