Workshops In France

Meet Our Recent Scholarship Recipient: Sahil Singh Masand

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Our 2024 scholarship recipient, Sahil Singh Masand, traveled from Spain to join our workshop in Provence with Jane Hunt and Michele Usibelli. Find out how a week in Provence reshaped his artistic journey and what unexpected encounter made the biggest impact.

Traveling with Art Supplies

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The Workshops in France team has taken the mystery out of traveling with art supplies. The TSA has imposed rules about traveling with all kinds of things, including paints. Every now and again, your bag might be the one that is chosen for a random search, but if you do as we do, you shouldn’t encounter any problems.

Instructed Workshop or Uninstructed Retreat?

Instructed Workshop or Uninstructed Retreat – what’s the difference and what’s the correct choice? Since I have done both I thought I would share my insight. I first attended one of Workshops in France’s Art Retreat in 2014 and had very little idea of what to expect…

Au Revoir Peter Mayle

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Sadly, Peter Mayle, the consummate English Francophile who charmingly flaunted the good life of Southern France, passed away in January. But his words live on and continue to inspire me and others like me, who think the grass is simply greener in Provence.

Cure for the jetlag blues

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The last thing you want when traveling is to be wide-eyed and awake at night and exhausted during the day. Fortunately, our guests often experience little jetlag when coming to Europe, and it tends to hold off until the return home. Either way, our artist coordinator, Julie Snyder, believes she’s found a solution…