Spoleto Study Abroad’s 2022 Visual Arts Intensive will be led by classically trained visual artist and educator Kaila Gottschling. Kaila lives in Charlotte, NC, but grew up in Canada surrounded by a family of professional artists. Her grandfather was a painter and printmaker; her father was a commercial photographer; and her mother was a graphic artist.

Kaila studied at Beal Art, Canada’s oldest and most innovative art school, where she became proficient in textile design, painting, drawing, lithography, and various forms of sculpture. She earned a BFA and master’s in education from Western University, as well as an AP certification for Studio Art from the Savannah College of Art & Design.

Kaila’s work hangs in public and private venues throughout the United States and Canada, and she serves as the Visual Arts Chair at Charlotte Latin School in Charlotte, NC.

“I express myself with conventional and contemporary freedoms,” says Kaila. “I look at an individual piece as a puzzle to solve. What mediums, scale, flow, gesture will be the solution to achieving the same type of blissful mood that I felt when gazing at the subject or place.”

We can’t wait to see the beautiful and inspiring artwork students will create this summer under Kaila’s guidance! Applications are NOW OPEN for the 2022 Visual Arts Intensive. Click here to learn more about this intensive, and to apply! https://spoletostudyabroad.org/summer-visual-arts-intensive. Apply by December 1 to have the $95 application fee waived!