SCHEDULE

WEEK ONE

Monday, June 12

11:00 (approximate time) | Arrival in Rome (precise meeting instructions sent to participants two weeks in advance)

12:00 (approximate time) | Chartered bus to Postignano (total time: 2½ 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 13

 

8:00 | Breakfast
9:00 | Mindfulness, meditation, and stretching with Anne Barnhart

9:00 | Photography workshop with Steven Broome

10:30 | Italian lessons with Elisa Bassetti

12:00 | Lunch

2:00-4:00 | One-on-one writing conferences (place determined by faculty member and communicated to participants once in Postignano)

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Dionne Irving Bremyer:  

Sunny Rosen (2:00-:2:45)
Lorrie Beth Milton (3:00-3:45)
Taylor Thomas (4:00-4:45)

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Greg Fraser:
Evelyn Angelle (2:00-2:45)

Adrienne and Henry Oddi (3:00-3:45)
Sheila Bernstein and Janet Spaulding (4:00-4:45)

Chad Davidson:

Starlene Justice (3:00-3:45)

Elena Passarello:
Kalie Pead (2:00-2:45)
Rose Darline Darbouze (3:00-3:45)

Maren Henry (4:00-4:45)

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Jeffrey Thomson:
Roger Carlisle (2:00-2:45)

Barry Marks (3:00-3:45)    

Aaron Bremyer:
Ed Wilson (2:00-2:45)
              

4:00 | Music workshop with Craig Schroer in the chapel

5:30 | Collage introduction with Aaron Bremyer in the chapel
6:30 | Art lecture with Nathan Rees in the chapel

8:00 | Dinner at La Casa Rosa

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Wednesday, June 14

 

8:00 | Breakfast

9:00 | Mindfulness, meditation, and stretching with Anne Barnhart

10:00-1:00 (with coffee break)| Cooking lessons at the Tavola Rossa Academy (limit ten people)

10:00-11:30 | Writing workshops (place determined by faculty member and communicated to participants once in Postignano)

 

Dionne Irving Bremyer:
Maren Henry, Evelyn Angelle, Kalie Pead, Rose Darline Barbouze, and Ruth Payne

Elena Passarello:
Sunny Rosen, Lorrie Beth Milton, Taylor Thomas, Starlene Justice, and Adrienne Oddi

 

Jeffrey Thomson and Greg Fraser:

Aaron Bremyer, Roger Carlisle, Barry Marks, Ed Wilson, Herschel Layman, and Henry Oddi 
 

12:00 | Lunch

2:00 | Photography workshop with Steven Broome

3:30 | Music workshop with Craig Schroer in the chapel

5:00 | Birmingham Poetry Review celebration, with Alison Chapman and Greg Fraser

6:30 | Degustazione del vino: sample some prominent wines from the Umbria region

​8:00 | Dinner at La Casa Rosa
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​Thursday, June 15

 

8:00 | Breakfast

9:00 | Excursion to Spoleto (shopping, strolling, eating, church-going)         
 

          Jonathon, Gordon, Sabra, Steven, Janet, Sheila, Starlene,                   David, Nathan, Evelyn, Frank, and Elena

10:30 | Music workshop with Craig Schroer

12:00 | Lunch

2:00-4:00 | One-on-one writing conferences

 

Dionne Irving Bremyer:   

Evelyn Angelle (3:00-3:30)

Maren Henry (3:45-4:15)

Kalie Pead (4:30-5:00)

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Greg Fraser:

Rose Darline Barbouze (3:00-3:30)

Sheila Bernstein and Janet Spaulding (3:45-4:15)

Ed Wilson (4:30-5:00)

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Elena Passarello:

Roger Carlisle (3:00-3:30)

Barry Marks (3:45-4:15)

Starlene Justice (4:30-5:00)

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Aaron Bremyer:

Adrienne and Henry Oddi (3:00-3:45)
 

4:30 | Mindfulness, meditation, and stretching with Anne Barnhart
5:30 | Pop-up piano performance by Jonathon Smith in the chapel
6:30 | Guest lecture by Audrey Goodman in the chapel

8:00 | Dinner at La Casa Rosa

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Friday, June 16

 

8:00 | Breakfast
9:00 | Excursion to Spoleto (shopping, strolling, eating, church-going)

          Aaron, Sunny, Rose Darline, Lorrie Beth, Kalie, Taylor, Dionne,
          Nathan, Roger, Leslie, Ed, and Amanda
 

9:00 | Bocce ball tournament

10:30 | Photography workshop with Steven Broome

12:00 | Lunch

2:00 | Music workshop with Craig Schroer
3:00 | Mindfulness, meditation, and stretching with Anne Barnhart

5:00 | Annual 1.5K fun run/walk
7:00 | Convivio faculty reading: Jeffrey Thomson and Dionne Irving Bremyer

8:00 | Pizza dinner by the borgo's wood-burning oven
10:00 | Emily Dickinson discussion (moderated by Roger Carlisle)

Saturday, June 17

 

8:00 | Breakfast

9:00 | Guest lecture by Alison Chapman in the chapel

10:00 | Excursion to Montefalco (strolling, eating, winery visit, tasting)

            Sunny, Jeff, Jen, Henry, Adrienne, Audrey, Ruth, Taylor,       
            Herschel, Kalie, Starlene, David, Sabra, Steven, Aaron,
            and Dionne, Elena, and Nathan
            

10:00-1:00 (with coffee break) | Cooking lessons at the Tavola Rossa Academy (limit ten people)   

           Bob, Heather, Leslie, Rose Darline, Frank, Evelyn, Greg, and
           Maren
 

12:00 | Lunch
2:00-3:00 | Writing workshops

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Greg Fraser:

Kalie Pead, Rose Darline Darbouze, Taylor Thomas, Lorrie Beth Milton, Sunny Rosen, Evelyn Angelle
 

3:00 | Mindfulness, meditation, and stretching with Anne Barnhart
4:00 | Music Workshop with Craig Schroer in the chapel

6:30 | Concert in the chapel
8:00 | Dinner at La Casa Rosa

10:00 | Open mic with Barry Marks