by Emily Adams (MFA 2011) The Terra Foundation residency has come to a close. On the flight back I watched from the plane window as Paris morphed from a city to a Mondrian painting, and then to some kind of off-kilter fractal in shades of green as we moved over the countryside, over Giverny. West Texas crop circles  This… Read More
Faculty guide Wade Schuman fiinishes his photographic tour through the Giverny countryside. In Veerle’s cave, which dates to the 1400s “Classic French Cows” Detail of Veronese’s St. Barnabé in Rouen
by Jessie Brugger (MFA 2010) The hills are alive with the sound of music! Okay, wrong country, but it was a true story here in Giverny, too. The Musicians for the Chamber Music Festival moved into their residency a few days before we left… and we woke up to nature humming and classical musicians playing away. Don’t get me wrong, its no Tupac… Read More
Wade Schuman, faculty instructor and guide on the Giverny residency at Terra Foundation, always finds interesting things! A “nice French toad.” Rheas, flightless birds similar to the ostrich, lounging by a stream. Artists in the Studio.
Faculty guide Wade Schuman shares some more snapshots of things he likes in Giverny. Wade sketches a local hedgehog. Alum Steve Forster presents his work for a critique. Titian at the Louvre.
by Jason Sho Green (MFA 2011) My project for this residency began as an investigation of the evolution of memory. “Third Prettiest Girl” Initially my concept was to do a series of paintings in Giverny, then stash them away and attempt to re-create the paintings from memory, then to do so over and over again until I arrived at a… Read More
Faculty guide Wade Schuman shares some snapshots of things he likes in Giverny. The Giveny Group: Gary, Ian, Jessie, Emily, Cara, Amber, Jason and Steve. A detail of Louis Brandin’s Jonah and the Whale at the Louvre. With a vase of roses, Emily Adams’ studio space at the Terra Foundation.
by Emily Adams (MFA 2011) Here in Giverny, the air has a floral scent. Morning glories and hydrangeas line the paths to our studios, where Clair Matins and the climbing Zephrine find their way up the sides of old stone buildings. This is the opposite of the desert. Last week, I was in the Sinai Peninsula, where I spent some… Read More
by Jessie Brugger (MFA 2010) A couple days ago, I woke up at six in the morning with a bolt of energy, so I decided to go for a run through the town of Giverny. That might sound like a huge athletic feat, so I will leave it at that… Okay, truth is…The town is incredibly tiny. But it is incredibly packed… Read More
Sketching during the train ride. by Jason Sho Green (MFA 2011) After a few days in Paris, most of the group met up at Gare Saint Lazare and took the train 45 minutes up to Giverny. We were greeted by some of the Terra Foundation staff who showed us to our new studios, houses, and bicycles. The staff has been… Read More
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