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Art School Victoria
SPECIAL EVENT:
PAINTING and DRAWING CLASSES IN FRANCE + ITALY
with Kate Carson and Michelle Miller // August & September 2011
TO REGISTER for Italy or France, contact:
KATE CARSON / 250-590-0568 / kate@artcorner.ca
Provence, France near
Avignon
Saturday, August 27 to Saturday, September 3, 2011
$2320 CAD shared accommodation // $2650 CAD single accommodation
Includes:
- 7 nights accommodation in Mas Sainte Antoine, near Avignon
- 7 breakfasts
- 5 lunches with wine of the region
- 5 dinners with wine of the region
- All meals prepared by Chef Marcia Kurbis of Victoria, B.C.
- Visit to Roman ruins in Arles
- Stroll through a French outdoor market in St. Remy
- Wine tasting at a local winery
- Art program: 24 hours instruction in drawing and painting at the villa, the countryside and at a winery
- Transfer from Avignon train station
- All transportation during the week
Not included: airfare and painting supplies.
Transportation Note: Nice, France, is the closest airport. Avignon, France is approximately a 3.5hr train ride from Nice. We will pick up students at Avignon train station.
Liguria, Italy, near the
town of Dolceacqua
Tuesday, September 13 to Tuesday, September 20, 2011
$1350 CAD shared accommodation // $1550 CAD single accommodation
- 7 nights shared accommodation at Villatalla
- 7 breakfasts
- 6 lunches with wine of the region
- 7 dinners with wine of the region
- Art program: 24 hours instruction in drawing and painting at villa and the countryside
- Transfer from airport/train station
- All transportation during the week
And visits to...
- Dolceacqua castle
- the local market in Ventimiglia
- Visionarium 3D Cinema in Dolceacqua
- the medieval villages of Apricale and Rocchetta Nervina
- the beautiful town of Menton, one of the "pearls of the Cote d'Azur"
- Ventiglimiglia old town including the cathedral with traces from the 8th century
Not included: airfare and painting supplies.
This is a particularly lovely area in the mountains of Liguria for those who like to hike. The area is medieval and very rural, gorgeous and peaceful. Claude Monet lived in Bordighera for 6 months and painted the Dolceacqua medieval bridge twice, in varying lights.
Transportation Note: Nice, France, is the closest airport. We will pick up students in Nice airport or Ventimiglia train station.
A 50% deposit is required to secure your space.
PLEASE note that there are only TEN spaces available!
TO REGISTER for Italy or France, contact:
KATE CARSON / 250-590-0568 / kate@artcorner.ca