SCHEDULE

The 2023 Convivio schedule will be posted in April. Until then, feel free to peruse the 2022 Schedule below.

Monday, June 13

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; masks required)

2:30

Arrival and welcome in Postignano
Acclimation, orientation, and relaxation

6:00

Introduction to Convivio, in the rose garden

8:00

Dinner at La Casa Rosa

Tuesday, June 14

8:00

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Mindfulness, meditation, and stretching with Kimberly Prince Korobov

10:00-11:00

Art workshop with Erin Dixon

11:00-12:00

"On Travel Writing," with Dionne Irving Bremyer

12:00

Lunch

2:00-4:00

One-on-one writing conferences (meeting place determined by faculty member and communicated to participants once in Postignano)

Dionne Irving Bremyer:

Caleb Braun (2:00-2:45)
Gigi Cheng (3:00-3:45)

Greg Fraser:
Sheila Bernstein (2:00-2:45)
Janet Spaulding (3:00-3:45)

Diamond Forde:
Zion Robinson (2:00-2:45)

Matt Miller:
Tegan Pedersen (2:00-2:45)
Ed Wilson (3:00-3:45)

Susannah Mintz:
Kimberly Prince Korobov (2:00-2:45)
Jenna Harvie (3:00-3:45)

Megan Sexton:
Barry Marks (2:00-2:45)

Roger Carlisle (3:00-3:45)

Hananah Zaheer:
Sal Peralta (2:00-2:45)

4:00-5:30
Music workshop with Craig Schroer

6:00-7:00

Art lecture with Nathan Rees

7:00

Aperitivo near the new pizza oven

8:00

Pizza dinner "al fresco"

Wednesday, June 15

8:00

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Mindfulness, meditation, and stretching with Kimberly Prince Korobov

10:00-1:00 (with coffee Break)
Cooking lessons at the Tavola Rossa Academy

Diamond Forde, Heather Turner, Sheila Bernstein, Janet Spaulding,
Nabila Lovelace, Jenna Harvie, Gigi Cheng, Craig Schroer, Erin Dixon, Nathan Rees

10:00-11:00

Writing workshops (workshop space determined by faculty member and communicated to participants once in Postignano)

Dionne Irving Bremyer:
Roger Carlisle, Ed Wilson, Kimberly Prince Korobov

Susannah Mintz:
Barry Marks, Sal Peralta, Tegan Pedersen, Caleb Braun

12:00

Lunch

2:00-3:30

Art workshop with Erin Dixon

3:30-5:00
Music workshop with Craig Schroer

5:00-6:00
Convivio reading by Dionne Irving Bremyer and Hananah Zaheer

6:30-8:00

Degustazione del vino

Sample some prominent wines from the Umbria region

8:00

Dinner at La Casa Rosa

Thursday, June 16

8:00

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Mindfulness, meditation, and stretching with Kimberly Prince Korobov

10:00-11:00

Art workshop with Erin Dixon

11:00-12:00

Music workshop with Craig Schroer

12:00

Lunch

2:00-4:00

One-on-one writing conferences

Dionne Irving Bremyer:

Ed Wilson (2:00-2:45)

Greg Fraser:

Janet Spaulding (2:00-2:45)

Sheila Bernstein (3:00-3:45)

Diamond Forde:

Sal Peralta (2:00-2:45)

Matt Miller:

Roger Carlisle (2:00-2:45)

Susannah Mintz:

Zion Robinson (2:00-2:45)

Tegan Pedersen (3:00-3:45)

Megan Sexton:
Caleb Braun (2:00-2:45)

Gigi Cheng (3:00-3:45)

Hananah Zaheer:

Barry Marks (2:00-2:45)

Jenna Harvie (3:00-3:45)

4:00-5:00

Art lecture by Nathan Rees in the chapel

6:30-7:30

Convivio reading by Megan Sexton and Nabila Lovelace

8:00

Dinner at La Casa Rosa

8:00
Chef's Table at the Tavola Rossa Academy
Roger Carlisle, Leslie Carlisle, Ed Wilson, Amanda Wilson, Barry Marks,

Heather Turner, Bob Heaberlin, Chad Davidson

Friday, June 17

8:00

Breakfast

9:00-11:00

Bocce ball tournament

12:00

Lunch

2:00-3:00

Art workshop with Erin Dixon

3:00-4:00
Music workshop with Craig Schroer

4:00-6:00

Annual 1.5K fun run/walk

6:30-7:30

Convivio reading by Susannah Mintz and Matt Miller

8:00

Dinner at La Casa Rosa

8:00

Chef's Table at the Tavola Rossa Academy

Sheila Bernstein, Janet Spaulding, Erin Dixon, Rick Stoops, Meg Harper,

Matt Miller, Caleb Braun, Hananah Zaheer, Zion Robinson

Saturday, June 18

8:00

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

"W. B. Yeats and Italy," with Meg Harper

10:00-1:00 (with coffee break)

Cooking lessons at the Tavola Rossa Academy
Nora Hunter, Rick Stoops, Leslie Carlisle, Caleb Braun, Amanda Wilson, Dionne Irving Bremyer, Zion Robinson

10:30-11:30

Writing workshops

Megan Sexton:
Ed Wilson, Roger Carlisle, Barry Marks

Diamond Forde and Nabila Lovelace:

Sal Peralta, Gigi Cheng, Sheila Bernstein, Janet Spaulding

Matt Miller and Hananah Zaheer:
Jenna Harvie, Tegan Pedersen, Zion Robinson