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ABOUT US
Accademia del Giglio
Year of foundation: 1995.
Location: in the centre of Florence		  

 

Since 1995 Accademia del Giglio is a private school which is specifically aimed at helping international students to gain proficiency in the Italian language, understand the many aspects of Italian culture, as well as learn several drawing and painting techniques. Our school is accredited by:
- The Italian Ministry of Education through the “presa d’atto”;
- The Swedish National Board of Student Aid “CSN”;
- The American university Bard College as its Italian base for its abroad study programme.
- The University of Kansas as its Italian base for its abroad study programme.

In addition:
- Accademia del Giglio has received the “European Label 2007” . This Label is awarded each year to the most innovative language learning projects in the European Union. The Label is coordinated by the European Commission, and managed by the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Education.
- Accademia del Giglio is the Italian base for the Flora Tristan High School (France), participating in the scheme of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme, whose aim is to support improvements in quality and innovation in vocational education and training systems.
- Other occasional but intensive co-operations have also been arranged with other institutes in the past few years, such as
Campion School (UK),
Otterbein College (Ohio, USA),
De La Salle Schulen Marianum (Austria),
Newman College (Australia),
Long Road Sixth Form College (Cambridge, UK),
Blakehurst High School (Sidney, Australia),
Our Lady of Mercy College (Melbourne, Australia),
Broxbourne School (UK),
St Andrews (Johannesburg, South Africa).


The teaching staff of Accademia del Giglio:

- have contributed to the editing of the June 2007, September 2007 and June 2008 Itals bulletins, official review of the University Ca' Foscari of Venice;
- have been organizing training courses for teachers of Italian as a foreign language;
- are currently endeavouring to make use of modern teaching technologies both with school students and with distant learners.

   
THE STAFF
Ms Cecilia PONTENANI
The Director
Italian Language Teacher		  
EDUCATION
April 1992 Received a “Laurea” with full marks in Modern Languages and Literature (Italian Degree) from the University of Florence.
July 1980 Awarded a “Diploma di Maturità” in sciences with full marks.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
June 95-present Director at "Accademia del Giglio" (Florence, Italy).
June 95-present Italian language teacher for foreign students at "Accademia del Giglio".
April 93-May 95 Italian language teacher for foreign students at "Società Dante Alighieri".
June 92-March 93 Private tutoring to Italian students in English; translations from Swedish into Italian for several companies.
LANGUAGES
Mother language: Italian
Good English
Good Swedish
OTHER INTERESTS
Travelling, reading, bird-watching, skiing and going to the cinema.
Mr Lorenzo CAPANNI
Italian Language Teacher		  
EDUCATION
June 1995 Received a “Laurea” with Honours in Modern Languages and Literature (Italian Degree) from the University of Florence.
July 1988 Awarded a “Diploma di Maturità” in Languages with full marks (60/60).
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
July 97-present Assistant Director at "Accademia del Giglio" (Florence, Italy).
July 96-present Italian language teacher for foreign students at "Accademia del Giglio".
Oct 95-June 96 Italian language assistant in 2 French secondary schools.
Spring 95 English teacher for the employees of an Italian company.
1994-present Private tutoring to Italian students in French and English; translations for Italian companies.
LANGUAGES
Mother language: Italian
Fluent French
Fluent English
Good German
OTHER INTERESTS
Travelling, reading, swimming, biking.
Mr Roberto BALÒ
Italian Language Teacher		  
EDUCATION
April 1997 Received a “Laurea” with full marks in Italian Literature (Italian Degree) from the University of Florence.
July 1989 Awarded a “Diploma di Maturità Commerciale” with full marks.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
July 97-present Italian language teacher at "Accademia del Giglio" (Florence, Italy).
June 89-Aug 96 Tutor for Italian students taking summer English courses in the U.K.
LANGUAGES
Mother language: Italian
Good French
Good English
OTHER INTERESTS
Reading, poetry, tennis and going to the cinema.
Mr Gian Paride MORETTI
Art Teacher 		 

EDUCATION
1997 - Professional course in Ceramic.
1996 - Diploma in Art Education (Fine Arts Academy - Florence).
1991 - Diploma in Weaving and Printing (Art Institute - Grosseto).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
August 2006 - present Teacher of Drawing, Painting and Fresco at "Accademia del Giglio" (Florence, Italy).
February 2004 - July 2006 Teacher of Drawing and Painting.
1998 - 2002 Teacher of Drawing and Painting in England and Spain.
1996 - 1998 Graphic and advertising designer.
1995 Architect assistant.

EXHIBITIONS
2006 Solo Exhibition, Town Hall of Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Italy.
2005 Solo Exhibition, Atelier Busios, Brasil.
2004 Collective Exhibitions in Italy.
2003 "Punta Ala Contest": first prize, Grosseto, Italy.
1997 Collective exhibition at Cassero Mediceo, Grosseto, Italy.
1996 "Arte nel tempo e nello spazio", Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto.
1995 Solo Exhibition, Bruja Gallery, Spain.
1994 Collective Exhibition at "Casa di Dante", Florence, Italy.

LANGUAGES
Mother language: Italian
Good English
Fluent Spanish
  OTHER INTERESTS
Canoeing, reading, playing guitar.
Ms Biserka PETROVIC
Art Teacher
Website: biserkapetrovic.com		  

EDUCATION
2007 - "Laurea specialistica" in Graphic and Visual Arts (Fine Arts Academy - Florence).
2004 - "Laurea" in Graphic Art (Fine Arts University - Belgrad).
1999 - Attended the last year of English and Italian literature at University of Belgrad.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
February 2010- present Teacher of Drawing, Painting and Fresco at "Accademia del Giglio" (Florence, Italy).
2009 Teacher of Drawing and Painting.
2008 - present Artist at the "Laboratorio Creativo" of Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.
2008 - present Graphic designer.

EXHIBITIONS
2009 Triennale Architetti: Graphic design, Florence, Italy.
2008 "Disegni fatti nell'Osservatorio di Arcetri", collective exhibition, Festival della Creatività, Florence, Italy.
2008 "Sconfinamenti", Alexander Alvarez Gallery, Alessandria, Italy.
2007 Collective Exhibitions in Italy.
2006 Collective exhibition at Iowa Biennal Exhibition of Contemporary Miniature Prints, USA.
2003 - 2005 Solo and collective Exhibitons in Serbia, Romania and Italy.

LANGUAGES
Mother language: Serbian
Fluent English and Italian
Good French and other Slavic languages
  OTHER INTERESTS
Biking, studying languages, cinema.
   
Ms Andi NUFER
Art Therapy Instructor		  

EDUCATION
1999 - Master in Art Therapy (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois).
1996 - Master in Fine Arts (Stanford University, California).
1994 - Diploma in Fine Arts (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2010 - present Instructor of Art Therapy at "Accademia del Giglio" (Florence, Italy).
2007 - present Instructor at Florence New Renaissance School, Italy.
2006 - 2007 Artist in residence and Art Director at Marin School of Arts and Technology, Novato, California.
1994 - 2006 Art Therapist and Teacher of Fine Arts in US and Italy.

EXHIBITIONS
2007 "Word/World", Solo performance, Art Space, Florence, Italy.
2006 "We are family", group show, San Jose Museum of Art, California.
2005 "Pattern", Museum of Art Studios, group show, Wendl Center Gallery, San Jose, California.
2003 "Toward a New Vocabulary", Opening night of Vagina Monologues, Kresge Auditorium, Stanford, CA.
2002 "Butoh with Mitsuru Sasaki", group video, Teatro di Behemot, Florence, Italy.
1992 - 2001 Solo and collective Exhibitons in US.

LANGUAGES
Mother language: English
Fluent Italian
Good German
  OTHER INTERESTS
Reading, music, trekking.