HSIA is a travel-study program for students interested in poetry, art, Classics, ice cream. gardens, and the Italian language and culture. Students have classes in the morning and make related trips to see great art and architecture, from classical to contemporary.
Program Emphasis
Gender
Type Of Stay
Session Options (Weeks)
Academic Camp Art Camp Cooking Camp Language Camp Archeology Camp
Coed
Resident Camp Travel Camp
4
5
Age Range
Capacity
Average Cost
13 - Over 18
12
$901 - 1000 (week)
More About Camp
Students at HSIA attend festivals, opera, ballet, jazz concerts; they sketch, keep journals, and are always learning to connect individually with great works of literature and art. Trips illuminate classes, just as classes help students to connect with what we see on trips. At HSIA, every student makes his own, individual curriculum. Learning is hands-on, site-specific, and interdisciplinary, with classes in Propertius & Roman archaeology, Homer & Greek vase paintings, and Italian Language & Literature. At the end of the course, we travel south to see Pompeii and Paestum and experience for ourselves the Renaissance rediscovery of the Classical world. All of Italy is our souce book (Florence, Ravenna,Orvieto, Pompeii, Paestum, Naples, and much more!), but the beautiful little city of Assisi, first Roman, then Medieval, with its piazzas, fountains, Latin inscriptions in-situ, its ice cream, impromptu concerts, its experimental Renaissance frescoes, become home to students while they are at Humanities Spring. Recent students have been particularly interested in Ovid, writing poetry, contemporary Italian art, and the Renaissance. We find that diverse backgrounds and outlooks make classes more stimulating for everyone. The only requisite for all HSIA classes is enthusiasm and the desire to learn. Our staff includes art historians and painters, poets and archaeologists. As a community, HSIA fosters the spirit of collaboration. At HSIA, we all learn together. This year, in addition to our standard work-study scholarships, we are offering three substantial merit scholarships, to celebrate our 20th anniversary!
Activities and Features
Religious Emphasis
None
Academic
English History Reading Language Studies
Arts and Crafts
General Arts and Crafts
Other Activities
Classics -- both Greek and Latin landscape painting (watercolors) creative writing collage art history Italian Language Literature and Culture
Camp Address
Winter Address
Santa Maria de Lignano, 2
Assisi PG, 06081 Italy
(+39) 075-802400 (tel.) (+39) 075-802400 (fax.)
Santa Maria de Lignano, 2
Assisi, PG, 06081 Italy
(+39) 075-802400 (tel.)
