Draw and write your way through Paris in April.

Four Tuesday evenings (8 hours) of basic “how to”

instruction on the college’s campus or online will

precede our departure. Instruction will continue in

Paris, where our “learning aids” will include the famous

sites as well as the art at the Louvre, the Orsay, and

other museums, and where, in the city’s gardens and

cafés, you’ll respond to the sensations of Paris with

drawings and poems of your own. Paris has long been

a magnet for artists, visual artists and artists of the

written word. Whether you’ve ever drawn a picture or

written a line of verse, for a week in April you’ll be an

artist in Paris.

MAKING ARTIN PARIS

An alumni travel opportunity led by Professors Bruce Allen & David Havird

What’s included• Instruction including 4 pre-departure meetings (8

hours) (7-9 PM on March 24, March 31, April 7, and

April 14)

• Lodging: 8 nights, double occupancy at Hotel Des

Nations St. Germain or comparable hotel (For single

occupancy add $510.)

• Meals: 8 breakfasts, 2 dinners

• Métro tickets: 1 carnet (10 tickets)

• Museums: 4-day Museum Pass + admission to

Fondation Louis Vuitton with guide

• Daytrip (transportation, admission): Giverny, Monet’s

House and Gardens

• Centenary Travel Insurance

What’s not included• Airfare and transfers to and from destination / hotel

• Supplemental travel insurance (for example: trip

cancellation coverage)

• Self-guided activities

• Meals on your own

• Gratuities

• Books:

Fragos, Emily, ed. Poems of Paris. Everyman’s

Library, 2019.

Franck, Frederick. The Zen of Seeing: Seeing /

Drawing as Meditation. Vintage, 1973.

Participants will be responsible for their own roundtrip

air transportation and transfers to and from the hotel.

The Paris portion of the course will begin at 9 o’clock

on April 23 (Thursday morning).For more information, please contact Saige Solomon at ssolomon@centenary.edu or 318.869.5115.

APRIL 21 – 30, 2020

Cost: $1,750Payment Terms and Conditions$500 deposit due at time of registration. This

includes a $250 non-refundable cancellation fee. In the

event that, due to failure to reach a minimum number

of tour participants (excluding the tour leaders), it is

necessary to cancel the tour, you will receive a full

refund of your deposit. Full balance due no later than

January 2, 2020. No refunds will be offered following

the final payment.

Sample Itinerary

Note: There will be one drawing challenge and one writing challenge

for Days 2–7. If not daily, whenever possible—for instance, when we can

gather in one of the gardens—there will readings from our anthology,

Poems of Paris. You’ll also be able to visit sites on your own—see

suggestions for self-guiding below.

Day 1: Wednesday (Arrive in Paris) Arrival Paris (morning); Orientation (afternoon): Roman arena,

Jardin des Plantes (Botanical Garden); Left Bank; group lunch

or dinner (TBD)

Day 2: Thursday Orsay Museum; Saint-Sulpice; Luxembourg Gardens

Suggestions for self-guiding: Panthéon; Cluny Museum; Ménagerie

(Jardin des Plantes)

Day 3: FridayLouvre; Tuileries; Orangerie Museum

Suggestions for self-guiding: Arc de Triomphe; Avenue des

Champs-Élysées

Day 4: SaturdayDelacroix Museum; Rodin Museum

Suggestions for self-guiding: Les Invalides (Napoleon’s tomb);

Eiffel Tower

Day 5: SundayPompidou Center

Suggestions for self-guiding: Picasso Museum; Saint-Eustache;

Sainte-Chapelle

Day 6: MondayFondation Louis Vuitton; Bois de Boulogne

Suggestions for self-guiding: Trocadéro, Eiffel Tower

Day 7: TuesdayGiverny, Monet’s House and Gardens (daytrip)

Day 8: Wednesday Luxembourg Gardens for “show and tell”; group dinner

Suggestions for self-guiding: Père Lachaise Cemetery; Sacré-Coeur;

Palais Garnier (Paris Opera)

Day 9: Thursday (Depart Paris)If you’d like, you may also extend your stay abroad beyond the specified

departure date on your own. Our group will check out of our Paris hotel

on this date.