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Join our professional artists and instructors for ten days in the Tuscany countryside, sixty minutes from Florence. Live like an Italian on our hundred-acre estate. Relax in your beautifully restored apartment. Make antipasti in your kitchen. Play tennis, bocce ball or just read by the pool. Walk to town, take the train to Arezzo, Florence or simply stay on the farm. Draw, paint, cook, eat and drink in the views!
Welcome cocktail reception. Continental breakfasts every classday, 7 art classes, 5 dinners including abundant local wines, 3 lunches including a cooking demonstration at a favorite, local ristorante. Special wine and food tasting, castle tour, finale celebration and student gallery, "arrivederci party" and dinner at a beautiful, local ristorante.
Renaissance art, architecture, vineyards, wineries, artisan and antique shops, dozens of medieval castles, ristoranti and farmers' markets are all nearby. Plus, free time to explore local villages, Italy's oldest and largest antique fair in Arezzo, Cortona (the setting for "Under the Tuscan Sun"), Montepulciano (vino rosso famoso), Sienna and the Tuscan countryside.
We'll enjoy three days of drawing and four days of watercolor instruction with the local landscape as our inspiration. Our goal is to capture the essence of the Tuscan light and warmth. Each workshop day will include lecture, demonstrations, simple exercises and specific learning assignments.
This all-inclusive workshop is designed to give beginning and intermediate artists a solid foundation in drawing techniques and in learning to see. After building a foundation of drawing skills, students will learn watercolor "basics" and a process to use in every watercolor painting. A new addition this year includes collage creations made with found and other objects and a photoaging process that will use phto's from our adventures and turn them into a"antique images".
In the evening, following an afternoon of art and relaxation, our dinners will be served al fresco at the estate or at local, traditional ristoranti where you'll absorb some of the Italian language and spirit. The local trattoria owners benefit from the numerous and nearby farmer's markets and specialty merchants and then incorporate the valley's bounty into our meals. The vineyards of the Chianti area and the Casentino Valley will complement our dinners.
One of our workshop days includes a trip to a local vineyard and fattoria (farm) for painting, en plein aire, and a sumptuous lunch outdoors. Our talented and charming guide, Giancarlo Rossi, will present a fabulous wine tasting and lesson on local foods. Shopping at a nearby, famous Italian manufacturer's outlet is an optional side trip that afternoon.
Mid-workshop, we have free time with an opportunity to explore the beautiful Tuscan countryside. The area offers an outstanding number and diversity of activities and sights. Museums, artisan shops, the art and architecture of the Renaissance, vineyards and wineries, hiking trails, restaurants and even a golf course are nearby. The local village boasts its own medieval castle, one of dozens in the region. The nearby city of Arezzo hosts the largest and oldest antique fair in all of Italy the weekend after our class conludes.
After our classes, dinners, demonstrations and adventures, we'll gather on the final Monday evening to celebrate our progress and accomplishments with a gala arrivaderci festa and gallery showing of our work. We enjoy a dinner party at a beautiful, local ristorante. Tuesday morning we head back home or to other adventures with our art portfolios, our workbooks, and the skills we've acquired.
OTHER TRIP COST INFORMATION
TRIP COSTS:
Workshop, 9/29/2007 to 10/8/2007 $2,890.
EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT! Register before July 29th and receive a 5% discount.
CLUB AND ASSOCIATION DISCOUNTS! Members of the City Club, the Italo-Americano Museo and Art Associations (CWA, CPSA, et al.)are entitled to a 5% tuition discount.
Registration with a paid deposit is the only way to reserve your space. Tuition discounts will be credited at time of final invoice, prior to trip. Only one discount can be applied per person, per trip.
Accommodations (double occupancy, per person), continental breakfast every classday, seven days of art instruction, workbook, drawing/watercolor materials kit, five dinners with abundant local wines, welcome reception, wine-tasting, private castle tour, arrivaderci party. Single supplement is $400. (Singles willing to share will not be charged a single supplement even if we're not able to find you a roommate.)
Reservations must be made in writing to confirm your space. Confirmations will be sent immediately upon receipt if space is available or your deposit or fee will be refunded.
Registrants will receive agendas, materials list, local maps and detailed itineraries upon receipt of their deposit.
SINGLES, upon request, will be paired with another single, if possible. If a student is willing to share accommodations, no supplement will be charged, even if we're unable to find you a roommate. If single accommodations are desired and if space is available, the single-supplement rate of $400. will be added.
DEPOSITS: $1000 per workshop, per person, at time of booking. A deposit is the only way to reserve space. Class size is limited.
FINAL PAYMENT is due sixty (60) days prior to the workshop (July 29, 2007) and may be made by personal or bank check or Paypal. Group or association discounts will be calculated after the intitial deposit is received by ARTroads.
GROUP OR ASSOCIATION discounts will be credited to the final invoice after the initial deposit is received.
PUBLISHED RATES: Any change to our rates will be made only to reflect changes in currency exchange rates or land services. If the enrollment fails to meet minimum requirements, the workshop is subject to cancellation or re-pricing in the sole discretion of the Artroads' management.
CANCELLATIONS must be made in writing and will be assessed the following fee per person:
Sixty days or more prior to the workshop: $250.
Less than sixty days prior to the workshop: $350.
Less than thirty days prior to the workshop: $1000.
REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION, detailed trip information, workshop agenda and materials list will be mailed upon receipt of the registration form and deposit.
TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: A passport valid for at least sixty (60) days beyond the conclusion of the workshop is required. It is the responsibility of each participant to possess the appropriate travel documents.
HEALTH REQUIREMENTS: While immunizations are not required prior to travel in Italy, good health is a pre-requisite to the workshop.
DUE DATES:
Before July 29, 2007 $1,000. deposit required to reserve your enrollment. Payment in full required by September 1, 2007
After July 29, 2007, payment in full is required to reserve your enrollment.
Checks (personal or bank drafts) should be made payable to Artroads© and sent to:
ARTROADS©
Att: Registration
246 Romain Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
info@artroads.net
415/206-0960 (tel)
415/362-8889 (fax)
Please see registration form for refund and cancellation policies.
OUR LAWYER'S LANGUAGE
Artroads© and it's staff are acting only in a capacity of agents relating to transportation and workshop operations and is not responsible for delays, inconvenience or expense resulting from causes beyond their control. We reserve the right to substitute accommodations or make changes in the agenda or itinerary where we deem necessary. No refund will be made for absences from the workshop or other scheduled activities. We reserve the right to decline or terminate the participation of anyone who may adversely affect the workshop operation. Our liability shall be limited to a refund of the cost of recoverable expenses.
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