September 9th – 14th
Città della Pieve, Italy
Mixed media journalling is a captivating medium. Incorporating various materials, techniques, and textures, we will transform blank pages into vivid canvases of self-expression. A fusion of food, art, and travel creates pages that reflect emotions, memories, and record the experiences of your trip. A mixed media journal focused on food is not just a record of travel; it is an open invitation to explore the limitless possibilities of creativity and the art of eating!
Open to students of all artistic levels, each day The Art of Eating brings a new lesson, based on the cuisine of Tuscany and her sister region, Umbria. Although some sketching and painting experience is helpful, it is definitely not necessary.
Città della Pieve is our home base. A small medieval hill town on the border of Tuscany and Umbria. This town is walkable in every direction, super clean, and full of friendly people (take a video tour below). Take an evening stroll for a glass of wine or a morning walk for a cappuccino and a cornetto, enjoy access to shops and restaurants just a stone’s throw from our hotel.
Boutique Hotel Vannucci: Hotel Vannucci began as a project of Vittoria Spinola, daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele II, who fled Pisa (and an arranged marriage with her elderly husband) to start a new life with her lover in Città della Pieve. Here, she and her soon-to-be new husband, Paolo, built two villas that became luxurious holiday accommodations for wealthy Romans vacationing in the countryside. In 1903 one of the villas became Hotel Vannucci, and today it maintains the elegance and refinement of its inception, with luxurious sleeping rooms, marble bathrooms and inviting gardens. A stay here is truly special, nestled just outside the medieval walls of the historic, and unspoiled, village of Città della Pieve.
