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Summer School in Como Italy:
The "Aldo Galli" Academy of Fine Arts is acknowledged as a high-profile art training institute offering courses in painting restoration on all sorts of material - canvas, tables, frescos, stuccos and stone - and enjoys an excellent reputation both on a national and international level. It is legally accredited by AFAM (Alta Formazione Artistica e Musicale), the Higher Education System for Art and Music, part of the university sector answering to MIUR, the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research. Students are taught the methodological approaches and skills required for the recovery and maintenance of the different kinds of works and are provided with ample opportunity to acquire substantial hands-on experience, be this in terms of field-work or in the labs, in the innumerable restoration activities commissioned to the Academy itself. The "Aldo Galli" Academy of Fine Arts is located in Como, less than an hour from Milan in the north of Italy.

Courses offered: Three Summer Art Restoration Courses held in Italian by instructors who have a good knowledge of English:

- Wood Restoration: wooden crucifix, carved frames and painted wooden works
- Painting Restoration: collections of paintings and single paintings
- Wall Painting/Stucco Restoration: wall painting and stucco restoration in some sites near Como