Our next residential course in Cervarolo is scheduled for
July 10th -17th.
Class size is restricted to just four students, meaning that you can work without distraction yet in a supportive environment. You will have the use of the studio during the daytime and in the evenings if you so wish (though not after 10pm).
Sessions will last from 9am - 5pm.
Breakfast and lunch will be light and self-service, and the evening meal will be cooked. Nothing fancy, mostly pasta, but accommodating participants medical dietary needs, eg. vegetarian. Please notify Ian once you have booked. Sunday will be a 'day of rest' so no teaching but perhaps a chance for an excursion to Sacre Monte and Varallo.
Be warned, we are about 750m up in the Alps, and the village is quite isolated; there are no shops, pubs or restaurants and there is Mass only on Sunday morning in village church. So it is a chance to withdraw from the world and enter into the enchantment of painting icons. We will say the Divine Office, grace before meals, and keep quiet in the studio.
Participants can decide which icon they want to work on and we will prepare beforehand via Zoom.
Cost for tuition, board and accommodation: €500.
Taxi to and from Malpensa airport: €80 each way (which can be shared if flight times coincide).
You can read about last year's residential course in this edition of Arbor Vitae Icon Academy News.
