Having just returned from Italy last month I totally appreciate this upcoming study tour offered by a local Silver Spring gallery and art center. This looks like an amazing trip and art experience that is offered July 13-26, 2008. If only I had the extra $1500 plus air fare to blow again and I could take off a week from work! I would totally partake.
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center presents "Paper, Print and Book" led by Lynn Sures in conjunction with Giorgio Pellegrini of the Museum of Paper and Watermark, Fabriano, Italy. The course will offer students two weeks of intensive study at the Museum with time to enjoy the beautiful Marche region. Traditional Italian book arts topics covered will be papermaking, watermark-making, intaglio printmaking, and binding. Instruction will be given by noted Italian masters in these techniques, with language interpretation provided by instructor Lynn Sures. Field trips include such medieval cities as Assisi and Gubbio, as well as natural landmarks. This is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the arts and culture of Italy, in a charming, historic city and region renowned for both-and off the beaten tourist path.
Course Description
The course will offer students an opportunity to study for two weeks in the city of Fabriano, Italy. Fabriano is warm and welcoming to American visitors. Papermaking in the tradition of the Italians, including line and chiaroscuro watermarks, will be offered with master papermaker Luigi Mecella in the museum papermill. Included will be a lecture by Annarita Librari, master of the chiaroscuro watermark. Instruction in bookbinding will take place in the museum's bindery, and traditional intaglio techniques will be offered in the museum's printmaking studio. The course will also include a lecture on the history of Italian papermaking by Franco Mariani, the director of the Institute of Graphic Arts in Urbino and scholar of Italian papermaking history. Trips to Assisi to see the Basilica of Saint Francis, to a working bindery in Gubbio, to Raphael's home of Urbino, and an excursion to the Grottoes of Frassasi, the Conero national park and Adriatic seashore-all near Fabriano-will complete the your immersion in the cultural heritage of this historic region of Italy.
Cost
Cost of $1,550.00 includes tuition and most materials, 2-star hotel with full breakfast, transportation on field trips--does not include transportation from the US to Fabriano, or travel insurance.
Details to register:
Contact Pyramid Atlantic's Director Jose Dominguez at jdominquez@pyramid-atlantic.org or 301-608-1901
Dates: July 13-26, 2008
Class size: 10
Registration deadline:
June 9, 2008
For more photos visit http://www.lynnsures.com/ and click on "Workshops" and "Fabriano"
You can see photos from their last trip to Italy at http://www.lynnsures.com/workshop/wo_v5.html
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