Visual Artists Unite! The buildings on the TASIS campus boast a complex and fascinating history, intertwined with centuries of curious inhabitants, from nobility and government leaders to winemakers and farmers. And, of course, students from countries around the world. As the TASIS Global Village continues to grow, the next building to open will be the new Ferit Şahenk Arts Center. This complex will provide welcome classroom and studio space for our creative courses, including Photography, Ceramics, Drawing & Painting, and Architecture & Design.
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I love coming into the photo lab. The room just feels good and away from the pressures of my academic subjects.”
Coach House, in front of Hadsall, has been home for some portion of the TASIS Fine Arts Department for over 30 years. The building was purchased along with Hadsall in 1961 – the second building to be acquired after De Nobili – and for the first 20 years it served as a reading lounge and dormitory. In the early 1980s, photography and art found a home in Coach House, and in 2000, the building was extended to add a ceramics studio and an up-todate photography lab. As Drawing & Painting courses shared the first floor of Coach House, the area became the heart of creativity on campus.
As the Elementary School grew and additional property was purchased, Drawing & Painting relocated up the hill to Ca’ Gioia (near Belvedere), while the other Arts courses remained in Coach House. But this division will only remain for a few more months; come September, the Ferit Şahenk Arts Center will bring our creative students together again, in their new home. While the move is exciting, it is also bittersweet. Thirty years of memories fill the top floor of Coach House. Many who learned and studied photography within these walls are now working as professionals all over the world.
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