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ISF GATE 2022

International School of Florence

ISF GATE logo.

ISF GATE was hosted by the International School of Florence. After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, the Exchange felt uncertain, making the opportunity to gather again in a villa overlooking the Tuscan hills feel like a celebration.

Tess Hitchcock, ISF art teacher.

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Teachers explored Florence through sketching and photography in the city’s streets, and visits to Palazzo Strozzi and the Uffizi Galleries.

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Workshops included drypoint etching, dopamine fashion design, camera obscura experiments, and discussions around student agency. Teacher-as-artist sessions focused on drawing techniques and landscape painting in the Tuscan setting.

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Time together over shared meals and evenings in the city gave the Exchange a strong sense of reconnection as well as learning.

ISF GATE Team Lead, Tess Hitchcock

Group portrait at the International School of Florence.
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