With Laurie Doctor & Birgit Nass & Massimo Polello & Marí Emily Bohley
Views from Villa Palagione in Tuscany
© Bob Hower, Photographer
This class is full. To get on the wait list, register below.
Because we love working together so much in this spectacular venue in Tuscany, we decided to offer our course again, with unpredictable improvisational changes. We have a pool, amazing food, a lot of room to work in different spaces, a half-day off to explore, and we are hoping to have another fantastic group of students. The result of this course will be a book you make with the four international teachers. The theme of the book will be “Here and Now Again”. We will be learning to be aware of place and time and how to translate that into words, sketches, calligraphy and drawings. Laurie will explore principles of landscape (scale, distance, pattern, repetition, time, movement…) and translate these experiments into text and color. Massimo will work with writing, beginning with our personal handwriting and exploring the transition from verbal content to more abstract and expressive forms. With Birgit you will develop a thread throughout the book using design principles. Marí will be providing the book structures to bring it all together.
We will bring all the basic materials and tools for making the book. Please bring only your personal writing tools.
Six days in Tuscany
Date: 14 to 20 of September 2024
Time: Saturday evening to Friday morning
Place: Villa Palagione, Centro Interculturale, Loc. Palagione, I-56048 Volterra / Pisa, Italy
www.villa-palagione.org
Course Fee: 720 Euro (course fee, incl. basic materials)
Students: maximum 32 people (The students will be divided in four groups and the teachers rotate and they will teach all groups the same amount of time.)
Registration: info@maribohley.de oder info@birgitnass.de
Accommodation
It must be booked directly with the house at info@Villa-Palagione.org
There are 33 rooms and 28 of those are possible to book as double or single rooms. The prices vary from 63 Euro per night for small single rooms up to 118 Euro for large nicely decorated rooms. Double rooms start from 58 Euro per night. For meals you get to choose to have one, two or three meals per day. Because there so many choices, everybody has to book the accommodation directly with the team at the Villa Palagione. www.villa-palagione.org
How to get there
Please check the website of Villa Palagione: http://www.villa-palagione.org/english/howtogetthere.htm
Workshop venue
The Villa Palagione is located seven kilometres east of the 3000 year-old cultural centre of Volterra, on the southern
slope of its historical mountain "Monte Voltraio". The villa has numerous large rooms and halls. The "Lords and
Ladies" lived on the central floor, or "Bel-Etage", where today you can still find the most beautiful murals and
frescoes. It offers accommodation for up to 65 guests, seminar and conference rooms, as well as beautiful gardens and a pool for recreation and relaxation. The in-house Tuscan cuisine varies according to the seasons and includes a
breakfast buffet, and a midday or evening meal (a set meal with several courses) featuring regional specialties. For
more information visit www.villa-palagione.org
Teachers
Birgit Nass Graphic designer, lives as a freelance artist in Brietlingen near Lüneburg, Germany.
www.birgitnass.de
Laurie Doctor Calligrapher, painter and lives as a freelance artist in Kentucky, USA.
www.lauriedoctor.com
Massimo Polello Graphic designer, lives as a freelance artist in Turin, Italy.
www.lacalligrafia.com
Marí Emily Bohley BA Calligraphy and Bookbinding, lives as a freelance artist in Dresden, Germany.
www.mari-emily-bohley.de