Magical May- Corsa all’Anello

May 10, 2014 | photoblog

If you’ve been to La Romita before, then you’ve visited Narni. Narni is the medieval town that’s down the La Romita hill, just past the south-west edge of Terni, nestled in the slopes of hills that run northwest to southeast and southeast along...

Artists are Amazing – by Daryl Urig

May 9, 2014 | Artist Interview, La Romita News, photoblog

Like most artists, I am a bit of a romantic and a dreamer. Maybe these qualities are what make people who create art so amazing. Artists want to believe more, experience more, and live more. Italy is the perfect place for this. Its architecture going back to before...

Teaching and Painting at La Romita – by Fritz Kapraun

Jan 17, 2014 | Artist Interview, La Romita News, photoblog

In June 2013, I taught an impromptu 10-day watercolor painting workshop instead of the more traditional 14 day format most often offered at La Romita School. The international group included a professional artist from Canada as well as beginner-to-advanced painters...

2014: A Season of Superlatives

Dec 12, 2013 | photoblog

I guess I use a lot of superlatives when talking about La Romita, but there are so many amazing people involved in each season, I really hope it doesn’t sound like I’m bragging. The line-up of instructors this year reads like a Who’s Who of professors and workshop...

Travel and Art – by Carol Cooper

Dec 11, 2013 | photoblog

Travel is a chance to vacate one’s current life temporarily in exchange for some new routine.  We align ourselves with the loveliness and simplicity of living with less and the freedom that brings.  Travel to a beautiful place with the intent to paint adds a whole new...

La Romita’s Table – Chocolate Breakfast Cake

Sep 15, 2013 | Food, photoblog

Moretto (Moretto means “brown”), or Chocolate Breakfast Cake, is a participant favorite. It’s already low in fat, and you can also substitute canola, safflower or sunflower seed oil for the butter. Moretto has a surprisingly rich chocolate flavor ,...

A Harvest Moon – by Katherine Brimberry

Oct 25, 2011 | Italy, photoblog

Last week in Austin, Texas when the Hunter’s Moon lit up my backyard, I was reminded of the previous full moon, twenty-eight days before, seen from the courtyard of La Romita, an artists’ retreat and school located near Terni, Italy in the heart of Umbria.  It...