This program places professors and students in a culturally and artistically charged environment. Participants live, study, and make original artworks while experiencing the company of like minded individuals from around the world. Participants have rich backgrounds and lives to share with one another. Generally the program is filled with adults of all ages including college students, working artists, art historians, professors, retirees and culture lovers in general as a group living and learning in the center of Florence, Italy.
Contact Jim Smith at Jim.Smith@mcckc.edu,
or 8166042263
To introduce students and professionals to the rich cultural and artistic heritage in Florence, Italy and it’s environs and to provide opportunities to express impressions through studio and field exercises.
The program will have daily field trips to churches, museums within the city as well as excursions to other culturally important areas. Students can work on location in a wide range of environments. A visual journal will be required, where impressions can be recorded in mixed media with photography being encouraged for everyone.
The advantage of international study is the impact
of art and environment of a city on a student's educational
development through exposure to one of the major cultural cities
of western civilization. It provides an opportunity to develop
intellectual curiosity, formulate goals, and to use intuitive reasoning
and analytical skills before actual sites of historical importance.
Students will receive individual instruction and guidance from an authority in art and art history and be able to develop the artistic skills in an environment that has inspired artists for centuries. They will establish confidence in their ability to study and research in a foreign country.
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