Current Programs

This program includes 36 AIA-approved HSW Learning Units. 

Nancy Josephson and Stephen Day are leading new sessions of their 10-day program based in Civita, Perugia, Assisi and Siena and other central Italian hill towns April 29 - May 9, 2025 sold out; May 13 - 23, 2025 sold out; September 30-October 10, 2025 sold out; and October 14-24, 2025 sold out.

These programs focus on architectural preservation, sustainability, and modern design interventions in several phenomenal Etruscan hill towns, including extraordinary connections with Italian designers, engineers, cultural leaders and other compatriots. This program is not only for architects but also others interested in a deep dive into architectural preservation, art history, sustainability, food, wine, and local culture in several ancient but vital Etruscan hill towns. Using Civita as the base camp, with overnight trips to key locations, participants will explore important preservation work and the protection of cultural treasures in hill towns such as Assisi, Perugia, Tarquinia, Tuscania, Orvieto, Pienza, Caprarola, Cortona and Siena, in addition to Civita di Bagnoregio.

For further information and details on a sample of the sessions please see Program Booklet here. For further information and if interested in a Fall 2025 session, please contact us at programs@civitainstitute.org.

NEW PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Stephanie Bower's "DRAW CIVITA 2025" program is scheduled for late September 2025. This program is full. If interested in a future program with Stephanie, or to be placed on a wait list for September 2025, please email us at programs@civitainstitute.org.

This landscape architecture-focused variation program includes 36 ASLA & AIA-Approved HSW Learning Units.

Patty Stevenson and Jeff Coburn are your travel guides on their 10-day educational program focusing on modern and historic design, sustainability, preservation, landscapes, art, architecture, food and wine in ancient hill towns and world-renowned UNESCO World Heritage Sites from September 2-12, 2025.

For further information and details on a sample of the sessions please see Program Booklet here. For further information and if interested in a Fall 2025 session, please contact us at programs@civitainstitute.org.

A Watercolor and Charcoal Drawing Workshop, to be led by artist, architect, teacher, and Civita Institute Fellow Otto Chanyakorn in Civita di Bagnoregio May 30-June 4, 2025 has been postponed to a later date, to be announced. For general content please see the completed June 2024 program booklet here.

Otto is a recipient of the prestigious Gabriel Prize, awarded in 2020 for excellence in architectural depiction in watercolor and other media, and was awarded the Civita Institute Drexler Family Diversity Fellowship in 2022.

He is a faculty member at Kansas State University school of architecture and teaches design studio, drawing, and watercolor technique, focusing on observational and analytical thinking and experiencing architecture and spatial constructs.