3 week
Summer Session in Greece • June 2006
With David Chung
Associate Professor, School of Art and Design, University of Michigan

Course Offerings
Landscape, Symbol, Pattern and Abstraction – Painting
the Greek Experience
Traditional and Experimental Watercolor
The Painterly Print
The Artist’s Book, Document and Diary
The Screenprint Revealed
The Collaborative Screenprint
These courses fulfill TMP requirements
as well as equivalents in certain areas of advanced study.

Please contact David Chung if you are interested
in this program – davchung@umich.edu
David Chung will be artist in residence participating in the Collaborative
Screenprint course
at the Skopelos Foundation on the island of Skopelos this summer 2006
(June 2 - June 21).

• The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit art center that
hosts art programs from several U.S. colleges and universities including
the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Florida.
• This 2006 June session is administered through the Corcoran College
of Art and Design.
Link to list of course offerings and detailed
information. This
is an accredited program, students register for two 1.5 credit classes, total
of 3 credits for the session. Students have an option to take the
Collaborative Print course with David Chung or any other courses on the
list. David Chung will be at the art center during the entire session. He
will not be teaching classes. The classes are taught by well known
faculty from the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Please see
the link below for further information about the classes.
NEW! Online registration
has been activated. After registering please follow up with a phone call. Also please email
David Chung to let him know that you are registered. davchung@umich.edu
SKOPELOS, GREECE
Experience the unique and inspiring environment of
the island of Skopelos, Greece.
Steeped in 3,000 years of Greek history and tradition, the Greek island
of Skopelos is home to the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts. Located
above the village on a horseshoe bay surrounded by beaches, olive groves
and friendly people, Skopelos offers artists a stimulating environment
for creative work. The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit
foundation housing several large new studios. Its mission is to provide
space for artists from all over the world to experiment and grow through
the artistic process.
The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit
art center that hosts art programs from several U.S. colleges and universities
including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the University
of Florida, George Mason University and the Corcoran College of Art
and Design.
This 2009 June session is administered through the University of Michigan
School of Art and Design.
http://www.skopart.org/
This is an accredited program, students register for
two 1.5 credit classes, total of 3 credits for the session. This trip
includes a two night stay in Athens to visit the major Greek historical
sites.

Registration and Costs
For any questions about enrollemnt please contact
Joe Trumpey jtrumpey@umich.edu
The cost of the 2009 Skopelos Program depends if you
are
1. In-state enrolled University of Michigan student
2. Out of state, non-credit student
3. Out of state student who would like university
credit
1. For in-state University of Michigan students
- Register for 3 credits, as soon as Spring Semester
2009 enrollment
- Pay a $500 refundable deposit with Jan Dryden in
the Finance Office jadryden@umich.edu
- Email David Chung at davchung@umich.edu with
your full name (as it appears on your passport) and phone number, and
state that you are registering for the Skopelos 2009 program
- The Greece session will cost $1600, this includes hotel in Athens,
lodging on Skopelos, the Skopelos Foundation fees, breakfast on Skopelos,
bus and ferry in Greece
- Each student must pay for their own roundtrip air transporation to
Athens, money for lunch and dinners on Skopelos and in Athens, any
spending money, any art supplies as specified by the course (art supplies
information will be available soon)
2. For out of state, non-credit students
- Register as a non-credit student as soon as Spring
Semester 2009 enrollment
- Pay a $500 refundable deposit with Jan
Dryden in the Finance Office jadryden@umich.edu
- Email David Chung at davchung@umich.edu with
your full name (as it appears on your passport)and phone number, and
state that you are registering for the Skopelos 2009 program
- The Greece session will cost $2000, this includes hotel in Athens,
lodging on Skopelos, the Skopelos Foundation fees, breakfast on Skopelos,
bus and ferry in Greece
- Each student must pay for their own roundtrip air transporation to
Athens, money for lunch and dinners on Skopelos and in Athens, any
spending money, any art supplies as specified by the course (art supplies
information will be available soon)
3. For out of state students who would like
credit
- Enroll as an out state student, as soon as Spring
Semester 2009 enrollment. - costs are shown at this link
http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/tuition/half.html#Lower_Gen
- Pay a $500 refundable deposit with Jan Dryden in
the Finance Office jadryden@umich.edu
- Email David Chung at davchung@umich.edu with
your full name (as it appears on your passport) and phone number, and
state that you are registering for the Skopelos 2009 program
- Register and pay for 3 credits, spring session
- The Greece session will cost $1500, this includes hotel in Athens,
lodging on Skopelos, the Skopelos Foundation fees, breakfast on Skopelos,
bus and ferry in Greece
- Each student must pay for their own roundtrip air transporation to
Athens, money for lunch and dinners on Skopelos and in Athens, any
spending money, any art supplies as sepcified by the course (art supplies
information will be available soon)
Travel
- Each student is responsible for their own travel.
The final date and location of meeting in Athens will be announced
soon.
- We are making group travel arragements through Scandia
World Travel. Scandia Travel is an international travel agent who have
been making group travel arranngements for Skopelos for the past 5
years. Scandia usually finds tickets on Olympic Airways out of JFK,
New York. The airfare from JFK to Athens, with the group airfare is
about $1260.00.
For further information about travel please contact
Sari Heiskanen
Scandia World Travel, Inc.
233 Church St NE
Vienna, VA 22180
Tel 703 319 7700/ 800 722 8091
Fax 703 319 7711
www.scandiatravel.com
Meals
- Breakfast is included throughout the trip
- Lunch and dinner are the responsibilty of each person
- At Skopelos, kitchens are available for cooking lunch and dinner,
the town of Skopelos has a supermarket and open air markets, the town
also has many restaurants, cafes and sandwich places
- A welcome and farewell dinner banquet will be provided on Skopelos
Lodging
- In Athens, we will reserve roooms at the Plaka Hotel
or similar place, single rooms are charged extra
http://www.greekhotel.com/athens/plaka/home.htm
- In Skopleos, all the participants stay at a large Greek home divided
into many apartments. The terrace is spacious with spectauclar views.
It is a 5 minute walk to the foundation and studios
Communcations
- The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts is equipped
with wireless internet access. Telephones with good connections to
the U.S. are on site. Emergency phone numbers will made available to
all participants. International cell phones can be rented at the airport.
Cost Checklist
1- Workshop Fee and Tuition (if applicable)
2- Airfare
3- Spending money, meals, supplies
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