The Florence and Southern Italy Restoration Workshop, taught by restoration expert Lorenzo Casamenti at the Lorenzo de' Medici Italian International Institute, consisted of a month-long exploration of art restoration and conservation, along with related historical, religious and cultural insights, balancing studio instruction in Florence and field work in Italy's Southern region of Calabria. The first two weeks focused on cleaning ancient paintings, infilling cracks in paintings, applying gesso to paintings, and applying color restoration to paintings. Another week was spent inspecting art work in the churches of Rocca Imperiale, Canna, Nocara, and in the museums of Noarca and Rocca Imperiale.