Registration Conditions

Registration
Please fill in the registration form and send it to the Scuola di Scultura (online, by fax, or by post). Upon receipt of your registration you will receive a confirmation letter and an invoice in CHF with a payment slip. This confirms that you are registered for the course.
About two weeks before the course begins you will receive the list of participants as well as detailed information about the course, accommodation and travel. Course and accommodation fees do not include board.

Participants from EU countries
For participants from EU countries we provide a bank account at Commerzbank AG in Cologne, Germany. This allows you to transfer the course fees in Euro at the current exchange rate.

Early Booking Discount for 2026
A 5% discount on course fees and accommodation in our houses is granted for registrations received by 31 December 2025.
Early Booking Discount: Courses booked with an early booking discount must be paid within 60 days. Discounted courses cannot be cancelled; the same applies to accommodation in our houses. If you cancel up to 4 weeks before the course begins, the amount already paid will be credited once within one year. If you cancel less than 4 weeks before the course begins, the credit will lapse and the regular cancellation conditions apply.
The rental of studios and the worksite is excluded from the discount.

Course Timetable
Weekly and fortnightly courses begin on Sundays at 5.15 pm (worksite, aula or big atelier) and end on Fridays at 5 pm.
Course times: Monday to Friday, 8.30 am–12.00 pm and 2 pm–5 pm. Outside these hours, participants may work independently. In the fortnightly courses, the worksite/ateliers are also open on Saturdays (Sundays are off).
Weekend seminars: Begin on Friday at 5 pm and end on Sunday at 12 pm.
Seminar timetable: Friday 5–7 pm, Saturday 9 am–12 pm and 2–6 pm, Sunday 9 am–12 pm. Accommodation during seminars is recommended in local hotels (see: www.vallemaggia.ch).

Cleaning
The cleaning of our lodgings is included in the price.
The cleaning of the used infrastructure (big atelier, aula, workshop and worksite) is carried out by the participants at the end of the course.

Material Costs
We aim to keep material costs as low as possible. However, additional material costs may arise and are charged on site according to consumption. Guideline values:
•    Weekly course: approx. CHF 100.–
•    Fortnightly course: approx. CHF 200.–
(Exceptions: wood sculpting, metal courses, silicone casting, papier mâché workshops.)

Material Costs
We aim to keep material costs as low as possible. However, additional material costs may arise and are charged on site according to consumption. Guideline:
•  approx. CHF 100.–/week
(Exceptions: wood sculpting, metal courses, silicone casting, papier mâché workshops.)
Stone sculpting:
•  Marble fragments or river stones in various sizes: CHF 1.–/kg
•  Saw-cut remnants, small to larger blocks: CHF 2.–/kg

Cancellation of Course, Seminar or Accommodation
•    From registration up to 4 weeks before the start: 10% cancellation fee (course, seminar, accommodation).
•    Less than 4 weeks before the start: 50% cancellation fee (course, seminar, accommodation).
•    From 1 week before the start: 100% of the fees (course, seminar, accommodation), unless you provide a replacement participant.

Cancellation by the Scuola di Scultura
Cancellations by the Scuola di Scultura are rare and only occur in case of insufficient registrations or illness of the course leader without possibility of replacement. In such cases, the full amount already paid will be refunded. Further claims against the organiser are excluded.

Insurance
Personal accident and third-party liability insurance is required for all participants.

Data Protection
Personal data will only be passed on within the framework of the contractual agreement, e.g. to the Foreigners’ Police of the Canton Ticino in case of accommodation bookings. All participants will also receive a list of participants (name, address, phone number, e-mail) prior to the course. Further data will not be passed on unless with your express consent. Data will not be disclosed to third parties without consent, e.g. for advertising purposes.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contractual and pre-contractual measures).

Further information can be found in our privacy policy.