Student Comments

"When I came I had no idea what to expect. The experience exceeded my expectation more than any words can describe"

"It was truly amazing. I am really going to miss everything."

"I have a few more days in Florence and I am already missing the studio. If you can come for a semester or year do it, time goes by too fast. The summer term has been absolutely incredible and have already started the things I need to do to return for Spring semester."

"The studio experience opened me up and allowed my work to go in directions that just would not have been possible at home."

"Take the printmaking classes!"

"Great studios, great equipment, super atmosphere."

"When I came to Firenze Arti Visive I did not think that I could live away from home, now the studio and the city have become my home and I do not want to go back."

"Lots of good music playing in the print studio."

"Don't know that we ever actually get back to reality because I know I will live in Florence in my daydreams always."

"This experience gave me perspective on my life, my art, an invaluable collection of memories and the greatest personal growth I've experienced."

"Awesome facilties."

"It was the perfect program for me, I loved it. I'd get up, have a cappuccino, go to the studio and paint, go get some lunch, go back to the studio and paint some more, take a break, go and look at some art, go home and make some dinner. Ya, it does not get any better than this."

"I liked the freedom, guidance and open dialogue about making work."

"This program can offer a level of quality and a range of opportunities that I think just do not, and cannot, exist in other art abroad programs."

"This trip is about being part of an intimate, nourishing, and open-minded community. If you are considering coming here, be ready to really do some work, push yourself, and learn in ways you haven't before. This is an opportunity to appreciate living and working well in all the many aspects of an artistic and creative environment."

"Some of our favorite places. The Jazz Club, Angies Pub, Monte Carlo, Moyo's, The Coop, Gelato, San Niccolo neighborhood."

"Come here to study and you will be living life, not just visiting abroad like a tourist."

"Truely amazing, thanks for such a great experience."

"It can get cold here, dress warm and no flip flops during the winter unless you want to stand out like all the other american students in Florence."

"Take italian cinema and art history."

"I don't want to go home."

"Great teachers, great staff, everyone goes out of their way to help us."

"Travel in Europe as much as possible. airfare is really affordable".