Visual Arts & Graphic Design Program

  Italy

• Venice: 
Venice

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer 
Dates: Fall, Spring, Summer and Academic Year

Description: This program is open to undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students. The curriculum emphasizes courses in painting, drawing, printmaking, digital photography/imaging, computer graphics, art history, web design, as well as Italian language and culture. Students also have the option of independent study with faculty, and internships in art galleries, museums, graphic design firms, etc. The program includes cultural and sightseeing excursions in Venice, the Veneto region, Florence, Rome and Milan. Students can earn up to 18 credit hours per semester. The program is conducted in English.

Highlights:
Host Institution:
The Scuola Internazionale di Grafica is a small, private visual arts and graphic design academy in Venice, Italy. The Scuola's annual enrollment is limited to 200 students - 80% of whom are Italian - thereby strengthening the cultural immersion of KEI students. Its international faculty consists of artists who lived, studied, worked and exhibited their art in museums and art galleries throughout the world. In addition to classes, students have access to the Scuola's studios outside of class. The Scuola's central location in the city center is ideal for studying Italian art and design as well as language and culture. Students live in furnished apartments located in the central historical district of Venice, 10 minutes from Piazza San Marco by foot, 15 minutes from the Scuola by vaporetto (water bus), and 2 minutes from the closest vaporetto stop.

The Scuola is located in Campo San Marcuola, in the artistically and historically rich city center. Whenever possible, the visual arts, printmaking, book arts, Italian language, and culture studies programs make full use of the Venetian landscape and society. The Scuola's central location allows it a unique position between traditional and contemporary culture, and attracts art professionals and students from all over the world. The program includes extensive sightseeing and cultural excursions in Venice, the Veneto region of Italy, Florence, Rome, and Milan.

Courses:
The Venetian Art History Course is required of all KEI students. Semester students take up to 18 credits per term, and summer students can take up to 6 credits per month-long program.

Cost in US$: Semester=$10,950; Summer=$5,950.

Experience Required: no

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Scholarships are Available. - $200-1,000

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Knowledge Exchange Institute (KEI)'s Mission Statement: The Knowledge Exchange Institute offers unique study and intern abroad programs for college and graduate students. KEI programs are distinguished by a large selection of major-specific, language and regional studies courses; courses taught in English (all locations); professional internships; transcripts and credit from an accredited university; extensive cultural excursions; housing; pre-departure and on-site staff and support; and attentive service and small groups of students.

Year Founded: 1997