Session 1: ROME
June 1 – June 29, 2010Rome, a Mecca for painters and sculptors since the seventeenth century, continues to serve as muse and subject for beginning and established artists. Participants will become part of the fabric of the city, as they paint and draw directly from millennia-old landmarks and in the gardens and streets of lesser-known areas. Peter Benson Miller, accomplished art historian and Rome resident, will lead regular on-site discourses and field trips. The curriculum will be complemented by evening lectures and receptions at the American and British Academies and by visits to the city's diverse contemporary art galleries.
Tuition, including double occupancy accommodations: $4,090 (4 week session)/ $2250 (2 week session)
Tuition, including single occupancy accommodations: $5,140 (4 week session)/ $2827 (2 week session)
Tuition, for students providing their own accommodations: $2,590 (4 week session)/ $1425 (2 week session)
Session 2: UMBRIA
July 1 – July 14, 2010Built in the 1800s over an existing fifteenth–century chapel, the Villa Pieve—the Rome Art Program’s headquarters in Umbria—sits on a mountaintop with open views of the countryside and the medieval town of Corciano. Rossella Vasta is the resident Artistic Director and an accomplished painter. The villa’s adjacent buildings house the Program’s living accommodations, well–equipped art studios, lecture theater, gymnasium, and recreation rooms with pool table and satellite television; each participant's room has access to the internet. Participants will paint and draw in the extensive gardens of the villa--surrounded by nature and timeless scenery that so inspired artists like J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Cole--and will have access, if desired, to the Villa's spacious studios to explore artwork based on imagination, invention, or abstraction (inspired by the landscape or not). Field trips will be made to Assisi, Siena, Arezzo, Perugia, and Rome. In this serene natural setting, participants will be able to focus on personal artistic development.
Tuition, including double occupancy guesthouse accommodations: $3,190
Tuition, including single occupancy guesthouse accommodations: $3,550
Tuition, including luxury villa accommodations: $4,730 (includes luxury room for two in the villa, with Program tuition for one; tuition for second person is $1768)(partner/spouse are welcome at no additional room charge)
Session 3: FLORENCE
July 15 – July 30, 2010The scale and richness of Florence’s architecture, streetscapes, and gardens are magnificent, making it an exhilarating experience to paint and draw firsthand. In Florence, the Program is affiliated with SACI (Studio Art Centers International)–an institution that has hosted emerging and established artists for over thirty years; it was founded by Jules Maidoff and is currently presided over by Mary Beckinsale (President) and David Davidson (Dean). The Rome Art Program’s facilities are based in SACI’s Palazzo dei Cartelloni, situated in the center of Florence. Mornings and afternoons will be spent mastering the art of plein–air drawing and painting in and around the city; coursework will also include the transcription of artwork in the Pitti Palace and the Uffizi. Participants, with the guidance of art historian Elizabeth Ann Butler, will learn of the artistic contributions of Italian Renaissance masters Masaccio and Donatello, visit Florence’s contemporary art galleries, and experience the glories of Venice.
Tuition, including double occupancy accommodations: $2,695
Tuition, including single occupancy accommodations: $3,090
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