The Program | Our Location | Accommodations | Meals | Classes | Trips | Fees
Regular classes in drawing and painting are Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m.till noon, with lunch from 12:30-1:30 p.m. and class again from 2-5 p.m. Instructors teach three days a week, and the fourth day students continue their class work on their own. The early evening before our 8:00 dinner is time for independent work, exploring, or just spending time privately or with friends. Occasionally a lecture will be scheduled before dinner. Fridays are trip days.
The ongoing studio work from intense observation and analysis is interspersed
with weekly day-trips to study Italy's millennia-old heritage of art, from ancient
to contemporary, engaging CE artists in a dialogue with the masterworks
of the past and present. We travel by chartered bus to Rome, Florence, Siena, Assisi, Perugia, Sansepolcro, Arezzo, and Siena.
A faculty member or visiting art historian gives preparatory lectures to enrich and enliven our trips. Students and faculty are then free to go independently or in groups to visit museums and churches, or anything they wish to see. The Student Sourcebook contains a guide for our trips and other travel information. Faculty and students organize informal visits to nearby towns like Orvieto and Spoleto, or return to places the group has visited. Car rental services and public transportation enable people to travel independently.
The Program | Our Location | Accommodations | Meals | Classes | Trips | Fees