Metàfora, Barcelona: Metàfora is an international art school for adult students, situated in an old factory building in the centre of Barcelona, on the northeast Mediterranean coast in Spain. We provide a 2-week Summer Art Therapy course (taught entirely in English) to students from around the world. For more than 10 years, Metàfora has successfully run 2-week summer courses and year-long courses in Studio Arts (the International Workshop), as well as several programs in Art Therapy.
This course is designed as a series of lectures and workshops, with four different activities:
- Seminars
- Workshops
- Experiential Art Therapy Groups
- Large Group Classes
We also provide a 2-week summer art course taught in Spanish as well as year-round academic Art Therapy / Contemporary Art programs.
Student Profile for our Summer Program:
This introductory course is designed for professionals and students from all creative fields, and the general profile of our participants is that of a student or professional coming from Fine Arts, Psychology, Special Education.
In addition, we have many participants from other helping professions or creative backgrounds.
The minimum age for participants is 19, and we encourage mature students to apply.
This summer course is designed to facilitate access to training in art therapy for people living far from Barcelona who cannot attend the course otherwise.
Student Testimonials:
" ..I met people at Metàfora who really changed my life. It was so nice to have peers from all over the world, who were interested in the same as me.
The group from that year still keeps in contact through social networks, and it is really beautiful to feel that these international contacts have become friends for life.."
- Tara, UK
"I was searching for an environment to explore my creative practice…and Metàfora is the perfect place to do this. I felt it was important to choose a school which was far removed from my familiar surroundings, so Barcelona, Spain was the perfect setting.
It has been a city I have always been drawn too, for its beauty and artistic influence. During my time at Metàfora I immersed myself in an environment of supportive tutors; an engaging studio environment and most of all, creating a bond with fellow students, which continue beyond the duration of the course.
Metàfora is an environment that allows you to discover, engage and explore your creative potential. The course is more about exploring contemporary art practise as well as networking with practicing artists and relevant art organisations."
- Stella, Australia
Improve your Spanish language skills, and experience Spanish and Andalusian culture first-hand through the unique individual immersion program offered by Edu-Culture Immersion (ECI), a leading language and cultural immersion organization.
Available to individual high school students and college students (ages 15-21), this program gives you the opportunity to live with a Spanish host family on the Costa del Sol for 2-4 weeks during the months of July and August. You can stay longer if you choose.
With no program of planned activities, you will live the life of a typical Spanish teenager in the beach city of Almeria, approximately 200km east of Malaga in Southern Spain. You will enjoy a summer of Spanish culture, Spanish family life & Spanish language.
ECI also gives you the opportunity to customize your immersion program. If you want to take dance classes, tennis lessons, or keep up with swim practice during your immersion stay, we will do all we can to accommodate your requests.
Located in El Puerto de Santa Maria in the province of Cadiz, Andalusia, Trinity School is a private Spanish language school for foreigners.
We are accredited by the Instituto Cervantes, which guarantees the highest quality in teaching Spanish and facilities.
The school is perfectly situated near the main Avenue to give students easy access to tapas bars, cafe shops, banks, pharmacies and shops. The nearest beach is just 15 minutes away.
Spanish Language Summer Courses:
- Online courses at all levels. Groups or individuals.
- These courses below are not for individual students.
- We only accept groups.
- Tailored made Spanish programs for School Groups
- Tailored made Spanish programs for College Groups
- Tailored made Spanish programs for Adult groups
- General or intensive group Spanish Language Courses
- Private Spanish Courses
- Part time Spanish Courses for residents
- DELE Exam Course
- Spanish Nationality Exams
Founded by Stanford alumni in 2000, Abbey Road Programs provide quality academic summer courses that facilitate cross-cultural understanding, personal growth and academic enrichment. This year, we are offering a 4-week Residential Cultural Immersion Program in Barcelona & Madrid for high school students in grades 9-12.
During four weeks of immersion in Spanish life and culture, students can enroll in a range of course majors, including Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, Spanish History, Digital Photography, and more. Elective courses include Spanish Film, Digital Photography, and Drawing among others.
We combine a week of travel-adventure through Madrid (home to famed churro con chocolate café San Gines) Segovia, and Toledo with three weeks of residential immersion in Barcelona for a “best of both worlds” Spanish immersion and travel experience. Over the course of four weeks you’ll get to try the foods, see the sights, and meet the people of two of Spain’s most celebrated cultural capitals.
ArtsAbroad is an organization based near Washington, D.C. that provides study abroad summer programs for adults in fields such as music, dance, visual arts, design, theater, and film. Our Flamenco Dance or Guitar + Spanish Language program in Granada, Spain, is aimed at dance and guitar students. Flamenco experience is not necessary. This program includes Daily Flamenco and Spanish language lessons plus attendance at the International Festival of Music & Dance. A weekend trip to Nerja, a nearby beach town is also included.
Study Abroad Flamenco Dance or Guitar + Spanish Language Summer Program:
- 15 day Flamenco and Spanish workshop
Flamenco dance or guitar classes at all levels
- Spanish language course at all levels
- Attend the International Festival of Music & Dance
- Excursions and activities in Granada
- Weekend trip to beautiful beach town of Nerja
• EBC Madrid is an accredited centre of Trinity College, and a leading provider of internationally-recognised TEFL courses and job placement opportunities for career-change seekers and global travelers.
• EBC offers a British Council-accepted Trinity CertTESOL certificate course in Madrid, the ability to earn up to 60 university credits, and the key resource of free worldwide, lifetime job placement for our TEFL graduates.
• The Trinity CertTESOL qualification is preferred by many renowned language schools worldwide, and over the last 16 years, EBC has been instrumental in helping more than 8000+ TEFL graduates finance their travels and realise their dreams of living and working outside of their home countries.
• If you are a citizen of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa, EBC offers our comprehensive Road2Spain program which offers you a 1 year student visa to work, live and travel throughout Spain and Europe.
• EBC also runs year-round and summer TEFL courses in Crete (Greece), Buenos Aires, (Argentina) and Boracay (Philippines).
Intensive 4-week accredited TEFL / TESOL teacher certificate course in the summer months & year-round:
• Comprises 150 hours including 24 hours of teaching practice.
• Written to UK QCF level 5 standards.
With Study Package options:
• Bronze, Silver, Gold and Road2Spain (Road2Spain is an ideal option, for example, for citizens of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa who want a seamless stay in Spain with accommodation and study visa included).
Travel & Education (T&E) offers summer study abroad, Spanish immersion programs to high school / secondary school students at an accredited language academy in Santander on the beautiful north coast of Spain. Our mission is to create global-minded individuals through the superior instruction of language and culture, and Spanish is our expertise. T&E students can earn university / college credits and gain an academic advantage on their ACT/SAT scores, as studying a foreign language generally improves verbal scores.
The language academy in Santander is accredited by the Cervantes Institute for its high quality instruction in Spanish and other related fields.