Description

This is a 3-week course for art students focusing on production of traditional Islamic art forms in calligraphy, illumination, wood, gypsum plaster carving, zillij tile mosaics and miniature painting. During the course AMIDEAST also organizes an Amman city tour and a one day trip to Madaba and the Dead Sea. For students also participating in the Summer Session II Intensive Arabic Program, they will have the opportunity to take part in a second excursion to Jerash and Ajloun.

This course, offered in cooperation with the Institute of Traditional Islamic Arts in Amman, introduces students to the study of traditional Islamic art in two interlocking modules. The first focuses on the basic concepts of the sacred geometry that is the basis of traditional Islamic art. The second consists of a project in one of six media –calligraphy, illumination, Persian miniature painting, gypsum carving, zillij (mosaic tile work), or wood working. In addition to the 3-week Traditional Islamic Arts course, students can also choose to continue their experience in Jordan by participating in the 4-week Intensive Arabic Summer Session II which begins two days following the close of the Arts course.

Subject Areas

• Arabic
• Art History
• Art/fine Arts
• Arts
• Middle Eastern Studies
• Visual Arts

Cost in US$:

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

American, European, Canadian and Australian Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 month

AMIDEAST's Mission Statement

America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST), founded in 1951, is a private, nonprofit organization that strengthens mutual understanding and cooperation between Americans and the people of the Middle East and North Africa. AMIDEAST has been involved with Education Abroad Programs since the mid-1980s. AMIDEAST Education Abroad Programs are student-centered and structured to maximize students' Arabic language acquisition, development of their knowledge of the host country and region through exposure to the host culture, and development of their intercultural sensitivity and global competence.

Year Founded

1951