In March 2017, the CEA Visual Arts Department traveled to Italy for a cultural immersion educational experience, in which students got to know the culture, history, and art of Italy. Students had the chance to spend ten days in Florence and Rome, and had day trips to Lucca, Pisa, Siena, and San Gimignano. In Florence, they toured the many magnificent churches and museums in the city with a personal guide, who is an educator and enamored the students with the culture and life of Italy in an age-appropriate and exciting way. They visited Florence’s many piazzas, the churches of Santa Maria Novella, Santa Maria del Carmine, San Miniato al Monte, San Marco, Santa Croce, the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Il Duomo, the Academia Gallery, where they experienced Michelangelo’s statuary masterpiece, David, and Boticelli’s Madonna and Child, and the Uffizi Museum. In Rome, they toured the extraordinary Vatican, and toured the city, taking in the most famous sites, including the Colosseum and the Fontana di Trevi.
In addition to the cultural activities, sightseeing, and museum tours, our young artists attended art and art restoration workshops throughout the trip and visited local art schools. They took a realist drawing workshop at the Florence Academy of Art with a live model, a new experience for most of the students who attended. Mrs. Vazquez, Visual Arts Department Head, and Mrs. Martinez, CEA Media Specialist, worked with the students throughout the school year to prepare them for this experience. Learn More About the Florence Academy of Art
