Perched half on a mountain, half in the valley below, Anversa degli Abruzzi is a medieval Italian village that straddles time. Visitors enter a simpler world where grapes and fragrant saffron are grown, stone abbeys and castles dot the mountainside and crystal lakes offer a cool afternoon swim. Students eat, live and work alongside villagers, providing a rich, human backdrop for artistic exploration.
Your Instructors Patricia Antonucci, painter and founder of the Abruzzi Mountain Workshop, lives and works in New York and Italy. Educated at Skidmore and Antioch College, Patricia has served as artist-in-residence at The Foundation and The MacDowell Colony. A recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Award and Blanche E. Coleman Award, her work is represented in U.S. and European collections.
Barbara Schaefer, a New York City resident, is a multi-faceted painter who lived and worked in Italy. She was educated at the University of Arizona BFA and San Francisco State MFA and has taught and exhibited in many countries.
Christopher Burr, a New Hampshire-born sculptor, works in wood, bronze and clay. Educated at Antioch College and Northern Illinois University, he’s taught university level sculpture and drawing and served as artist-in-residence at Skidmore College.
Sheilah Rechtschaffer, New York artist, has worked in fresco technique for thirteen years. Educated at Boston University and Center for Restoration in Venice, is co- founder of Accademia Caerite in Italy and teaches at Parsons School of Design and NY Academy of Art, NYC.
Patricia Antonucci, served as artist-in-residence at MacDowell Colony, recipient of Pollock-Krasner & Blanche E. Coleman Awards; sculptor Philip Ogle; painter Barbara Schaefer; fresco artist Sheilah Rechtschaffer; sculptor/printmaker Ed Smith.
Costs
Italy $2,050, Puerto Rico $1850. Includes lodging, unlimited studio use, lunches, excursions, farewell dinner.
U.S. Locations
Puerto Rico (Utuado)
Global Locations
Italy (Anversa degli Abruzzi)
Mexico (San Carlos, Sea of Cortes)
Months
Year round
Contact
Patricia Antonucci
Director Abruzzi Mountain Art Workshops
56 Jane St., #4A
New York, NY 10002
United States
Phone: 212-243-4702, 917-238-7714
Fax: 212-255-9070
E-Mail:
Italy address: via San Nicola 9, Anversa degli Abruzzi, 67030 AQ Italy; mobile-(39)3471445342
