Trip Overview

Bell'Italia

June 1 - 10, 2022

with Artist Ann Thiermann and Photographer Sandra Frank

  • with Artist Ann Thiermann and Photographer Sandra Frank
  • Ann Thiermann
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  • SFO
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Announcements & Reminders

  • June 8, 11 am, Learn more Bell'Italia trip and meet leaders: Please RSVP to us via email by Friday, June 4th if you can make it.  annthiermann@comcast.net, sandrafrankphotography@gmail.com. Zoom link below. ACIS West Coast is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: ACIS Zoom Recruitment Meeting for Italy Trip w/ Ann Thiermann & Sandi Frank Time: Jun 8, 2021 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)   Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83191265329?pwd=aTRTWkwwdVVSemJ1alJkRUdiQ3Zvdz09   Meeting ID: 831 9126 5329 Passcode: 088391 One tap mobile +12532158782,,83191265329#,,,,*088391# US (Tacoma) +16699006833,,83191265329#,,,,*088391# US (San Jose)   Read More
  • Meet Your Group Leaders, Ann and Sandi: Hi, I’m Ann Thiermann, MFA, your Group Leader for Bell’Italia. www.annthiermann.com. Enjoy my cultural and natural history murals, landscapes, and figurative work.   I continue to enjoy the artistic dialogue with college art students, teaching drawing, figure and landscape for 30 years. My travel-teaching workshops include Italy, France, Mexico, the Southwest and Utah. I’m thrilled to return to Italy in 2022 with ACIS. As Group Leader, I’ve lead ACIS trips to Costa Rica, Paris, and the Gardens of England and Wales. ACIS is an amazing organization which supports all aspects of making trips especially inviting, comfortable and educational for each participant.   Next summer, In addition to our ACIS Italian Tour Guide, I am delighted to be joined by Sandra Frank, Cabrillo College colleague and Photography educator extraordinaire as my co-group leader.  Sandra has had a long commercial career photographing for most of the major Silicon Valley tech companies as well as having her fine art photography shown throughout the country, Canada, England and Russia and in many permanent collections including the Polaroid Permanent Collection in New York. She has taught photography at San Jose State University and Cabrillo College for 19 years as well as numerous workshops in California, and New Mexico.  We each plan to weave unique fun photographic, sketching and journaling tips into our rich Italian itinerary. We invite you to join our Bell’Italia trip at any level of artistic development, or as history buffs enjoying the sites, sounds, smells and tastes of Italy. June 8th, 11 am, via zoom, see announcement above, or visit www. annthiermann.com Read More

Announcements & Reminders

Bell'Italia

June 1 - 10, 2022

What's Included

Italy

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(some places shown in this video may not be included on your tour)

Destination Highlights

Piazza San Marco at Dawn

Florence's Duomo Cathedral

Piazza Navona

Grand Canal and Basilica Santa Maria della Salute

Ponte Vecchio, Florence

Trevi Fountain View

Colorful Buildings on Burano Island

Aerial view on old historical part of Florence

St. Peter's Square and Basilica

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Travel Sketching Creates My Strongest memories

Once I have my boarding pass, my sketch book comes out, and with it a drawn map of my country to visit. Sketching and journaling bring back precious moments, learning from museum masters, studying sculpture, architecture, gardens and fountains with folks enjoying themselves. Back in my hotel, sketching local furnishings helps me understand local style. Sometimes I use my I-Pad or I-phone to capture a travel moment and collage images together as my Swedish Kirke (church) detail shown. Best memories are drawn right on the spot. Travel humor is always important and packing lightly as Lisa and I learned on our New Zealand trip.

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