Via the Vasto Arts Workshop, you will spend your days painting alongside experienced art instructors, all local working artists with whom to talk, discuss, exchange ideas. Creating art is our focus. Participants workshop 3 hours a day for five days. These may be in the studio, or plein air, but students are free to work in the oen studio day and night.
-Painting Classes are typically from Monday
to Friday, 9-12 am, or 4-7 pm, and may vary to allow for excursions or field trips.
-Pottery/Ceramics are from Monday to Friday, 4,30-7,30 pm.
2016 DATES
25 JUNE – 2 JULY
3 SEPTEMBER – 10 SEPTEMBER
CLASSES REQUIRE MINIMUM 5 PARTICIPANTS. If you are a group, a collective, or association, please contact us for dates convenient for you. Faculty Information
(This is a partial list.) Giulietta Spadaccini – www.percorsidarte.it
Giuseppe Muzii – www.percorsidarte.it/chi-siamo.php
Giulietta and Giuseppe, a husband and wife team, will be leading courses in Painting and Pottery/Ceramics. Their work can be seen at their website. Michele Montanaro – www.michelemontanaro.it
Michele, a multi-media artist and poet, also founded Art In The Dunes, an exhibition held inside the Natural Reserve of Punta Penna, one of Vasto’s prettiest beaches, with works featuring driftwood and found objects. He is also a restorer. Tiziano La Palombara – www.tizianolapalombara.it
A hyper-realist portrait oil painter, who also excels in pencil drawing. Rachel Citrino, an Italian-American artist based in Philadelphia, our Special Guest. Rachel Citrino: www.rachelcitrino.com
NOTA BENE: Should you be an Art instructor, or Art Association, and would like to lead or bring a Group of your own, we can help with all the details and local logistics. Please contact with any questions you might have. Independent Artists may wish to stay at my very own studio: www.villamonteferrante.com. FEATURES
Accomodations
Accomodations can be chosen from a Select List of Local Bed & Breakfasts. See Contacts Link at: www.costadelvasto.it. (Several cost extra as they are Deluxe.) Naturally, they differ in style, and location, and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Rooms are cleaned daily, have their private baths, and breakfast is included. Meals NOT included so you can decide how much time and money you want to spend on food. Your B & B will be offering a typical Italian breakfast. There will also be a Welcome Wine & BBQ, presumably under starry skies. Workshop Package Rates
Package for 5-Day Workshops (6-nights/7-Days)
PAINTING
Double occupancy, per person – Eur 650
CERAMICS/POTTERY with GIULIETTA
Double occupancy, per person – Eur 750
Includes
-7 Nights B & B Accomodation;
-Visit to prize-winning local winery, for Wine & Oil Tasting;
-Guided Tour of Vasto’s historic centre;
-Guided Tour of Palazzo D’Avalos, archaeological museum, and galleries;
-For Ceramics/Pottery Participants, a Guided Tour of Museum of the Abruzzi in Pescara;
-Welcome Buffet & BBQ at Villa Monteferrante: www.villamonteferrante.com;
-Final Collective Exhibition. Non Painters
Friends welcome. If you plan to come with a non-workshop-participating friend or partner, rates are discounted 10%. Supplies and Equipment
Do bring your own brushes and paints, but our instructors will also keep in mind you are traveling from afar, so whatever you will require for the workshops can also be bought locally. There are two small art supply shops in town where you can buy basic supplies: paints, brushes, canvas. For outdoor painting sessions, a field easel, a sun hat and walking shoes are recommended. If you are participating in a POTTERY/CERAMICS workshop, all materials are supplied. Travel Directions
Nearest Airport: PESCARA, which has flights from London-Stansted, Bruxelles-Charleroi, Paris, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Barcelo, Milano, Rome. Most participants will be flying to ROME, approx. 275 km from Vasto, a 3.5 hour drive. Should you be traveling to Rome and staying a few days prior to the workshop, there are frequent buses from Rome Tiburtina to Vasto. For timetables, see Orari at: www.prontobusitalia.it and www.difonzobus.it. Or let me know. WEBSITE: www.villamonteferrante.com
EMAIL: [email protected]
