Postponed: Tuscany: Photography and Creative Expression
EXPERIENCE THE inspiring beauty and warmth of the tuscan sun!
Photography and creative expression sessions * Art * Local Interactions * Vineyards * Culinary Traditions * Etruscan sites* Small group and one-on-one creative mentoring * Visits to villages and UNESCO sites * Museums *
September 12th – 21st, 2020
Postponed: 0 out of 16 Total Spaces Available
Last updated on March 30th, 2020
bask in the legendary light of tuscany
“It was an intimate tour that took us to places and people we would NEVER have found or met on our own. I particularly loved our UO Leader’s enthusiasm, willingness, and skill at making everything we were interested in happen while taking such good care of us. I can’t say enough about how wonderful this whole time was — precious and full and revealing.”
Join us for a unique journey into the remote Tuscan countryside, visiting isolated abbeys, beautiful hill towns and staying in a charming country villa immersed in the vineyards and olive groves just outside Siena. You’ll take day trips to different locations where UO tour leader Colleen Choquette-Raphael will help channel your inspiration into various modes of expression, including journaling, photography, drawing and painting. You will be accompanied by UO Siena Center’s faculty and students for a tour of historic Siena. A local guide will also join you throughout your travels to enhance your understanding of each place visited.
This unique tour has been planned to prioritize:
- Uncommon itinerary that combines must-see sites with local interactions and hidden gems
- Expert-led learning about photography and creative expression, including optional small group and individual mentoring sessions
- Relaxed pacing with the majority of nights at a single Tuscan countryside villa
- Small group – limited to 16 total travelers – to optimize individual experiences and maximize learning opportunities
Open to all adult learners. UO alumni status is not mandatory. To see the brochure with full itinerary, please click here. You may email Katie Jo Walter with any questions at: kjwalter@uoregon.edu
Double Occupancy
Shared room price. Base fee for solo travelers. Airfare not included.- DOUBLE (SHARED) ACCOMMODATION
- ALL ACCOMMODATIONS, MEALS, AND EXCURSIONS AS SPECIFIED IN THE ITINERARY
- COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES AND PRESENTATIONS
- ENTRANCE FEES TO MONUMENTS AND MUSEUMS
- ALL ITINERARY TRAVEL IN ITALY
- PROFESSIONAL TOUR MANAGER/GUIDE
- MEETING AND ASSISTANCE ON AIRPORT ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE DAYS (WITHIN GROUP ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIME WONDOWS)
- LOCALLY-BASED PROFESSIONAL TOUR SUPPORT
- $200,000 EMERGENCY EVACUATION INSURANCE
- COMPLETE EDUCATIONAL AND PRE-DEPARTURE INFORMATION AND LOCAL TRAVELER MEETINGS
Single Supplement
Additional fee for solo travelers. Airfare not included.- SINGLE ACCOMMODATION
- ALL ACCOMMODATIONS, MEALS, AND EXCURSIONS AS SPECIFIED IN THE ITINERARY
- COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES AND PRESENTATIONS
- ENTRANCE FEES TO MONUMENTS AND MUSEUMS
- ALL ITINERARY TRAVEL IN ITALY
- PROFESSIONAL TOUR MANAGER/GUIDE
- MEETING AND ASSISTANCE ON AIRPORT ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE DAYS (WITHIN GROUP ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIME WONDOWS)
- LOCALLY-BASED PROFESSIONAL TOUR SUPPORT
- $200,000 EMERGENCY EVACUATION INSURANCE
- COMPLETE EDUCATIONAL AND PRE-DEPARTURE INFORMATION AND LOCAL TRAVELER ME
The focus of the tour is to connect to the landscape, history and unique culture of Tuscany while sharing how we might record our experiences as travelers.Various impressions of Italy as seen in art, literature and film will serve as a platform from which we will engage in documentation practices. The concept of a travel journal is a theme we will visit often as we compare and contrast the doumented experiences of previous travelers to the region with our own.
Travelers/participants are invited to capture and chronicle observations using a variety of media, including but not limited to, film and smartphone photography; video; painting; collage; sketching; blogging; writing, or performance. UO College of Design faculty and photography instructor, Colleen Choquette-Raphael will accompany the tour to offer inspiration and assistance in the conceptualization and realization of these activities. Optional outdoor studio sessions and feedback discussions are open to any and all levels of experience from beginning to advanced. One may participate directly in these activities
or simply engage in the conversation as a creative onlooker. Often simply sharing ideas is the most direct way one can engage in creativity!
We plan to include a great deal of content on this page; we hope that after reviewing it, you will decide to join us. Happy scrolling!
Questions? Email Katie Jo Walter, Director of International Alumni Academic Engagement at kjwalter@uoregon.edu or call her at 541-346-2367.
This fantastic tour starts soon!
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UO Leader and in-country partner
uo leader Colleen choquette-raphael
Since joining the University of Oregon faculty in 1998, Colleen Choquette-Raphael, BA ’90, BFA ’92, has taught courses in photographic media, including film and darkroom photography, large format, and the constructed image. Colleen received her MFA in Intermedia Art from the University of Washington in 1996. She has also offered courses in foundations; theory seminars on the body and the abject; public art; a workshop on experimental book structures, and intermedia courses on art and the found object. Colleen is also the primary academic advisor for the Department of Art.
Colleen has traveled extensively throughout Italy and Greece, leading trips to the Venice Biennale and southern Italy, and directing a study abroad program in Athens. She has taught in the Siena GEO Study Abroad program and has assisted in grant-funded research to photograph sites of the oracles throughout the Mediterranean with professor Dan Powell, former head of the UO photography department.
Colleen is enthusiastic about sharing her appreciation and knowledge of Italian art and culture with UOAA travelers as she has already done with the UO Alumni tour to the Amalfi Coast in 2018.
Adventures abroad - Tour Operator
Founded in 1987, Adventures Abroad (AA) offers pre-planned and custom group tours in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region. Several educational groups have had very positive experiences with Adventures Abroad, which is just one of the reasons we have chosen to partner with them for this tour.
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