1. PittmanStudy Away Program
The Pittman Study Away Program wasofficially launched in January of
2009, throughthe vision and generosity of our patrons, Robert and
VeroniquePittman.
This program is a formalcollaboration between the Corcoran Gallery
and College of Art + Design and the National Institute of Fine Arts and
Literature in Mexico City and their affiliated colleges of art and design,
La Esmerelda, and Designo & Artesanias.
The vision behind this collaboration is to develop bi-nationalartistic
and educationalprogramsin which there are fullreciprocal exchanges
between the students, faculty, visiting artists, and exhibitions of both
institutions to deepen our collective appreciation and understandingof
each other’s artistic culture, histories and collective futures.
Through these exchanges, program participants will cross bordersand
explorethe environmentsand communitiesfound in Washington, DC,
Mexico City as wellas in the heart of San MigueldeAllende, Mexico, at
The Ignacio Ramirez “El Nigromante” CulturalCenter, locally known as
Bellas Artes.
In San MigueldeAllendethe Corcoran will expand the academic setting
well beyond the classroom to a seventeenth century Spanish Colonial
town, considered to be one of Mexico’s most beautifulcities, and has a
uniquetradition of attracting artists and art studentsfrom around the
world.
Through the Pittman Study Away Program, American and Mexican
studentsand faculty will become fully immersed in the celebration of a
cross-culturalexperience, workingcollaboratively to shape a mutually
enriching dialog and collective imagination through the languageof art.