Lorenzo de' Medici - art, language and culture since 1973

The LdM Summer Workshops represents an exciting experience for people of all ages (from 18 years old) and all nationalities who wish to deepen their personal cultural experience and creative skills. Each workshop is a month-long exploration, balancing studio and classroom instruction on the school premises in Florence with field work in one or more inspiring Italian locations. For Summer 2010, LdM offers you the opportunity to explore the beautiful locales of Florence, Chianti, and Tuscania.

Discover your inner Dante Alighieri by expanding your writing skills with our Florence and Tuscania Travel Writing and Literature Workshop. This course provides an opportunity for participants to focus first-hand on the art and craft of travel writing.  In Florence and Tuscania, students will explore places of historic, artistic, and cultural interest, which will inspire their reading and writing skills.

If you prefer painting, the beauty of Chianti opens up before you with rolling hills, medieval villas, and breathtaking vineyard vistas, waiting to be captured on canvas in our Florence and Chianti Watercolor Workshop. The Tuscany region is also home to 15th and 16th century paintings in need of restoration, which is the perfect opportunity for you to gain hands-on experience with our Florence and Chianti Restoration Workshop.

At LdM Tuscania, two special workshops give you the possibility to discover the ancient Etruscans.  The Tuscania Archaeology Field School allows students to learn and work in an excavation environment. Or, take advantage of the varied architectural, historical and natural painting opportunities available near Lake Bolseno, Orvieto and Rome in our Tuscania Oil Painting Workshop: Painting Under the Etruscan Sky.

Please "click here" to download the brochure for the LdM Workshops for 2010 and read more about these exciting Summer immersion programs.