Students reside together in the historic Grand Hotel Cocumella, a former monastery situated in a botanical garden perched on spectacular cliffs overlooking Mt. Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples. Various field trips are designed to introduce students to the cultural and historic richness of the area. A walking tour of old Naples reveals a rare Caravaggio in situ, the majolica cloister of Santa Chiara, and the Treasury of Naples Cathedral. The group tours the Capodimonte Painting Museum, and the National Archaeological Museum which houses the incomparable Roman wall painting, mosaics, and sculpture buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Students also tour the archaeological sites of Herculaneum or Pompeii, and Paestum. Participants have independent time to visit Rome or further explore the Bay and the Amalfi coast.
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On the faculty of MICA since 1980, she received the Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1995. Her studio work includes painting, printmaking, and collage. He maintains a private painting conservation studio in Baltimore and is closely involved in the conservation of Greek antiques. Because Santorini proved to be such an extra-ordinary painting adventure last year, we'll return there this summer, along with our very popular site of Olymbos on the Dodecanese island of Karpathos. Manuel Theodore and Libbie Nead, painters and travelers throughout Greece since 1978, will take participants to Santorini to experience the unique volcanic geology, the distinctive whitewashed architecture perched precipitously on the caldera high above the sea, and the shimmering golden sunsets.