About
This is an educational journey through Italy, designed to combine history, culture, and hands-on artistic experiences. Over 8 days, students will explore Rome, Pompeii, Paestum, and the Amalfi Coast while engaging in drawing, and creative workshops.
Highlights include a guided tour and drawing session in Pompeii, a ceramic workshop in Vietri sul Mare, a culinary experience with local chefs, sketching in the Borghese Gardens, and an academic lecture at Temple University’s Rome campus. Along the way, students will also deepen their understanding of Italian history, architecture, and art while developing their own creative voices.
And yet, this trip is more than lessons and lectures—it’s about sharing gelato on evening walks, laughing with friends while sketching in a sunlit piazza, and discovering the magic of Italy together. It’s an adventure where education meets inspiration, where every moment becomes a memory, and where ART is not just studied, but lived.
Rome
Visit iconic sights such as the Pantheon, Colosseum, Roman Forum/Basilica of Maxentius, and Piazza Navona. Tour Vatican City and the Trajan Market. Experience a walking tour of the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, and San Carlino alle Quattro Fontane. Finally visit The Baths of Diocletian before hopping a train to Florence.
Amalfi Coast
After arriving in Florence visit the Basilica of Santa Croce, Il Duomo and Baptistry, Church and Museum of Orsanmichele, and take a Hill tour featuring Piazzale Michelangelo. Check out the Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza, Uffizi Galleries, Galleria dell’Academia, Hospital of Innocents, Church of San Lorenzo, and finish up Italy with an excursion and dinner in San Gimignano
Logistics
Accommodations
We will be staying in hostel or hotel accommodations TBD.
Dining
Breakfast will be in our hotel or hostel, lunch will be on the run or in markets, but dinners will be spent sampling some of Italy's finest food!
Transportation
After our non-stop flight, we will be using Charter buses as our primary means of transportation during the trip. There will also be extensive walking and students can expect to walk between 5-8 miles per day.
