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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ London Art Seminar Winterim Program Approximate date: January 2nd - 16th Visit behind-the-scenes museum galleries, artist studies, primary and secondary schools. Discover Stratford-on Avon and Oxford. Earn three credits in either Art Studio or Art Education. On approval an independent study in art history may be arranged. Program Includes: round-trip airfare, transfers to and from Heathrow Airport, accommodations for 13 nights with Continental breakfast, course-related field trips, visits, tours and entrance fees. Program Director: Dr. Rikki Asher Program Cost: Contact Office of International Education Application Deadline: October 31st Class size is limited--early application is recommended! The London Art Seminar offers three (3) upper division credits in either Art Studio, Art Education, or Art History. With special permission this course satisfies the aesthetic requirements for GEI and GEII, and takes place during the Winter Break, January 2-16, 1997. Designed by both British and American faculty in the Fine and Liberal Arts, the program is intended for students who wish to further explore the intellectual and creative traditions of the visual arts, from a distinctly British social, cultural and historic perspective. The program is a two-week intensive on the Art of London, with a focus on museums and behind-the-scenes workshops at the Tate, The National Portrait Gallery and special viewing of original Turner watercolors and Rembrandt etchings at the British Museum, exciting exhibitions in the White Chapel Gallery of Contemporary Art and observations of art classes at primary and secondary schools. There will be minimum of six museum workshops, with informal tours of the Dulwich College Picture Gallery and Horniman Museum, the National Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the William Morris Gallery. Classes will include historical background and critical evaluation of the artwork. Workshops and talks by visiting artists, and informal meetings with artists, art educators and gallery directors will take place. The following si an example of two typical days of the London Art Seminar: Day 1 8-9 Breakfast followed by a seminar meeting to plan the day 10-1 Field lecture at the British Museum 1 Lunch 4-6:30 Tea and class meeting with reflections on the day's art experiences Day 2 8-9 Breakfast 9-11:30 Workshop (Whitechapel Gallery),e.g., discussion of current exhibit in conjunction with a related workshop for art teachers Noon Lunch 1-5:30 Field trip, tour of the Barbican Centre for the Arts, Museum of London, Mandera and Mitcheson's Theatre Museum 6-7:00 Class meeting with reflections on the workshop experience and the next day's exhibition Who's Who in the Cast Seminars will be led by members of the New Paltz Art Department and English museum education staff. As seminar instructor, Dr. Rikki Asher will lead daily classes on the artworks we are scheduled to see. Mr. Coloin Gregg, Director of the Education Department at the National Portrait Gallery, Ms. Lucy Dawelane, Education Coordinator of the Whitechapel Gallery and Ms. Angela Roche, Keeper of the Print Room at the British Museum will provide participants with the opportunitities of viewing special works of art and will lead workshops. On-site events will be organized by our field representative, Ms. Frances Farrer, former Editor at Time-Out, the hip-arts and entertainment magazine of London, author, and freelance journalist. Her published work includes, scripts for BBC Radio 4, The Independent, The Times Education Supplement, The Oberserver and interesting assignments for the Transport Museum as well as wide coverage of museums and galleries. All Work?: Ample free time is provided to discover London. the food halls of Harrods and Fortnum and Mason's; the shops at Piccadilly Circus; the lively outdoor markets on Petticoat Lane and Portobello Road; the music in the West End, the Royal Albert Hall and jazz at Ronny Scott's are important supplements to any London Art program. Try an "Old Speeckled Hen" in one of the elegant Victorian pubs! Accommodations the President Hotel (or a comparable facility) at Bloomsbury Square (home of Virginia Woolf): convenient to the British Museum, Covent Garden and theatres. Participants will live two-to-a-room, with private bath and Continental breakfast included. Climate: While the weather will be a factor taken into consideration for field lectures, London winters, especially in January tend to be quite mild. The Center for International Programs State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY 12561-2443 Phone: 914 257-3125 Fax: 914 257-3129 E-mail: international@newpaltz.edu World Wide Web: http://www.studyabroad.com/suny/np/sunynphome.html