What
European Honors ProgramWhere
When
Spring 2020
Course Dates: Jan 7, 2020 — May 23, 2020
Past Program
European Honors Program - Spring 2020
RISD in Rome: European Honors Program (EHP) is a unique off-campus residency program that welcomes students to spend a full semester immersed in a global and interdisciplinary environment, which is designed to feed independent and experimental studio projects.
In Spring 2020, students representing 9 RISD academic departments, as well as Brown University Visual Arts, participated in the European Honors Program in Rome.
At-A-Glance
Faculty
Academic Credits
18Department
Course Numbers
Cost
$7170Housing at the Cenci + Week-long Travel Tour: $6,860 + International Travel & Health Insurance: $310
European Honor Program
Rome, Italy
2020
European Honors Program
Rome, Italy
2020
European Honors Program
Rome, Italy
2020
About EHP
In RISD’s oldest off-campus semester program a select group of RISD juniors, seniors, and second year grads from all departments, as well as Visual Art + Architecture concentrators from Brown, live and work in a 16th century palazzo steps away from Rome’s most famous and important historical and artistic sites. Led by a Chief Critic drawn from a rotating cast of RISD faculty, the program is multidisciplinary in nature and designed to appeal to a wide range of concentrations. Each semester, approximately 20 students witness thousands of years of Western art and architecture first hand, drawing from their experiences to develop and produce a final studio project. EHP is an opportunity to inhabit the life of an artist working independently in Rome — but with all of the support and resources that RISD has to offer.
During the first week of the spring semester, students move into the Palazzetto and undergo orientation and introductory training. The academic components of the program begin the following week, which consist of the core Studio Elective (6 credits), the Art history course (3 credits, 2hrs, 4hr/week including 2hr city tour), and Italian (3 credits, 4hr/week).
The week-long trip, which moves beyond Rome to explore contemporary Italian art and culture in a number of other cities, occurs sometime during the first half of the semester. Week 10 marks the halfway point of the semester; students meet for a mid-term review. The liberal arts courses and the first component of the Studio Elective finish by week 13. During the following week, students are encouraged to explore other cities in Italy and beyond in order to gain inspiration and material for their studio concentration. They return to campus by week 15 for their Studio Concentration (6 credits), continuing and completing the work they began the earlier Studio Elective. During the last week of the program, students undergo the final review of their independent projects, followed by an exhibition and opening of the projects at the Palazzetto Cenci.
Ostia Antica, EHP Spring 20. Photo: Yvonne Liang PR 21; Pictured: Cam Collins PR 21
EHP Spring 20_Ostia Antica. Photo: Yvonne Liang PR 21
Student Work by: Huahua Zhu IL 21. Photo: Yvonne Liang PR 21, EHP Spring 20
EHP Spring 20_Work by Arden Shostak 21 SC, Photo: Yvonne Liang 21 PR
EHP Spring 20. Pictured: Hannah Latham 21 PH; Photo: Yvonne Liang 21 PR
Sketchbook by Huahua Zhu 21 IL; Photo: Yvonne Liang 21 PR
EHP Spring 20 Critique; Pictured: Pablo Herraiz Garcia de Guadiana 21 BArch; Photo: Yvonne Liang 21 PR
EHP Spring 20 Critique; Pictured: Huahua Zhu 21 IL; Photo: Yvonne Liang 21 PR
Sicily Tour; Pictured: Arch Faculty Anna Tate, EHP Director Ezio Genovesi, and Kai Zhang 21 ID; Photo: Yvonne Liang 21 PR;
Student + Faculty Stories
Due to the Covid-19 global pandemic, the Spring 20 EHP cohort spent two months studying in Rome and finished their semester from locations all over the globe. Their final exhibition took place online – visit the EHP Spring 20 Final Exhibition
Yvonne Liang 21 PR, "Italian Doorknobs"
Read more in RISD News: 2020 Grads Share Work Virtually
EHP Spring 20; Henry Newman 21 SC, "Bust in the Style of Etruscan Antefix"
EHP Spring 20; Banks Compton 21 PT, "A Roman Parrot"
Claudia Gerbner Marin 21 PT, "Flowergirl" Series
Hannah Latham 21 PH, "Final Cyanotype Placemat"
EHP SP20 ; Cameron Collins 21 PR, "Man and Dog"
EHP SP20 ; Thomas Manto 21 PT
EHP Spring 20; Kai Zhang 21 ID, "Self Organization Study: Spreading and Growth"
EHP SP20 ; Bibiana Rivera Córdova 21 Brown Viusal Arts, "Divine Light, Maybe?"
EHP Spring 20; Arden Shostak 21 SC, "Roadside Flowers"
EHP Spring 20; Maixx Culver 21 PH, from "Tarot Deck"
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