Top Rome Art & Culture Classes

Get first-hand experience making mosaics on this workshop with a master mosaicist. At a historical family-owned mosaic studio, work with local marble tiles to create traditional Roman mosaics. Learn about texture, composition, and marble tile cutting while hearing stories about the history of the craft. Take home your completed mosaic at the end of the workshop.

Experience a side of Rome rare to visitors with a mosaic-making workshop in the heart of the city—all materials included. Your instructor, who ensures that everyone in the class is attended to, teaches you little-known techniques used by 19th-century artisans who made gifts for the pope. The workshop leaves you with a unique souvenir to remember your stay in Italy.

Create your own souvenir during a 3.5-hour mosaic workshop in Rome. Regardless of experience level, it’s a great activity for both children and adults. Take a short tour of the Trastevere neighborhood, then enjoy a leisurely workshop with your teacher. Choose from a variety of designs, then let the creativity flow. With maximum eight people in each class, you get lots of personal attention from your instructor.

Artists and arts-lovers will enjoy this art-focused sketching tour of Rome. With a drawing instructor guide, travel through the city to some of the most sketch-worthy locations. A handmade sketchbook, pencils, pens, and watercolors are provided for you; you can take advantage of as little or as much guidance from your instructor as you wish.

An ancient art workshop is an original way to make your own personal souvenir. A moment to use creativity and manual skills. An experience to understand how the ancients worked.

Take a break from sightseeing for a different type of experience in Rome at the workshop of an Italian artist. This is an untraditional painting class, where you are free to create whatever inspires you with provided materials. The artist-guide offers a little training and support and encourages you to simply relax and paint to the background music.

PACKAGE PRICE , just one paying person per booking .Kids and teens are free. This tour, guided by a professional guide painter, will take you to discover the enternal city. Futhermore , you will cacht and fix in your sketches your personal impressions of the places visited, to fully enjoy your emotions of Rome. You will take back home your masterpieces, your personal postcards , made by yourself !!! the tour is very suggestable for kids !

Try your hand at a traditional Italian handicraft process while creating a personalized souvenir, in a self-portrait mosaic workshop. Transform your own photo into a marble tile mosaic. You’ll have fun, learn something new, and have a unique and permanent reminder of your time in Rome. Art and craft enthusiasts will love this workshop.

Bring home a unique souvenir from Rome, made with your own hands! Have fun while creating your very own masterpiece!

If you have always wanted to paint a masterpiece but lack the nerve to try, join this fun, no-pressure experience in the heart of Rome. Visit an artist's studio and unleash your creativity under the guidance of your art instructor. Sipping on excellent Italian wines is sure to help the process.

Sip an aperitivo, Italian-style, while painting your very own masterpiece during this evening activity. You'll get the chance to paint, chat with your friends and family, and listen to music in the center of Rome. This pre-dinner activity is perfect for getting the party started, munching some pizza and snacks, and then heading out on the town.

Skip the frustration of photographing crowded tourist spots in Rome on this private nighttime photography tour. Shoot iconic landmarks, squares, and backstreets during the night and the golden hour, when most visitors and locals are tucked up in bed. A guide will offer tips and advice on low-light camera settings, angles, and more, as well as sharing information on history, culture, and art.

Take home an original souvenir of Rome when you book this private pottery class. All the materials and instruction are provided, so those of all levels and ages can participate. Make some soft clay into a work of art using the pottery wheel, then paint and varnish it to take home.

We'll start with a chat in a stunning cafè in the centre of Rome. In this cosy and charming atmosphere we'll discuss about your personal style. I will ask you a few questions to understand more about your personality and style preferences: this way we'll define our goals of the day. Coffee is on us! Rome is the perfect city for walking! The tour will be concentrated within the city centre. Together we will discover the trendiest stores in Rome and some unique boutiques off the beaten track! I will take you to some of the best shops, from contemporary with up-and-coming designers to small artisan shops, from unique perfume stores to great vintage shops. During the tour I will offer you my fashion expertise on upcoming trends, colours and silhouettes and guide you to find best quality and fit possible. You won’t be pressured to buy if you don't feel like it: I am here just to give you good fashion advice, show you some special places in the city and explain what Italian style really is.

Do you want to learn Italian language in a stimulating way? Would you like to visit one of the most beautiful cities in Italy like Rome? Are you looking for a quality course and are you between 16 and 99? You have found the right one for you! The best way to learn Italian is to immerse yourself completely in the language and culture of the country. During your Italian course in Italy with the Leonardo da Vinci School, your goal will be to truly learn Italian. It will be a natural and very rapid learning, because, during the course, you will actually live in Italy. You will be immersed in the culture and will listen, read and speak only Italian throughout the day. In this way you will make rapid progress, both in the classroom and out.

When visiting Rome, take a break from sightseeing to practice the ancient practice of mosaic making. This private workshop for you and your party will give you plenty of hands-on instruction on how to make mosaics; artists of all levels are welcome. All instruction and materials included and you'll walk away with a personalized souvenir you made yourself.

Families will be taken to one of the most fascinating and little known museums in all of Rome, a mixture of machinery & ancient statues. Here, we'll feast our eyes on massive mosaics & much much more before going to our exclusive Mosaic Lab where families will hear about the traditional designs of ancient times and make their own mosaic pieces to take home, 275 euro tour.

This LivTalk is On-demand, meaning it is available and ready when you are! Come face to face with one of the darker characters of the Roman art Baroque era. Discover the hidden secrets and messages that can be found in his artwork. Compare and contrast the social and political events that motivated baroque artwork itself. We will start at the foundations of the Villa Borghese and the Borghese family patronage. Caravaggio’s Life explained through 6 Masterpieces. From his early days and arrival in Rome, reaching the pinnacle of Fame through his fall from grace, including murder and life on the run. To his tragic ending on Tuscan beach. You will learn the Light and Dark of not only his paintings but the genius himself. Caravaggio “The Bad Boy of Baroque” This 45 minute LivTalks recording will give you an overview of the genius behind this master artist and how he came to be known as the “bad boy of Baroque”.

Pick up a paintbrush and try your hand at recreating famous images during this workshop. Designed for kids and adults, this workshop begins with outlining a painting and then bringing it to life with color. Get advice from the teachers and take home your creation after the class.

RESTORING AN OLD PAINTING (for older children) Have you ever wondered how a paint is restored? Watch a restorer while at work and then you will have a try to bring the paint back to life. This workshop is half learning, half practicing and many visitors find it fascinating. *PLEASE TAKE NOTE that all our tours are on a private basis for your party, not in sharing tour with other people*

Head into the 12th-century Capella Orsini for a unique, hands-on workshop in faux marble painting, a Roman technique used in the Eternal City for centuries. All ages and levels are welcome. Listen first to an introductory primer on the churches of Rome, then make your own take-home craft piece. Tours include paints and supplies, plus complimentary snacks and refreshments.

Much more than your average martial art Capoeira (pronounced cap-o-way-da) is a high energy Brazilian martial art that combines self-defense techniques, acrobatics, music, dance, and culture! If you are wondering if capoeira is right for you, there is no better way to find out than to give it a try! Don’t be discouraged by the fact that you’re not a gymnast or acrobat. We know capoeira can be quite intimidating at first glance but as a beginner you are not expected to be doing cartwheels and handstands from the start. However, your fitness will build up from day one and after a few months of training you will be surprised by what you can do. Capoeira is one of the few activities where men, women, and children can participate on an equal playing ground. In capoeira, there is no discrimination of size, age, or ability. It would be my pleasure to keep you fit and fabulous while enjoying the most stunning views of the Eternal City.

DECORATING IN GOLD LEAF (for older children and adults) A lot of greatest ceilings of Rome are covered with gold. In this workshop, we let you in on a few secrets, after which you get the chance to decorate delicately an object with the gold leaf technique, such as a small angel, flowers or picture frame. Especially mums like this type of workshop.

Myths & Legends Sketch Hunt on Rome's Capitoline Hill Kids will discover the symbols of power from ancient times to today in this interactive workshop surrounding the piazza designed by none other than Michelangelo. Kids will learn as they sketch about the city’s seat of power – its flags, shields, dress and symbols of the ancient emperors, popes and and the legends and stories that surround them. After taking in a spectacular view of the entire Forum, parents can enjoy a refreshment atop the stark white Vittorio Emanuele Monument built for a united Italy’s first king while the kids sketch their own capitol hill and family crests.