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Hi, I'm Ellen VanderMyde! I'm an Art major Art History minor at WMU. I have an opportunity to travel to Italy to participate in a study abroad program with the Frostic School of Art at Western Michigan University. For participating I will receive credit towards completing my Bachelor's degree. The trip is from June 5th-June 27th.
I have raised two-thirds of the cost of the program already from scholarships, but could use help from family and friends to fund the rest.
Every dollar helps! Thank you very much for your support!
In case you want to know more about the trip, here is the program overview:
"The layers of history to be found in the art, architecture, and culture of Italy—from ancient Roman ruins and Byzantine mosaics, to Renaissance cathedrals and la bella vita of Tuscany—will be explored in this study abroad program centered in Florence. This course will offer students the opportunity to travel to Italy, live in Florence, work in an historic art studio to learn introductory drawing, printmaking, and photo processes, and journey out to visit various Italian cities and historic sites. This program has been designed for students in many departments of the university including Art, English, Science, Engineering, History, and Education. All studio instruction is given at an introductory level and beginners are encouraged to apply. Traveling through Italy to learn about art, history, and culture has for centuries been an essential part of education. Come take the Italian Journey with us!
This program will offer students the opportunity to be immersed in Italian culture by working in a professional studio with Italian artists, having access to resources unavailable to most visitors, and traveling around Italy to see many historic sites. Students will see some of the most important monuments in art history including the Florence Duomo, the Roman Coliseum, the Vatican, Giotto's frescos in Assisi, and the mosaics of Ravenna, and will visit museums, libraries, universities, churches, Roman ruins, and other historic sites. This will give students a varied experience of Italian life, and a new insight into Italy's history and culture. These experiences are meant to expand student understanding of international relations and shared traditions of our civilization, a major goal of any humanities educational program.
Students will work in Florence at the Firenze Arti Visive (www.firenze-artivisive.org), an accredited art school and studio located near Piazza Santa Croce. Each week, working in the studio, students will participate in introductory workshops in drawing, printmaking, and photo processes, and will produce a small portfolio of work. Having Florence as a home base will allow us to travel on weekends to various historic destinations, and use these experiences as inspiration for the work in the studio. Toward the end of the program we will charter a bus to spend a day exploring the countryside surrounding Florence, in the Chianti Region of Tuscany. There will be reading assignments to prepare students for experiencing the places we will have the opportunity to visit, and the students will keep a journal during the trip.
When the students return to Michigan, an exhibition will be scheduled for the fall of 2015 at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center to display work created in the Florence studio inspired by this journey, and share the students' experience with the community."
I have raised two-thirds of the cost of the program already from scholarships, but could use help from family and friends to fund the rest.
Every dollar helps! Thank you very much for your support!
In case you want to know more about the trip, here is the program overview:
"The layers of history to be found in the art, architecture, and culture of Italy—from ancient Roman ruins and Byzantine mosaics, to Renaissance cathedrals and la bella vita of Tuscany—will be explored in this study abroad program centered in Florence. This course will offer students the opportunity to travel to Italy, live in Florence, work in an historic art studio to learn introductory drawing, printmaking, and photo processes, and journey out to visit various Italian cities and historic sites. This program has been designed for students in many departments of the university including Art, English, Science, Engineering, History, and Education. All studio instruction is given at an introductory level and beginners are encouraged to apply. Traveling through Italy to learn about art, history, and culture has for centuries been an essential part of education. Come take the Italian Journey with us!
This program will offer students the opportunity to be immersed in Italian culture by working in a professional studio with Italian artists, having access to resources unavailable to most visitors, and traveling around Italy to see many historic sites. Students will see some of the most important monuments in art history including the Florence Duomo, the Roman Coliseum, the Vatican, Giotto's frescos in Assisi, and the mosaics of Ravenna, and will visit museums, libraries, universities, churches, Roman ruins, and other historic sites. This will give students a varied experience of Italian life, and a new insight into Italy's history and culture. These experiences are meant to expand student understanding of international relations and shared traditions of our civilization, a major goal of any humanities educational program.
Students will work in Florence at the Firenze Arti Visive (www.firenze-artivisive.org), an accredited art school and studio located near Piazza Santa Croce. Each week, working in the studio, students will participate in introductory workshops in drawing, printmaking, and photo processes, and will produce a small portfolio of work. Having Florence as a home base will allow us to travel on weekends to various historic destinations, and use these experiences as inspiration for the work in the studio. Toward the end of the program we will charter a bus to spend a day exploring the countryside surrounding Florence, in the Chianti Region of Tuscany. There will be reading assignments to prepare students for experiencing the places we will have the opportunity to visit, and the students will keep a journal during the trip.
When the students return to Michigan, an exhibition will be scheduled for the fall of 2015 at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center to display work created in the Florence studio inspired by this journey, and share the students' experience with the community."