Textile Design in Italy

 

ITALIAN TEXTILE MUSEUMS, MILLS, STUDIO TOURS, AND SUMMER STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN TEXTILE DESIGN

 

Highlights: An insider�s tour of Italy�s exclusive historic and contemporary textile industry. Visit the RATTI Museum and Educational Foundation, the RUBELLI silk mill, the LISIO Fashion House, and the CLERICI TESSUTO design studio, boat ride on Lake Como, visit exquisite villa and garden in Isola Bella, explore the Renaissance Palace of the Gonzagas family in Mantua, the lace makers of Borano Island, and much more. Following the tour an independently arranged 2-week studio courses in textile design at the undergraduate and graduate levels is offered at the Santa Reparata School of Art and Fuji Studio located in the center of the city of Florence. Participants may sign up for either or both tour and studio course.

This tour is organized by the American Center for International Studies, and is open to Textile Design and Interior Design professionals and students. SDA members and students may sign up at reduced cost.

Accredited studio courses are offered through the Study Abroad Program at Georgia State University.

 

Group Leaders: Junco S Pollack & Susan Webb-Rebecchi in collaboration with American Center for International Study, Boston, MA, Georgia State University Study Abroad Program, Atlanta, GA and Santa Reparata International School, Florence, Italy

 

The Tour Features:

-Accommodations in well located, 3-4 star hotels

-Full time, bilingual tour manager providing commentary and managing travel logistics

-Professional city sightseeing guides

-Comprehensive Walking Tours and City Facts

-Medical and cancellation insurance

-24-hour emergency hotline

-Overseas visits by ACIS� US-based staff

-This tour serves as guided field research for the studio course in textile

design offered under own program following the tour

 

ACIS Group ID: 22650

LeaderName: Pollack

Country(ies) Visited: Italy

Overnights: Milan 2, Como 3, Venice 5, Florence (UOA)

Departure Date: May 30, 2004

Return Date: Flexible Return Date

Tour application deadline: December 15, 2003

All payments due: January 15, 2004

 

TOUR COST (ground only):

Students:

$2,500 (triple occupancy)

SDA members:

$2,850 (double occupancy)

Non-members:

$2,600 (triple occupancy) $2,950 (double occupancy)

Students are placed in a triple room, and passengers 24 years & older will automatically be placed in a double room. Optional Single Room occupancy is $400 more than the double room surcharge.

Air r/t and ground transportation to Milan hotel is not included in the tour cost.

 

To enroll on line for the tour: http://www.acis.com

To download PDF application for the studio course: http://www.juncosatopollack.com/studiocourse/textilesinItaly.pdf

ITALIAN TEXTILE MUSEUMS, MILLS, STUDIO TOURS, AND SUMMER STUDY ABRAOD PROGRAM

 

 

 

TOUR OUTLINE:

 

Day 1. Sunday, May 30, 2004���������Overnight Flight

Departure from the United States under own r/t air arrangements (UOA)

 

Day 2. Monday, May 31, 2004�������������..Milan

Arrive in Milan and meet the ASIS Tour Manager at the first hotel accommodation. Today is free to acquaint yourself with the city. Milan is the dynamic fashion capital of Italy. A city that all Europe looks to for creative inspiration.

 

Day 3. Tuesday, June 1, 2004��������������Milan

Today there will be a brief orientation at the hotel and then enjoy Milan city sightseeing with a local guide. In the evening, enjoy dinner together!

 

Day 4. Wednesday, June 2, 2004������������..Como

This morning we depart Milan and travel by bus to Como, the center of Italian textile printing. Here we visit the RATTI Textile Museum and Educational Foundation.

 

Day 5. Thursday, June 3, 2004�������������..Como

We visit the CLERECI TESSUTO design studio, print mill and showroom. We will also visit the BOSSI screen-engraving studio. In the evening we will enjoy a boat ride on beautiful Lake Como where charming villas and gardens line the banks.

 

Day 6. Friday, June 4, 2004��..������������.Como

We enjoy a day trip to Isola Bella. Built during the 16^th C by the Borromeo family this extraordinary villa and garden encompasses an entire island in Lake Maggiore.

 

Day 7. Saturday, June 5, 2004�.������������.Venice

Depart Como this morning to visit the Ducal Palace in Mantua, the residence of the powerful Gonzagas family that ruled the region for over 300 years. Here you will see magnificent murals by Andrea Mantegna and Titian. We continue on to Venice for overnight.

 

Day 8. Sunday, June 6, 2004����������.���..Venice

Today is free to explore the city of Venice, �Queen of the Adriatic�. There is also city sightseeing with a local guide included.

 

Day 9. Monday, June 7, 2004..�������������Venice

We enjoy a boat trip to Borano Island where we see the hand production of needlepoint lace.

 

Day 10. Tuesday, June 8, 2004�������������Venice

Today we visit the design studio and weaving mill of RUBELLI silk weavers. We also are allowed into their important archives of Renaissance and Baroque silk fabrics.

 

Day 11. Wednesday, June 9, 2004�����������..Venice

We visit the Guggenheim Collection and resident artists studios. In the evening we enjoy dinner together.

 

Day 12. Thursday, June 10, 2004�����������.

Depart Venice for Florence to conclude the tour.

Check in to apartments arranged with Santa Reparata School and get ready for the studio course.

 

Following the conclusion of the tour, Studio Courses begin in Florence under separate arrangements with Santa Reparata School (UOA): June 10- June 29, 2004. (Separate registration is required.)

The accredited studio courses taught by the tour leaders are arranged through Georgia State University Office of Study Abroad Program in collaboration with Santa Reparata International School in Florence.

Participants of the studio course must enroll separately for the courses through the Study Abroad program of Georgia State University

 

 

To enroll on line for the tour: http://www.acis.com

To download PDF application for the studio course: http://www.juncosatopollack.com/studiocourse/textilesinItaly.pdf

 

STUDIO COURSE OUTLINE:

Text 4000 undergraduate major and elective 4 credit hrs

Text 8000 graduate major 3 credit hrs

 

Summer Study Abroad Program in Italy in textile design, styling, and manufacturing. The program aims to create an inter-disciplinary approach between Textile Design and Interior Design, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Through lectures, demonstrations, and intensive studio work, students will come to understand the entire process of designing, styling, and manufacturing sophisticated textiles for industry. This course will build on knowledge and inspiration gained through field research conducted during the proceeding tour as well as the field trips to museums and important sites in and out of Florence. There is ample time for sketch dvelopment. Students may register for either or both the tour and studio course.

 

June 10

Move into apartments well equipped with kitchen and linens.

 

June 11

Orientation at Santa ReparataSchool. Afternoon walking tour of art supply shop.

 

June 12-20

Through studio classes and field trips in and around Florence students will collect inspiration and create sketches with which to develop repeat designs/ story board / printing small scale

 

June 21

Critique.

 

June 22-26

Repeat design development / color separation / screen production / and fabric printing. This advanced studio work will take place at the Fuji Studio, which is well equipped for printing yardage.

 

June 28

Final Critique

 

June 29

Free day

 

June 30

Return to USA

 

FACULTY:

Junco Sato Pollack, Associate Professor of Art, Head of the Textiles Program at the School of Art and Design of Georgia State University. Professor Pollack has exhibited her textile artwork internationally in Museums and galleries in major cities around the world. Her work is included in the permanent Collection of Museum of Art and Design.

Trained in silk manufacturing, weaving, and surface design in Japan and United States, her involvement in textile study is broad and varied. Prof. Pollack�s current research involves thermo-plastic nature of micro fiber polyester and printing on metallic and silk textiles, texturing and laminating into three-dimensional fabric sculpture.

 

Susan Webb-Rebecchi, Owner / designer of Susan Webb Design Inc, a Textile Design Studio based in New York City. Mrs. Webb-Rebecchi is a winner of prestigious Roscoe Award awarded each year for the fine home-furnishing textile design. She has operated her design business over 15 years after working for Brunschwig & Fils, established a partnership with Grey Watkins, and now licenses her print design internationally, overseeing the engraving and printing of goods manufactured in France, Switzerland and Italy. Mrs. Webb-Rebecchi has a working relationship with the Textile manufacturers on this tour.

 

The two program co-directors have shared many travels in Europe and in Japan since 1984. Most recently they organized and directed successfully SDA European Textile Study Tour in 1999.

 

ACIS:

American Center for International Study is a leader in educational travel. Since 1978, ACIS has provided educational tours to Europe and the world helping students broaden their horizons by exploring new countries and experiencing different cultures. For registration, go to www.acis.com

 

SDA:

Surface Design Association is a non-profit educational organization, which provide leadership and guidance in the development of study and professional practice in the field of designing on fabric. For membership application, go to www.surfacedesign.org

 

The Santa Reparata School:

The Santa Reparata International School where the studio course will be offered is a well-established International School with excellent studio facility located in the center of the Renaissance city of Florence. The School offers variety of courses throughout the year and residency arrangement. For more Santa Reparata International School information, go to www.fionline.it/santareparata

 

Study Abroad Program at Georgia State University:

For more course description and registration information, go to

GSU Study Abroad Program http://www.gsu.edu/studyabroad

 

COST:

Tuition: $468 (4 hrs undergrad) $420 (3hrs graduate)

Out of State Student Fee: $250

Program Cost: $1,500

 

APPLICATION DETAILS:

All participants must be accepted into the Study Abroad Program through a portfolio review.

 

Submit: application form, $100 fee, transcript, a letter of recommendation, portfolio of 10 works and list, and a statement of reasons wishing to study textile design in Italy.

 

Non-GSU students must supply a letter of permission to study at GSU and statement of residency status from their department or registrar and pay $250 non-resident fee upon acceptance into the program.

 

Send All application materials and a cashier�s check made out to:

Georgia State University Study Abroad -Italy

 

Prof. Junco S Pollack / Study Abroad Program � Textile Design in Italy

Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design / GSU

10 Peachtree Center

Atlanta, GA 30303 USA

 

APPLICATION AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE:

December 15, 2003 Non-refundable application fee $100

Complete application forms and materials

February 1, 2004 Deposit of $500 toward program cost

Out of state resident fee $250

Statement of residency status

April 1, 2004 All program cost and tuition due

Non-refundable after April 15, 2004

 

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

Students must make own R/T air from their choice of US airport.

 

For those signing up for the tour only:

Make r/t air to Milan arriving May 31 where the tour originates.

The tour ends in Florence at noon on June 10. Make own travel arrangement to Milan and bus to the Milan airport on June 10, 2004. Or plan to stay one night in Florence.

 

For those signing up for the studio course only:

Make r/t air to Milan and train to Florence arriving June 10, departing June 30, 2004.

 

For those signing up for both tour and studio course:

Make r/t air to Milan arriving on May 31 and returning June 30.

 

Students registered for the studio course must make own arrangement for

apartment in Florence for the month of June. This is arranged through Santa Reparata School at www.fionline.it/santareparata Cost is approx. $600 US and additional deposit is required.

 

To enroll on line for the tour: http://www.acis.com

To download PDF application for the studio course: http://www.juncosatopollack.com/studiocourse/textilesinItaly.pdf