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One day in Brisighella!

If you are based in Florence and if you wish to go for a one-day trip you may consider an excursion to Brisighella out of Tuscany in the Emilia Romagna region. From Florence you can reach this charming little medieval town in only one hour and 30 minutes by train with less than 10 […]

Street food in Italy: how to eat good food with little money

In these times of recession and therefore of frugality street food is getting more and more popular all over the world. In Italy it has actually always been widespread and celebrated especially by several village festivals, most of which are often dedicated to a particular dish or delicacy (the so-called “sagre“). As you may know, […]

Welcome back to Florence, Bard!

Bard is back to Florence at Accademia del Giglio for their Italian language and culture programme for 2009. Here are are just a few shots of the students taken on their excursion to the towns of Montepulciano, Pienza and Montalcino last Tuesday.

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Student Art Exhibition at AdG on December 11th 2008

This is the video of the Art Exhibition showing the artworks of the students who attendede the Drawing and Painting courses at Accademia del Giglio in Florence during the last weeks. The artworks are portraits made during drawing classes, life drawing poses, oil paintings, pastels and a fresco. The three students showing their works are: […]

The Workcenter from Grotowski to the present

On November 30th at 2:30 pm at the Teatro Era in Pontedera the Wokcenter of Jerzy Grotowski is holding a conference with the title: “The Workcenter from Grotowski to the present“. This is the first conference and public film screening since April 2006. To give some background information, The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski was founded […]

Studying at the Oblate…

Those students who come to attend Accademia del Giglio will find extremely convenient to spend some hours a day studying at the newest library of Florence: the Biblioteca delle Oblate. Situated in an ancient monastery a few steps from the Duomo (and from our school), the library has been inaugurated last year. Besides housing over […]

Antique fever in Italy!

You probably already know: passion for antiques, vintage clothing, second-hand books and furniture is also spreading across Italy. To have an idea of how the antiques fever is taking over the country you can have a look here and see how many antiques markets are held only in Tuscany every month or just watch below […]

Italian language group courses in November 2008

Still places available for the Italian language group courses starting on November 10th 2008 organized by Accademia del Giglio, Italian language and Art school in Florence.

Teaching method: our courses are aimed to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and are carefully structured to develop your fluency and accuracy. At Accademia del Giglio we […]

October 2008: Florence at dusk

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Figure drawing course in Florence

Learning to draw the figure is a foundation skill that is critical for all serious artists to develop, that’s why Accademia del Giglio, Art School in Florence since 1995, organizes an intensive Art workshop in Figure Drawing from October 13th to 17th 2008: 30 hours in 5 days.

This course in nude figure drawing deals […]