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AT A GLANCE:

Summer 2005:
June 6-July 6, 2005

Location:
Florence, Italy

Approximate Costs (2005): :
$3,070-3,140 plus approximately
$650-750 for housing,
PLUS UNL tuition and fees

Subjects :
Learn the art of color woodcut printmaking

Application Deadline :
Priorty Deadline:
March 1
Regular Deadline:
April 1

Housing :
Apartments near campus

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Italy:
Woodcut Printmaking

 		 

Summer Study Abroad in Florence, Italy
   
 
Color Woodcut Printmaking in Florence June 6-July 6, 2005

The Department of Art and Art History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is offering an accredited three-week studio course in woodcut printmaking at the Santa Reparata International School of Art. Founded in 1970, the Santa Reparata Graphic Art Centre, has recently expanded its facility by moving to a new location on Via San Gallo 30. The new space is located in a historic 19th century building whose garden was once a part of the first art academy in Italy founded by Lorenzo de Medici, and whose students included the young Michelangelo. The rooms of the school are situated around the beautiful garden/ courtyard in atrium fashion, and enjoy abundant natural light and a view of the garden.

The school has studios and classroom space for etching, woodcut, lithography, monoprinting, photo mechanical processes, digital imaging, letterpress and book arts, photography, painting, drawing, art history, Italian language, and other academic offerings.

Santa Reparata's physical plant is state of the art,handicap accessible and has TDD telephone service for hearing impaired. Students have access to the internet accessible computer lab where six Macintosh computers have a variety of word processing and graphic programs.

Students will have ninety hours of class time and the remaining free time will be spent visiting the museums and monuments of Florence. To understand the beauty and significance of our location a special lecture will be given by a Florentine art historian covering the historical background of Florence and its art. The art historian will accompany the group on two walking tours of the city. Also planned are several field trips: the medieval town of Siena for the Romanesque and Gothic antecedents to Renaissance art; the hilltop town of San Gimignano with its eleven medieval towers; the Byzantine town of Ravenna with its famous mosaics; the seaport of Venice, with spectacular art, churches and romantic canals. We will also tour the 2003 Biennale in Venice, an important and large international contemporary art exhibition.

This course will awaken the possibilities of the woodcut printing process for the beginning and advanced printmaker. This approach is not technically tradition-bound, but inventive with contemporary, creative methods that can be spontaneous, simple and direct. This expressive medium will be introduced and explored through demonstrations and discussions of cutting techniques, oil-base ink and modifiers, and printing by hand as well as etching press. The participants will go from designing their images, cutting blocks, to printing of editions as well as unique impressions of monoprints from blocks using the variety of techniques introduced to complete several projects. There will be a presentation of historical influences, demonstrations of process, sketch review and informal discussions of contemporary printmaking. This intensive and exciting experience will include methods for idea generation, a collaborative project and the recognition of our printed world and graphic environment. Kunc will also demonstrate her own multicolor reduction-block woodcut printing methods.

 
Florence

A city of unparalleled artistic achievement, Florence is the flower of the Renaissance. Students will observe firsthand the artistic heritage of Giotto, Donatello, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Leonardo and the legion of artists, writers and musicians who made Florence one of the most vital centers of culture in the western world. Guided tours for our group will include the great monuments of the 14th century: the churches of Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella, as well as the Palazzo Vecchio and the Orsanmichele. Also included for an introduction to 15th century art and architecture will be visits to the Medici chapel, the Ufizzi Galleries and the Gallaria Dell'Academia.

 
Travel and Housing

Group travel arrangements will be made through UNL International Affairs, and can accommodate individual arrival and departure dates and locations.

Students will have accommodations in Florence arranged for them by the Santa Reparata International School of Art. The housing is in apartments or an apartment-hotel, all near the Studio in the center of Florence. Estimate for multiple-occupancy apartments is $650-$750 for a one-month lease. All apartments are within walking distance to the studio, are furnished with linens and essentials and have a kitchen and bath. Please note extensive walking may be necessary. You will be asked to complete a housing form after course application.

 
Itinerary

June 6 -- Depart USA
June 7 -- Arrive in Florence
June 9 -- Course begins in Florence
June 22 -- Afternoon trip to Venice
June 23-24-25 -- Venice museums and the Biennale
June 26 -- Venice/Ravenna/return to Florence
June 30 -- Last class, final critique, banquet
July 2 -- Depart Florence

An optional trip to Rome may be planned July 2-6.

 
Faculty
Karen Kunc is Cather Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she has taught since 1983. Her works have been exhibited recently in solo exhibitions at the SNAP Gallery (Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; the Ball State University Atrium Gallery, Muncie, Indiana; and Gallery APA, Nagoya, Japan; and internationally: Majdanek 2004, State Museum, Lublin, Poland, award; the 6th Triennale Mondiale D’Estampes Petit Format, Chamalieres, France, second place award; Invitational, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan; Intergrafia, Poland; International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. She has taught numerous workshops around the world and served as a visiting artist to over 100 institutions. Her work has been published by Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, Cradle Oak Press at Bradley University, Guest Artist in Printmaking Program (GAPP) at the University of Texas, and Tandem Press at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has recently curated and organized the touring exhibition Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland and organized the Mid-America Print Council conference Printmaking Relevance/Resonance at UNL. Kunc’s 2005 woodcut printmaking course will be the sixth time she has taught students in Florence.
 
Earn UNL Credits
This course is offered for 3 credit hours at the graduate or undergraduate level during the first 5-week Summer Session (note, this course overlaps the second 5-week Summer Session).

ART 241 -- Undergraduate students who have taken Art 111 Foundation Design and 101 Drawing, with no printmaking experience and/or Visual Literacy Program.
ART 242 -- Intermediate printmaking students.
ART 341, 342, 441, 442 -- Advanced printmaking students; course number depends on past coursework in art.

Graduate credit is under the supervision of, and therefore granted by, the Graduate Faculty of the University of Nebraska. Graduate credit can be obtained only by previous arrangement with the Graduate College.

Prerequisites: Art major or previous art experience. Previous printmaking experience is helpful but not required. Permission of instructor is required for all students.
 
Applications and Payment Schedule
You need following Applications for this program :

Form A :: General Information
Form B :: Statement of Purpose
These applications forms are available at International Affairs or www.unl.edu/iaffairs

Payment Schedule
March 1.....Priority registration with $200 deposit
April 1......$750 due
May 1........Additional $1000 due
May 15.......Balance of costs due

Late applications will be considered on a space-available basis. Withdrawal after April 1 is subject to a $200 cancellation fee plus irrecoverable costs. Cancellations must be made in writing to International Affairs.
 
Your Program Fee Includes:
  • Studio fee
  • Guide for field trip to Sienna (bus trip not included)
  • Field trip to Venice & Ravenna, including rail travel and hotel for 4 nights
  • Roundtrip airfare from Omaha (other departure cities on request)
  • Insurance
An estimated price range for the course is between $3070-3140 plus approximately $650-750 for housing plus UNL tuition and fees. Current UNL undergraduate resident tuition rate is $143.75 per credit hour, nonresident rate is $426.75. Graduate rates are higher.

Tuition will be billed separately by UNL student accounts and will be due approximately May 1.

Not included: housing costs are separate and will be arranged through Santa Reparata International School of Art. Also some art supplies will be provided but others will have to be purchased, such as paper and carving tools.
 
Register Now
Register now to reserve your space. Group size is limited. You will receive further information about the trip and course requirements. Late registration is possible only if space is available. Quick admission to UNL at the graduate or undergraduate level is available for UNL World Campus summer programs.
 
Scholarships and Financial Aid
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln recognizes the importance of increasing the diversity of participation in all University programs. International Affairs is offering limited financial assistance in the form of scholarships to promote and support diversity in UNL Study Abroad Programs. Contact International Affairs for further information.

For other types of financial aid contact Caroline Routh, Scholarships & Financial Aid, 16 Canfield Administration Bldg., UNL, 472-2030.
 
For Further Information
  • Professor Karen Kunc,
    303 Woods Hall, UNL,
    (402) 472-5541 or (402) 275-3382.
  • International Affairs, 420 University Terrace,
    (402) 472-5358. email: iaffairs.unl.edu Website: www.unl.edu
 
Did You Know...
  • From 1865 to 1870 Florence was the capital of Italy?
  • Florentine writers like Dante, Petrarch an Boccaccio helped turn the Tuscan dialect into Italy's literary language?
  • Giotto, da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Machiavelli, Donatello and Galileo were all residents of Florence?
  • Although the construction of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore began in 1294 the facade was not finished until 1875?
  • Florence's Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale serves as the nation's official library; a copy of every book published in Italy is sent there?
  • Despite its historic and artistic importance, Florence is only the eighth largest city in Italy?
  • Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning is buried in Florence's English Cemetery?
  • The Grand Canal in Venice is bordered by about 200 palaces?
  • The population of Venice in the 19th century was nearly 200,000 and today is only 85,000?
  • The average age of Venetians is the highest in Europe?
  • In accordance with laws against opulent decoration, gondolas have been painted black since the 16th century?