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Immerse yourself in architecture, design, and creative studies with an insightful spring, summer, or fall course in Venice, Italy - one of the cultural capitals of Europe. European Cultural Academy provides a range of educational architecture & design-based courses (taught in English) for participants and students of all backgrounds. Join us for 1, 2 or 3 weeks in Venice and learn from experienced faculty including artists, designers, curators, gallerists, architects and scholars. Our courses help you to build necessary skills and enable you to navigate through a very competitive creative industry.

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Architecture & Design Courses in Venice (Taught in English)
Photo of Contact Page - Architecture / Design Courses in Italy- Join us for a one, two or three week program
- There are a range of different week-long modules
- Each week has a specific focus and can also be booked as a single course
 
• Contemporary Architecture - Opening of the Architecture Biennale
Course dates: May 22-27

Subjects taught: Architecture as Identity, Venice, Europe, Drawing, Modelling & Photography, Combining the New with the Old, Architecture & Public Space, Curatorial History and Organization of the Venice Biennale

• Contemporary Architecture
Course dates: July 9-14 / August 6-11

Subjects taught: People and Place, Drawing, Modelling & Photography, Combining the New with the Old, Architecture and Public Space, Curating Architecture

• Venice Architecture Biennale
Course dates: June 18-23 / July 16-21 / August 13-18 / November 12-17

Subjects taught: A history of the Biennale Architettura, PR & Communication for Architecture and Design exhibitions, Personal Experience: Curator & Architect

• Design: The World Around Us
Course dates: June 25-30 / July 23-28 / August 20-25

Subjects taught: Contemporary Curatorial Practices, Design and Publishing, Design of the Human, The Craft of Glass, The World of Copies, Infrustructure and Design, Design and Technology.

• 3-Day Venice Architecture Biennale Power Course
Course dates: May 29-31 / July 18-20 / October 4-6

Student Testimonial:
"The opportunity to learn on the "behind the scenes" of the Venice Biennale was invaluable.The Academy nurtured in me the will to pursue a professional experience within the Biennale one day. We studied in the environment full of warmth and joy. It could not have been better!"
- Maria

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Address: Palazzo Mora, 3659 Strada Nuova, 30121, Venice, Italy
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Accademia Riaci, Florence - Summer Courses
Courses / Programs
Study art, design or culinary arts abroad in Italy this summer with Accademia Riaci! Located in the heart of the beautiful and historic city of Florence, Accademia Riaci is a leading art and design academy that provides short-term summer art courses, design courses, and culinary art programs.

Course options include Painting, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Shoe Design, Jewelry Making, Interior Design and Ceramics.

Private lessons are also available. In addition, we offer a fully-inclusive summer program, which includes accommodation and cultural excursions.

Summer courses are taught in English or Italian. You have the option to study for 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks or 12 weeks.

If you attend for 2 weeks or more, you may have the opportunity to earn college credit.

The student-teacher ratio is kept small to maintain the school's policy that values each students' originality and learning styles.

You will receive tailored, hands-on instruction and extensive career development. Training for effective presentation skills are provided in order to develop each learning artist as a whole.

In addition to our summer courses, Accademia Riaci provides short-term spring courses in culinary arts or jewelry-making, year-round short courses (ranging from 1 week to 24 weeks), semester programs, 1-year courses, 2-year diploma program (taught in Italian only) and 1-year master courses.
Intensive Summer Art, Craft & Design Courses
Study for 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 12 weeks

- Art History 
- Art Management
- Bag Design
- Bag Making
- Ceramics 
- Fashion Business
- Fashion Design
- Glass Art
- Graphic Design
- Interior Design
- Jewelry Design
- Jewelry Making
- Painting & Drawing
- Product Design
- Shoe Design 
- Shoe Making
- Textile Design
- Restoration of Paintings
- Italian Home Cooking
- Italian Language
- Enjoy Italy Course
- English Language

You can combine different courses. Private lessons and intensive courses are also available.
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IED Florence
Courses / Programs
Located in the heart of beautiful Florence, Northern Italy, IED Florence is an international design school that provides 4-week fashion summer programs taught through English. Our courses are a perfect solution for those who desire to combine their spare time during holidays with a stimulating new experience in fashion and design. Following a precise methodology and guided by professors, who are all professionals from the chosen field, students will experience the development of a project specific to their interests.

Every year, during June and July, the IED Group offers intermediate and advanced courses in the fields of Fashion, Design and Visual Arts. If you have already started work and are interesting in broadening your horizons of expertise and giving your CV a more competitive edge, then these summer programs could be the ideal formula for you.
4-week Fashion & Design Summer Courses (taught in English)

- Italian Leather Design
- Fashion Events and Public Relations
- Graphic Design and Portfolio
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Accademia del Lusso, Milan
Courses / Programs
• Study fashion in Milan this summer with Accademia del Lusso! Conveniently situated in the heart of Milan's fashion district, Accademia del Lusso is a leading provider of year-round and summer fashion-related courses. Subjects include Fashion Styling, Fashion Design, and Visual Merchandising.

• We welcome students from around the world to participate in our 6-week courses. You can choose to study in English or Italian. Class sizes are limited to a maximum of 12 students to ensure that everyone gets the individual attention they need.

• Our 4-week fashion courses are designed for those who already work in the fashion industry, and wish to get advanced, specialist training in a specific area. Our courses aim to develop their skills and enhance their professional profile so that they can progress in their career.
4-week Professional Fashion Summer Courses:

Taught in English or Italian

• Fashion Brand Management

• Fashion Design

• Fashion Styling & Visual Merchandising

• Fashion Marketing & Merchandising
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Language and Music for Life, Summer Camps in Europe
Courses / Programs
• Our summer courses in 2026 will take place in North Yorkshire, England. We very much hope to organise a course in Florence / Italy or in another mainland Europe country in 2027. Further details will be published in August 2026 or earlier if possible.

• We look forward to replying to your questions below regarding our next UK or Europe-based courses in classical music & languages for you or your family member/s.

• Taught by internationally renowned professors, mostly at master class level, the LMFL program includes instrumental and voice tuition, master classes, chamber music, composition, music theory, choir, & orchestra conducting classes.

• Private music lessons / one on one tuition is available for many subjects / instruments.

• We also offer music tuition for already-constituted chamber music groups.

• Quality language classes in Italian, French or English, taught by native speakers.

Review:
"LMFL is a musical experience any musician should go through, whether amateur or professional.

As a student you are challenged in all fronts, from the personal front to the collective one, where not only must you play your instrument or compose with the best of your skills, but also manage to work as a team to accomplish excellence."
Alonso, Mexico
Musical Summer Course:
- Specialised course by world renowned faculty for Advanced Level students, amateurs, professionals
- 2 weeks for adults & youth (aged 16+)
- No auditions required

• Instrumental Tuition: Piano, Piano Jazz, Violin, Viola, Cello, Harp, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Brass, Saxophone, Percussion.
• Vocal tuition: classical & jazz
• Orchestra conducting
• Music composition
• Opera workshop
• String orchestra
• Jazz sessions
• Entrance audition prep
• Music tuition for already-constituted chamber music groups

Choice of Italian, French, English language courses.
Updated: 2025-12-05
Updated: 2025-12-05
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The Florence Art Studio
Courses / Programs
Located in the heart of the historic city center, The Florence Art Studio provides intensive art programs taught in English to international students from around the world. We offer customized courses that aim to teach the fundamentals of drawing and painting from life.

Choose to study for 1, 2, 3, or 4 weeks or longer.

Our programs can be divided into six discrete and sequential, progressive modules, each of which can be studied from one week to one month or longer. Alternatively, each module can be taken as a stand-alone course.

The majority of our students are adult professionals of all backgrounds and levels - from complete beginner to advanced - who are passionate about Florence, Renaissance, Painting and Drawing.

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 given to each student, through intensive individual training and one on one lessons.

The Studio is situated on Via Ghibellina, only a few steps from the main historic and artistic places of interest in the center of the city.

Testimonial:
"It was wonderful. Not only is the studio a magnificent space to work in, but also Gary is a brilliant instructor. I loved every moment of it."
- Penny, UK
Intensive Art Program - Taught in English
Program of academic training divided into six separate modules covering life drawing & painting skills, each serving as the foundation for the next.

Alternatively, you can choose to take any module as a stand-alone course, from one week to a month or longer.

Modules / Areas of Study include:
• Bargue Drawing
• Cast Drawing
• Freehand Cast Drawing
• Portrait and Figure Drawing
• Still Life Painting
• Portrait and Figure Painting
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Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan
Courses / Programs
• Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Milan offers 2 and 3-week summer programs in Design, Fashion and Creative Arts at introductory and advanced levels.

• For over thirty years, IED has been operating in the fields of Education and Research. Today it is an international network with schools in Milan, Rome, Turin, Madrid, Barcelona and São Paulo.

• Our Summer programs take place in July, are taught in English and generally last three weeks. They are a perfect solution for those who desire to combine their spare time during holidays with a new stimulating experience.
Summer Fashion & Design Programs:

• Fashion Stylist (3 week introductory course)

• Fashion Marketing (3 week introductory course)

• Interior & Showroom Design (3 week introductory course)

• Letterpress Printing & Calligraphy (2 week introductory course)
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