Summer with Sotheby’s Institute of Art


FIE and Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London have partnered together to offer Sotheby’s outstanding summer art courses alongside FIE’s full range of student services.

Two Sessions • Choose from Six Courses • Art World Immersion

Summer Sotheby’s Institute of Art courses offer interesting and compelling insights into the art world and include lectures and seminars led by Sotheby’s Institute of Art faculty, international experts and leading practitioners in the field. Visits to major collections in London’s museums, auction houses, artists’ studios and royal palaces allow each participant to develop a deeper understanding of the art. Two four-week sessions offer opportunities for early or late summer study.

The Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London is located in beautiful Bloomsbury on Bedford Square, the best preserved area of Georgian architecture in London. The Institute is minutes from the British Museum, the Sotheby’s auction house and the National Gallery, all of which are utilized in the summer courses. The rigorous and intensive summer courses typically meet for at least 96 hours over the course of the four study weeks. Sotheby’s Institute of Art provides a Certificate of Completion after the program. Official transcripts are available if requested from the University of Manchester, the Sotheby’s Institute of Art School of Record.

Applications

3.5 GPA minimum or demonstrated capability in a related academic area for undergraduates. Open to graduate and independent students as well.

Courses and (Sessions)

Students choose one of the following six courses, offered in the sessions noted in parentheses.

Student Services and Housing

When combined with FIE’s comprehensive student services, housing and extra-curricular events, students experience London to its fullest.

FIE offers a comprehensive student life experience in London, providing an on-site orientation as well as an extensive extra-curricular calendar of events including theater excursions, rides on the London Eye, comedy and sporting events, and other exciting outings. Twenty-four hour emergency contacts, live-in Residence Life Assistants and international health and safety insurance complement the academic program.

Students experience the heart of South Kensington in converted eighteenth-century townhomes with furnished bedrooms, shared kitchens and wireless internet access. Rooms range from singles to quads and vary from dormitory-style hallways to large flats. Students commute by London Underground to reach the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in the Bloomsbury area.

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