Sketchbooks in Italy

August 18 to September 1, 2010

Ken is now sending out applications for this coming summer workshop at LaRomita School of Art in Umbria. He will take 16-18 people with him for two weeks in the hill towns of Italy. Please email him for application and information.

oconnell@uoregon.edu

Telephone 541.953.0190

Workshop cost is $3,450.00 for art instruction, room and board, and local transportation. Airfare is not included. We are picked up from the Rome airport on August 18 before noon and returned to the airport on September 1, 2010 before 10:00am.

Workshops 2009-2010

Spirit of the Rough Sketch
Weekend workshop JUNE 6-7, 2009
SITKA CENTER FOR ART & ECOLOGY Tel. (541) 994-5485
www.sitkacenter.org/ 

(Art Center on the Oregon Coast near Lincoln City.)

Look at these websites for information on sketching 
http://web.mac.com/stoughton/iWeb/Travel/ItalySketchbook.html
http://www.janesanha.com
http://www.laromita.com

http://www.copicmarker.com

Italy 2010 _ towns to sketch

Some of cities and hill towns we will visit are :

ASSISI (mystical home of St. Francis)
PERUGIA (a capitol of the Etruscan confederation)
SPOLETO (home of the "Festival of Two Worlds")
SAN GEMINI (medieval hilltop jewel)
STRONCONE (classic walled town)
SCHEGGINO (riverside known for trout and truffles)
LABRO (spills down the hillside like frosting)
CASSATA D. MARORE (amazing waterfall)
ORVIETO (the incredible cathedral)

and more . . . .

Sketchbooks in Italy 2010

Last two weeks in August, 2010

Kenneth O'Connell is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon and President of Imagination International, Inc. He will teach a two week sketchbook workshop in Italy during the last half of August of 2010. The workshop is located one hour north of Rome in the Umbrian countryside near the town of Terni.

We will stay in an remodeled old monastery where our meals will be prepared daily by the resident staff. Each morning we will travel with sketchbooks in hand to nearby hill towns for drawing and painting. Our afternoons will be spent in the studio at La Romita School of Art. In the evenings there will be a chance to relax, work independently, view slides or share ideas and stories.

Air travel is not included, although a van will be provided to transport people from the airport in Rome to La Romita School of Art. The cost for accommodations (based on double occupancy), all local ground transportation via private bus, most meals and art instruction is about $ 3,450. A rebate of $200 is given to returnees. A single room supplement is an additional $150 per week. A deposit of $500 is required by January 1, 2010 to secure registration.

For more information or to sign up for this workshop please contact Ken O'Connell via email : oconnell@uoregon.edu
or phone : ( 5 4 1 ) 9 5 3 - 0 1 9 0.

For more information about La Romita Art School go to :
www.laromita.com