Point Of View: Amber Sander – Teaching Assistant & Ex-Student

Colosseum, Rome

Coming together in the early morning hours for a macchiato to talk about the days agenda, when only street carts and pigeons linger in the cobble-stoned streets, makes every job I’ve ever had look mediocre in comparison. Rome in truth is a working city, capable of balancing its ancient heritage while still allowing for modern life to exist seamlessly around it. As an artist, every minute spent in Rome places you in a state of euphoria, from the hustle and bustle of every day life, to observing living history all around you. Continue reading Point Of View: Amber Sander – Teaching Assistant & Ex-Student

From The Director: The Art of Living – A New years Message

RAP alumni are scattered throughout the world. Some are in the sun and some are in the snow, but I can reach out to you all, in a way like an extended family, with the magic of a New Year blog. Continue reading From The Director: The Art of Living – A New years Message

Point Of View: Anthony Lombardi, Teaching Assistant

Vista di Roma dal Gianicolo

The Janiculum (Gianicolo). Nine-thirty in the morning in front of the panoramic lane which overlooks the unsettling city. With its warm colours of painted stucco and brick buildings, baked-clay roof tiles in both the Portuguese and Roman styles, white facades made from marble shipped down from Carrara or yellowish travertine ones, bluish-grey domes and different shades of green coming from the Platanus trees along the Tibur or other species of plants speckled about the larger avenues or squares. Continue reading Point Of View: Anthony Lombardi, Teaching Assistant

Student Success: 2014 Student Show

The Summer 2014 program was barely over before the doors opened to the first Rome Art Program show of the year.

On September 12-14th 2014 American University in Dubai played host to Crossing The Line 2 a conference dedicated to drawing in the Middle East, which included several exhibitions. Continue reading Student Success: 2014 Student Show