We have partnered with International Making Cities Livable for the 61st IMCL gathering in the beautiful and instructive hill town of Cortona, Italy, October 29th-November 1st, for “The Ecology of Place: Learning from Nature, Culture, and History.” Registration link below or visit imcl.online.

On November 2nd, the Seaside Institute is arranging group transportation from Cortona to Pienza, Italy for a day trip with David Mayernik! (Please sign up at seasideinstitute.org). Mayernik is an Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame in Rome, having taught design studios, graduate seminars in history and theory, and drawing, in both the U.S. and Italy. He has taught in a Prince of Wales’ Summer School and at the New York Academy of Art. He was recently a resident fellow at the Bogliasco Foundation. David Mayernik is a Fellow of The American Academy in Rome, and the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, & Commerce at RSA. He was named one of the top forty architects in the United States under forty for the decade if 1986-1995.

He won the Arthur Ross Award from Classical America along with Thomas N. Rajkovich for their design of the Minnesota State Capitol grounds. A winner of the Gabriel Prize for study in France, his research resulted in two books, numerous articles, and an online course in Rome @edxonline that has reached almost six thousand students around the world. With Frederico Del Carlo he has founded the Tuscan Renaissance Academy in Lucca to promote and teach the principles of Renaissance art and culture. Mayernik’s book, Timeless Cities: An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy, can be found on our Recommended Readings at seasideinstitute.org.

We will also be joined by Seaside, FL town founders, Robert and Daryl Davis!

To secure your spot, you may click the registration link. The cost for this day trip will be $250. This includes a donation of $100 a person. All participants have the opportunity to receive a complimentary membership to Seaside Institute for one year.

Interested in taking part in the IMCL Cortona conference? Click the button below to learn more.