Winter Palace Studio Artists Natasha Mokina and Victor Pakhomkin

Classically Trained Artists

Anichkov Bridge

AUGUST 10-24 2007

This project is supported by the St. Petersburg Department of Culture

Natasha Mokina and Victor Pakhomkin, the founders of Winter Palace Studio invite you for a 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 www.comfort-hotel.spb.ru or www.herzen-hotel.com (all two blocks from the Hermitage)
Visit to the Kirov Theater
Day trip to Peterhof (one of the summer palaces outside of St. Petersburg) www.peterhof.org/english/pano/

For information and registration, please contact us at:

Natasha@WinterPalaceStudio.com

301 263 0000

Academy of fine Arts

This fall the Academy celebrates its 250 anniversary

1757-2007

Hotels:

The two hotels across the street from the Artist's Union offer a very safe and comfortable accomodations. 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
The Artist's 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: http://www.russianembassy.org/

Student Drawings from the Archives of the Academy

Agenda:

Friday, August 10

Afternoon Depart US

Saturday, August 11

Afternoon Arrive St. Petersburg

Sunday, August 12

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

11:30 am 3:00 pm The Hermitage (Treasure Gallery - schedule a tour)

1 pm lunch at the museum cafeteria

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

Monday, August 13