ArtMill lies in the heart of Central Europe, in the Bohemian countryside, on a lake, in the Czech Republic. The school is surrounded by agricultural land, and rolling hills. American artist Barbara Benish, with her Czech-architect husband Petr Kalny, are slowly renovating an old Mill with it’s surrounding grounds, and opening it up for youth during the summer months. Focusing on children ages 6-12, and youth to age 16, the summer camp offers a wide variety of classes in Art, Music, Languages, and Dance, as well as Horseback riding, Swimming, and Hiking. Fresh food from the garden
and fields give the students lunch each day, as well as providing first hand experience in Agriculture, Herbal Lore and Crafts, and Organic Cooking. As the Mill is “green”, we pass on this environmental awareness in every hour of the day at Cerveny mlýn ("Red Mill", in English). Children have a chance to participate in a working farm, collecting eggs from the chickens or milking the goat, and play with the other animals that live there also: sheep, ponies, doves, dogs, cats and, of course, rabbits.
Deposit is requested by 1 May, 2008. This guarantees a space for your child.
5 full scholarships* are available for 2008. This year we can accept 30 students total. Parents of younger children, if traveling from afar, may need to stay over. If so, we can arrange accommodation in local pensions.
*) To apply for scholarships, please email the Director, at bbenish@tiscali. cz for information or send inquiries to ArtDialogue, Vlkova 6, 130 00 Praha 3, Czech Republic. Each student applying for a scholarship is requested to submit a portfolio of their work and present it to our committee at ArtMill on a selected day in early June. The selection committee includes Ms. Benish, several of the ArtMill staff, Mr. Jan Zdenek, Principal of šafranková škola at Nalžovský Hory, and a professional artist from Prague. Foreign students may send digital images. Basic English is
required in the interview.
For more information about the ArtMill, classes, prices, staff, living and registration, please see http://www.artmill. eu/.
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