the Wishing Well of Our Story...

We've been at La Romita for almost a week now and it feels very much like a home away from home... last night was great, having the students from the art school in Terni come up to do collaborative work with us. I worked with Mara, a girl that wants to pursue a career doing make-up for theatre, and I really like the end result. It's likely I'll hang it up once I get home.

Today we visited Trevi. First up was a stop at the Flash Art Museum where there was contemporary work from several artists. I really liked most of the work and wrote down a few artists' names. It's refreshing to see what other artists are creating in other countries. It can be a lot to take in, but some of this stuff would probably not fare well in the States, either for political reasons or a lack of interest. One involved an artist enlisting hundreds of school children to help spell out words to raise awareness about the freshwater situation across the globe... the photos documenting it were beautiful on their own even without knowing the purpose. We also visited Trevi's Duomo and Complesso Museale di San Francesco, one building that housed several museums. And then we found a park with a zip-line and a bungee jungle gym! Which may have been the highlight of the day.

After Trevi we made our way to Montefalco and saw a variety of work at the Chiesa-Museo di San Francesco, including older paintings and a contemporary photography exhibition by Franco Pagetti regarding the occupation of Iraq. Very forward but also very significant. I really liked seeing another perspective on the entire situation. While in Montefalco we also saw a vintage car parade and one car looked like the Ghostbusters Ecto-1! And we found a well with glass over it, which made for a nice photo opportunity. And of course... there was gelato!