SFA students at the top of the Dome of Florence Cathedral include, front, from left, Korey Burns, Grayson, Louisiana, graduate student; Jacqueline Morales, Plano senior; Bethany Sailer, Mineral Wells senior; Kate Bretches, Longview junior; Cynthia Silva, Dallas senior; Sharon Robinson, Nacogdoches graduate student; back, from left, Jacob Thornton, Lufkin junior; Kenzie Kwiatkowsky, Marietta, Georgia, freshman; Jacob Moffett, Hockley junior; Michelle Galvan, Austin junior; Madison Green, Flower Mound junior; Austin Cullen, Cypress sophomore; and Sarah Jentsch, Etoile junior. Not shown is Emily Payne, Winnie senior.
Led by Christopher Talbot, director of the School of Art, and Dr. David Lewis, professor of art, students visited Florence, Siena, Arezzo and Rome, Italy, where they toured numerous museums, churches and monuments, including the Uffizi Gallery and the Cathedral and Baptistery of Florence and the Roman Forum and Colosseum, Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. During their travels, the students completed the course, “Italian Renaissance Art – Then and Now,” taught by Lewis.
SFA faculty toured the painting studio in the LABA facilities. Shown with Dr. Mauro Manetti, second from right, director of LABA, are, from left, Dr. David Lewis, SFA art professor; a LABA painting professor; and Christopher Talbot, director, SFA School of Art.
