SUMMER WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
Dynamic Life Drawing
CANCELLED DUE TO WIDESPREAD LACK OF INTEREST.
APPARENTLY STARING AT NAKED WOMEN ALL DAY IS JUST A DRAG.
Mon 20th August - Mon 27th August 2012
The Apuan Alps Centre for Physics @ TTI
Vallico Sotto, Tuscany, Italy
POSTER
Workshop programme (PDF)
For thousands of years, probably from the first moment people began to
explore ways of capturing the living world around them, figure drawing has
been the standard way to measure an artist's skill. The human figure
offers every challenge - from perspective and composition to line and
tone. An ability to draw from life is also vitally important in simply
appreciating fine art; to understand the connection between the perceiver
and the perceived is to understand how the form evolved through the
various movements in the History of Art.
In the summer of 2012 the Apuan Alps Centre for Physics in Tuscany, Italy
- owned and run since 2004 by bronze sculptor Samantha Keil and her Cambridge
University physicist husband Mike Towler - will be hosting a unique art
experience event in collaboration with fine artist Mandy Davies-Kent and
performing artist Loreto Valenzuela. The one-week course will feature classes
in Dynamic Life Drawing, using both male and female models. The classes will
employ a variety of performers, sound, lighting, props, visual effects, drawing
methods and physical theatre techniques to create a memorable artistic
experience. During the week, there will also be excursions to the nearby cities
of Lucca and Florence where we will appreciate the efforts both of the
Renaissance masters and of local chefs. The instructors will be:
A range of skill levels can be catered for, though a certain amount of
artistic ability is to be desired.
The classes will take place at the TTI monastery in the Tuscan Apuan Alps
in Italy, an internationally well-regarded venue that was run as an Art
School from the early 1990s, and since 2004 has been known for hosting a
long series of successful workshops and summer schools in quantum physics
and related topics. The monastery is a unique venue with a wonderful
community spirit and a magnificent location. It is a delightful 15th
century building incorporating an ancient church, and is situated in the
isolated but spectacular setting of the Tuscan mountain village of Vallico
Sotto. The church is fully equipped with relevant presentation and
computer technology, and with all the necessary art equipment. All
accommodation is on-site or in neighbouring village houses.
As with all events at the Institute, formal instruction is restricted to
the mornings, and participants are given the freedom and space to work and
think at their leisure. In the afternoons, a programme of healthy
recreational activities such as mountain walks will be organized, and it
is hoped that by by participating in these, together with breathing the
clean air of the Apuan Alps and by preparing and sampling fine Tuscan
cuisine, the participant will be able to return home mentally and
physically refreshed as well as having acquired a deeper understanding of
art.
Please send all expressions of interest to Mike Towler (email:
) who will be pleased to send you additional
information.
List of registered participants:
Phil Robertshaw
Tereza Stribrna
Emma Towlson
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