Sponsored by the Printmaking/Book Arts Department and the MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Program, College of Art and Design, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA GRPR590 1.5 credits

Paper, Print and Book, Fabriano Italy
GRPR690 Graduate independent Study
FAPR 490 Undergraduate Independent Study

The University of the Arts College of Art and Design is offering "Paper, Print and Book" an independent study abroad course in Fabriano, Italy in the summer of 2007, through the MFA Book Arts /Printmaking Program and the Undergraduate Printmaking / Book Arts Program. Students may take this 1.5 credit course for graduate or undergraduate credit. The course is open to all graduate students and junior level undergraduate students in good academic standing.

Course Description
The course will offer students two weeks of intensive study at the Museum of Paper and Watermark, Fabriano, Italy. Traditional Italian book arts topics covered will be papermaking, watermark-making, burin engraving, binding, marbling and calligraphy. Instruction will be given by Italian masters in these techniques, with language interpretation provided by instructor Lynn Sures. Field trips will include such medieval cities as Assisi and Gubbio, as well as natural landmarks. This is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the arts and culture of Italy, in a charming, historic city renowned for both-and off the beaten tourist path.

Paper, Print and Book in Fabriano
Fabriano, Italy is relatively untouched by tourism, and is an ideal location for a cultural experience for American university students. Everything in the city is accessible on foot, with many attractive destinations nearby. The city is warm and welcoming to American visitors. The course of instruction will be comprised of several 2-and 3-day units covering many aspects of Italian book arts. Papermaking in the tradition of the Italians, including line and chiaroscuro watermarks, will be offered with master papermaker Luigi Mecella in the papermill at the Fabriano Museum of Paper and Watermark. Included will be a lecture by Annarita Librari, a young master of the chiaroscuro watermark. Instruction in bookbinding with a master binder will take place in the museum's bindery, as will instruction in Italian paper marbling and calligraphy. An intensive introduction to traditional engraving will be offered with noted engraver Roberto Stelluti. The course will also include a lecture on the history of Italian papermaking by Franco Mariani, the director of the Institute of Graphic Arts in Urbino and noted scholar of Italian papermaking history. Supplementary trips to Assisi to see the Basilica of Saint Francis, to a working bindery in Gubbio, and an excursion to the Grottoes of Frassasi, the Conero national park and Adriatic seashore-all near Fabriano-will complete the student's immersion in the cultural heritage of this historic region of Italy.

Course requirements
Students will learn the Fabriano pulp beating processes, and have intensive instruction in Italian-style sheet-forming for wire-watermarked and chiaroscuro-watermarked paper. Students will have the opportunity to work on their own watermark designs. Students will have instruction in Italian binding styles and may use papers that they have made to create their books. Students will learn traditional engraving techniques and intaglio printing with a noted master, and the papers made by students can be used in printing. Students should expect a full immersion in the paper, book and print techniques of this region of Italy. In addition, the cultural experiences-art, music, cuisine, and natural-will provide the student with a rich appreciation of Fabriano's people, history, and distinctly Italian character.

Faculty

Lynn Sures, is an instructor of graduate papermaking at the University of the
Arts and an Associate Professor, Coordinator of Fine Arts Core II, at the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, DC. She has taught papermaking during the summers in Fabriano Italy since 2003, and at various centers in Italy since 1997. She was a presenter in the November, 2005 "Paper Now-2005" national papermaking conference in Kyoto, Japan; and had a research trip to Japan's papermaking villages in 2004. She was an "American Artist Abroad" for the US State Department's Art in Embassies Program in January, 2006, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A solo exhibition of her pulp paintings, Body Art, was at Arte Contemporanea Cortona, Fortezza Medicea Girifalco di Cortona, Italy in 2005.

Luigi Mecella, master papermaker at the Museum of Paper and Watermark, Fabriano, Italy

Franco Mariani, Scholar of Italian papermaking and book arts history/school director ISIA (Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche), Urbino.

Roberto Stelluti, is a master engraver who works locally in his studio, creating realistic works on the theme of the natural world. His works are included in the collection of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

Bookbinder and Marbler tba

Annarita Librari, gifted creator of chiaroscuro watermarks, is the youngest of a generations-long line of Fabrianesi practitioners of this exacting art. Her work is featured along with that of her father and grandfather in the collection of the Museo della Carta e della Filigrana, Fabriano, Italy.Registration

Participating students must enroll for a 1.5 credit independent study in summer I term, 2007. Tuition and Fees
Students will be charged a set fee of approximately $3,600. This fee includes:
Tuition for 1.5 credits, GRPR590, Summer I 2007
Airfare from Philadelphia to Ancona, Italy
Housing and breakfasts in Fabriano at the Hotel Gentile da Fabriano
Gateway Travel Insurance

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