Pre-College Summer Credit Art Program in Florence!

  Italy

• Florence: 
Florence

Term: Summer 
Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: June 18 - July15 / July2 - July 29 / July 30 - Aug 29

Description: Summer is the best time to have a taste of artistic life in Florence. Accademia Riaci, a top Florentine School of Art & Design, offers rare credit-bearing Summer Programs for art concious high-schoolers world wide. It is one of the only art schools in Italy with summer courses open to international students below 18 years old.

Lessons are taught by qualified, leading Florentine artists equipped with the most traditional to the latest utramodern skills, techniques and trends.   Through extensive practice and hands-on, tailored instruction, students will acquire skills and techniques from the most traditional to the latest trends. The academy imposes great emphasis on the quality of work, development of artistic sensitivity and originality of each learning artists' style.

The curriculum is enhanced with inspiring artistic excursions, and immertion in Florentine art, as well as cultural exchange with students from all over the world.

Highlights: FEATURED SUMMER MAJORS: Life Drawing / Painting, Jewelry Making, Interior Design, Art History, Italian Language Studies.

OPTIONAL COURSES: Italian Home Cooking, Jewelry Making, Overnight Trip to Venice, Mediterranean Sea Day Trip.

SETTING: Accademia Riaci is located in the historical center of Florence, strategically situated between the Duomo and the Church of St. Lorenzo, and within a 3 min. walk from the Central Station. Outside of class, students can easilywalk to major museums, or visit crystal-clear Medditerranean beaches.

Cost in US$: $1700 (1400euro)

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups of 2-20

Application Process Involves:

• Resume
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Accademia Riaci's Mission Statement: The mission of Accademia Riaci is to provide a focused studio art program of depth and seriousness of challenge at undergraduate and graduate levels. The studio disciplines are to be complemented by courses in the humanities since Accademia Riaci is convinced that undertaking courses in both areas is essential in the formation of the artists. Accademia Riaci's goals are to make the overseas study experience present by ensuring that the highest level of instruction in all areas is made available and providing in optimal settings creative intellectual and aesthetic opportunities for the formative artists. Accademia Riaci believes that a clear, complete educational structure explaining the important contributions of foreign cultures and their historic matrix is vital to cotemporary art studies. Accademia Riaci is therefore dedicated to providing an excellent and balanced curriculum of sufficient breadth and scope; a teaching plant adequate and appropriate to art studies in varied disciplines and techniques; and a motivated staff and administration whose preparation and philosophy is that most suitable to enable students to realize the full potential of a study. Understanding other cultures and the promotion of international exchange are implicit in Accademia Riaci's mission. Accademia Riaci is committed to providing the means and the personnel to help creative persons utilize to the maximum their foreign-study experience.

Year Founded: 1983