Global Studios
Study abroad or closer to home
Your education — and your life as an artist — will expand well beyond the PNCA campus as you investigate the world through art. You might study in Germany for a semester, work with a mentor artist in New York City, or travel to Asia with a group of your fellow students and faculty to learn from designers and artists in other cultures. Mobility programs within the U.S. and Canada allow PNCA students to pursue classes at other colleges and apply credit toward their degree.
From France to Brazil, from the Czech Republic to Japan, PNCA offers a wide range of study abroad options. Opportunities include intensive Global Studios lasting several weeks, full semesters abroad, and international internships. You can apply for a Global Studios Travel Award to help with travel costs. PNCA staff will help match the right international program to your educational and artistic goals, or customize an individual cultural experience.
For more infomation on this program, contact Orleonok (Lennie) Pitkin, Director of Study Abroad,
Seamus Heffernan from Paros, Greece
Painting major
Dear Art School,
It certainly has been a long time since my last communique?, hasn’t it? Well I apologize. I want you to know that I haven’t forgotten about you, I’ve just been busy, that’s all. I live here now, in Parikia, on the Cycladic Island of Paros. I’ve lived here since October, and have settled deeply into the rhythms of this place. It is slow and easygoing for most, but we are art students, so we must produce. We are working toward the end of semester show, among other things. I paint, I draw, I write, I read, I eat. I have swum in marble seas and slept under the Acropolis. I have walked among ancient ruins where ghosts cling fast and make shushing sounds at your spirit. I have seen light shine in ways I never could have expected. I have poured libations for Apollo and been rewarded with a laughing sun. I live in a world of white layered so thick that it begins to glow all colors. I have not seen moss in three months, and so far, I don’t miss it.
— Seamus
Sara Wallfisch from Global Studio: Tokyo
Communication Design major
“I climbed a mountain and slept on top, soaked in hot springs, and felt as though I was finally experiencing a more traditional Japan. My favorite part of the weekend was ascending the mountain, and upon reaching the top, watching a breathtaking panorama of snowcapped peaks emerge from the clouds.”
Michael Costello from Pont-Aven, France
Painting major
“The ARCO art fair in Madrid had about a thousand artists under one roof and gave me enough ideas to last a lifetime.”
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BFA students Jason Traeger and Kirsten Brady are blogging the Global Studios: Brazil program this winter break. They’re part of a large PNCA contingent of students and faculty that are immersing themselves in the culture and installing an exhibition at A Gentil Carioca Gallery in Rio de Janiero.
Teresa DiNapoli is living in Parikia, a town on the island of Paros in Greece. She's focused on drawing, art history, literature and painting, with some printmaking and writing on the side.
Read Teresa's’s blog →
Printmaking faculty Christy Wyckoff is on a semester-long residency in the printmaking department of the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Read Christy’s blog →
Michael Showell was one of nine students in Japan during summer 2006 in our Studio: Tokyo program, studying with Kurosaki, Nike, and Weiden & Kennedy. He sent one photo every day to document his experience. Read Michael's Blog →
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