Convivio 2026 Schedule
WEEK ONE
Monday, June 8
11:00 (approximate time) Arrival in
Rome (precise meeting
instructions sent to participants
one week in advance)
12:30 (approximate time) Chartered
bus to Postignano
(total time: 2 ½ hours)
3:00 Arrival and welcome in
Postignano
4:00 Acclimation, orientation,
and relaxation
6:00 Introduction to Convivio
in the rose garden
8:00 Dinner at La Casa Rosa
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​ Tuesday, June 9
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8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Mindfulness, meditation, and
stretching with Brandy Barker
in the rose garden
10:30 Italian Coffee 101 with
Elisa Bassetti at La Terrazza
12:00 Lunch
2:00- One-on-one writing
5:00 conferences (place determined
by faculty member and
communicated to participants
once in Postignano)
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Parneshia Jones:
Roger Carlisle (2:00-2:45)
Barry Marks (3:00-3:45)
Ed Wilson (4:00-4:45)
Susannah Mintz:
Nahsir Johnson (2:00-2:45)
Lina Martinez (3:00-3:45)
Laura Larson (4:00-4:45)
Greg Fraser:
Joannah Cook (2:00-2:45)
Eden Marley (3:00-3:45)
Tricia Stearns (3:00-3:45)
Abby Brew (4:00-4:45)
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Jeff Thomson:
Bill Ratner (2:00-2:45)
Leisha Hultgren (3:00-3:45)
Matthew Layne (4:00-4:45)
2:00 Art workshop with Brandy Barker
in the rose garden
4:00 Music workshop with Jonathon
Smith in the chapel
5:30 Trebbiano wine tasting with
Chad Davidson
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Roger Carlisle, Leslie Carlisle,
Tricia Stearns, Bern Stearns,
Bob Heaberlin, Heather Turner,
Monica Spiegel, Laura Larson
7:00 Art lecture with Nathan Rees
in the chapel, sponsored by
Roger and Leslie Carlisle
8:00 Dinner at La Casa Rosa
8:00 Chef's Table at La Tavola Rossa
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Roger Carlisle, Leslie Carlisle,
Tricia Stearns, Bern Stearns,
Bob Heaberlin, Heather Turner,
Bill Ratner, Aleka Corwin,
Monica Spiegel, Laura Larson
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Wednesday, June 10
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8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Mindfulness, meditation,
and stretching with Brandy
Barker in the rose garden
9:30- Excursion to Foligno
5:00​
Roger Carlisle, Leslie Carlisle,
Nathan Rees, Tricia Stearns,
Bern Stearns, Bill Ratner, Aleka
Corwin, Ed Wilson, Amanda
Wilson, Dave Lessoff, Henry
Oddi, Adrienne Oddi, David
Payne, Audrey Goodman,
Chad Davidson, Jeff Thomson
10:00- Writing workshop
11:30 (place determined by faculty
member and communicated
to participants once in
Postignano)​
Trista Edwards:
Eden Marley, Abby Brew,
Nahsir Johnson, Lina Martinez
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Greg Fraser:
Matthew Layne, Barry Marks,
Leish Hultgren, Joannah Cook
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12:00 Lunch
2:00 Music workshop with
Jonathon Smith
4:00 Art workshop with Brandy
Barker in the rose garden
5:00 Music workshop with Jonathon
Smith in the chapel
6:30 Guest lecture by Micheal
Crafton in the chapel
8:00 Dinner at La Casa Rosa
8:00 Chef's Table at La Tavola Rossa
Susannah Mintz, Dave Lessoff,
Henry Oddi, Adrienne Oddi,
Ed Wilson, Amanda Wilson,
Trista Edwards, Lina Martinez,
Matthew Layne, Leisha Hultgren
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Thursday, June 11
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8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Mindfulness, meditation,
and stretching with Brandy
Barker in the rose garden
9:30 Excursion to Assisi (with Daniela
and Diego)
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Roger Carlisle, Leslie Carlisle,
Nathan Rees, Jonathon Smith,
Trista Edwards, Bill Ratner,
Aleka Corwin, Ed Wilson,
Amanda Wilson, Monica Spiegel,
Laura Larson
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10:00 Art workshop with Brandy
Barker in the rose garden
12:00 Lunch
2:00- One-on-one writing
5:00 conferences
Parneshia Jones:
Nahsir Johnson (2:00-2:45)
Lina Martinez (3:00-3:45)
Matthew Layne (4:00-4:45)
Susannah Mintz:
Joannah Cook (2:00-2:45)
Eden Marley (3:00-3:45)
Tricia Stearns (4:00-4:45)
Greg Fraser:
Laura Larson (5:00-5:45)
Jeff Thomason:
Abby Brew
5:30 Music Workshop with Jonathon
Smith in the chapel
7:00 Convivio faculty reading:
Parneshia Jones
8:00 Pizza dinner by the borgo's
wood-burning oven
10:00 Open mic, hosted by Barry
Marks, in the classroom
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Friday, June 12
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8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Excursion to Lake Trasimeno
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Bob Heaberlin, Heather Turner
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9:30- Excursion to Foligno
5:00
Trista Edwards, Lina Martinez,
Eden Marley, Chad Davidson,
Brandy Barker, Barry Marks,
Leisha Hultgren, Laura Larson,
Monica Spiegel, Susannah Mintz,
Joannah Cook, Jonathon Smith,
Nahsir Johnson, Parneshia
Jones, Matthew Layne,
Abby Brew
10:00- (with coffee break) | Cooking
1:00 lessons at Tavola Rossa
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Tricia Stearns, Bern Stearns,
Bill Ratner, Aleka Corwin, Henry
Oddi, Adrienne Oddi, Audrey
Goodman, Dave Lessoff
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12:00 Lunch​
1:00- Writing workshop
2:00 (place determined by faculty
member and communicated
to participants once in
Postignano)​
Jeff Thomson
Ed Wilson, Roger Carlisle,
Bill Ratner
5:00 Aleka Corwin art presentation
in the chapel​​
7:00 Brian Hawkins Memorial
Lecture: Susannah Mintz
in the rose garden
8:00 Dinner at La Casa Rosa
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Saturday, June 13
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8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Mindfulness, meditation, and
stretching with Brandy Barker
in the rose garden
10:00- River-rafting excursion
3:00
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Leslie Carlisle, Tricia Stearns,
Bern Stearns, Lina Martinez,
Bob Heaberlin, Henry Oddi,
Adrienne Oddi, Chad Davidson,
Monica Spiegel, Jeff Thomson,
Laura Larson, Joannah Cook
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12:00 Lunch
2:00 Music Workshop with
Jonathon Smith
2:00 Writing workshops TBD​
​ 4:00 Dante with Chad Davidson
in the chapel
5:00 Annual 1.5K fun run/walk
6:30 Concert in the chapel: jazz, folk,
and traditional (featuring songs
by Charles Mingus, Antonio
Carlos Jobim, and many others
8:00 Special Roasted Pork Dinner
at La Casa Rosa (with plenty
of vegetable accompaniments)
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WEEK TWO
Sunday, June 14
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Music workshop with Jonathon
Smith in the chapel
9:30 Excursion to the Sellano
footbridge
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​​​ Audrey Goodman, Chad
Davidson, Nahsir Johnson,
Matthew Layne
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10:00 Art workshop with Brandy
Barker in the rose garden
12:00 Lunch
2:00 Reading by Convivio
scholarship awardees
Eden Marley, Lina Martinez,
Nahsir Johnson, and
Abby Brew
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4:00 Evening trip to Spoleto
(with dinner)
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Tricia Stearns, Bern Stearns,
Barry Marks, Bill Ratner, Aleka
Corwin, Ed Wilson, Amanda
Wilson, Susannah Mintz, David
Payne, Audrey Goodman,
Chad Davidson
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4:00 Pool Party (free drinks)
8:00 Dinner at La Casa Rosa
Monday, June 15
8:00 Breakfast
​ 11:00 Music workshop with
Jonathon Smith
12:00 Lunch​
4:00 "Tre Amici" poetry reading
Roger Carlisle, Barry Marks,
and Ed Wilson
5:30 Sparkling wine tasting with
Chad Davidson
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Nathan Rees, Ed Wilson,
Amanda Wilson, Laura Larson
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​ 6:30 Guest lecture by Professor
Domenico Delfino
8:00 Roast chicken dinner
at the borgo's oven
10:00 Live music with Gianluca
de Maria and his band
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​ Tuesday, June 16
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8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Mindfulness, meditation, and
stretching with Brandy Barker
in the rose garden
​ 10:30 Art lecture with Nathan Rees
in the chapel
​ 12:00 Lunch
2:00- Preparations for reading
4:00 selections, music, et al.
​ 6:00 Final festivities
in the rose garden
​ 8:00 Dinner at La Casa Rosa
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Wednesday, June 17
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(Day of Departure)
Note: Place all but carry-ons
luggage outside of your
apartment door by 4:30 a.m.
Staff will transport luggage
to the bus.
4:30 Light breakfast
5:00 Chartered bus to Rome
airport
For those not traveling back
to Rome, we can arrange for
transport to the Spoleto train
station (70 euro per taxi).
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Conference
Attendees
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Leslie Carlisle
Roger Carlisle
Joannah Cook
Aleka Corwin
Trista Edwards
Audrey Goodman
Bob Heaberlin
Leisha Hultgren
David Payne
Laura Larson
Matthew Layne
Dave Lessoff
Barry Marks
Adrienne Oddi
Henry Oddi
Bill Ratner
Monica Spiegel
Bern Stearns
Tricia Stearns
Heather Turner
Amanda Wilson
Ed Wilson
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Student
Scholarship
RecipientS
Abby Brew
Nahsir Johnson
Eden Marley
Lina Martinez
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Resident Artists
and Scholars​
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Brandy Barker
Parneshia Jones
Susannah Mintz
Nathan Rees
Jonathon Smith
Jeffrey Thomson​
Board of Advisors
Leslie Carlisle
Roger Carlisle
Bob Heaberlin
Barry Marks
Heather Turner
Amanda Wilson
Ed Wilson