The registration conditions give you information about our programmes, and about organisational matters.
Please fill in the registration form and send it to the Scuola di Scultura (online, by fax, or by post). On receipt of your registration we will send you a letter of confirmation and an invoice with a payment slip. This confirms that you are registered for the course. Two weeks before the course begins you will receive the list of course participants as well as specific information relating to the course and accommodation, a sketch-map with directions to the Scuola di Scultura etc. Board is not included in the course and lodging prices.
Discounts for Courses in 2025: For payments received by 31st Decembre 2024 we grant a 5% discount for course and accommodation in our houses. If you qualify for a discount we expect payment to be made within 60 days. If you have been granted a discount for a course and you decide to cancel it, we cannot reimburse you, but we will credit it to you once within one year. The same applies to accommodation in our houses. We offer no discounts for the rent of studios and the work site.
Course Timetable:
The weekly and fortnightly courses begin on Sundays at 5.15pm on the worksite, the hall, or in the big studio of the Scuola di Scultura in Peccia. They finish on friday at 5 pm.
Course times from Monday to Friday are: 8.30am - midday and 2pm - 5pm. At all other times course participants are free to work independently. For those attending the fortnightly course there is a chance to work independently on Saturdays. (Sundays are off).
The Weekend Seminars begin on Friday at 5pm and finish on Sunday at midday. Seminar timetable: Friday 5pm - 7pm, Saturday 9am - midday and 2pm - 6pm, Sunday 9am - midday.
Cleaning:
The cleaning of our lodgings is included in the price.
The participants clean the used workplaces as the big atelier, aula and work area at the end of each course.
Charge for materials:
We try to keep costs for materials as low as possible. However it is necessary on some courses to add a charge for materials. These have to be paid for as and when required. The charges mentioned here are guidelines that are rarely exceeded (except in wood sculpting, metal workshops, silicon-casting workshops or Creative Design with Papier Mâché).
Charge for materials:
Weekly course approx. CHF 100.-
Fortnightly course approx. CHF 200.-
Cancellation for Course/Seminar/Accommodation:
Up to four weeks before the course/seminar begins: 10% cancellation charge. Four weeks and less: 50% cancellation charge. If cancellation occurs seven days or less before the course/seminar begins there will be no refund for the course/seminar and for board and lodging. However, you may wish to send another person to take your place on the course/seminar.
A personal accident- & third party risk-insurance is a precondition!