Top Veneto Art & Culture Classes - page 2

Experience the magic of Venice with a private gondola ride along the Grand Canal. Glide past iconic landmarks and romantic side canals as your gondolier navigates through the heart of the “Floating City.” Afterward, explore Venice’s hidden gems with a digital map on your mobile, featuring more than 200 points of interest, while wandering its charming alleys.

You’ll be welcomed into a space where leather is still cut, punched, and stitched using traditional tools and time-honored techniques. Guided by the local leatherworker, you’ll create your own mini wallet — a practical and personal item you can take home with you. But before your hands get to work, you’ll get a glimpse into the deep roots of this ancient craft. In the Middle Ages, leather was used for everyday objects like coin pouches, work aprons, sword sheaths, and even wallets. You’ll learn how leather was tanned and the unique properties, making it suitable for everything from soft clothing to rigid armor. With the support of your guide, you’ll select your leather, trace and cut the pattern, punch the stitching holes, and slowly bring your wallet to life using hand tools. You’ll also learn about stitching methods — including those once used for medieval pouches — and you’ll finish your piece by adding small personal touches. No previous experience is needed.

Rather than gondola rides and crowded sightseeing spots, this hands-on experience allows you to learn about a traditional Venetian craft—glass-blowing. Enjoy the special opportunity to visit a glass factory, meet a glass master, and watch how Murano glass is blown. You can also enjoy the opportunity to try out some glass skills yourself.

Capture your trip to Venice during this private one, two, three, or four-hour photoshoot with a professional photographer. Let the city be your backdrop as you pose in front of iconic Venice locations—ideal for solo travelers, couples, or special events. Get between 20 and 50 final images (depending on the duration selected) in an online viewing gallery within two weeks.

Taste your way through the Rialto market and historic neighborhoods on a small-group walking tour of Venice that combines street food with sightseeing. You’ll duck through narrow alleys and follow quiet canals to a series of tastings that include delicious ‘cicchetti,’ Venetian small plates served tapas-style, and check out top Venice attractions along the way.

Explore Venice’s rich history and art on this private tour of St. Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace. Skip the lines to admire the Basilica’s stunning mosaics, the Pala d’Oro, and the Horses Loggia, then delve into the Doge’s Palace to see masterpieces by Titian and Tintoretto, the Doge’s Apartments, and the Bridge of Sighs. With a professional art historian guide, this tour offers an in-depth look at Venice’s most iconic landmarks.

For this private mask-decorating workshop in Venice, arrive at a traditional atelier, and get a blank sand-colored mask that’s ready for your artist eye. Use feathers, sequins, and other materials to make a masterpiece. Your guide will share facts about the history of mask making and can also show you some great techniques to use. Afterward, you’ll get to bring home your decorated mask.

Don’t just snap pictures of Venice’s stunning scenery; interpret the sights of the Floating City in your own way during an outdoor painting class with a local artist. Rather than sitting inside, draw inspiration from what’s right in front of you as you set up your easel in a setting sure to stimulate your creativity.

Private photography workshop during an enjoyable walking tour in Venice, above and beyond the touristic itinerary. Effective and pleasant way to learn how to take beautiful photos in a unique city like Venice. Improve technique and creativity in a synergistic way. Private workshop with a professional photographer at your exclusive disposal. The fact of not being a group guarantees high effectiveness and sure enjoyment. Theory of photography dealt with contextually to real photographic situations. Walking around Venice and learn to photograph, think and move like a professional photographer. We will analyze each photograph, correct any errors and I’ll propose new points of view. If you have just your phone camera it’s okay, we will focus on creativity. It is not only a photographic workshop but also a way to discover and enjoy Venice. Pleasantly getting lost in the maze of Venice, mostly off the beaten path, photographing hidden gems of Venice.

Award-winning photographer, I offer you an intimate, artistic and personalized session in Venice. I Guide you to create together authentic and elegant memories

Arianna is one of the few remaining Venetian artisans who still prints like in the 15th century. If you plan to visit Venice you cannot miss the opportunity to travel through time and return to the age of the "Serenissima". You can meet Arianna at her art studio, an antique-style printing house in Fondamenta dei Ormesini in the Cannaregio district and attend an entire press session with her: you will be surprised by the atmosphere, the colors, the scents, the gestures , from the work behind a single print. The entire work behind an art print will be shown: starting from the initial drawing, the various processing steps will be explained to obtain a chalcographic engraving, until the actual print is under your eyes.

Discover the most playful and creative side of Verona! A unique experience between art, play and shared fun.

A unique experience that combines art and craftsmanship, in a laboratory that in over fifty years of activity has created over a thousand different graphics, working with over 250 artists from all over the world.

Unleash your creativity in a traditional printing workshop nestled in the heart of Venice. Over 2.5 hours, explore the craftsmanship of wooden type and manual presses, guided by skilled artisans. This hands-on experience at Campo Santa Maria Mater Domini allows you to create your own unique prints, blending artistry with rich historical technique. Upon completion, take home a beautiful souvenir that captures the essence of Venetian artistry, making your visit truly memorable.

Do you want to experience Venice in an authentic way, away from all the same tourist experiences? What if for once, instead of running from place to place, you stopped to do something with your own hands? Gilding is a slow and gentle technique, which naturally invites you to be in the moment. Applying the gold leaf requires only attention to the gesture : and it is precisely in that gesture that one finds oneself, reconnecting with oneself in a completely spontaneous way. You don't need any experience; you just need the desire to stop. In a contemporary artisan atelier in the heart of Venice, a stone's throw from the Rialto, you will learn the basics of gold leaf gilding : an ancient art handed down by a real artisan who practices it every day. Not a demonstration, not a ready-made kit but an experience where you really work with your hands and find yourself, and then go home with a unique creation that tells something about you. Maximum 4 participants per session, to ensure everyone the necessary attention

As a visitor to an unfamiliar city, it can be difficult to get close to the local culture. This intimate experience offers the rare opportunity to do exactly that by having a cooking lesson from a professional chef in her Venetian home. Learn to cook one classic main dish and pair your creation with local wine for the full Venetian experience.

This experience is different from a typical photoshoot because it is designed as a relaxed part of your trip rather than a formal session. You begin with a short consultation to plan the visual story, choose the best outfits, and select beautiful locations that match the atmosphere you want. The shoot itself feels like an easy walk through scenic places whileyou are guided naturally so the photos look authentic rather than staged. The goal is to capture real emotions, your connection with the place, and moments that feel genuine. All images are created on a Hasselblad X2D medium-format camera, producing gallery-quality photographs with exceptional detail and color. Within 7 days you receive a curated selection of professionally edited photos in a private online gallery. The experience also includes a short social-media highlight video filmed during the session and instant printed photos in frames that you can keep immediately as a memory from the day.

Basilica San Marco is the most important church in the city. In the altar is the tomb of St Mark the Evangelist. We can visit the Pala d'Oro and the terrace. Hi, my name is Cristina Caragia, I work as a licensed tour guide and I have a degree in architecture here in Venice.

We are an artisan laboratory of artistic screen printing, active since 1968 in the heart of the city of Venice. It prints high quality editions, making available its own technical expertise and sensitivity, managing to interpret and translate the different expressive languages of painters, sculptors, photographers, illustrators, street artists, graphic artists and designers into graphics. Gianpaolo Fallani inherits the passion for screen printing from his father Fiorenzo, who has collaborated with over 200 artists from all over the world and for whom he has created more than 1000 editions. Printing on commission continues, also offering workshops and residences of various levels that invite the artist to learn about and experience the versatility and potential of this printing technique. In 2018 Gianpaolo received the recognition of MAM Master of Art and Craft and participates in Double Firma and Homo Faber.

Attention,the entrance tickets are not included. This palace is the seat of government, the residence of the Doge of the Serenissima Republic. If you are in Venice, you have to see it, it is the most important in the city.

The ancient art of engraving, which had its greatest splendor and diffusion in Venice, will have no more secrets! For those who want a unique experience in the ancient world of craftsmanship, I organize individual courses (one or at most two people) to explain and put into practice the basic techniques of engraving. Participants will thus have the opportunity to create a real art print made by them (on their original idea or drawing) and take it home. An experience that they will certainly not forget - in fact, they can hang it in their home! The course includes etching with the drypoint technique on Plexiglas or drypoint on zinc. I will follow you in the choice of subjects, in the preparation of the drawings and during all the processing phases, from the initial study to the processing of the plate up to the final prints. Reservations are accepted by people from the same family or relatives

During your Venice vacation, carve out some time for creativity with this private woodpress workshop. Rather than returning home with a souvenir you’ve picked up from a store, create your own piece of art using traditional printing techniques, adding your personalized stamp. Plus, your local artist guide can offer plenty of tips for exploring Milan’s creative scene.

Create wonderful memories in picturesque Venice. Whether you’re a solo traveller that doesn’t want to rely on selfies, a couple looking for a romantic souvenir or a family that wants everyone in the frame, this experience is a wonderful way to remember your time in the city. Your photographer is a local who knows all the hidden spots and tucked-away corners that make the most beautiful backgrounds for your pictures.

Enjoy a private 1-hour tour in Romanian with a local guide through the stunning Palazzo Ducale in Venice. Tickets are an additional cost. The Palazzo Ducale is the city's most significant museum, filled with legends and captivating stories shared as you explore its halls. Continue your journey on foot throughout the city or stay within the palace's historic walls.