Drawing, Painting, and Exploring Rome
with
Frederick Brosen
May 8 - 16, 2027
single occupancy $4800
double occupancy, 2 painters sharing a room $3200 per person
double occupancy, 1 painter $4800, 1 non-painter $1000
deposit $800
includes: lodging, instruction, last night's dinner, visits to the Borghese Gallery and the Roma Spirita, all breakfasts, and a day trip to Siena
Non-painters welcome on all activities!
some of Rick's paintings
Frederick Brosen’s watercolors have been featured in over 30 solo museum and gallery exhibitions across the country, most recently at the South Street Seaport Museum and at Forum Gallery in NYC, both in 2012. His work is in the permanent collection of over a dozen museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Historical Society. He is the recipient of the City College of New York Career Achievement Award in 2011, and of two Pollack-Krasner Foundation grants. In 2006 a major exhibition of his watercolors was featured at the Museum of the City of New York in conjunction with the publication of a monograph of his NYC watercolors, with an introduction by Ric Burns, ‘Still New York’.
He is represented by Forum Gallery in New York, and in 2015 his work was featured in ‘Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland’, premiering at the Wadsworth Atheneum and traveling to 3 additional museums, including the Brooklyn Museum. In February 2016, an exhibition of his series of Rome watercolors was shown at Hirschl & Adler Modern in New York. And most recent show was at the Museum of the City of New York in 2024.Mr. Brosen’s teaching career spans over 40 years and includes teaching drawing and watercolor on the faculty of The National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, Lehman College, and The Art Students League of New York.
Siena The entire historic centre is subject to “Decreto Legislativo 42/2004, Codice dei beni culturali e del paesaggio”, the national Law for protection of cultural heritage.
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we will be lodging at the Ponte Sisto Hotel
We will stay at the elegant Hotel Ponte Sisto, a four-star hotel in Rome's historic center, featuring a tranquil garden courtyard where breakfast is served and a panoramic rooftop terrace with sweeping views of St. Peter's Basilica and the rooftops of the Eternal City. Its prime location places Piazza Navona, Campo de' Fiori, Trastevere, and many of Rome's most inspiring sketching destinations just a short walk away.
For nonstop flights from the NYC area (JFK and EWR) to Rome (FCO), you can fly with ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, and Norse Atlantic Airways.