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For travellers with World Abroad

Milan, made by your own hands

Eight hands-on experiences with local makers, chosen for World Abroad students, in Milan, where your semester abroad is based. Add a little craft, cooking and art to your time beyond the classroom.

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Learn Milan beyond the classroom

World Abroad builds study abroad programs around cultural immersion, so that students experience Italy as well as study in it. These workshops carry that idea further: an afternoon at the table, at the easel or at the sewing machine with someone who does this for a living. You learn a real Italian skill, meet the city through its makers and take home something you made yourself.

Stops: 1
Experiences: 8
Per person: from €45

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MilanFrom Brera ateliers to kitchens and craft studios, Milan is made to be learned with your hands.Eight experiences

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Milan

From Brera ateliers to kitchens and craft studios, Milan is made to be learned with your hands.

01Food & drink1 h 30 min
Fresh pasta with the Miscusi pasta mamas
In a private workshop of about 90 minutes you learn to work fresh pasta dough by hand with the Miscusi "mamme pastaie", then share it at the table. A group of at least 5 people is needed.
Isola
from €45 per person
Choose a date: Fresh pasta with the Miscusi pasta mamas
02Food & drink2 h 30 min
Fresh pasta and risotto in a bright Milan kitchen
Guided by Astrid, you knead, roll out and stir your way through Italian classics like fresh pasta and risotto, working on the core techniques in a relaxed 2.5-hour class.
XXII Marzo
from €80 per person
Choose a date: Fresh pasta and risotto in a bright Milan kitchen
03Food & drink2 h
Latte art class at Cafézal
In a specialty coffee class of about two hours you learn to make smooth, velvety milk foam, control temperature and texture, and pour the milk properly for the perfect cappuccino.
Buenos Aires - Venezia
from €80 per person
Choose a date: Latte art class at Cafézal
04Craft2 h
Sew your own pochette, with aperitivo
In a craft studio you learn the basics of the sewing machine, even from zero, and make a personalised pochette from illustrated fabrics. An aperitivo is shared along the way.
Dergano
from €47.99 per person
Choose a date: Sew your own pochette, with aperitivo
05Craft2 h
Linocut: design, carve and print your own image
Over about two hours you design an image, carve it into linoleum with gouges, then ink the block and print it by hand on paper.
Magenta - San Vittore
from €45 per person
Choose a date: Linocut: design, carve and print your own image
06Art2 h
Watercolour in a Brera atelier
Guided by an atelier artist, you learn the basics of watercolour: preparing materials, handling water, and working with transparency, layering and soft gradients on cotton paper.
Borgonuovo
from €150 per person
Choose a date: Watercolour in a Brera atelier
07Art2 h
Calligraphy in a historic Brera atelier
At Atelier Crespi you work on posture, grip and the movement of the hand, practising letterforms, pressure and the continuity of the stroke with traditional inks and tools.
Borgonuovo
from €150 per person
Choose a date: Calligraphy in a historic Brera atelier
08Art2 h
Acrylic painting on canvas in Brera
At the easel, guided by an artist, you start from composition and canvas preparation, then build volume, contrast and depth layer by layer with acrylic colour.
Borgonuovo
from €149 per person
Choose a date: Acrylic painting on canvas in Brera