Wander with intention, gather with joy, and create a collage and sketch journal rooted in Orvieto’s charm

Let the cobblestone paths and golden light of Orvieto guide your creative spirit. In this soulful art experience, you’ll gather found materials, reflect deeply, and craft a meaningful concertina-style journal. This class is designed to help you slow down, awaken your senses, and reconnect with the beauty of noticing.

Your time with Leaca includes:

Leaca shares her personal system for documenting meaningful travel experiences. She always carries a commonplace journal—a creative catch-all for thoughts, sketches, and found bits. Most days, she presses a botanical inside. These journals become soulful keepsakes, rich with little details that make the journey unforgettable.

• Guided concertina journal setup to help structure and personalize your pages
• Collage instruction using found treasures—receipts, tickets, tea bags, labels, and more
• Mindful walkabouts through Orvieto to gather inspiration and paper keepsakes
• Color swatches to capture each day’s mood—your personal palette of emotion and memory
• Sacred heart collages created daily, each anchored by a meaningful focus word
• Gentle group reflections to share discoveries, insights, and creative breakthroughs
  Creative techniques for layering, tearing, and storytelling through collage
• Quiet sketching, watercolor, and journaling time to absorb the soul of the city
• Scavenger Hunt to allow us to absorb every moment 
• A beautiful keepsake journal filled with textures, reflections, and fragments of your Italian journey – Skills that are transferable to other art journal projects
  

Tour Details

Mornings will be spent in creative exploration, either in the studio or out around Orvieto. In the afternoon you will experience the culture of Italy. It might be a tour into the Etruscan caves, a cooking class, or a vineyard visit. There will also be plenty of free time to explore Orvieto on your own. You will receive a more detailed itinerary for the week in your final information packet sent before you travel.

A traditional continental breakfast is served each morning in the B&B. Because Italian cuisine is such fun, some meals are not prearranged allowing you the freedom to choose where and what to eat. Recommendations are offered and no one eats alone!

WITH EACH ARTISTIC ENRICHMENT TRIP, YOU WILL RECEIVE:

• Workshop instruction
• Pre-trip notes and guidelines
• Six nights double occupancy lodging – Sunday – Saturday
• Six Continental breakfasts
• Cooking class including lunch or dinner
• Vineyard tour and wine tasting
• Wine and olive oil tasting including dinner
• Two additional dinners
• Two additional lunches
• Cathedral tour and visit to San Brizio chapel

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED:

• Travel costs
• Passport fees, photos and processing where applicable
• Transfers to and from the airports
• Meals, except where indicated in itinerary
• Personal items such as individual journaling and art supplies, wines, liquors, valet/laundry charges, and other items not specifically mentioned as included
• Optional activities, if any
• Supplement for single room
• Additional nights lodging

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

Single occupancy available for an additional cost. Travel costs are not included.

The balance including single room supplement of $150 USD and optional activities, if any, is due as indicated on the registration form, which is approximately 90 days prior to trip commencement. Payment installments can be arranged directly with Adventures in Italy Inc. Methods of payment accepted are check, Visa and Mastercard.

* HOLD MY SPOT: A $250 USD non-refundable deposit secures your spot today!  You will be contacted by Adventures in Italy to arrange your additional payment schedule.