Trips and Tours

Throughout the year, we offer a myriad of local, regional and international trips and tours. The following are two painting trips that will be sure to inspire and inform.

Painting Trips
February 2011
En Plein Air Painting in Naples, Florida

June 2011
Oil Painting in Tuscany with Ilana Manolson

TOURS
Nashoba Farm to Table One-Day Tour

Focus on Food:Nashoba Farm to Table Tour for Photographers
Friday, September 24
9:30am–5:30pm

As a preview to our autumn exhibit, Bon Appetit: A Visual Treat, join the Concord Art Association on a food exploration tour of the Nashoba Valley. Led by Concord Art Director,
Lili Ott, the tour will visit picturesque farmstands, a heritage apple orchard, a local dairy/cheese maker, a farmers market, and an herb farm. The trip will include photo opportunities galore, many samples, all-local lunch at Gilson’s Herb Lyceum (www.gilsonslyceum.com) and a reception to enjoy home-pressed cider and other local
foods and beverages.

Price:
$90 Members $110 Non-members
Trip includes bus transportation to and from Concord, lunch, all admissions, and reception.

Reservations will be held on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Lili to reserve at director@concordart.org or 978-369-2578.

en plein air painting in naples, florida

Watercolor, Oil or Acrylic
Instructor: Paul George
February 7–11, 2011

Escape the cold this winter and come join us on a painting trip to Naples, Florida with Paul George. We will enjoy the Florida sunshine and have a wonderful time as we paint with others in a different beautiful setting every day! We will paint in a quiet nature reserve, in the Naples Botanical Garden, in the mangrove forests in Delnor Wiggins Pass State Park, the sunset at the old fishing pier, and the coastal dunes at Clam Pass State Park. A group visit to the Naples Museum of Art, if time allows, and the von Liebig Art Center will be on our agenda as well.

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Artists will stay in the Naples Courtyard Inn, a delightful tropical hotel centrally and conveniently located near our painting locations. A continental breakfast is included.

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Trip includes five nights in hotel, taxes and gratuities, admissions to parks and museums, and instruction. Artists are responsible for airfare, meals, and car rental (which can be shared with others).

PRICE:
$1200 Single
$850 Double

$500 deposit due November 1, 2010 Not refundable after December 1, 2010
Total balance eue December 1, 2010

For more information, please contact Michele Kenna at education@concordart.org or
call 978 369 2578.

La Bella Vita! Oil Painting in Tuscany with Ilana Manolson

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Castello di Spannocchia, Siena, Italy
June 25–July 4, 2011

All Levels
We have reserved twelve spots for seven days of painting at Castello di Spannocchia, an amazingly beautiful agricultural estate located a few miles southwest of Siena, Italy.
Castello di Spannocchia, a center for education and enrichment programs, is a painter’s paradise surrounded by 1000 acres of the most beautiful Tuscan landscape. Artists will be housed in eitherthe Villa or Fattoria – each with its authentic Italian character. All meals are home cooked with the freshest ingredients and seasonal vegetables
and herbs from the garden. Each evening we will enjoy
a four-course dinner with wine reflecting traditional Tuscan cuisine.

You will paint en plein air everyday in one of the many spectacular painting locations at Spannocchia. There will be a half day trip to San Galgano, a nearby chapel and monastery, and Chiusdino, a true Tuscan hill town. We will also visit Siena for a full day and see its old historic center and architecture, and the surrounding Chianti countryside.

Imagine yourself surrounded by beauty everyday, enjoying wonderful food and wine in the company of fellow artists, and receiving superb instruction. The trip includes all airport transfers (to and from Spannocchia), hotel accommodations for eight nights, all meals with four-course dinner with wine every night (except Saturday), day trip transportation, and painting instruction. Airfare not included. Space is limited to twelve and will fill quickly.

An information session on the Tuscany trip will be presented on Wednesday, October 6 at 12:45pm.

PRICE:
$2400 double occupancy only available

$500 Deposit due November 15, 2010
Not refundable after January 15, 2011

Balance Due February 15, 2011
No refunds if cancellation occurs after March 1, 2011.

Please contact Michele Kenna at education@concordart.org or call 978 369 2578.

ILANA MANOLSON
Ilana’s paintings reflect her strong connection with the beauty of small details in nature.
She layers paint on panel in fluid glazes and strokes,
which evoke the gesture of reflective light and natural organic form. Ilana will teach you how to capture the essence of the landscape through careful observation
of color and form. To see her work please go to Ilana"s website at:  http://www.manolson.com.

Ilana holds degrees from Goddard College and Rhode Island School of Design. She has been included in group shows at the Danforth Museum, Boston Public Library andmany numerous international exhibitions. Her work is represented in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, DeCordova Museum, and Fuller Museum of Art. She has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in Vermont, and has conducted workshops in workshops in Mexico and South Africa.