July 20 - August 7, 2025
A THREE-WEEK SEMINAR AND STUDIO RESIDENCY FOR PRACTICING ARTISTS, TEACHERS, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ART, RELIGION, AND THEOLOGY IN ORVIETO, ITALY.
PERSONNEL
REBEKAH SMICK
Graduate Seminar Leader & Program Director
Rebekah Smick is Associate Professor of Philosophy of the Arts and Culture at the Institute for Christian Studies, an affiliate of the Toronto School of Theology. Her publications include a book on the Western survival of classical culture, and book chapters on Italian art criticism and theory. She is a contributor to the book accompanying the 2016/17 Art Gallery of Ontario/Musée D'Orsay exhibition Mystical Landscapes: Masterpieces from Monet, Van Gogh and More.
DAVID HOLT
Artists' Studio Residency Leader
A graduate of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, David Holt has special interests in Italian art and world religions. He has had many exhibitions in the USA and Canada, a painting grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, and a residency at the Ragdale Foundation. A former long-time Professor of Art at Marymount College, Tarrytown (later of Fordham University), he now teaches art at Upper Canada College. He was a member of Loop Gallery, an artists’ collective in Toronto.
THOMAS MCINTIRE
Program Associate
Thomas McIntire is an Emeritus Professor of History and Religion in the University of Toronto and Emeritus Fellow of Victoria College, Toronto. Among his publications are a book and articles on religion in Rome, Umbria, Marches, and Romagna. His current work is in World Christianity.