Italy, April 2010

We’re pleased to announce our plans and to invite you to join us for our Creativity & Madness—Psychological Studies of Art and Artists Conference, April 10 – 23, 2010 in Venice, Florence, Assisi and Rome. If you would like to attend we suggest you register soon.

Our conference will bring Art and Psychology together in a unique way that will enhance your understanding of the life issues with which the artists struggle, and your appreciation and enjoyment of their achievements. There will be lecture-presentations with discussions by experts who have studied the intrapsychic forces that drive the artist to create.

Conference Objectives

To understand life issues and problems, such as depression, mid life transition, and psychosis, as revealed in the lives and works of great artists.
To understand the creative adaptations that are possible for the resolution of conflicts and problems encountered in life.

We will see the artists’ works in the museums and in some cases, where the inspiration and creation took place. There will be time for sight seeing, shopping, and relaxing. We also will arrange, as options, for dinners at the finest restaurants, and when possible, for Opera and Concert tickets. We are doing our best to make this the most enjoyable and intellectually stimulating two-week experience you have ever had.

Saturday April 10th Depart US and Canada for Venice

Sunday Venice! April 11-15 We’ll stay at the world famous 5 star Danieli Hotel on The Grand Canal. Breakfast on the rooftop terrace is worth the trip in itself. The city is bursting with energy, art and music. We’ll stroll along meandering canals of romance and bridges where gondolas glide. Our welcoming dinner will be at the hotel.Our stay will include a walking tour of Piazza San Marco with the lovely cafes lining it and the pigeons fluttering by. Sites to be seen include the Doge’s Palace with its wonderful array of paintings by Tintoretto, Veronese and other great painters of the Renaissance.We will then travel by coach to…

Florence! April 15-19. We will stay at The 5 star Excelsior Hotel on the Arno—a few minutes walk to the Ponte Vecchio with its beauty and the fascinating stalls of artisans in leather and gold. Our tour will include visits to Michelangelo’s David, The Piazza Signorini with the Donetello statue of Perseus and The Church of San Lorenzo with the Annunciation by Botticelli. Next to The Church of Santa Croce, the burial site of Rossini, Machiavelli, Dante and others, is Peruzzi’s, the famous leather store where you will enjoy a group discount on everything you buy…from purses, to jackets, to wallets, belts, shoes, and everything made by the skilled leather makers of Florence. An optional day excursion to Pisa and Lucca, Puccini’s Birthplace will be available.

We’ll depart for Rome on April 19th. On our way to Rome on April 19th we’ll stop at Assisi—city of St. Francis which houses the famous frescos by Giotto.

Rome! April 19-23. We will stay at the 5 star St. Regis Grand hotel. The following are within
walking distance: The Spanish Steps which is one of the most famous and beautiful stairways in the world; The Trevi Fountain where you can toss your coin to assure that you will return to Rome; and Via Veneto, another of Italy’s famous shopping streets with Fendi, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga and others. At our farewell dinner in the hotel we will have the opportunity to review, rejoice and share our memories of this astounding culture with its beauty, magnificent art, and its history of giving so much to all of us in Western Civilizations. Our departure from Rome for our return to the United States and Canada will be on April 23rd.

About Our Program

Morning Lecture/Presentations

Michelangelo’s Fascination with the Power and Beauty of the Human Form
Lorenzo de Medici: How Leadership Provides Culture, Financial Stability for Centuries, and Peace.
Venus: The Personification of Love and How it Fills One’s Heart and Life,

and others.

There will be afternoon discussion groups.

Please let us know if you are interested in presenting. Speakers receive a significant discount off the land cost of the trip.

Registration

The Cost is $4345 + airfare per person double occupancy. Single Supplement (one person in a room) is $1495. Cost includes breakfasts, welcoming and farewell dinners, deluxe hotel accommodations, deluxe air conditioned motor coach, baggage handling, admission to museums visited as a group, local guides where indicated, and admission to the lecture presentations.

To register, click the button below (you will have the opportunity to select single or double occupancy on the next page).

Not included: personal expenses, passport and visa fees, round trip airfare US to Venice/Rome.

Please call The Travel Station (800 990 2282) for discounted group airfare.

If you are travelling singly, we will try to match you with another registrant if you wish. Please advise.

We reserve the right to make changes as necessary. AIMED is not responsible for loss, delay, inconvenience, accident, death, or other untoward events.

If you have any questions please call us at (800) 348 8441 or email aimed@earthlink.net.

Hotels

For information and photographs of the hotels please see:
Hotel Danieli, Venice
The Westin Excelsior, Florence
St. Regis Hotel, Rome

AIMED: The Creativity and Madness Conferences

Aimed, The American Institute for Medical Education, was founded in 1982 to provide the best quality and most interesting continuing education possible to physicians, social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists and others interested in the psychology of artists and the creative process.

We have held over 100 conferences throughout the world. Our conferences have been held in Santa Fe, San Francisco, New York, Hawaii, all of the major cities in Europe, as well as in South America, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Bali, and China. We currently plan 4 or 5 conferences a year. We are accredited to provide continuing education to M.D.'s, Ph.D.'s, Social Workers, MFT's, and others.