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               N. Michelle Tully

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                       T. Stotz

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Winter at the Louvre - 2009 Drawing Intensive

LOCATION: Our first ever Winter at the Louvre - Drawing Intensive will hold daily, morning drawing sessions in the historic
                  studio of Theodore Gericault, world-famous for his Raft of the Medusa (1819); as well as offer weekly critiques
                  of ongoing student drawings at the Musee du Louvre.

                  Located in the heart of Paris, please see our Facilities page for full details.

CLASS DATES: Sunday, February 1, 2009 - Friday, April 3, 2009    (Two consecutive 4-week terms; 9 weeks total)

                           Mid-term break: February 28 - March 8    (A one-week break in the middle)

CLASS SCHEDULE: Figure sessions with live model 3.5 hrs/day, 5 mornings/week,
                            One-on-one critique at the Louvre, 1 afternoon/week,
                             One individual Louvre critique per week, with instructor alternating weekly.

                           All students must enroll full-time for this 9-week course,
                              held in the Gericault Studio and Musee du Louvre, Paris.

CLASS SIZE: 12 maximum + instructors

WHO is ELIGIBLE? Anyone may apply - There are no academic or other pre-requisites.

TUITION PRICE: 1600 euros = two consecutive 4-week terms (9 weeks total, with a one-week vacation)
                         Figure sessions 3.5 hrs daily, 5 days/week; one individual Louvre critique per week, alternating instructors

                         Nine weeks of housing in Paris not included.
                         Students required to find and contract their own housing in Paris.

WHEN to APPLY: Final applications are due December 19, 2008.
                         (Final application PDF must be downloaded from our HOW to APPLY page.)

COURSE TITLE: "Winter at the Louvre - 2009 Drawing Intensive"

The Winter at the Louvre - Drawing Intensive Program is a new concept and exclusive opportunity for arts professionals, emerging artists and art students, available for the first time in this location.

It offers a unique 8-week curriculum of daily drawing in the historic Gericault Studio, with additional museum lectures and weekly critique of ongoing student drawings from sculpture, executed at the Musee du Louvre.

Figure studio will be in-session 8 Weeks, Monday - Friday, 3.5 hrs daily, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm (5 mornings per week)

Daily "half-day" studio sessions will offer lecture-demonstrations 1-2x per week, and in-studio critique 3-4 mornings per week.

Figure poses will vary in length between 10 minutes and two weeks (40+ hrs.), depending on the principles being discussed and taught.

The course will offer a structured curriculum of daily figure drawing from nature every morning, with additional assigned drawing from masterpieces of sculpture in the Louvre, to be pursued in the afternoons, outside of class.

One-on-one critiques of student work will be given weekly at the Louvre, with one or the other instructor. One-on-one critiques will be scheduled in advance, 30 minutes maximum per individual, once a week.

Louvre critics will alternate their schedule every week. (Example: Half the class will have Louvre crits every Tuesday, meeting with Tully for one half-hour each, the first week; the other half will have Louvre crits every Thursday, meeting with Stotz for one half-hour each, the first week. The following week, the critics will trade Louvre-crit days, to exchange their respective students.)

The sculpture halls and painting galleries of the Louvre are also open Wednesday and Friday evenings until 9:45pm, for independent drawing and occasional lectures by faculty - dates and times TBA.

Louvre lectures will place special emphasis on 18th c French sculpture, and paintings of the 16th - 17th c. Italian, French and Flemish schools, especially as they relate to the evolution of drawing in the French School and School of Paris, 17th - 20th c.

With current Studio Escalier ID, all enrolled Paris Intensive students may apply for a yearly student or professional membership (costs 25 - 55 euros), to enter and draw in the Louvre daily, at no further cost.

The 2009 Paris Drawing Intensive will be team-taught by the artists Timothy Stotz and Nicole Michelle Tully.

Full-time faculty will occasionally work alongside students as fellow artists, producing both drawings and paintings.

See our FACULTY page for instructor biographies and additional portfolio images.