- June 25, 2018 DURATION: 6 Weeks CITIES: Ostia Antica, Florence, Massa Maritima, Naples, and Rome Leader: Dr. Debra Murphy Co-Leader: Prof. Goloborotko (Printmaking) Co-Leader: Prof. Trice (Photography)
gathering local materials to incorporate into their constructions such as maps, bus tickets, and placemats. • Frottage: Students created prints from inking the uneven surfaces and textured walls, grids, and signs in the hillside town of Massa Maritima. • Prints: Students learned how to make prints, using a pasta machine as an etching press, printed linocuts, and gelatin monotypes. • Solar Photogram: Collaboration among Photography and Printmaking students utilizing found objects and stencils to imprint images on negatives using the sun as the light source. • Exhibition: Students welcomed the public visiting their capstone exhibition at the Lobby at St. Johns University. This fall, the students’ work will be exhibited alongside the Art and Design faculty who participated in the Italy study abroad, celebrating the tenth anniversary of this successful TLO. EXHIBITIONS • Hiroshige: Visioni dal Giappone at the Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome. • Francesco Casorati, Opera Incisa at the Museo dell’Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Rome. • Litografia Bulla at the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Rome. • Alter Ego, Temple University, Rome. STUDIO VISITS • Il Papiro: Paper marbling Demonstration, Florence. • Betterpress: Letterpress studio directed by Francesca Colonia and Giulia Nicolai, Rome. • Temple University: Printmaking studio and gallery with artist and professor Devin Kovach, Rome. • Papermaking Studio: Roberto Mannino, Temple University Professor’s studio, Rome. PUBLIC ART • Tutti Potenziali Bersagli, by Mimmo Paladino, Rome. FIELD STUDY • Aqueduct Park: Field Study and Sketching
utilizing found objects and stencils to imprint images on negatives using the sun as light source. Project developed with Prof. Trice, Photography. JUNE 5 ROME
make prints, using a pasta machine as an etching press, printed linocuts, and gelatin monotypes. Working in a makeshift studio at St Johns University gave students the opportunity to work collaborative and problem solve while experiencing cultural differences that framed their creative work.
was an amazing trip. I know how much work it is to give students an experience like this, an experience that they will literally remember for the rest of their lives. Thank you so much! Cheers, George To All Students, Thank you for your hard work and great photos!