The "Splendors of Florentine Art, 2010" Study Abroad program will be offered through Coastline Community College from approximately May 31 to June 29, 2010. The maximum number of students we are expecting to accept into this Program is 35. Students will move to the Renaissance city of Florence, Italy, where they will immerse themselves in day-to-day Florentine life by living in shared student apartments which are scattered all over this magnificent city. Students will live next door to Florentines, grocery shop with the locals and become residents of the city for an entire month. In Florence, live in history while walking on the same street stones once tread upon by Michelangelo, Leonardo, Brunelleschi and so many other masters. Boboli Gardens, Florence Our Academic Program Students will earn six units of transferable college credit while studying Tuscan art history and the art techniques used to create that art. Students are required to take both of the classes offered. * ART 262 "The History of Tuscan Art, Part 2," 3 units (CCC) This class will be offered by Professor Bauman, and is a multicultural survey of Tuscan Art from the Renaissance through the Baroque Era and its effects upon our contemporary world.  It includes discussion of major art forms from the period including painting, sculpture, and architecture.  The multicultural influences that formed Tuscan Art and its dissemination throughout Europe and the Middle East will be examined.  Illustrated lecture, field trips, reading, and study of related exhibitions both in and around Florence.  Graded or Pass/No Pass. * ART 265AB "Methods and Materials of Italian Masterworks," 3 units (CCC) Professor Torrini will offer a course which emphasizes the techniques used to create the world-famous masterpieces you'll see in person. These will include study of fresco, egg tempera, Renaissance drawing techniques and more. Students will learn the process of how the works were done and by whom. Lectures will be supported by some practical experience in a studio setting of one or more of the techniques studied. No background in art is required. This course includes many fieldtrips, both in and beyond the city of Florence. Professor Jane Bauman Art Faculty Professor Jane Bauman has been a Coastline Faculty member for 16 years and has served as Chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department. With a BA from Santa Clara University and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, Professor Bauman has expertise in Art History and Studio Art, teaching both with enthusiasm and insight. She travels extensively in Italy and Western Europe and is married to a native Italian with many ties to his family home in Calabria. As an active professional artist, Professor Bauman exhibits her paintings in both the United States and Europe and considers Italian Renaissance culture to be a primary inspiration for her paintings. Her art is included in the permanent collections of the Cooper Hewitt Museum of American Art in NYC and the Musée de Clôitre des Cordeliers in Paris, France. Contact Professor Bauman at jbauman@coastline.edu. Professor Lynn Torrini has been on the Coastline art faculty for over 20 years teaching Studio Art and Art History. She has a BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an MFA from Villa Schifanoia Graduate School of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy where she lived for nearly three years. She has traveled extensively and very regularly returns to her adoptive city of Florence. She is fluent in Italian and at home in the Italian culture. An active artist, she shows her contemporary artwork not only in the U.S., but is honored to be one of few foreign members of "Antica Compagnia del Paiolo," a prestigious Florentine Art Society formed in 1512 and mentioned in Vasari's Lives of the Artists. She exhibits her work in their gallery located on Piazza Signoria in the historic center of Florence and has also exhibited elsewhere in Italy. She looks forward to sharing her love of Art and Italy with her students. Please contact Professor Torrini at ltorrini@coastline.edu. Umbrian hilltown Courtyard Further Information What Is Included The city of Florence as well as other Italian cities will be your classroom as you study art history and art techniques on "Splendors of Florentine Art, 2010." There will be numerous fieldtrips to museums and churches within Florence as well as daytrips. A three-night overnight fieldtrip to Venice as well as a one-night overnight fieldtrip to Assisi is included as part of your studies. Included in the cost of "Splendors of Florentine Art, 2010" is: double-occupancy accommodations in shared student apartments in Florence, some lunches, museum entrance fees for class visits and excursions, and a three-night excursion to Venice. The cost is estimated to be $3,900, based on at least 30 students. Airfare is not included in the program price. Be sure to check this Web site for updated information and details on the 2010 Program. It is expected to fill to capacity very quickly. For more information about this program, or any other Study Abroad program offered through Coastline Community College, please contact Kevin Donahue at kdonahue@coastline.edu or by calling (714) 241-6215. Financial Aid Financial aid through Coastline's Financial Aid office may be available! Please see the Financial Aid page for more information and to get the ball rolling: http://www.coastline.edu/divisions/students/page.cfm?LinkID=357 Studying Renaissance Drawing in Florentine Classroom Passports and Customs Information Visit the United States Federal Government Passports and Customs Information page. You may go here to get information about obtaining or renewing your passport, as well as customs information you'll need before you return to the United States. People residing in America holding a foreign passport should contact their embassy or consulate, as a visa may be required. Insurance All program participants are required to purchase short-term outbound study abroad medical insurance through an approved District insurance provider. Program participants can find further information on the required study abroad medical insurance at the Coast Community College District About Study Abroad page. Program participants must purchase this study abroad medical insurance no less than 60 days prior to program departure. Failure to purchase the required study abroad medical insurance shall prevent student from participating in the study abroad program. The Coast Community College District reserves the right to cancel, change, append, add, or delete Programs or features of Programs. Dates, prices, locations, and other details indicated on this preliminary information page may not accurately reflect the actual Program offered in 2008, as Programs are still in the final planning stages. Updated: 06/12/09