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St. Petersburg Workshop II

 


Anichkov Bridge
 
AUGUST 7-21 2008
This project is supported by the St. Petersburg Committee of Culture.


Natasha Mokina and Victor Pakhomkin,  
the founders of Winter Palace Studio invite you for a second two week workshop in St. Petersburg, Russia. The workshop will include:

  • 9 drawing/painting sessions under the tutelage of the Academy of Fine Arts Professors
  • Visits to the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, and other museums
  • City canal tours on a boat
  • Visit to the Academy of Fine Arts (Repin Institute)
  • Staying at the Artist's Union hostel or a city hotel(all two blocks from the Hermitage
  • Visit to a ballet theater
  • Day trip to Peterhof and Tzarskoe Selo (two of the summer palaces outside of St. Petersburg) www.peterhof.org/english/pano/    

Prices:

FULL WORKSHOP (according to the schedule bellow) - $1,500
TOUR ONLY (without classes) - $700

The prices include:
 model fees;
all museum and theater tickets;
transportation while in Russia, etc.
 
The prises do not include:
airfare; hotels; food; art materials. 


For information and registration, please contact us at:

Natasha@WinterPalaceStudio.com
or
301 263 0000


Academy of fine Arts (1757)

Hotels:

  • The two hotels across the street from the Artist's Union offer a very safe and comfortable accommodations. The starting price for a double room is about $140 a day. For more information check the following sites: www.comfort-hotel.spb.ru  or www.herzen-hotel.com/index.php?language_id=2
  • The Artists' Union hostel has very modest accommodations. There are 6 double/triple rooms on the floor. There are two half baths and one full bathroom. There is a kitchen. The price is $30 per person.


The Hermitage

Visas: To obtain a Russian visa you need a letter of invitation. The Comfort Hotel and Herzen House Hotel offer those invitations to their guests for free. You can contact those hotels by phone. The guests of the Artist's Union hostel can obtain such invitations through the international department of the Artist's Union (the cost is about $35). There are other opportunities which we are currently investigating. The cost of the visa itself is $100 with a 6-10 business days waiting period. For more information, please visit the following site: www.russianembassy.org/

Tickets: Please check this site as one of the possibilities:  http://www.cheapoair.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1685

Materials:  We can take oil paints and other materials (except solvents) on the plain. They have to be in a checked-in baggage. In case you overlooked something, there is an art supply store right in the AU building and other locations. Easels will be provided.
  


Student Drawings from the Archives of the Academy


2007 Workshop:







Agenda:


Thursday, August 7

     Afternoon                         Depart US
                                                                                                                              

Friday, August 8

     Afternoon                         Arrive St. Petersburg
                                                                                                                              

Saturday, August 9

    10:00 am     11:00 am        First meeting/orientation at the Artist's Union

      11:30 am      3:00 pm        The Hermitage Tour

      3:30 pm        5:30 pm        Savior-on-the-Blood Cathedral Tour

                                                                                                                             

Sunday, August 10

      9:00 am     12:00 pm          Painting workshop

      1:00 pm      5:00 pm          St. Isaac Cathedral Tour, Manège 
                                                    Senate&Synod, Bronze
 Horseman
                                                                                                                               

Monday, August 11

      9:00 am     12:00 pm          Painting workshop

      1:00 pm       5:00 pm          Academy of Fine Arts Tour

      6:00 pm       8:00 pm          Dinner with Local Artists at the AU Café
                                                                                                                               

Tuesday, August 12

      9:00 am     12:00 pm          Painting workshop

       1:00 pm      4:00 pm          The Russian Museum Tour

       4:00 pm      6:00 pm          The Summer Garden (Peter's Summer Palace) Tour
                                                                                                                              

Wednesday, August 13

      9:00 am     12:00 pm          Painting workshop

      1:00 pm       4:30 pm          St. Petersburg Canals Boat Tour
                                                                                                                             

Thursday, August 14

      9:00 am     12:00 pm          Painting workshop

      1:00 pm       5:00 pm          St. Peter and Paul Fortress Tour
                                                                                                                            

Friday, August 15

     10:00 am      6:00 pm          Day trip to Catherine's Palace 
                                                      (Tsarskoe Selo)
                                                                                                                            

Saturday, August 16

     10:00 am      6:00 pm          Day trip to Peterhof by speed boat

                                                                                                                             
Sunday,  August 17

      9:00 am     12:00 pm          Drawing workshop

       4:00 pm      5:30 pm          St. Nicholas Cathedral

       6:00 pm      9:00 pm          Ballet Theater Performance
                                                                                                                             

Monday, August 18

      9:00 am     12:00 pm          Drawing workshop

       1:00 pm      6:00 pm          The Second Hermitage Tour
                                                                                                                            

Tuesday, August 19

     9:00 am     12:00 pm             Drawing workshop

      1:00 pm       5:00 pm          Nevsky Prospect Walk: Kazan sky Cathedral, Eliseevsky Malaya Sadovaya, The Passage
                                                                                                                           

Wednesday, August  20

      9:00 am     12:00 pm          Drawing workshop

       1:00 pm      6:00 pm          Final Show and Reception
                                                                                                                           

Thursday, August 21

     Afternoon                              Depart St. Petersburg
                                                                                                                            

                                                                         

 * There are several cafés in the city block and in the building itself where we can have lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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