Study Art Abroad in Italy: Design schools in Milan, Art schools in Florence, cooking schools in Tuscany, Art classes Rome, Study Abroad Programs in Europe, summer courses..
Good Tastes of Tuscany is located on the outskirts of Florence, Italy in Lastra A Signa. Our cooking classes are conducted in a original kitchen of a 13th Century castle "Villa Pandolfini" located amidst a private estate. Florence can be reached in less than 10 minutes. Spend a fruitful day in an original gallery kitchen of the 13th century Villa Pandolfini with hands-on instruction by one of our professional Italian chefs. Our menus vary according to the seasonal cuisine and are universally appealing. Our goal is to expose you to all of the Good Tastes of Tuscany. We guarantee an unforgettable experience.
Cooking Class: Enjoy a single day, two to three days or a week long cooking classes (Weekly Culinary Adventure) with our experienced Italian chefs. Our chefs will teach you tasty, authentic and traditional Tuscan Cuisine;
Wine Tasting Class: We offer three types of Wine classes - Tuscan Wine, Super Tuscan Wine and Italian Wine DOCG Tasting courses; Wine Tours.
2. Let's Cook in Umbria
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Spend a fabulous cooking holiday in Umbria, close to Tuscany in Italy. We offer one day culinary classes as well as either a fun filled 2 and 4 days or a full week stay at the country farm"la volpe e l'uva" in the heart of Umbria. Learn to cook authentic Italian dishes in an informal and friendly environment where you will learn the passion of the Italian kitchen and have fun doing it. The Umbrian cuisine is incredibly rich and varied, famed for its heady olive oil; the wines are among the best produced in Italy.
We will teach you to make splendid Italian four course lunches/dinners covering all the basic Italian cooking techniques.
Recipes vary according to the season, utilizing only the freshest ingredients available and providing you with a deeply individual Italian experience. The cooking teacher is native Umbria and speak English so understanding won't be a problem.
We also offer unique package itineraries for groups from 2 up to 10 persons in Central Italy.
- 1 Day Cooking Class
- 2 / 4 / 7 Cooking Courses
- Olive Harvest
- Christmas Cooking in Italy
3. Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School, Florence
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Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School, located in the heart of historic Florence in the Tuscany region of Central Italy, is a prestigious and accredited training center for contemporary jewellery making, jewellery design and related subjects. We offer a range of jewellery courses including hand engraving, stone setting, gemology and offer recognized European diplomas issued by the education authorities. Our courses range from one to three years. We also offer intensive short courses and workshops. Our main courses are held in Italian language, and foreign students are required to have a basic knowledge of Italian.
All courses are designed to ensure that everyone receives adequate training for their needs, with a large number of lessons, all given by well-qualified teachers (craftspeople, artists, designers and professionals). Since 2003, the school has been the only private Training Agency accredited by the Tuscan Regional Authority to run training courses in the jewellery / goldsmithery sector. The school has also always enjoyed collaboration with the top schools and most established institutes around the world.
- Jewellery Making
- Jewellery Design
- CAD
- Hand Engraving
- Stone Setting
- History of Jewellery
- Gemology
- Forecasting
4. IED Venezia
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Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) is an international design educational network with schools located in Venice, Milan, Rome, and Turin in Italy; Madrid and Barcelona in Spain and Sao Paulo in Brazil. We offer three-year post-secondary school courses, advanced one-year courses and Masters programs in the fields of Design, Fashion, Visual Arts and Communications.
IED Venice’s One Year, Masters, Advanced Training, Workshops and Summer courses are geared for the multi-faceted, multi-cultural global public: university and secondary school students, freelance professionals looking to broaden their expertise, foreign and domestic companies whose management and employees require specialized training, even travelers who might want to make their stay in Venice more special experiencing a thorough immersion into culture. Courses are taught in either Italian or English.
Masters Programs:
- Yacht Design & Construction (taught in English)
- Arts Management (taught in English)
- PhotoArt Workshop (taught in Italian)
One Year Courses:
- Production Design (taught in Italian)
- Media Design (taught in Italian)
Continuing Education Courses:
- Design Sketching Evening Classes (taught in Italian)
- 3D Studio Max - Model making and 3D animation (taught in Italian)
- Events - From formulation to realization (taught in Italian)
5. stile Italiano
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stile Italiano is a professional training centre for chefs and aspiring chefs who wish to receive a specialized training in Italian cuisine in Italy. We are located in Cercenasco in the Province of Turin in the Piedmont Region in Northern Italy, approximately 25 km south-west of Turin. We offer a wide range of courses, from one-day courses during your holiday trip around Italy, to the 6-month master's course. We have a special package for experienced chefs only who wish to follow their courses with work experience in highly recognized restaurants in Italy. The courses are taught by Italian chefs in Italian. Some courses are taught in English.
Italian cuisine is a cuisine rich, varied, healthy and expresses all the qualities of Italy from the sea of Sicily to the mountains of Piedmont. You can receive the authentic training in Italian cuisine only in Italy, where you can come into direct contact with Italian culture and products of the Mediterranean diet.
You can receive the best training only in schools that offer fully-equipped facilities, high level programmes and high-qualified personnel, together with a real-life experience in prestigious Italian restaurants.
6. ISAD Istituto Superiore di Architettura e Design, Milan
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Istituto Superiore di Architettura e Design (ISAD) is a design school in Milan, Italy that was established in 1980. We offer a range of master courses and basic courses (one or two years) in areas including interior design, garden design, lighting design, design textiles experiences, photography of architecture, colour design, hotel & shop design, set design for television, interior yacht design, restoration of antique furniture among others. Workshops and ateliers in design are also available.
Recognized as an important protagonist in the field of Interior Design education, ISAD caters to both Italian and international students. After 30 years of experience, the school is involved in a constant evolution and transformation process with updating and renovating didactics as well as teachers and researchers actively engaged in the freelance profession and the critical or editorial field.
ISAD is located in a renovated space of 1,200 square meters in an ex-industrial area of Milan that is actually turning into an interesting design and fashion district.
Masters Courses: Master in Interior Design, Master in Garden Design, Master in Design Textile Experience, Biennium (2-year course) in Interior Design.
Short Courses / Atelier: Interior Yacht Design (in English); Lighting Design; CAD Design; Scenography Design / Set Design for Television; Model Design Lab; Shop Design; Hotel Design; Plants Recognition; Therapeutic Garden Design; Residential Spaces; Public Spaces; Colour and Materials Design; Sketches technique; Photography & Architecture.
7. Accademia Italiana, Florence
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Do you want to study fashion in the historic city of Florence, Italy? Conveniently situated in Piazza Pitti in the heart of the city, Accademia Italiana is a top international fashion and design school. We provide a range of undergraduate and graduate fashion programs that are taught in English and Italian.
Accademia Italiana also has a campus in Rome. In addition to our fashion courses, we also teach jewelry design, interior design, photography, graphic design & visual communications, drawing and painting. You do not need to speak Italian in order to attend the Accademia Italiana
Our students will be surrounded by some of the greatest works of art and architecture as our school is very close to Ponte Vecchio, Uffizi Gallery, Piazza della Signoria, the Cathedral, and all the other monuments of this magnificent Renaissance city. You will find artisan workshops in the surrounding streets as well as the boutiques and ateliers of the great Italian designers.
Our school has been completely renovated and is furnished with all the latest equipment and laboratories for each specific discipline.
Fashion Courses in Florence:
- 3-year Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Fashion Design awarded by the University of Wales, UK
- 1-Year Post-graduate Diploma (Masters) Programs:
* Advanced Course (pre-MBA) in Design and Business - Taught in Italian
* Fashion as Art - Taught in English
- Semester / academic year abroad programs for U.S. University / College Credit.
8. Istituto Italiano di Fotografia, Milan
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Istituto Italiano di Fotografia (IIF) is a multifunctional photography school located in Milan, Italy. We offer a two-year full-time professional photography course as well as evening courses. In addition, we offer a summer session entitled "Photography and Fashion" which is offered in collaboration with Istituto di Moda Burgo. Our summer sessions are taught in English. This unique two-week course brings together the key concepts of both photography and fashion to provide students with introductory knowledge and skills in fashion photography.
The school was born aiming to provide a solid preparation, the development of sensitivity, a contemporary photographic language able to cross cultures, frontiers, and markets. It is continuously in search of talent. It is a never-ending will to let yourself be seduced, to astonish, to amaze, to be touched and reached by an image. It is an opportunity to discover a new language and to wise up to new horizons.
- Day courses: Professional Photography Course (Academic 2 Year program full-time, in italian language);
In english: Intensive Professional Photography Course,Fashion Photography Course,Design Photography Course,Reportage Photography Course
- Topic Session: Photography & Fashion Show, Shoot the Catwalk (in English), Fashion Photography Course
- Summer Session: Photography & Fashion (summer course held in English)
The Istituto Europeo del Restauro (European Restoration Institute) in Naples, Italy is a key centre for the Cultural Heritage restoration and preservation sector that operates in the fields of training, research and professional specialization in cooperation with important Italian and foreign universities and industries.
The Istituto offers annual courses as well as monothematic courses. The theoretical and practical lessons, held by the most expert teachers in their field (professional restorers, University professors) are for an international public of operators in the sector who wish to specialize, or for undergraduates in the preservation of cultural heritage wishing to acquire specific and relevant knowledge.
Annual course for restoration of wooden works of art.
Monographic courses on:
- Wood-carving techniques
- Scientific analyses for painting restoration
- Dangerous insects for Cultural Heritage
- Graphics multimedia and museums
- Handling works of art
- Conservation and restoration of seals
- Laser cleaning/ablation on Cultural Heritage
- How to photograph a work of art
- Archaeological pavement and parietal mosaics
- Underwater restoration
10. The Florence Art Studio
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Located right in the heart of the historic city of Florence, The Florence Art Studio offers 1 - 4 week specialized art training programs to students of all levels and backgrounds in an elegant, central environment. We offer custom courses in drawing and painting from life for students through intensive individual training and one on one instruction.The Studio is situated on Via Ghebillina, only a few steps from the principal historic and artistic places of interest in the center of the city.
Artists are made - not born and we seek students wishing to learn for self-improvement only. We are affiliated with the British Institute of Florence, an accredited institution by the Tuscan government. Students work within a structured environment, under the guidance of an instructor who personally monitors their progress and development for three hours a day, and the remaining time is structured with other activity.
The program is intensively taught in an encouraging environment, with a great deal of personal attention to give the most to the student’s available time and energy. Significant progress can be achieved within a short period of time if there is willingness and determination.
