San Gemini Preservation Studies
Session 1: June 1 - June 26, 2020
Session 2: June 28 - July 7, 2020
Intersession: June 13 - August 27, 2020
Cost
$4875.00 (6 credit hours); Intersession $2100 (1 credit hour)
Includes: Course and credit hour costs; housing (shared apartments with laundry and kitchen facilities); insurance.
Does not include flight or travel fees or food. The cost of living in San Gemini is especially reasonable for Italy.
Includes: Course and credit hour costs; housing (shared apartments with laundry and kitchen facilities); insurance.
Does not include flight or travel fees or food. The cost of living in San Gemini is especially reasonable for Italy.
About San Gemini
San Gemini is a beautiful, small hill town in Umbria along the ancient Roman road,
the Via Flaminia. Located between Rome and Florence, it is a convenient base
for travel in central Italy. Rome can be reached in one hour and a half; other
cities such as Perugia, Spoleto, Todi, Assisi, and Orvieto are even closer. Situated
within easy reach of a wealth of cultural resources (museums, libraries, and
many of the world’s treasures of art and architecture), San Gemini is a friendly
town where students can easily meet local people and enjoy life in the Italian
countryside.
All San Gemini Preservation Studies faculty members hold Adjunct Faculty status
at West Virginia University. Learn more about the San Gemini Preservation Studies
International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies
at their website.
Eligibility
This program and the associated courses are open to all students who have an interest
in art, architecture, and archival preservation, conservation, and restoration.
It is ideal for those contemplating careers in galleries, museums, archives,
libraries, and state parks with collections of art, documents, or objects of
material culture. It is ideal for students who plan to go into art and object
conservation or historic preservation fields.
WVU is a School of Record for San Gemini Preservation Studies. Students who are
not currently WVU students may apply to the university for summer matriculation
to receive regular course credit for the courses listed below.
For more information on this process please contact:
WVU Education Abroad Office
B-3 Purinton House
PO Box 6313, Morgantown, WV 26506
P: 304-293-6955
F: 304-293-6957
educationabroad@mail.wvu.edu
Courses in Summer 2020
Courses are co-requisites: Session 1: June 1 - June 26
ARHS 493: Professional Field Experience—Restoration and Analysis of Historic Buildings in Italy--3 credit hoursAND
ARHS 493: Professional Field Experience—Sketching and Analyzing Historic Buildings in Italy--3 credit hours
ARHS 493: Professional Field Experience: Conservation and Restoration of Book Bindings--3 credit hours
AND
ARHS 493: Professional Field Experience: History and Craft of Book Bindings--3 credit hours
ARHS 493: Professional Field Experience–Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics--3 credit hours
AND
ARHS 493: Professional Field Experience—Restoration of Archaeological Ceramics--3 credit hours
Intersession: June 29 - July 7 ($2100)
ARHS 393: Preservation Tour—Siena, Florence & Rome—1 credit hour
Includes specialized visits to places of interest to restorers, such as research laboratories and active sites of restoration.
Courses are co-requisites: Session 2: July 13 - August 27
ARHS 493: Professional Field Experience—Paper Restoration in Books and Archival Documents Theory--3 credit hoursAND
ARHS 493: Professional Field Experience—Paper Restoration in Books and Archival Documents Workshop--3 credit hours
*Professional Field Experience— Restoration: Theory, Ethics and Issues-2 credit hours (may be taken with the above two courses)
ARHS 493: Professional Field Experience— Traditional Painting: Methods of Painting and Restoration Issues—3 credit hours
AND
ARHS 493: Professional Field Experience— Workshop Traditional Painting: Materials Methods—3 credit hours
AND
Professional Field Experience— Restoration: Theory, Ethics and Issues--2 credit hours
In addition to applying to WVU, student will also need to fill out an application form with San Gemini Preservation Studies.
