Dear Pratt in Venice Alumni/ae and Friends,
I hope you have been following us on www.prattinvenice.com and Instagram!
If so, you know that we were again on site in summer 2023, without masks, and that the summer was productive and our Exhibition, held on campus Oct 16-21, was well-attended and beautiful! We also enjoyed visits from several alums who came along on an event or met for a cappuccino at the Cini Foundation café.
With 19 students and five faculty/staff plus our local collaborators and Italian teacher, we made good use of both the Università Internazionale dell'Arte and the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, producing altogether a large body of work (see the website account of the October show).
Our traditional visit to Padua for Giotto, Donatello, and early Titian was preceded by the Ravenna daytrip, led by Joe Kopta, followed by our Veneto Daytrip to Giorgione's native Castelfranco, frescoed villas designed by Palladio and Bassano with Luisa's rustic pranzo all'aperto. Materials&Techniques students visited mosaic labs and conservation sites included a relatively late example of 18th century stucco decoration, while special group visits for all included Ca' Pesaro with its collection of Italian 20ieth century painting. Mostly, we were fortunate to be in a place that has weathered so much history and continues to cope with challenging climactic conditions creatively and with Fortitude!
As our website shows, tuition costs drive inevitable increased cost for our program. We wish the Program to be able to select participants on the basis of the students' promise not their wealth. So, I am again appealing to our alumni/ae for contributions to the Pratt in Venice Scholarship Fund. Such contributions are, of course, tax deductible. Gifts can be made online via www.prattinvenice.com under the donate tab, or checks can be made out to Pratt in Venice Scholarship Fund and sent to my attention at: Pratt in Venice, East Hall 202, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY 11205. (I can more quickly send my thankyou letter if you send check!)
GRAZIE and with all good wishes,
Diana Gisolfi, Director and Professor
