Best Creative Workshops In Venice Near Me

4worldlovers: Our Italian school Venice offers individual Italian language courses in Venice are, in other words, the best way to learn Italian in the shortest possible time. The personalized teaching that meets every need of the student makes this individual Italian course perfect for those who really want to learn the Italian language in Venice.

Our Italian courses in Venice are the opportunity to study Italian in pairs or small groups of students from all over the world, with innovative and fun techniques. Enjoy our Italian language courses in Venice

Venice and its artistic treasures await you and our teachers are ready to let you discover the masterpieces of famous Venetian artists ranging from the Middle Ages to the contemporary age. You can closely observe with your own eyes the works of most important Venetian painters

Do not hesitate to write to us, we are at your disposal.

Meraviglioso!!!!!! Non vediamo l‘ora di ritornare! Grazie per averci insegnato il conjuntivo!!!! Ci vediamo!

Questa scuola di lingua italiana è molto interessante, gli insegnanti usano tecniche moderne e giochi molto divertenti. Sono stato qui 3 mesi e tutti i giorni abbiamo fatto attività diverse anche con la musica. Consiglio a tutti questa scuola di italiano a Venezia!

I'm having a class about 4 months here. I'm happy and recommanded it.

Michele is a very friendly and innovative teacher. I greatly enjoyed my one-to-one lessons with him. I can highly recommend his teaching techniques.

Michele is a wonderful teacher. He is creative and engaging. He makes one want to go to class! We learned so much in 15 hours of class. Next time we would do 2 weeks. After our days in Venice we spent 2 more weeks in Italy. We used our improved skills during that time. It was rewarding to have a number of Italians comment on our knowing the language enough to communicate basically.

The ONLY way to combine top notch Italian teaching, meeting awesome people and immersing yourself in a very special culture by two dear, lovely sweet people Venezia-mi mancate!Michele è Albina sono meravglioso

Michele ist ein hervorragender Sprachlehrer: sehr sympathisch, beste Didaktik (von der ich als Prof einiges mitnehmen kann), lebensnahe Sprach- und Landeskunde. Die Stunden haben Spaß gemacht.

Kurzum: einen Sprachkurs bei Michele kann ich nur empfehlen und freue mich schon wieder auf meinen nächsten Venedig Aufenthalt mit Sprachkurs bei Michele.

I really recommend Easy Italian Language and Art school for anyone wanting to improve their level of Italian. The classes I had with Michele were not only interesting and fun but also gave my grammar, vocabulary and speaking levels a real boost. He used a great variety of teaching materials, and the semi-historical tour (with Michele) and the art history course (with Marco) completed the language immersion experience perfectly. I could understand quite a lot of Italian before, but thanks to the 3 weeks I spent at the school, I can now speak it too and am really motivated to continue learning.

4worldlovers:
One of the best cooking schools in Italy. The New York Times, Fodor's, Fox News named us one of the 10 top cooking schools in Italy.

What Is The Best Way to Learn to Cooking? An Active Personal Involvement and An Hands-on Learning, of course!

Our workshops and lessons are based on an experiential, active, concrete learning: a decidedly personal experience!


Our great emphasis is placed on combining the five flavors: sweet, salty, spicy, bitter, and umami (the glutamic taste).


Yes the Regional Italian Cuisine is naturally rich in umami taste (ripe tomatoes, black and white truffles, raw egg yolks, sundried tomatoes, air-dried Prosciutto Crudo, Colatura d'Alici, radicchio, caramelized onions, asparagus, spinach, cabbage, Parmigiano Reggiano and other aged Italian cheeses, tuna, fresh and salted sardines, Bottarga, black cuttlefish or squid ink, beef stock reductions, Dried Porcini Mushroom, and much more!)

We hope that you will explore our website and discover why the Mama Isa's Cooking School is unique!


We offer 1 day - or 2-3 days or week cooking classes or workshops about the art of Italian Regional Cuisine

• Our mission is to offer our guests the cooking vacation of a lifetime.

• Small Cooking Classes: maximum 8-10 people. For foodies, this choice was a no-brainer.

• Availability: Year-round, January-December (available on request for any day). Flexible start dates and duration, as well as a wide range of specialized courses to suit your needs. We work throughout the year!


• With us anyone can learn to be a great cook. You will use your own five senses

• Menus (very flexible) based on the best of what’s in season: farm to table. We love the philosophy of Slow Food Organization.


Everything we do is dedicated to ensuring our guests have the opportunity to become an Italian Cook.


Explore Italy Through Its Cuisine with The Cooking Classes at Mama Isa's Cooking School Venice Italy.


Every day you can choose one of our fav dishes from our cooking classes menu list.


Make your choice as soon a possible on our timeless cooking classes and our menus.


Our cooking classes are equipped with multidisciplinary tools (not only skills about cooking or recipes, but lots of historical informations about the Italian Food and techinques), providing a range of innovative and unique cooking programmes.


Not only you will learn so much about the pasta making or cooking process but also about the importance of the quality of the ingredients you use to make your recipes.

• During our cooking classes we will give you our complete and undivided attention;


• We provide hands-on skills, confidence, knowledge, the techniques involved in the art of Regional Italian Cooking;

• No set menu - there are a large number of different, mouth watering cooking classes items to choose from, with new dishes added every month;

• With Isa’s you get to decide which of your favourite dishes you will learn to cook;


• Our guests simply learn better because they’re allowed to roll up their cooking experience the subject matter in a simulation, rather than being distanced from it by a third-hand demonstration or a simple passage of recipe;


• The food is focused on seasonal ingredients, abundant and excellent products from all over Italy, attentive service and carefully chosen wines;;

• Hundreds of memorable reviews (not only on Tripadvisor, but also on Trustpilot, Yelp, Google Business, HappyCow.... and more;


• Mama Isa's Cooking School has been ranked among top 10 cooking schools in Italy.

• Rated by The New York Times as one of the “Top Five Cooking Classes in Italy”


• Featured in the Fodor's Travel in its last edition "Essentials Travel Italy 2020" as one of the 10 best fantastic cooking classes in Italy;

• Selected by Lonely Planet as the one of the " Top Cooking Classes in Italy";


We have a good vibe, healthy fun, good and authentic food.

• Usually there is no set menu at our cooking school: what decides what we cook is the food market, the climate, the season;

• We use only the best quality and freshest produce available to us here!

4worldlovers:

Ciao, my name is Gioia Tiozzo, born and bred in Venice where I first learnt to cook from my mother and grandmother before receiving professional training. I organize private Cooking Classes, Food Tour and Food&Wine Tasting for anyone interested in Italian food & wine, all of which are conducted in English. I focus on local produce and recipes, wines of Veneto region, and our thousand-year history. Come and join an authentic experience that will connect you with the local culture.


Do you want to learn the basics of Italian cuisine? I organize private Italian cooking classes in Venice for anyone interested in Italian food and wine. The classes, which are held in English, will show you how to cook dishes you can prepare every day at home, so that by the end of the course, you will be able to cook homemade fresh pasta, lasagne, gnocchi, risotto, tiramisù. Read more…


A private walking tour around the places frequented by Venetians, far from the tourist crowds. Learn the history, traditions and curious facts about Venetian food and wine and visit the best shops where to buy local produce. Read more…


An entertaining and informative evening featuring homemade Venetian food accompanied by a selection of local wines. For each dish and each type of wine, there will be a detailed explanation of the history and ancient traditions of Venice – illustrated with maps, objects made by Venetian artisans, and videos – that will set the food and wine in a wider historical, social and cultural context. Read more…

Do you want to learn to cook from the comfort of your own kitchen?

Try my online course. It’s a comprehensive, step-by-step guide which will show you how to master the basics of Italian cooking.


This video recipe explains different methods of how to make homemade tomato sauce. It’s easier than you may think. Start by buying some fresh tomatoes, you choose the variety you prefer. You can also read the comprehensive tutorial to learn more. Read more.

In this video recipe, I will introduce you to the “risotto”, an Italian first-course dish typical of Northern Italy. I will teach you the basics of cooking a perfect risotto, Italian style. Once you have learnt the cooking technique, you can cook any other kind of risotto you may like. Read more.

I am a psychologist specializing in nutrition, a professional cooking instructor, and a licensed tour guide.

I was born in Venice to a large family who taught me the pleasure of sitting around a table and sharing a meal with friends or relatives. In 2015 I founded Cooking&Travelling, my website and my space where I connect with anybody interested in enjoying Food & Wine tourism.

In 2022, I founded Accademia di Cucina Italiana, an e-learning platform that helps people to learn how to cook from the comfort of their homes. Have a look at the pre-recorded videos about the most iconic Italian recipes

If you want to keep in touch with me I have a Facebook account, Gioia Tiozzo, an Instagram account gioia.tiozzo, and you can also find me on Accademia di Cucina Italiana.

My cooking classes will be held in my home, a typical Venetian house which is mainly geared towards hospitality. During the summer, on my sunny terrace, I often have dinner parties. I enjoy opening the door of my home to travellers who love Venice and the Italian lifestyle. My home is in the historical centre in Venice, precisely in the area of Dorsoduro, just round the corner from campo San Barnaba.

★★★★★ The Best Gioia’s cooking class was AMAZING! Definitely worth the time. She started off giving us some history about Italy, and then we starting cooking. She showed us each step, then let us practice. Recommend 100% if you want to know how to make good Italian dishes! Read more…

4worldlovers:
Buongiorno! We specialize in teaching Italian to individuals and mini-groups of adults. Since 2009 we have been leading the way for personalized language courses based on the individual needs of each student. It is thanks to our students’ appreciation that we can confidently claim we are the best Italian language school in Venice. We don’t say it: our students do!

4worldlovers: The "International Summer Academy Venice for Fine Arts and Media" has been completed in its previous form. New models in the form of "Advanced Studies Ateliers" are under discussion.

Teaching in masterclass courses will no longer take place. On the one hand an era is coming to an end, on the other hand we are building new models based on the experience gained.

We are grateful to each and every participant and lecturer for having contributed to the fact that this school could develop in exactly this way.

The Venice Summer Academy has always been a place for creative coming together of artists and lecturers from all over the world. We have gained a lot of experience over the course of these 16 years and implemented projects.

Since the "International Summer Academy for Fine Arts and Media" will no longer be continued in this form, we will summarize and publish the most important findings in an anthology.

The International Summerschool of Fine Arts and Media | Venice is grounded in the tradition of Black Mountain College and Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center.

Our interdisciplinary approach welcomes students of all skill levels and backgrounds to our idyllic location in Venice, where the school was founded in 2003. The school partners with the Venice Biennale, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Francois Pinault’s collection at the Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana.

Students enrolled in our summer art classes will find a global teaching staff, peers from more than 15 nations, and classes geared toward everyone from the complete beginner to the advanced career artist.

The courses are scheduled weekly, allowing students to immerse themselves in an interdisciplinary and creative environment. The master classes start on Monday and end on Sunday. Saturday evening is the exhibition of the work of the students curated by the teaching professors.

As the International Summer Academy Venice has to facilitate high end art and innovative experimenting, the classes will be divided in 2 weeks of training and 2 weeks of innovative studios. During the first 2 weeks training in different art disciplines will be offered as it has been offered in the recent years. During the second 2 weeks artists will work in their own studios for individual or small group work. In order to support interdisciplinary work, we will invite a New Media expert to assist the project work during this time. Artist are welcomed to book a studio for their individual project work during one or two weeks.

For more information on the school and the master classes, and concept read more here. Find the blog and documentation here.

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The following Summer Master Courses and Studios are offered from June 16 to June 30, 2020: