The Florentine Mirror addresses the function of journey as a pretext for inspiring creative works and heightened self-awareness. The student engages Florence directly, seeing the city as a mirror to one’s own questions about place and time. Museum visits further study gesture and narrative, as well as the depiction of time and the role of the human in relation to place. Students keep a collage sketchbook accounting their weekly experiences. This multi-level, on-site course allows the student to use the Florentine setting as a resource for photographic projects and personal inquiry beyond the conventional vacation picture.

2004 student works, left to right: Will Dovidio, Karla Dominguez, Jill Texter, Donnie Ortale, Will Dovidio, Angie Venture.

Inquire about Florence in 2006.