Packed and Ready

Five days from take off and my bag is already packed. Excited is an understatement.


General trip information:
Program: Learn Tuscany with UT Austin Art Department
Teachers: Ann Johns teaching Art History, Michael Mogavero teaching drawing and painting
Friends: Sarah (Kappa who's the pledge class below me), Coco (apartment neighbor, friend from Parsons), Olivia (friend from my design program)
Location: Castiglion Fiorentino, close to Florence. We are staying in Santa Chiara, an old convent. 
Dates: May 23rd to July 4th
Schedule:

May 23 (W):   Students leave the U.S.

May 24 (Th):  arrive Castiglion Fiorentino (CF)

5/25 (F):          CF orientation/class

5/26 (Sa):         Florence by rail. City bus to Piazzale Michelangelo for spectacular view; walk to San Miniato (drawing time). Walking tour of the city from San Miniato to the Piazza della Signoria and Orsanmichele. Break for lunch and free time. Meet at Duomo complex at 3:00 for Duomo discussion; buy/peruse art supplies at Zecchi’s, historic art supply store. 

5/27 (Su):        free 

Week of Monday, May 28

5/28 (W):         CF Class

5/29 (T):          Arezzo via local bus; Pieve di Santa Maria, Piero della Francesca                                                frescoes at San Francesco, break for lunch. Meet at Duomo at 3:00.

5/30 (W):         CF class

5/31 (Th):        Siena by chartered bus; Palazzo Pubblico, lunch, Duomo and Duomo

                        museum; dinner in Siena

6/1 (F):            CF class

6/2 (Sa):           free

6/3 (Su):          free

Week of Monday, June 4

6/4 (M):           CF Class

6/5 (T):            Orvieto by rail; Duomo complex and Signorelli frescoes; drawing and free time in city.

6/6 (W):           CF class

6/7 (Th):          Florence trip II by rail. Andrea del Castagno frescoes at Sant’Apollonia, Brunelleschi’s Foundling Hospital and San Marco (Fra Angelico). Break for lunch. Meet at Santa Maria del Carmine for Brancacci Chapel visit at 3:30.

6/8 (F):            CF class

6/9 (Sa):           free

6/10 (Su):        free

Week of Monday, June 11

6/11 (M):         Rome

        A.M. travel from CF to Rome by rail; check into Hotel Tiziano

        Ancient Rome: Roman Forum, Colosseum, and Pantheon

6/12 (T):          Medieval Rome: walking tour in Trastevere (S.M. in Trastevere, Sta.                                               Cecilia); afternoon free

6/13 (W):         Renaissance Rome: St. Peter’s and the Vatican museums

6/14 (Th):        Baroque Rome: Caravaggio walk (Sant’Agostino, San Luigi dei Francesi,                                       Santa Maria del Popolo), Borghese Gallery, Bernini’s St. Teresa                                                      (Santa Maria in Vittoria)

6/15 (F):          Depart for long weekend!!!

6/16 (Sa):         free

6/17 (Su):        free

Week of Monday, June 18

6/18 (M):         free

6/19 (T):          return from long weekend

6/20 (W):         CF class/Rome review

6/21 (Th):        CF class

6/22 (F):          Florence trip III, by rail: Uffizi a.m.; Santa Croce and Santa Felicita in

                        the afternoon

6/23 (Sa):         free

6/24 (Su):        free

Week of Monday, June 25

6/25 (M):         CF class

6/26 (T):          Cortona by bus (walk to Le Celle)

6/27 (W):         La Pievuccia

6/28 (Th):        CF class/Group Presentations

6/29 (F):          CF class/Group Presentations

6/30 (Sa):         free

7/1 (Su):          free

Week of Monday, July 2

7/2 (M):           Final Art Exhibit

7/3 (T):            clean up/pack/check out

7/4 (W):           depart