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Departments: Art, Fashion Design and Merchandising, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Journalism, Landscape Architecture, Marketing, and Photography
San Giovani Valdarno and Milan, Italy
Dates: June 27 to July 26, 2009
Program Status: No Longer Accepting Applications

The Disegno Italia summer program provides students with the opportunity to study Italian art, design and culture. This four-week program begins at il Sillabo in San Giovanni Valdarno, located twenty minutes outside of Florence in the Tuscan countryside. At il Sillabo students will take conversational Italian language, Italian art, design, culture, history and a cooking class. As part of the cultural immersion experience students will participate in field trips to several Tuscan cities as well as Rome. In addition, students will take a cooking class in order to participate in a cultural immersion experience.

The group then will travel to Milan and spend two weeks at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA). Their time at NABA builds upon the Italian art and design lectures covered at Il Sillabo and introduces the design culture of contemporary Italy in the design center of Milan. A choice of courses that specialize in fashion design and merchandising, interior design, graphic design, landscape architecture and product design will be offered. The courses feature lectures by professional Italian designers from each field, field trips to professional venues, and a project.

This program anticipates sophomore year completion in the student's major. Living accommodations will be in shared apartments within walking distance or a short public transportation ride from each school.

2009 Program Director

• Professor Ronald Aman, Division of Art

Course Information - Il Sillabo

• ARHS225/FDM 293: SPTP: Introduction to Italian Culture (Core Class), 3 credits

Course Information - NABA

• ART 293: SPTP: Photography & Moving Image (Elective), 3 credits
• ART 293: SPTP: Graphic Art for Fashion (Elective), 3 credits
• FDM 293: SPTP: Fashion Design (Elective), 3 credits
• FDM 293: SPTP: Fashion Journalism (Elective), 3 credits
• FDM 293: SPTP: Fashion Merchandising (Elective), 3 credits
• FDM 293: SPTP: Fashion Styling (Elective), 3 credits
• FDM 293: SPTP: Fashion Photography (Elective), 3 credits
• FDM 293: SPTP: Fashion Textiles & Fibres Studio (Elective), 3 credits
• ID 293: SPTP: Interior Design (Elective), 3 credits
• ID 293: SPTP: Product Design (Elective), 3 credits

Cost: $6,700

• Price includes: WVU credits, extended learning fees, housing, some meals, excursions to Rome and in Tuscany, international health insurance, bus transfers (round trip Milan to Tuscany and from NABA to Milan airport)
• Not included: International flight, studio supplies, local transportation, some admittance fees, passport fees, and personal expenses

Program Resources

• Disengo Italia Web Site
• Program Application
• Acceptance Packet
• Pre-Departure Guide

Travel Resources

• U.S. Passport Application Instructions
• WVU International Travel Clinic
• Consular Information Sheet for Italy - U.S. State Department
• Embassy of Italy in the United States
• Health Information for Travelers to Italy - U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)