Nov 30, 2024 | La Romita News
La Romita’s official name in Italy is “Convento delle Arti”, convent of the arts – a reference to the structure’s original purpose as home, sanctuary, and workplace for monks of the Cappuchin order. The placement of the stones, dug from the rocky earth of central...
Nov 1, 2024 | La Romita News
This week we learned that our dear friend Richard Osler has passed. The outpouring of posts to honor him on various social media platforms has been deeply moving – such an incredible figure in so many ways. He came to La Romita on a quick visit this summer and...
Oct 16, 2024 | La Romita News, Scholarships, Stories
Leslie Voiers came to our Scholarship Program with an extensive art background, in the textile arts. She has contributed much to the world of hand weaving, as an artist, a teacher, and curator. It would have seemed natural for her to gravitate to this year’s...
Sep 10, 2024 | La Romita News, Scholarships, Stories
JoRene Byers was awarded a 2024 scholarship on the strength of her application and the 3 excellent poems. Of her submission, the Scholarship committee wrote: “her love of the natural world is woven with her writing practice and poetry. Her education, publishing...
Aug 7, 2024 | La Romita News
La Romita has magic. It seems trite to put it that way, but it’s the simplest way we’ve found to summarize the feedback we get, through conversations our guests have during meals, the testimonials we get, the comments we receive in social media. Those who...
Jul 15, 2024 | La Romita News, Scholarships, Stories
Yvonne Manipon applied for to our Scholarship Program in the hopes that she would be able to attend Fran Valesco’s printmaking and watermedia workshop. As a full time art teacher at a Catholic High School in Hawaii, Yvonne seeks to expose her students to a...
Jul 7, 2024 | La Romita News
We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Benno Philippson, one of La Romita’s great friends. Over a period of more than fifteen years, Benno brought groups of his followers to La Romita. His skill as an architect informed his painting and teaching,...
May 20, 2024 | La Romita News, Scholarships, Works
We are excited to announce this year’s winners of the Enza and Paola Quargnali Memorial Scholarship! JoRene Beyers – Poetry Workshop: Melissa Young and Emily Ransdell – The Art of Discovery Comments from the Committee: “[…] her love...
Mar 31, 2024 | La Romita News, residency
Throughout the almost 60 years of our existence, we have taken advantage of the sweet summer sun in central Italy to host our workshops and retreats. Our season has run from May through October for decades. One of the questions we hear most frequently is, ‘What...
Mar 25, 2024 | La Romita News
It is with great sadness that we tell of the parting of one of La Romita’s great friends and supporters, Lisa Guthrie. Lisa was a great artist and teach, and an accomplished landscape architect. She came to La Romita many times over the last decades…as a teacher...
