 Pola Wickham
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The studio art component of the Cornell in Rome program draws upon the historical and cultural resources of Rome, its museums, art, architecture, and its beauty and complexity. It provides an experience unparalleled for artistic, intellectual, and personal growth.
The program provides close individual instruction and studios that are structured but flexible enough to accommodate personal interests. Students are given the freedom to generate their own ideas and may work in any medium that compels them to investigate their personal relationship to Rome. Student projects include paintings, photo essays, collages, performance installation, sculptures, drawings, and books.
Artists resident in Rome visit and lecture. Day trips to the studios of Rome-based artists and artisans provide further inspiration. Workshops on papermaking, fresco, mosaics, egg tempera, and watercolor are frequently available. Visitors from the various academies in Rome give student artists contact with their contemporaries and with those representing international art movements. An extensive and varied field-trip program balances great historic collections with modern and contemporary art, and the best of Italy's notable cities, towns, and landscapes.
The Rome Studio (ART 400) may be taken for course credit in all Department of Art concentrations, and there are additional studio courses to expose students to a wide variety of art-making modes. Each Cornell art student receives the equivalent of one semester's advanced study in his or her concentration.
The inspiration of travel and cultural encounter fuels the studio experience, and many students keep sketchbooks and journals, which they will refer to in the art they make after their return from Rome.
Art Requirements
Students in good academic standing who have completed the requirements of the first two years of a fine arts program are eligible for participation in Cornell in Rome. Students are admitted to the program by application and review of their record. Students must register for a full semester of credits.
Students may enroll in the first or second semester of their junior year or for the full academic year. Under special circumstances, seniors also may attend Cornell in Rome. Serious studio art students from outside Cornell also are encouraged to apply. A portfolio is required.
