Mosaic Art School - Ravenna, Provincia di Ravenna

Mary G.

A truly enriching experience - learning traditional methods with Luciana, Luca and their team in the city of mosaics, I don't think it gets any better! The expertise and support throughout the course was so helpful and inspiring. Everything I had hoped for and more. Thank you so much Luciana , I can't wait to practice and create new mosaics with all that I learned. ❤️

Ajay C.

Had an absolutely magical 5 days in middle of July (8-13) 2019 at the mosaic art school. Luciana and her colleagues were amazing!! A well organized class making the most of the short time to make two mosaics. The primary project was to reproduce at a practical scale, part of an existing mosaic from Ravenna using traditional Byzantine techniques. The second is a day project to learn a simpler direct mosaic technique. The best part however was working together with the teachers and four other students who had travelled from different parts of the world to take time off their regular lives to spend 5 days pursuing their passion for mosaics in Ravenna. During the day we were completely immersed in our projects with wonderful support from each other and the teachers. Then in the evenings we would get together, eat, talk, discover what brought us together and enjoy the wonderful town of Ravenna!!

spaceman_au

The workshop attached to Luciana’s home is beautiful - it is decades of history just in those few walls.

I was fortunate to book a 1:1 class with her last-minute with little notice. I had fallen in love with mosaics only a few weeks earlier, after seeing the Palatine chapel in Palermo and then to Pompeii and missed all the group classes before I left Italy.

She and her team were extremely talented, knowledgeable and accomodating. I felt a new part of creativity within me had been unlocked and I had an experience which I will take away for the rest of my life.

Vaiju S.

I had a wonderful learning experience with Luciana Notturni. I feel I am lucky to be able to spend a day with her in her studio and gain so many insights of this artform. I enjoyed the many conversations and her mosaics and of course the piadina! I wish I could stay longer but that is a reason to plan another trip to Ravenna! Luciana also guided me to visit nearby locations to enjoy the ancient mosaics as well as modern mosaics. I am so happy to have planned this trip and looking forward to complete my piece back home.

George S.

A wonderful experience to share in the life of a working studio and benefit from all the expertise around!
I enjoyed every minute of it.

Christa S. N. S.

The 5 days spent with Luciana Notturni and her talented staff was fantastic. If you live mosaics and wish to learn the same techniques used by the Romans and Byzantines (and I recommend you do) check out this school. I completed two projects in a few days and had a great time learning and working. My money and time were well spent in Ravenna. Luciana is simply wonderful. I can't wait to go back and take another workshop!

Sara C.

I highly recommend any of the workshops offered
by Luciana Notturni at her school in lovely Ravenna. You’re provided an opportunity to learn both the context of the art of mosaic, when and by whom these ancient techniques were developed and where the art of mosaic fits in as an important medium historically and today, and you learn the traditions of the mosaicist and techniques she uses to create art anew or copy some of the ancient designs. Ravenna is the mosaic capital of the world.

In my five-day course, held 9AM - 4PM, I learned new skills and met other students from Dominican Republic, Belgium, West Bank, London, and Edinburgh! We had a ball!

Luciana and her incredibly talented staff practice the traditions of an ancient art form and they are an important piece of the core of Italy’s national heritage. I plan to return to take other workshops in the near future.

Stacey H.

I had so much fun learning how to make mosaics at Luciana's school. It's a must to-do experience. I left with my art that encapsulated time and memories made in Ravenna.