01 August - 06 August 2022
The course will take place at the Rigel hotel, located in the Lido of Venice, and includes 6 days of morning lessons and 1 afternoon dedicated to the scheduled visit, while you will be free during the remaining afternoons to visit the city on your own, enjoy the beach of the Lido or simply continue in the shade of the trees of the Rigel hotel garden to lay one tile after another to give shape to your creativity, your mosaic.
Cost of the room: € 470 in a single room (arrival on Sunday, departure on Sunday morning) The course will take place from Monday 01st to Saturday 06th August inclusive and from Monday 19th to Saturday 24th September inclusive
Cost of the course: 460 € with 6 days of lessons (24 hours) plus the possibility of working in the afternoons after the lesson time;
the course will take place with a minimum of 3
For any accompanying persons, ask for the offers combined with the course!
Carolina Zanelli
She was born in Udine, after the classical high school she graduated in cello at the Conservatory of Castelfranco Veneto (Tv), but then she changed direction and in 1995 she graduated as a mosaic teacher at the Mosaic School of Friuli in Spilimbergo (Pn). Since then she has lived mainly making and teaching mosaic in Italy and abroad. Starting from many years of experience as a teacher at the Mosaic School of Friuli, with which she still collaborates for short courses, she has specialized in the latter by collaborating with many institutions, holding courses from prisons to schools, at her own laboratory. Abroad she has taught courses or worked on various mosaic projects in Palestine, Holland, California, South Africa, annually in Chicago. You have participated in group exhibitions in Italy and abroad. A mosaic of her can be found in Sonia King’s book MOSAIC, Sterling, an interview with her in Vanity Fair magazine (April 2008). You collaborate with architects, private individuals and public bodies.
During the course the basic elements of mosaic techniques will be addressed:
The hotel is located less than five minutes by walk from the public water transportation service, with uninterrupted runs, both day and night, connecting the Lido to Venice St. Mark's Square.
The 42 rooms of Hotel Rigel in Venice Lido are unique for the choice of furnishings and the atmosphere that pervades them.
Each one is always inspired by different and fascinating themes linked to a historical period, to places in the world or to some famous person.