The International School Of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture:
The International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture in Umbria, Italy, offers intensive studio programs for developing painters and sculptors from around the world, for undergraduate and graduate art students, and artists wishing to work independently in a stimulating school environment. Internationally distinguished artists teach and critique, and visiting artists and scholars lecture. Students work full-time in their studios and classes, and take weekly trips to study and draw from the great art of Italy. Students, residents and faculty live and work in Montecastello di Vibio, a hill town in Umbria, one of Italy's most beautiful regions.
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The Program
The International School curriculum centers on intensive daily studio work, with instruction and critiques by internationally renowned artists, and weekly trips to Italy’s cities of art. Our living and working situation in North Central Italy is ideal for an artist. It offers breathtaking surroundings, marvelous light, quiet, privacy, wonderful food, and of course, Italy’s rich cultural heritage.
In the School’s supportive yet rigorous studio environment, students can focus and concentrate on their work, uninterrupted by the demands of daily life back home. Students work full-time in the classroom and in their studios, and make dramatic progress. Those who stay for several consecutive
sessions benefit tremendously. For many artists, the International School is more than a summer program—it is their continuing professional education.
The School
Courses for undergraduate and graduate art students, and artists wishing to work independently in a stimulating school environment. The School emphasizes the importance of drawing as the foundation for the development of one’s individual work.
In our curriculum, students draw from the model or in the landscape in three-hour classes, four afternoons a week; in the mornings, they paint in the landscape or from the model in four-hour classes; at the end of the day, they may work independently in their studios, or paint outdoors in the beautiful late afternoon light. Instructors teach at least twice a week and are accessible for individual consultations and critiques. Artists and Residents may also work independently in the School programs.
Each student is assigned a private or semi-private studio to study, and develop their own personal work. Studios are open seven days a week, 24 hours a day. On non-teaching days, students work with the class or independently under the guidance of their instructors. Art materials are available locally and on our weekly trips, and sculptors are provided with clay and plaster.
In the evenings after dinner, visiting artists, scholars and resident faculty give slide lectures on their work, and preparatory talks for our trips. Fridays are trip days to Italy’s cities of art, to study and draw from the great art of the past. On weekends, International School artists and the local community look forward to our elegant afternoon gallery openings with exhibitions of works by the faculty. On the last Sunday of each session, we dedicate our gallery to a final student or residents show.
Artist's Residency:
For artists who wish to work independently in a community of artists. The Residency progra
m provides the ideal combination of seclusion and community in a setting of breathtaking beauty. Artists can work intensively and independently for three or more weeks in a supportive, inspiring environment. A distinguished visiting artist or member of the School faculty joins us as Senior Artist in Residence and studio critic, and a model poses for open drawing sessions. Visiting artists critique and lecturers provide preparatory talks for the weekly trips to Italy’s cities of art, which inspire and inform the work in the studio. The Residency Program also enables students to continue to work and progress independently.
CE (Continuing Education)
Designed for adults with some background in art who want to create more time in their lives to paint and draw, or to deepen their engagement. CE (Continuing Education) is designed for adults with some background in art who want to create more time in their lives to paint and draw, or to deepen their engagement. This program offers shorter term instructional sessions, and is appropriate for people whose involvement with art was interrupted or limited by career or family demands, but who are eager to begin to study and practice again with our outstanding faculty. Advanced students and professional artists are also welcome in the CE Program.
CE students explore and enrich their interest in
art, working and living in the heart of Italy, surrounded by a landscape of unparalleled beauty, in close proximity to great masterpieces of art and architecture. The emphasis is on work in the landscape and the studio, with classes in drawing and painting, and weekly trips to Italy’s cities of art. After-dinner talks by our eminent lecturers and visiting artists enhance the program. The CE fee includes a single room.
Landscape Painting Seminar
This Seminar includes painting trips to some of the most awe-inspiring landscape sites in Umbria.
The ongoing studio work is interspersed with weekly day-trips to study Italy's millennia-old heritage of art, from ancient to contemporary, engaging artists in a dialogue with the masterworks of the past and present. We travel by chartered bus to Rome, Florence, Siena, Assisi, Perugia, Bologna, Sansepolcro, Arezzo and Urbino.
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