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Spring 2022 Show
A glimpse into some of the interdisciplinary final projects of our international students at the Siena Art Institute and Siena School for Liberal arts during the Spring 2022 semester.
Garden Sheep!
Our faculty member @bernardogiorgi has welcomed some fuzzy new guests to be part of our school’s community! They are already helping with cutting the grass and making sure scraps from the garden are not...
Spring Show 2022 April 23
SPRING SHOW 2022 (clicca qui per italiano)On Saturday April 23rd 2022 from 17.30 to 19.30 in Via E. S. Piccolomini 2, our exhibition will be held of the work created by the artists and students of the Siena ...
Spring 2022 Garden Updates
It’s been an unusually dry March, so our plants are revelling in the rain today, with beautiful colors on a rainy morning in our garden! Using #permaculture practices, our #sustainable garden is a resource f...
Spring Semester Underway
Our spring 2022 semester is off to a good start with our study-abroad students of @sienaart & @sienaschool.This semester's students come from a variety of institutions, including:
@brandeisuniversity ,
@oberlincollege ,
@williamscollege ,
@collegeoftheholycross ,
@swarthmorecollege ,
and more!.
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Our latest Newsletter
Greetings from the Siena School for Liberal Arts! Our newsletter is here to keep you updated on our recent and upcoming activities! ===
Looking forward to the Spring 2022 semester
Our incoming spring s...
Our first honey harvest!
We are delighted to share the news of our first honey harvest at the school! This year we have set up bee hives, an initative of permaculture led by our intrepid faculty member Bernardo Giorgi. The bees ...
Deaf-Related EU Projects
Several European organizations including the Siena School for Liberal Arts are currently engaged in Deaf related projects: from how to set up a Deaf Museum to Sign Language in Sports, how to teach Sign...
Deaf Museums European Project Updates
The Siena School for Liberal Arts is one of the partners for the Deaf Museums European Project. Hear from our Program Director in the video below:
The aim of the Deaf Museums European Project is to ...
Spring 2022 Calendar Updates
Without reducing instructional contact hours, we have slightly compressed the dates of our Spring 2022 semester to 89 days. With this calendar fitting within the 90-day limit for Americans to travel ...
Spring 2021 Garden Updates
Spring has sprung in our garden! There are lots of flowers blooming and plants sprouting. We had a set-back with a repair needed for the acqueduct tube which passes beneath our garden and required digging...
Extended Deadline & Calendar Updates for...
Due to uncertainties for international travel amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we have decided to shift the calendar of our Fall 2021 semester at the Siena School for Liberal Arts and our partner pro...
Forthcoming Updates for 2021 Deaf Studies...
We are waiting to confirm plans for our summer 2021 Deaf Studies courses until mid or late April 2021. We are currently exploring 2 possibilities for the summer 2021 Deaf-Studies program: a 2 week course ...
Sustainable winter garden updates
Although the temps are getting below zero at night our sustainable garden is still thriving, with hearty plants and the help of our greenhouse and covering plant beds!
With a hard-working team led by...
#SportSign LIS Project
What are we working on together with Valeria Giura? Stay tuned to find out!
We can give you a hint: these are videos made within #SportSign, a European project to facilitate communication with Deaf people...
#DeafMuseums Project Underway
The aim of the European project Deaf Museums Project is to enhance and preserve the cultural and historical heritage of the deaf community to make known and understood the culture, life, the world of deaf...
Fall 2020 activities underway
Activities are starting back up for the fall and we are hosting a small group of students through our partner school the Siena Art Institute. The students of the Fall 2020 semester are working on their...
Idiom challenge with Profs Valeria Indice...
In our latest video, our teachers Valeria Indice and Jeff Shapiro challenge each other in Italian and English idioms!Nel nostro nuovo video, i nostri insegnanti Valeria Indice e Jeff Shapiro si sfidano...
Planting our winter garden
We've been working under the guidance of our faculty member Bernardo Giorgi to plant winter crops in our garden following sustainable permaculture practices. Our plants include leeks, cabbages, broccoli, ...
Join us in Siena
Based in the historic Italian city of Siena, the Siena School for Liberal Arts and our partner program the Siena Art Institute offers study abroad courses in a variety of disciplines including Art History,...
