Topic ID #6107 - posted 10/21/2009 10:23 AM
BalkanHeritage
“FRESCO-HUNTING” PHOTO EXPEDITION TO MEDIEVAL CHURCHES OF WESTERN BULGARIA
Country: BULGARIA
Dates: 8 - 22 May 2010
Project Type: Field-School
Periods investigated: Medieval/Late Medieval
Project Details: This project aims to support the documentation of medieval frescoes preserved in abandoned churches and chapels in remote areas of Western Bulgaria. Their number has permanently decreased due to the lack of effort to preserve them from weather damage. The task of the expedition envisioned for 2010 is to enhance the database created in previous seasons by documenting the frescoes and their conditions as well as history, architecture, artefacts and environment of the ecclesiastical buildings they belong to. The objective of all this is: the publication of a ‘Corpus of Medieval Frescoes from Western Bulgaria’ and development of further projects to support the sites in danger through conservation, restoration, development/improvement of the site's management and fundraising.
The field school project will include three modules: fieldwork; educational course (lectures, workshops and training); and excursions. The fieldwork will entail database recording, geomagnetic survey, sketching, measuring, and creating a photographic record. There will be specialized lectures, workshops and training in South East European medieval history, Orthodox iconography and fresco restoration, and guided tours of Sofia and Rila Monastery. Accommodation for participants will be in Bankya - a small SPA town in Sofia metropolitan area, where the main educational activities will also take place. Every-day fieldwork will involve travel to the church sites (app. 60-70 km away from Bankya, transport will be arranged by BH Field School). Participation in BH publications may be negotiated.
All participants will receive a Balkan Heritage Field School Certificate specifying the fieldwork hours, educational modules, and sites visited.
New Bulgarian University grants to students 6 academic credits for participation in the project. Transcripts are available upon request for an additional tuition fee of (maximum) 300 EUR!
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Sketching/Drawing skills and/or basic knowledge documental photography. All participants will be asked to bring their personal photo cameras and (if available) their laptops.
ADMISSION FEE: 1299 EUR (app. $1750 but check current exchange rates!) includes all educational and fieldwork activities, travel to and from the fieldwork venue, board and meals, excursions, sightseeing tours and entrance fees, transfer from and to Sofia airport and administrative costs. 10% discount off the admission fee available in case of:
1. Early registration (before 1 January 2010)
2. Participation in more than one BH project or project session in 2010 (10% discount is valid for the second, third etc... project/session to be attended)
3. Participation in any BH project/s in the past.
FOR CONTACTS: +359 42 235 402; + 359 888 165 402;
balkanheritage@gmail.com ; www.bhfieldschool.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw-9Joq7OSM
“FRESCO-HUNTING” PHOTO EXPEDITION (Bulgaria)
BalkanHeritage
“FRESCO-HUNTING” PHOTO EXPEDITION TO MEDIEVAL CHURCHES OF WESTERN BULGARIA
Country: BULGARIA
Dates: 8 - 22 May 2010
Project Type: Field-School
Periods investigated: Medieval/Late Medieval
Project Details: This project aims to support the documentation of medieval frescoes preserved in abandoned churches and chapels in remote areas of Western Bulgaria. Their number has permanently decreased due to the lack of effort to preserve them from weather damage. The task of the expedition envisioned for 2010 is to enhance the database created in previous seasons by documenting the frescoes and their conditions as well as history, architecture, artefacts and environment of the ecclesiastical buildings they belong to. The objective of all this is: the publication of a ‘Corpus of Medieval Frescoes from Western Bulgaria’ and development of further projects to support the sites in danger through conservation, restoration, development/improvement of the site's management and fundraising.
The field school project will include three modules: fieldwork; educational course (lectures, workshops and training); and excursions. The fieldwork will entail database recording, geomagnetic survey, sketching, measuring, and creating a photographic record. There will be specialized lectures, workshops and training in South East European medieval history, Orthodox iconography and fresco restoration, and guided tours of Sofia and Rila Monastery. Accommodation for participants will be in Bankya - a small SPA town in Sofia metropolitan area, where the main educational activities will also take place. Every-day fieldwork will involve travel to the church sites (app. 60-70 km away from Bankya, transport will be arranged by BH Field School). Participation in BH publications may be negotiated.
All participants will receive a Balkan Heritage Field School Certificate specifying the fieldwork hours, educational modules, and sites visited.
New Bulgarian University grants to students 6 academic credits for participation in the project. Transcripts are available upon request for an additional tuition fee of (maximum) 300 EUR!
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Sketching/Drawing skills and/or basic knowledge documental photography. All participants will be asked to bring their personal photo cameras and (if available) their laptops.
ADMISSION FEE: 1299 EUR (app. $1750 but check current exchange rates!) includes all educational and fieldwork activities, travel to and from the fieldwork venue, board and meals, excursions, sightseeing tours and entrance fees, transfer from and to Sofia airport and administrative costs. 10% discount off the admission fee available in case of:
1. Early registration (before 1 January 2010)
2. Participation in more than one BH project or project session in 2010 (10% discount is valid for the second, third etc... project/session to be attended)
3. Participation in any BH project/s in the past.
FOR CONTACTS: +359 42 235 402; + 359 888 165 402;
balkanheritage@gmail.com ; www.bhfieldschool.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw-9Joq7OSM