Scholarships for Art Workshops/Retreats in Italy

Welcome and Benvenuti! For 60 years, La Romita School of Art has been bringing people to the Umbrian region of Central Italy to participate in its painting, writing, and art workshops.

Our art workshops are intimate, unique, and informed by our decades-long experience in the region and in art workshop organization. Whether you are painting or sketching, taking a photograph of a beautiful mountain lake or remote hill-town, drinking espresso in a bar or watching an elderly Italian signora water the geraniums in her window garden, you will leave a La Romita workshop feeling as though you’ve seen the heart and soul of La Bella Italia.

If you are in search of a working art vacation, if you are passionate about Italy, if you want a painting holiday with a difference, then La Romita is waiting for you.

This scholarship, named for La Romita School’s founders, honors their legacy and artistic vision, and their desire to share the experience of art making in Italy with American students.

La Romita is a non-profit organization in the USA and Italy. The Scholarship is funded through donations from our Alumni.

It is intended to help artists and writers develop their process and explore their art through exposure to authentic Italian culture provided by the workshops at La Romita.

This scholarship is open to United States artists and art educators of both visual and literary arts.

The application process requires applicants provide samples of their work, and a statement regarding what they hope to learn and achieve by attending that workshop.La Romita Scholarship application