The Immersive Artistry—Summer Sketching in Italy program features orientations, requires participants to arrange their own travel, and informs U.S. citizens they do not need a visa for stays up to 90 days; it also highlights entry requirements for non-U.S. citizens, provides health insurance, and encourages LGBTQIA+ travelers to understand local culture.

The Immersive Artistry—Summer Sketching in Italy program allows eligible students to use financial aid for all UC Davis Summer Abroad programs and outlines program fees, which include accommodations, meals, ground transportation, and insurance, while emphasizing that personal expenses, such as airfare and travel-related costs, are not included and are subject to change.

The Immersive Artistry—Summer Sketching in Italy program offers accommodations in historic monasteries in Todi and Rome, includes daily breakfast and weekday lunches, features field trips to cities like Siena, Orvieto, Florence, and Assisi for artistic exploration, and emphasizes the importance of understanding and mitigating risks associated with studying abroad.

Bryce Vinokurov has been in the Art Department at UC Davis for the last 19 years and previously taught in summer abroad in Italy and France.

UC Davis Summer Abroad Italy offers students the opportunity to earn units over the summer through immersive coursework, enhanced by local excursions, guest lectures and reflective assignments.

Discover Italy as you learn to draw and appreciate art in Todi, visit Renaissance masterpieces in Florence and Siena, and explore ancient wonders of Rome.

The Art, Culture, History in the Eternal City program provides financial aid eligibility, with fees for UC and non-UC students subject to change and excluding airfare, while covering shared lodging, a public transportation pass, excursion costs, and GeoBlue health insurance, but not personal expenses or travel outside the program.

The program fees for the UC Davis study abroad program cover accommodations, select group meals, transportation, required excursions, health insurance, and an Amici degli Uffizi Museum Pass, while personal expenses such as airfare, meals, and additional travel are not included.

The study abroad program includes pre-departure and on-site orientations, requires students to arrange their own travel, provides visa guidance (none required for U.S. citizens), and offers insurance.

Melissa Demos is a Lecturer and Program Coordinator of Italian language at UC Davis.