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When in Rome...

The Department of Visual Arts offered two study abroad courses to Italy this Maymester: ARTS 499 (photography) and ARTH 499 (art history).

Professor Easton Selby led the photography course, and Stephanie Miller taught the art history course. The combined courses with 20 students spent two weeks in Rome with a three-day excursion to Florence.

Miller and Selby were assisted by sculptor Chris Todd, who was there as a mentee to the study abroad program to gain experience prior to her 2012 Maymester class to Greece; her trip to Italy was followed by a visit to Greece.

Selby (with Professor Scott Mann) is currently planning a Maymester to China in 2012. Miller is planning a repeat trip to Italy in May 2012 with Professor Treelee MacAnn (drawing); their courses will focus on the historic cities of Florence and Venice.

"Highlights included the various Roman artistic and cultural experiences -- the Colosseum, St. Peter's catacombs, and open air markets at the Campo dei Fiori," says Miller. "In Florence, our experiences ranged from seeing Michelangelo's David and Brunelleschi's Dome to seeing the cast of 'Jersey Shore' (no kidding!). Actually, the students were thrilled at the possibility of being on the show -- and some of them just might make the cut."
 

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