EXPANDING POTENTIAL FOR TEACHING & LEARNING THROUGH IMAGINATION
A Tuscan Retreat for educators and education students


PROGRAM DATES: AUGUST 3-17, 2013 CANCELLED*

*PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 2013. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON ATTENDING THE ACCADEMIA AS AN EDUCATOR PLEASE CONTACT US AT INFO@DELL-ARTE.ORG



Canisius College’s Graduate Program in Differentiated Instruction, the Accademia dell'Arte and The Southtown Teachers’ Center invite teachers of all disciplines and students in education are invited to spend two weeks in Arezzo, Italy for a retreat focusing on professional development, personal rejuvenation, self-discovery, and social interaction.

Located in the geographic heart of the Italian Renaissance, retreat participants will live, eat, work, and reflect at the Villa Godiola, a beautiful campus nestled in the hills of Tuscany.


Learn more about the Educators' Retreat:

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

Over the course of the 2-week program participants will engage in collaborative workshops and cultural tours along with having the opportunity to reflect on their work with colleagues in a facilitated environment that consistently encourages a renewed and expanded vision of education and self-expression. Combining veteran teachers with graduate students will be an essential component of this program to inject experience with a renewed idealism and to ground idealism in the wisdom of experience. Throughout the two weeks, we will meet as a whole group, in smaller groups, and keep individual journals.

In order to look at methods of growing student/teacher potential, creativity, and achievement in our home classrooms, we will investigate and be inspired by the Renaissance vision of knowledge, art, and exchange, along with the integration of the Greek’s teoria, praxis and poesies: thinking, doing and making.

The Etruscan city of Arezzo allows the whole group direct access to the accomplishments of Petrarch, Giorgio Vasari, Piero della Francesca, Michelangelo, Guido d’Arezzo, Della Robbia, Pietro Aretino and many others. Each day participants will approach the work from these different ways of learning.

Every individual will take part in all of the offerings:

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DATES & DEADLINES*

RETREAT DATES
AUGUST 3-17, 2013

APPLICATIONS & DEPOSITS DUE:
February 28, 2013 -- Application deadline extended to March 15, 2013!

PROGRAM CONFIRMATION:
March 15, 2013

What is program confirmation? Program confirmation is based on the number of applications received. All participants will receive an email confirming their place in the program by March 15, 2013. At that time we ask confirmed participants to complete their final payments no later than March 30. Participants are advised to postpone booking travel until confirmation is received March 15.

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LODGING

At the Villa Godiola Campus within walking distance to Arezzo. Double occupancy rooms with single beds & private bathrooms.


TRAVEL

It is best to fly into:

**Please await March 15 program confirmation before booking ticket.
**Make sure flight arrangements ensure your arrival in Arezzo on August 3 by 3pm. This means departing US by Aug 2nd.

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LEAD INSTRUCTOR/FACILITATOR BIOS:

BARBARA BROOMELL is 
the 
Program
 Designer 
and 
Coordinator 
of 
the 
Differentiated 
Instruction 
Graduate 
Program
 at
 Canisius
 College
 in
 Buffalo,
 NY.
 
 She
 has
 been
 involved
 in
 Gifted
 Education
 for
 the
 past
 30
 years
 both
 as
 a
 teacher
 and
 program
 coordinator
 and
 was
 honored
 as
 the
 New
 York
 State
 Teacher
 of
 the
 Year
 in
 Gifted
 Education
 in
 2008.
 
 Barbara
 has
 extensive
 experience
 working
 with
 teachers
 across
 the
 United
 States
 as
 a
 professional 
development 
trainer
 in
 are as 
such
 as
 Dimensions 
of 
Learning,
 Talents
Unlimited,
 Understanding
 by
 Design, 
and
 Critical 
and
 Creative
 Thinking.




SCOTT MCGEHEE is the Founding Director of the Accademia dell'Arte. The
 creative
 force
 behind
 the
 Accademia,
 he
 has
 been
 involved
 in
 education
 and
 the
 arts
 for
 over
 twenty‐five
 years.
 Originally 
from
 Little 
Rock, 
Arkansas,
 Scott 
moved 
to 
Italy 
as 
a 
Fulbright
 Fellow
 in
 1995 
and 
has
 lived
 in
 Italy
 ever
 since.
 Scott
 received
 his
 Doctorate
 in
 European
 Intellectual
 History
 from
 Boston
 College
 in
 1996,
 taught
 for
 over
 fifteen
 years
 in
 Brookline,
 MA
 and
 is
 now
 the
 President/Founding
 Director
 of
 Accademia
 dell'Arte.
 Politically
 active,
 Scott
 continues
 to
 explore
 ways
 to
 make
 art
 relevant
 to
 a
 rapidly
 changing
 social
 environment.

 

DANIEL STEIN is the Director of Physical Theatre for the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program in Providence, RI. After 
studying 
in 
the 
Professional 
Actors 
Training 
Program
 at 
Carnegie‐Mellon 
University, 
where 
he
 worked
 with
 Jewel
 Walker.
 Daniel
 then
 went
 to
 Paris
 to
 study
 with
 Etienne
 Decroux.
 Subsequently
 making
 his
 home 
in
 Paris 
for 
20 
years,
 Daniel 
worked 
with
 the
 French 
National 
Theatre. 
His 
solo 
performances 
have 
toured
 in
 more
 than
 30
 countries,
 as
 well
 as
 in
 theatres
 such
 as
 the
 Kennedy
 Center
 and
 Lincoln
 Center.
 He
 has
 taught
 master
 classes
 throughout
 the
 world
 at
 institutions
 such
 as
 Juilliard
 and
 The
 Institute
 of
 Dramatic
 Arts,
 Tokyo.
 Daniel
 has
 received
 grants
 from
 the
 National
 Endowment
 for
 the
 Arts,
 the
 United
 States/Japan
 Commission,
 the
 Pew
 Charitable
 Trust,
 and
 is
 a
 John
 Simon
 Guggenheim
 Fellow.
 Upon
 moving
 back
 to
 the
 US
 Daniel
 served
 first
 for
 five
 years
 as
 Dean
 of
 Students
 and
 School
 Director
 of
 The
 Dell'Arte
 International
 School
 of
 Physical
 Theatre
 and
 is
 now
 the 
Director 
of
 Movement 
and
 Physical 
Theatre 
for 
the
 Brown 
University/Trinity
 Rep
 MFA 
Program.


KALI QUINN is 
a 
facilitator 
of 
creative 
discovery, 
innovative 
storytelling,
 and
 physical 
play. 
Although 
originally
 from
 the
 Buffalo
 area,
 Kali
 is
 now
 based
 in
 Providence,
 RI
 where
 she
 teaches
 Movement
 and
 Devising
 for
 the
 Brown
 Trinity
 Rep
 MFA
 Program
 and
 works
 as
 the
 Stateside
 University
 Relations
 Director
 for
 Accademia
 dell’Arte.
 She
 has
 also
 taught
 workshops
 at
 MIT,
 UMASS
 Amherst,
 Bucknell
 University,
 Muhlenberg
 College,
 Boston
 University,
 The
 Pearl
 Theatre
 Company,
 Bloomsburg
 Theatre
 Ensemble,
 University
 of
 Rochester,
 Emory
 University,
 Mississippi
 University
 for
 Women,
 Clowns
 Without
 Boarders
 in
 Guatemala,
 New
 England
 Center
 for
 Circus
 Arts,
 New
 England
 Youth
 Theater,
 Vermont
 Academy,
 MOTH
 Aerial
 Dance,
 and
 Grupo
 Galpao’s
 Cine
 Horto
in
 Brazil.
 Kali
 serves
 on
 the
 Board
 of
 Trustees
 for
 the
 Network
 of
 Ensemble
 Theaters
 and
 is
 a
 graduate
 of
 the 
University
 of
 Rochester 
with 
an 
MFA
from
 The 
Dell’Arte 
School 
of 
Physical 
Theatre. 
www.kaliquinn.com

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HOW TO APPLY

Apply for the program by completing the application form and submitting it no later than February 28, 2013 complete with all applicable application fees and deposits.

All applications and payments can be sent to:
Southtown Teachers’ Center
4540 Southwestern Blvd.
Suite 164
Hamburg, NY 14075
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FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT:

Barbara Broomell: Canisius College, Buffalo, NY
barbbroom@aol.com, 716.649.0323