Studio Art

The Studio Art Department at SRISA is distinct in Florence for its emphasis on working within a contemporary dialog. All studio arts courses at SRISA offer a dynamic, multidisciplinary approach to learning by helping students develop critical and technical skills while discovering their personal artistic vision and language.

Facilities

Professional studio spaces support work across a range of media while encouraging creative growth, collaboration, and contemporary artistic practice. Many courses also take students out into the city and surrounding areas to paint and draw on site, outdoors or in one of the many museums in the area.

Instruction and Structure

Studio Art courses encourage experimentation with materials and methods drawn from disciplines beyond traditional studio practice, expanding the possibilities of contemporary art-making. Professors give students both individual and group instruction, often accompanied by demonstrations. Group discussions, critiques, lectures, museum and gallery visits, and the analysis of historic and contemporary paintings and drawings regularly complement studio assignments.