Art Programs / Workshops in Barcelona, Spain

Estudio Nómada, Barcelona:
Estudio Nómada is an independent art school and artistic studio work-space in the vibrant Gothic area of Barcelona, on the north-eastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. We provide summer and year-round art programs for students from around the world. Our summer art intensive submerges you in the artistic scene of Barcelona for 9 days. We also offer our Burn-in program, which is a week of critical thinking on a beautiful Spanish wine estate with fellow thinkers and creative minds.

Summer Art Courses

Summer Art Intensive:
Course Duration: 9 days
In this highly-intensive course, you will be fully immersed for nine inspiring days in the artistic scene of Barcelona. This multidisciplinary workshop explores, analyzes and subverts themes around the human body.

With continual guidance from professional artists, you will develop an idea or concept for an art piece which will be exhibited in downtown Barcelona at the end of the workshop. Dedicating all your creative energy and attention to your project, you will experience a dense and completed creative process.

What to expect during the Workshop:
- Tutorials by the artists that are based in Estudio Nómada
- Produce professional documentation of your work 
- Fulltime access to your art studio in Barcelona 
- Photoshoot with a professional photographer
- City & museum visits
- Exhibition with a well catered opening

Burn-in - A week of critical thinking on wine estate Els Igols near Barcelona
This short summer course is designed for practicing artists, writers, thinkers, or anyone who craves a ‘week off’ with food for mind and body. You will spend a week on a beautiful Spanish wine estate with fellow thinkers and creative minds.

The goal of this program is to explore ways to get around in the complex and chaotic complex world of today while acknowledging your dreams and beliefs. You will be investigating subjects chosen by you and your peers. You will enjoy seven intense days of contemplation, and sharing healthy home-cooked meals on the large haciendas stylish patio.

Program Highlights
- You will express yourself in creative workshops
- You will have profound dialogues about subjects you and the other students have chosen
- You will watch thought-provoking documentary selections
- You will wander through the vineyards of the Penedes near Barcelona

International Art Program - Personalized Art Program / Workshops (summer & year-round)
You learn and work in an intensive studio program amidst the professional artists that guide you. All classes (taught in English or Dutch) will be one-on-one or in small groups. You will work on personal assignments that we feel fit your needs as an artist. Every week you will have meetings on a one-on-one basis with the artists in Estudio Nómada and can join group activities, like critiques or art documentaries. We also offer Spanish classes in the studio.

The Nomad Program includes:
- individual guidance in your visual art process by the experienced artists in the studio
- 24-hour access to your working space
- group critiques
- weekly art-documentaries or art-movies
- weekly input moments or workshops
- monthly no manda! (no rules!) exhibitions to display your work

Students will also benefit from:
- being part of a lively and very international artistic ‘peer-group’.
- visiting the many cultural events in Barcelona, organized by students (visiting festivals, inaugurations, concerts, etc.)
- the possibility to join or organize exhibitions or events
- use of the ‘public walls’ in the studio

Art with Spanish Immersion Course:
We also offer a Spanish Language & Art course where you can develop your artistic skills, submerge yourself in the local art scene of Barcelona, and receive a Spanish language certificate.

Art Workshops:
- Cinematography
- Clay Modelling
- Life Drawing
- Hieronymus Bosch Drawing
- Mold making
- Museum & Gallery visits
- Photo Documentation
- Perspective Drawing Class Graveyard
- Positive & Negative Composition
- Sailing Skyline Drawing