The protagonists of craftsmanship in Venice from October 23 to 26, 2025: ateliers, artists’ studios, and exhibitions of photography, design, and art open for Open Ateliers
Venice Fashion Week opens artisan workshops to the public with Open Ateliers, free itineraries created by Venezia da Vivere and sponsored by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy: four days of meetings, workshops, visits, and appointments in ateliers, studios, and art galleries, design and photography exhibitions to showcase the city’s creative vitality during fashion week, featuring young talents, craftsmanship, and sustainability in a dialogue between generations, materials, and new languages.
From October 23 to 26
How to participate: free access, some ateliers by appointment
Protagonists artisan ateliers, galleries, and studios, including the network of historical excellence Alto Artigianato Venezia.
Read the program
The Open Ateliers event is created by Venezia da Vivere, an agency that communicates Venice through culture, design, and craftsmanship. The boutiques of the Marciana area and Via XXII Marzo also participate in the event with itineraries dedicated to architectural and artistic aspects. With Fashion Reading, the La Toletta bookstore transforms its window into a catwalk of fashion books.
Open Ateliers and new creative spaces
Venetian ateliers open their workshops to showcase a heritage of knowledge and techniques in constant evolution: glass, ceramics, textiles, wood, jewelry, and printing take shape before the visitors’ eyes. Entering the ateliers means following creative processes live, listening to the stories of family businesses, and seeing experimentation and design at the moment they are born.
The complete program
Open Ateliers is part of the official program of Venice Fashion Week, scheduled from October 20 to 26, 2025, an event dedicated to fine craftsmanship and sustainable fashion, part of the Major Events of the City of Venice.
Open Ateliers is a project by Venezia da Vivere.
Open Ateliers
From October 23 to 26
Where: Venice
How to participate: free access, some ateliers by appointment
Venice Fashion Week
FB @venicefashionweekofficial
IG @venicefashionweek
YT @veneziadavivere
It is a project created and curated since 2013 by Venezia da Vivere, a digital communication, events, and projects company whose mission is to support talent and promote Venice as an ideal city in which to live and create.
Venice Fashion Week is under the patronage of:
City of Venice, Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Tavolo Veneto della Moda, Cologni Foundation for the Métiers d’Art, Iuav University of Venice.
Main Partners
Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua, Palazzo Venart Luxury Hotel.
Partners
Upskill 4.0 – spin-off of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Giancarlo Ligabue Foundation, ITS Marco Polo Academy, Seguso Vetri d’Arte, Orsoni Venezia 1888, Kolding School of Design, City of Gdańsk, Amberif International Amber and Jewelry Fair, La Via dell’Ambra Foundation, La Toletta Bookstore, CreativeMornings Venice, Lightbox, Antonio dei Rossi, Alwaysupportalent, Piazza San Marco Association.
Special thanks to
Palazzo Keller, Palazzo Nani Mocenigo, Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Galeries Bartoux Venice, Venice Gardens Foundation, Seguso Vetri d’Arte, Bellini Canella.
The manifesto is designed by the artist and illustrator Jacopo Ascari.
www.venicefashionweek.com
To preview the program, follow the updates on Instagram, LinkedIn, and subscribe to our newsletter.
Venice Fashion Week is a project by Venezia da Vivere © Raccontare Venezia Srls.
Cover photo by Settimo Cannatella.
