THE FAA CORE: THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM IN DRAWING AND PAINTING
OUR THREE-YEAR PROGRAM IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF FAA
The Drawing and Painting Program is the heart of our Academy. The customized version of the atelier model that Daniel Graves created in 1991 has helped students for over three decades to achieve the highest level of draftmanship. Under Graves’ leadership, this program has improved over time. All of our teachers are FAA alumni. This ensures a continued deep understanding of our philosophy and our methods. You can read more about the three year Academic Program in Drawing and Painting here.
As a student at the FAA / Sweden, you get the best of both worlds. Our students enjoy all the advantages of a small atelier-school: keeping enrollment to 28 allows us to fit under one roof. This means students at different levels in the curriculum work next to each other, so beginning students have the chance to watch and learn from the more advanced. At the same time, the Swedish branch of FAA is one part of an international Academy, with all the benefits that come with it.
Have you missed the application deadline? Send us a late application to get onto our wait list or to be considered for the next admissions period. If you have any questions contact us at info@florenceacademyofart.se and our staff will be happy to assist you.
ACADEMIC IMMERSION YEAR
SPEND AN ENTIRE YEAR OF STUDY WITH US
In this program, students discover the richness of figurative and realistic painting fused with academic draughtsmanship, and endeavour to discover how the masters created works of universal significance. Over the course of 40 weeks, you will be fully immersed in the education and culture of the Florence Academy of Art.
Students of all levels work together under one roof. You will be welcomed into a community of hard working students that includes the three-year Academic Program and other workshops and courses. All of the instructors work in studios on the school premises, allowing students to benefit not only from daily instruction but also from watching the professional artist at work.
8-WEEK IMMERSION COURSE
IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS DURING TWO MONTHS OF STUDY
In this 8-week course, students will learn the fundamentals of drawing and painting in a program very similar to that experienced by our full-time students. Florence Academy faculty will guide students through a variety of exercises taken from our 3 year academic program so they can experience the full education that we have to offer. All skill levels are welcome and exercises can be tailored to your level of experience.
The course will include making master copies, drawing and painting from plaster casts, painting still life,working from live models, art history lectures, museum visits, and studies made in the field. Outside of our 3-year academic program, you will not find a more immersive artistic training! Classes will be taught by the Florence Academy faculty.
WORKSHOPS
SPRING & SUMMER WORKSHOPS & WEEKEND COURSES
The workshops at The Florence Academy of Art / Sweden present a unique opportunity to study with a variety of visiting artists teaching different techniques. Most of the instruction is on an individual basis and our instructors adapt the exercises to your level of experience, which means that the courses are suitable for both beginners and professional artists.
These intensive workshops are perfect for students who desire to develop their artistic skills, and can be applied directly to the development of your own artwork. Contact us today to learn more and begin making art a part of your life. Sign up for more than one intensive workshop and receive a 10% discount!
WELCOME TO FLORENCE, SWEDEN
AN ART ACADEMY WITH GREAT HERITAGE AND TRADITION
Since The Florence Academy of Art was founded in 1991, a notable part of the students have come from Scandinavia. In 2006 it was therefor decided to open up a swedish branch in Gothenburg. Our location in Kvarnbyn offers both inspiration of the natural beauty of our surroundings, and proximity to central Gothenburg.
Academic Director, Andreas Birath, and his instructors are graduates of the program. Philosophy, curriculum, and method of instruction is shared with our mother school in Florence. At FAA/Sweden students will spend quiet hours of intense study aiming at highest possible level of draftmanship, and join an important artistic community.
THE ACADEMY’S HISTORY
The Florence Academy of Art is an atelier started and directed by the American artist Daniel Graves in 1991. The academy was founded to offer training to aspiring professional draftsmen, painters, and sculptors who desire to work in the tradition of the Old Masters. The curriculum for the Drawing & Painting Program is most closely modeled after the classical-realist tradition of the 19th-century French Academy, the École des Beaux-Arts, as led by “Jean-Léon Gérôme. You can read more about the Academy’s significance on the institutional website.
SENSE YOUR CREATION
Because what is painting if not a journey to the real world of senses?
The moment of realization, and the feeling of being in the moment for real, is what we so often experience on our day to day teaching curriculum, alongside our students. At The Florence Academy of Art, we deal with real paint, and real material, with real paper and canvas.
We also deal with real and relentless study of the natural world, in a natural environment, where “senses” need to be heightened. Our students need to acquire, or if put in a different way, regain focus, in order to study and master in-depth knowledge of what the path of a realist painter entails.
