Each year, the League hosts workshops in Florence, Italy—considered by many to be the birthplace of fine art.  This year, the League will host two plein air workshops from April 28 to May 12.  Click the links below for more details. This dream trip offers you the chance make and study art abroad with colleagues from the League community.

Atmospheric Landscape Watercolor Painting
with League Instructor Naomi Campbell

Plein Air Oil Painting
with League Instructor Thomas Torak
 

Read important registration Information below.

View a slide show from an earlier Florence workshop.

Read Florence housing information here.

Atmospheric Landscape Painting in Florence, the Hidden City
Watercolor Painting with League Instructor Naomi Campbell

April 28 - May 12
Package price of $2500 includes:

• Instructed workshop
• Double room occupancy in a shared apartment (single room supplement is $375)
• Museum card

Enrollment limited to 20 students

It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.
— Niccolo Machiavelli

Primavera, the rites of a Tuscan spring
It is spring in Florence, the bedrock of the Renaissance, where it all happened: Giotto, Donatello, Brunelleschi, Fra Angelico, and Michelangelo. The Florentine school affected all of Europe. The revival of the Greek aesthetics of natural beauty is said to have catapulted us into the modern world, creating one of the most beautiful cities in the world. They were great architects, artists and writers. Opera was born from that Renaissance. There is inspiration everywhere. En plein air, we will mine the atmosphere of the waters of the Arno surrounded by markets, piazzas, gardens and the monuments of the Renaissance. We will translate these cityscapes into unique experiences in watercolor and peruse masterpieces of the Western world housed in cathedrals and museums. We will go beyond the stones seeking the flesh of the city and the road less traveled. View a slide show of photos from an earlier Florence workshop.

Supply List

Itinerary

About the Instructor
Naomi Campbell has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally in galleries and museums. She is an honored signature member of 4 recognized national fine art organizations (two of them for watercolor) and has garnered 4 gold medals of honor from leading national fine arts juried organizations. She has been featured in over 14 fine art book publications, numerous fine art magazine publications, art journals, newspaper and newspaper on-line video interviews and television over the years. She has been a guest lecturer at New York art colleges and art organizations. Her permanent public and corporate collections include: the City of New York, the City of Geochang, South Korea, the City of Irving, TX, the Trenton City Museum, NJ, the New York Public Library, the New York State Museum, SWIFT Pan-Americas, NY, Maimonides Hospital, NY, the ASPCA, NY and FL and London International Advertising, NY, London, England. Ms. Campbell currently works and resides in New York City. For more information please visit www.naomicampbelltheartist.com.

Plein Air Painting in Oil with League Instructor Thomas Torak

April 28 – May 12
Package price of $2500 includes:

• Instructed workshop
• Double room occupancy in a shared apartment (single room supplement is $375)
• Museum card

Enrollment limited to 20 students

Florence–the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Come live and work in the city where Brunelleschi designed his magnificent dome and Michelangelo carved the heroic David, where Ghiberti, Massacio and Donatello created their greatest works. Be inspired to ignite your own personal renaissance as we draw and paint in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Charming street scenes, splendid cityscapes, bridges spanning the Arno, gardens and vistas, all bathed in Tuscan light, await your brush. We will also visit churches and museums to study some of Europe’s greatest masterpieces. View a slide show of photos from an earlier Florence workshop.

Supply List

Itinerary

About the Instructor
Thomas Torak’s paintings explore the possibilities of luminosity and atmosphere, motion and harmony, poetry and expression. While embracing the long held principles of traditional painting he employs an enigmatic technique, vigorous but subtle, classical yet contemporary, producing works of art with a distinctive quiet liveliness. Mr. Torak’s paintings have been awarded the American Artists Professional League Medal of Honor, the Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor, the Academic Artists Association Gold Medal of Honor, the Allied Artists of America Silver Medal of Honor, and the AAPL Frank C. Wright Medal of Honor. For more information on the instructor, please visit www.thomastorak.com.

Registration Information

Registration is open as of Monday, October 31, 2011.

Contact Anki in the ASL office at:
(212) 247- 4510 ext. 123 or
FlorenceWorkshop@artstudentsleague.org

Costs & Refund Policy
Payment due in-full upon registration.
Total cost of package is $2,500 and includes:

• Tuition
• Accommodations with double room occupancy in a shared apartment 
($375 supplement for single room occupancy in a shared apartment. Availability may be limited.)
• Four museum visits (per instructor’s itinerary)
  

Air fare and related travel costs are not included.

Additional costs:
Students may be charged an additional fee of approximately $25-$40. (Final fee amount pending instructor’s itinerary and confirmation of reservations of any museums and monuments not covered by the museum card.) Air fare and related travel costs are the responsibility of the student and are not included in package price. The Art Students League of NY is not responsible for fees incurred due to cancellation or changes to travel itinerary.

Cancellation Refund Policy effective as of first day of registration, October 31, 2011.

Also note: Workshop itinerary includes activities that will require a significant amount of walking. Bring comfortable footwear. Passports are required and must be valid through the entire trip.

Please read carefully before registering.