Cost
$5800.00 (6 credit hours) or $5800 (six to eight credit hours); Intersession $3000
(1 credit hour)
Includes: Course and credit hour costs; housing (shared apartments with
laundry and kitchen facilities); insurance.
Does not include flight or travel fees or food. The cost of living in San Gemini
is especially reasonable for Italy.
About San Gemini
San Gemini is a beautiful, small hill town in Umbria along the ancient Roman road,
the Via Flaminia. Located between Rome and Florence, it is a convenient base for
travel in central Italy. Rome can be reached in one hour and a half; other cities
such as Perugia, Spoleto, Todi, Assisi, and Orvieto are even closer. Situated within
easy reach of a wealth of cultural resources (museums, libraries, and many of the
world’s treasures of art and architecture), San Gemini is a friendly town where
students can easily meet local people and enjoy life in the Italian countryside.
All San Gemini Preservation Studies faculty members hold Adjunct Faculty status
at West Virginia University. Learn more about the San Gemini Preservation Studies
International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies
at their website.
Eligibility
This program and the associated courses are open to all students who have an interest
in art, architecture, and archival preservation, conservation, and restoration.
It is ideal for those contemplating careers in galleries, museums, archives, libraries,
and state parks with collections of art, documents, or objects of material culture.
It is ideal for students who plan to go into art and object conservation or historic
preservation fields. WVU is a School of Record for San Gemini Preservation Studies.
Students who are not currently WVU students may apply to the university for summer
matriculation to receive regular course credit for the courses listed below. For
more information on this process please contact:
WVU Education Abroad Office
B-3 Purinton House
PO Box 6313, Morgantown, WV 26506
P: 304-293-6955
F: 304-293-6957
educationabroad@mail.wvu.edu
Courses in Summer 2024
See catalog descriptions of courses
Courses are co-requisites: Session 1
ARHS 421 Professional Field Experience: Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics.
3 Hours. +
ARHS 422 Professional Field Experience: Restoration of Archaeological
Ceramics. 3 Hours.
ARHS 451 Professional Field Experience: Introduction to the History and
Craft of Book Bindings. 3 Hours. +
ARHS 452 Professional Field Experience: Intro to Preservation and Preventive
Conservation of Books. 3 Hours.
ARHS 453 Professional Field Experience: Restoration of Traditional Masonry
Buildings in Italy. 3 Hours. +
ARHS 454 Professional Field Experience: Sketching and Analyzing Historic
Buildings in Italy. 3 Hours.
Intersession:
*Students must also participate in San Gemini Session 1 or Session 2 to apply for
the Intersession program.
ARHS 393 Preservation Tour: Siena, Florence & Rome. 1 credit hour.Includes
specialized visits to places of interest to restorers, such as research laboratories
and active sites of restoration.
Courses are co-requisites: Session 2
ARHS 455 Professional Field Experience: Paper Media and Restoration Methods
for Artworks. 3 Hours. +
ARHS 456 Professional Field Experience: Handwritten & Printed Archival
Materials Restoration Methods. 3 Hours.
*ARHS 459 Professional Field Experience: Restoration: Theory, Ethics,
and Issues. 2 Hours.
*may be taken with the above two courses
ARHS 457 Professional Field Experience: Traditional Painting Materials,
Methods, & Restoration Issues. 3 Hours. +
ARHS 458 Professional Field Experience: Traditional Painting Workshop.
3 Hours. +
ARHS 459. Professional Field Experience: Restoration: Theory, Ethics,
and Issues. 2 Hours.
In addition to applying to WVU, student will also need to fill out
an application form with San Gemini Preservation Studies.
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