Experiences Art courses Italian Cooking

Experiences Art courses Italian Cooking

The courses will be held in a newly restored fourteenth-century Franciscan monastery in the small town of Irsina between Puglia and Basilicata, a still very little tourist place but with considerable historical and artistic heritage: in Irsina the only known sculpture of the great Renaissance artist Andrea is preserved Mantegna.
The course participants are hosted in typical houses of the historic center, interacting with the country and its people, discovering its history, art, culture, environment and food and wine.
Breakfast and lunch are included in the price and are held in the bright restaurant of the convent or outside on the terrace of the convent's hanging garden.
Excursions are also organized in the vineyards for the grape harvest, in the vegetable gardens, in the olive groves for olive harvesting and in Matera, the city of the Sassi and UNESCO heritage as well as being the European capital of culture in 2019.

Irsina in Lingua is an Italian language course aimed at achieving an "immersion" not only in the Italian language but also in the culture of the Basilicata region through extra-curricular activities organized to get to know the city of Irsina and the territory and to allow participants to discover some of the artistic and cultural beauties, unique in Italy.
The course is carried out entirely in Italian by native speakers and aims at the progressive expansion of written and oral communication skills and the deepening of the various aspects of Italian culture both in terms of language, history and art.
International Painting Course
The Arenacea cover in collaboration with the painter Nicola Dinoia organizes Irsina Arte, two summer painting courses, the aim is to create, through a period of creativity and a pleasant meeting between artists, the possibility of discovering Basilicata, a land where ancient Italian traditions are still breathed between landscapes and unique atmospheres

Stop At:

• Sassi di Matera, Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 75100, Matera Italy

Sample Menu

• orecchiette with turnip tops - pasta, extra virgin olive oil. turnip tops. bran peppers