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Exceptional Experiences in the Cultural Arts.
Art Immersions creates immersive journeys in art and culture designed to reconnect you to beauty, presence, and creativity.
Each trip blends art, architecture, design, fashion, music, literature, cuisine, history, and movement—woven together through experiences that awaken the senses and spark meaningful connection.
Led by artists, designers, and educators, our programs invite curiosity, conversation, and renewal in some of the world’s most inspiring destinations.
Black Mountain College Cover, 1938.
Forever curious.
We are forever curious about the world.
Art Immersions designs transformative journeys for creative thinkers and makers—those who believe that culture is best understood through experience, learning, and creation.
Each trip is a living classroom and studio, exploring the full spectrum of the arts through comprehensive, sensory immersion—from music and architecture to the visual arts, writing, and design.
Every journey is conceived as a total work of art—alive with discovery, reflection, and connection.
We are a vibrant and diverse community, supporting one another in creative pursuit.
Together, we connect cultures and disciplines, celebrating the interconnectedness of creative expression and the joy of shared exploration.
Our Philosophy.
We believe travel is an art form—an unfolding composition of texture, taste, sound, and light. Every journey is curated as a total work of art, alive with discovery and reflection.
By engaging deeply with place, we rediscover the beauty of being present, creative, and connected.
What We Explore
We investigate creative practice across disciplines, honoring the diversity and interconnectedness of the arts.
Architecture
Sculpture
Music
Cinema
Literature
Performance
Painting
Drawing
Design
The Avant-Garde
Each trip draws from these disciplines to form a living dialogue between art, place, and the self.
Our trips embody a holistic approach to living. They reset you to propel yourself towards a more creative and meaningful life.
Life is an ecosystem, made up of meals, mindfulness, sleep, community, learning, and experience. Yet, in many ways, we have forgotten how to live. Culture is being lost. People are disconnected from one another. Our trips embody a holistic approach to living and experiencing the world. They reset you, to propel yourself towards a more creative and meaningful life, off the screen, in a small utopia. Learn to live and see the world, as magical as it is.
We approach travel with depth, learning from the terroir of each place.
We ask people to travel with us and live in the communities we visit. We are travelers and flaneurs, and select locations as communities who become collaborators.
You really live in each location, by learning, listening, and using the senses to experience each place.
Life-changing experiences
Empowering growth
Global community
Eat, live, and breathe the life of an artist/ creative
Live your dream
Access skills to change your life
Mindful experience
Hand selected locations
Non-exclusive price point
Sustainable Travel, Small-Group Travel, Regenerative Travel
Exceptional experiences in the Cultural Arts
Curated Journeys
Art Immersions designs the finest travel experiences for creatives and curious individuals. We believe that culture is best researched and learned through immersion learning and making. Art Immersions investigates all art forms on our trips in comprehensive sensory experiences, from music and architecture to the visual arts and creative writing. We are forever curious about the world.
We are a vibrant and diverse community, supporting each other in creative pursuits and integrated art forms. We connect the world and creative art forms, revolutionizing creative communities and the interconnectedness of expression in the arts. Invest in your imagination and creativity.
Respond, Reflect, and Create Art. Change how you see and respond to the world.
Creativity + Friendship + Culture + The Arts + Community
Personal transformation
Opening access to learning
Interconnected arts
Exceptional experiences
Creative community
Our Mission is to transcend borders connecting global communities with exceptional experiences in the arts, transforming lives through access to creative culture and knowledge.
CONNECT a vibrant community to transformative experiences in the arts
TRANSCEND disciplinary and cultural boundaries
OPEN creative access to artistic disciplines and knowledge
DEMOCRATIZE arts education with transdisciplinary adventures
EDUCATE individuals towards greater self-expression, enjoyment of life, and purpose
CREATE sustainable and regenerative travel opportunities through where we travel, how we travel, where we stay, and what we eat, reducing carbon footprints
IGNITE economic development at each destination through collaboration with communities and placemaking
CATALYZE creativity and self-expression
DISSOLVE boundaries in disciplines and between creatives and communities
OPEN access to art and culture, demystifying the arts, encouraging growth, interconnectedness, and a sense of purpose in our lives
Your Journey
Our Team: The Art Immersions team will guide you through the entire experience
Food and Drinks: Dining is an enormous part of the AIP experience. We design each culinary event to be relaxing and natural. Eating what locals do, and learning about culture through food. Each location has different ingredients and customs and we participate and source traditional and local ingredients. Working with private chef's local restaurants, villa staff and local bakeries, etc. We course organic and farm to the table whenever possible. Arrival and farewell celebration dinners mark the journey's beginning and completion.
Small-Group Travel
Accommodations: Residence at gorgeous and historic properties. Private rooms are available.
Space: Access to the grounds of the property and workspace on longer trips 10-14+ days
Activities: Day trips and excursions, museum visits. Creative presentations, lectures, critiques, and workshops by AIP leaders and teachers
Internet: High-Speed wifi
Peace of Mind: International Health Insurance for all of our participants
Our Story
Founded by artist and educator Catherine Richards, Art Immersions bridges the worlds of art, design, and travel.
Drawing on her background in architecture and creative education, each journey balances inspiration with structure—inviting discovery, conversation, and renewal.
Art Immersions began as a collective of artists, designers, architects, musicians, and educators who came together to explore the world through making and shared experience. We believe that travel expands both the mind and the creative practice—that it is possible to make meaningful work while discovering new ways of seeing.
Our programs are rooted in the interdisciplinary and experimental spirit of the Bauhaus in Europe and Black Mountain College in the U.S., where diverse disciplines intersected to shape new forms of creative thinking.
We embrace this same philosophy today: a horizontal, collaborative community where leaders and participants learn from one another as equals.
Each trip is designed as a holistic, international experience that encourages curiosity, skill building, and reflection. We value the connection between content and craft, history and innovation, the personal and the collective.
Sustainability remains at our core—from the agriturismos of Italy where our residencies began, to the cultural neighborhoods of Paris today. We ask participants to look inward as much as outward: to explore what matters most, what they need, and how their creative potential can contribute to the world around them.
We believe that learning happens everywhere, every day.
We believe that travel opens the mind and art opens the heart.
And we believe that, together, we can build a more connected, inspired world.
Where we stay
We design trips with an insider perspective, not as a tourist. One of the most important aspects of the journey is accommodation. We visit each site, scouting for the most beautiful and elegant accommodations. These spaces are lived in, and provide room for dreaming and making. Simplicity and elegance go hand in hand.
AIP opens doors to art and culture for professionals and enthusiasts.
Join us on tailor-made journeys around the world in small group cultural immersions focused on the arts. Culture is best researched through hands-on learning and direct experience. AIP investigates all art forms on our trips in comprehensive sensory experiences, from music and architecture to the visual arts and creative writing. We select authentic locations around the world and give you insider access.
What to Expect
Growth, Friendship, Community, Skills, Wellness
Exposure to a wide range of experts in a variety of disciplines from across the country and globe
Space to relax and think deeply about your work- while making critical progress and increasing focus
Collaboration with creatives from various fields and experience levels
A broader cultural understanding
Time to learn new skills and processes
Lifelong friendships, skills and ways of seeing and responding to the world
