Syracuse in Florence

Florence , Italy

• College of Visual and Performing Arts program offers a wide variety of studio courses for students at all levels, including beginners (slides/portfolio required)
• The Syracuse Center offers drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, print-making, restoration, and sculpture
• Florentine studios offer fiber arts, sculpture, metal-smithing, printmaking, surface pattern design, and painting restoration
• The Syracuse Center offers Italian art history courses at all levels, including many field trips in Florence and around Italy
• Most courses taught in English
• Northwestern students have a language prerequisite of one year or the equivalent of college-level Italian
• NU Terms: Fall Semester, Fall-Winter Quarters, Winter-Spring Quarters, Full Year

University College London (Arcadia University)

• The Slade School of Fine Art is world-renowned for traditional studio arts and art history. Serious art students may apply to the full-time Independent Studio Programme in painting, sculpture, or fine art media (including print, film and video, photography and electronic media). (No other programs are available; students may not enroll in individual courses at The Slade.) Students work in independent studios with a personal tutor in addition to taking studio and seminar courses. The application requires a portfolio and is due early, in February. Students in this program are charged a special course fee.
• The Art History Department only accepts Art History majors. However, non-majors may enroll in introductory art history courses after arriving in London, if space is available. Art history courses include multiple gallery visits.
• NU Terms: Fall Semester, Full Year.

Goldsmiths College (Arcadia University )

London , England

• World-renowned for conceptual studio arts (slides/portfolio required) and art history.
• Studio arts courses include painting, photography, textiles, printmaking, and drawing.
• Serious studio arts students should plan to study at Goldsmiths for the full year to develop an individualized study program and receive their own studio space. Students may combine art courses with courses in other departments.
• NU Terms: Fall Quarter, Winter-Spring Quarters, Full Year.

University of Edinburgh (Arcadia University)

Edinburgh , Scotland

• History of Art offers art history courses on many aspects of Western art from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century. There are opportunities to study Film Studies, Architectural History, and areas of non-Western art such as Islamic and Chinese art (the latter taught by a lecturer who is also a curator at the National Museums of Scotland). The Department also offers a number of courses on architectural history. For more information, see the University of Edinburgh site.
• Courses make extensive use of the superb collections of old master and modern art in the National Galleries of Scotland.
• Edinburgh is home to a number of other well-known art museums. The distinguished holdings of the National Museums of Scotland include Chinese and Tribal art, as well as the single most important collection on the culture of Scotland, with especially interesting examples of early Celtic and Pictish art. There are several significant western medieval and Islamic manuscripts in Edinburgh libraries. The National Monuments Record is an invaluable resource for students interested in Scottish architecture and monuments. The University's own Talbot Rice Gallery has a permanent collection of paintings and sculpture, and mounts a regular program of temporary exhibitions.
• Edinburgh is capital city of great architectural interest and hosts the Edinburgh Festival, one of the principal international arts festivals. Major special exhibitions are held in a variety of public and commercial galleries. In Summer 2004, for example, one could view exhibitions devoted to Venetian Sixteenth Century Painting, Eduardo Paolozzi, Alison Watt, Etruscan Art, Dutch Painting of the Golden Age, Fred Tomeselli and Jasper Johns.
• NU Terms: Fall Semester, Winter-Spring Quarters, Full Year

Padova Language & Liberal Arts Program (Boston University)

Padova, Italy 

• Art history courses offered at the BU Center and the University of Padova
• Community placements in museums and art galleries
• Architecture/art history field trips
• Padova is located next to the major Northern Italian artistic sites: Venice, Bologna, Ferrara, Vicenza, Verona
• All courses taught in Italian
• Language prerequisite: Level I – 1 year or equivalent of college Italian (grades of B or higher); Level II – 2 years or equivalent of college Italian (grades of B or higher)
• NU Terms: Fall Semester, Fall-Winter Quarters, Winter-Spring Quarters, Full Year

Indiana University’s
Bologna Consortial Studies Program
(Northwestern Exchange)

Bologna, Italy

• University of Bologna courses offered in Art and Archaeology, Film, and Visual Arts
• All courses taught in Italian
• Language prerequisite: Full Year – 2 years or equivalent of college Italian; Winter-spring Quarters – 2.5 years or equivalent of college Italian.
• NU Terms: Winter-Spring Quarters, Full Year

Danish Institute for Study Abroad

Copenhagen , Denmark

• Contemporary European architecture, Danish architecture and design, furniture design, watercolor painting
• All courses taught in English
• NU Terms: Fall Semester, Winter-Spring Quarters, Full Year

IES-Nantes

Nantes , France

• Drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography courses available to experienced students at the Ecole Regionale des Beaux-Arts (slides/portfolio required)
• Art history courses available at the IES Center and the University of Nantes
• All courses taught in French
• Language prerequisite: Fall Semester, Full Year – 2 years or equivalent of college French; Winter-Spring Quarters – 2.5 years or equivalent of college French
• NU Terms: Fall Semester, Winter-Spring Quarters, Full Year

IES-Paris

Paris , France

• Art history and architecture courses available at the IES Center and Paris universities
• Courses in drawing, life studies, painting, ceramics, sculpture, and water colors available for experienced students at the Atelier Nicolas Poussin (slides/portfolio required)
• All courses taught in French
• Language prerequisite: FS, FY – 2 years or equivalent of college French; WSQ – 2.5 years or equivalent
• NU Terms: Fall Semester, Winter-Spring Quarters, Full Year

Sweet Briar College Junior Year in France

Paris , France

• The different Paris universities offer courses in Art History, History of Art and Archeology, Cinema and Film Studies
• Students may also take classes in plastic arts and photography at specialized institutes
• All courses taught in French
• Language prerequisite: 2 years or equivalent of college French
• NU Terms: Fall Semester, Winter-Spring Quarters, Full Year

IES-Nagoya

Nagoya , Japan

• Traditional Japanese studio art courses include: flower arrangement, calligraphy, wood block printing, black ink painting
• All courses taught in English
• Language prerequisite: None for full-year students. Fall/Winter-Spring students must have 1 year or equivalent of college Japanese with a combined GPA of 3.0 or above.
• NU Terms: Fall Semester, Winter-Spring Quarters, Full Year

Paris , France

• One semester, intensive internship/academic experience
• Individualized placement for work and practical experience in visual arts, art history, architecture, visual arts cultural policy
• Typical placements: Museums, Ministry of Culture, FRAC and other centres d'art, commercial art production, design firms, architecture firms
• All courses and work done in French
• Language prerequisite: 2 years or equivalent of college French
• NU Terms: Fall Semester, Winter-Spring Quarters