Reflections: Lizzie Clark-Paterson

I was delighted to be asked join Carole Robb and her faculty as Teaching Assistant for the Rome Art Program in May 2014. I have been closely involved with the program since leaving university (SFASU with my MFA in painting with printmaking as a minor in 2012) and it was an amazing experience; I delighted in becoming Roman for that special time, and naturally allowed myself the luxury of this culture at full speed, in all its panoply of hues. This meant that I take it Rome on as a verb, actively yomping the city snaking on foot along the Tiber, and using the subway and bus system. Continue reading Reflections: Lizzie Clark-Paterson

Point Of View: When I First Arrived In Rome…

When I first arrived in Rome, it amazed me to see so many different types of nuns and priest walking in the streets.  I guess then, I didn’t realize the Vatican was a State and Rome are by the sea, as I was also ignorant of the culture, food, and language (I knew a little about paintings).  There was a bliss in ignorance that I wish I still had because I was like a child amazed and thrilled to learn and absorb my surroundings.  Continue reading Point Of View: When I First Arrived In Rome…