Tuscany
ITALY

Sept 18 - 25, 2008

An encounter with Cortona is an encounter with art, with history and with spirituality. We will be staying in a wonderful Tuscan villa and there will be scheduled visits to musuems and excursions. A highlight will be a guided tour of Montepulciano, with wine-tasting at Cantina Redi, one of the finest local wineries where you may sample the famous vino Nobile.

Daily, you will have several options - painting, sketching or photographing with Jann; shopping and touring or just relaxing at your own pace. You may paint in any medium. The choice will be yours. Non-painters welcome!

Tuscany in the Frame, Raffaele Nobile
who is Italian/English speaking has spent a major part of his childhood in Naples and Sicily. He has 25 years of experience running his own businesses, is a keen painter, and will be available throughout your stay. Relax and let him take care of everything while you paint.

Jann Pollard will be the instructor. Open to all levels of artists and in any medium. We will be capturing the moment through photos, sketches and small, plein air paintings. Jann has led tours in various locations since 1997.

REGISTRATION
Brochure: Send an email to Jann
Jann at jann@jannpollard.com, 650.342.8891

Registration : Please refer to the Tuscany in the Frame web site for details.
Go to travel host web site

Raffaele Nobile,
Email: raffaelenobile@onetel.com
Tuscany in the Frame Molino di Bordone C.S. 116, 52040 Montonare di Cortona (AR) Tuscany, Italy
Phone Italy: Cell: 0039 3398256617
Office: 0039 075 826681 & 00390575 614356

TOUR/WORKSHOP
Date: June 17- 24, 2008 and Sept 18 - 25, 2008
Price: €1695 (euro)
€210 Single Supplement
Discounts for early enrollment and non-painting partners
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INCLUDED
All local travel from start/end of tour (Rome airport)
7 nights accommodations
all breakfasts, lunches, dinners (incl. wine)
Painting tuition for the workshop
Bilingual tour director
Transportation in private minibus
Maximum 10 participants
Art supply list will be mailed near the tour date

NOT INCLUDED
Airfare to and from Rome
Gratuities, personal expenses such as laundry. Services other than those mentioned, accident/sickness, trip cancellation and baggage insurance.

7 DAY WORKSHOP

CLICK HERE TO SEE VILLA NOBILE!

We will be one of the first to stay in the long-awaited, restored villa, set in the Tuscan countryside.

Day 1: Pick up at Rome Fiumicino / Da Vinci airport at 2.00pm: Travel to our homebase of Cortona, where you will have time to relax and freshen up. Informal evening to meet the tutor and the rest of the group, talk about the workshop and what you wish to achieve in the week ahead, followed by our evening meal in Cortona.

Days 2 & 3: Tuscan Villa: After breakfast our tutor talks about some of the techniques you may use during the course of the week and gives a short demonstration. Painting on location at the villa. Picnic lunch. Continue workshop into the afternoon, early finish to visit the museum Diocesano in Cortona which contains works by Luca Signorelli and Fra.Angelico. Time for a passeggiata (stroll) before dinner.

Day 4: Excursion to Montepulciano & Pienza: we visit the charming hill town of Montepulciano with time to enjoy the narrow streets and renaissance - inspired buildings. Walk through the ancient ageing cellars of a local winery, sample the famous "Vino Nobile". Visit the 'Tempo di S.Biaggio' by San Gallo. After lunch we continue to the town of Pienza where you will have time to browse, shop or sketch. Return to villa, freshen up & relax before your evening meal.

Day 5: Pierle: Painting workshop on location at a 12th century fortress, now in ruins. It was once lived in by the King of Naples before the unification of Italy. and it includes a 11th century chapel. Pierle is a farming village of about 20 houses - very quaint and tranquil. We travel to the thermal baths of Rapolano Terme where there are indoor and outdoor hot thermal baths. Very relaxing and therapeutic.

Day 6: Monastero Oasi: Early breakfast and then painting workshop on location near the 13th century Oasi Monastery set on the Mt. Egidio hillside, below Cortona. Sketch and prepare to paint. Picnic lunch & time to relax at the villa. Continue in the afternoon.

Days 7: Painting: In and around historic Cortona. The main piazza, with its many narrow streets and alleyways, contains some buildings which date back to the 13th century and are still inhabited. Choose your own subject. Lunch on location at local trattoria. Early finish for appraisal of your work with tutor, and feedback of your workshop and experience with Tuscany in the Frame. Celebratory evening meal.

Day 8: Transfer to Rome Fiumicino (Da Vinci) Departure by minibus from Cortona at 8.00am to arrive at Rome 11.00am

* Do not book air travel before confirming details with Tuscany in the Frame.

Feel free to use the pools (where available) during breaks and after daily workshops. If at any time during the workshops you wish to take time out please feel free to do so. All listed excursions are optional (some may prefer to stay at the villa to continue painting)

**Please note: It is understood the participant knows he/she is signing up for this tour run by Tuscany in the Frame and agrees that Tuscany in the Frame is wholly and solely responsible for whatever happens on that tour. Please refer to their web site for all cancellation and registration details.