Paris Expressive
Art Adventure
FEED YOUR CREATIVE SOUL, IN STYLE!
May 25-May 31, 2020
Picture yourself studying amazing art pieces in Paris museums, then returning, inspired, to a gorgeous chateau on the outskirts of Paris to make expressive art. Soak up the visionary energy of Paris with a fantastic group of creatives under the guidance of a french-speaking former Parisian and an experienced expressive art instructor.
Picture relaxed, creative, inspired, bohemian, Parisian YOU!
ABSOLUTELY NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
Our studio for the week
This 1825 historic chateau was spectacularly restored, decorated and fully furnished in 2007 by world-renowned interior designer David Hare. Each artist will have her own luxurious room. There are spacious living and dining areas and beautiful park-like grounds. Most important, there is wonderful space for our studio art projects.
Explore art.Make art.
This is about Picasso's art, yes. But it's really about YOUR art. It's about your creative process, whether you've never touched a brush to paper before or are an artist who sells like, well, Picasso.
You will find yourself in a safe space to ponder, to try new things, to inspire and be inspired by the atmosphere, your fellow artists, and your expressive art cheerleaders, Cindy and Abby.
You will get an in-depth overview and fun, unique insights into each work that we visit in Paris, and have a chance to explore the rest of each museum. Then on studio days, we will present clear guidelines for the project inspired by our visit. There will be ample studio and free time all week to continue to work on all the projects.
The experience.
TENTATIVE ITINERARY
DAY 1
Arrive at 5 PM
Greetings and set intentions for the retreat
Dinner at 8
DAY 2
Breakfast between 8-9
Drive to Versailles or Chartres Cathedral departing at 10
Picnic lunch
Return at 3
4:30 Intuitive painting
Cocktails at 6:30
Dinner at 8
DAY 3
Breakfast 8-9
Train to Paris, depart Chateau at 10 AM
11:00 Musee Marmotton
Lunch at recommended restaurant or do own thing
Free afternoon
Dinner at 8
DAY 4
Breakfast 8-9
10:00 Studio project
Lunch on own
Cocktails at 6:30
Dinner at 8
DAY 5
Breakfast 8-9
Train to Paris, depart Chateau at 10 AM
11:00 Musee Picasso
Lunch at recommended restaurant or on your own
Free afternoon
Dinner at 8
DAY 6
Breakfast 8-9
10:00 Expressive mixed media project
Lunch on own
Cocktails at 6:30
Local farewell dinner out at 8
DAY 7
Breakfast 8-9
Depart by 11 am
Your hosts with the most.
We are partners in Bohemia, an art studio in Boulder, Colorado. Abby has been empowering people creatively and leading art retreats all over Colorado for years. Cindy has led many informal trips to her childhood home of Paris, has lived and traveled extensively abroad, and knows the ins and outs of Paris. We love bringing art to people, and people to art!
READ MORE ABOUT US HERE!
“We are inundated with advice on where to travel to, but we hear little of why and how we should go, even though the art of travel seems naturally to sustain a number of questions neither so simple nor so trivial, and whose study might in modest ways contribute to an understanding of what the Greek philosophers beautifully termed eudaimonia, or ‘human flourishing’.”
― Alain de Botton, The Art of Travel
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young (wo)man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you,
for Paris is a moveable feast. -Ernest Hemingway
The details
All meals, snacks and wine at the chateau are included. Meals out are not included. Several dinners will be prepared at the chateau by a private chef.
Each guest will have a luxurious private bedroom.
Paris Metro tickets and museum entry fees are included. Custom art history tours at each museum, all studio project instruction and art materials are included. Airfare is not included, nor transportation to the Chateau from Charles de Gaulle airport, or tram transport to and from Paris.
The retreat cost is $3200 per person.
Limit is 10 people. A non-refundable $1000 deposit is required when you register;
the balance is due February 1, 2020. There are no refunds after the balance has been paid. Travel insurance is recommended in case of cancellation.
Click here to register, or contact us by email or phone if you have questions or would like to pay with a check.