Art Holiday (1) 21st – 28th July 2012
Art Holiday (2) 18th – 25th August 2012
The Art Holiday is packed with activities for exploring a wide range of Artistic materials and techniques. Attend as many or as few classes on techniques and materials as you like, we are also happy just to support you doing your own thing and provide you with basic equipment for watercolours, sketching, acrylics and pastels.
Have fun liberating the artist in you, in a relaxed, non-competitive environment. There’ll be time to relax by the pool, visit the local market and the wonderful Chateau Bonaguil and enjoy convivial candle lit suppers in the open barn.
The holiday is for complete beginners to more experienced artists and educators.
Cubertou is a gorgeous old farm in the Lot region of South West France and has been home to Art Courses since the 1960s. Set in its own 22 acres of meadows and woodland, Cubertou is in a conservation area renowned for its unspoilt beauty, rich history, clear sunny days, glorious night skies and excellent food and wines. A new swimming pool is being built for 2012.
Jo Buffery
Jo studied at Dartington College of Arts and has been encouraging and enabling wonderful works of art from students of all ages and skill levels for the last 25yrs.
Jo has led arts projects for a wide range of organisations including Warwick Arts Centre, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Creative Partnerships, English National Ballet and Cheshire County Council. For a number of years Jo ran a residential Arts School for visiting school pupils and their teachers.
See Jo’s website for more details of her work.
Prices for 1 week of Art Holiday
Course Participant: all tuition, art materials, meals and wine with meals is included
Single Room: £545 / €630
Shared Twin Room: £480 / €550
Camping: £415 / €470
Non Participant companion: meals and wine with meals is included
Single Room: £415 / €480
Shared Twin Room: £350 / €405
Camping: £200 / €230
Arrival/Departure
Please aim to arrive late afternoon/early evening on the first Saturday. The course ends after breakfast on the second Saturday.
Getting to Cubertou
- By air to Bergerac or Toulouse
- By train Agen
Transfers from Bergerac and Agen are available at £30 per head per journey.
(If flying to Toulouse please discuss transfers with us, it might be more efficient to take a train to Agen for transfer)
Our aim with transfers is to provide a service that is cheaper than taxis and you might need to wait for other flights/trains to arrive before we transfer you to Cubertou.
Saturday 21st July we shall meet the 20:30 arrival from Bergerac airport and the 20:53 arrival from Agen station and transfer directly to Cubertou.
Saturday 18th August we shall meet the 20:30 arrival from Bergerac airport and the 20:41 arrival from Agen station and transfer directly to Cubertou.
Other transfers may be arranged – please let us know of your travel plans so that we can best accommodate transfers for you.
(See Getting To Cubertou for links to some sites with details of flights and trains)
Accommodation is in the farm house and converted barns, mostly in twin rooms. Camping is also available if you prefer; you can bring your own tent or share a large Cubertou tent. A 12m by 5m swimming pool is due to be completed by June.
ROOMS are allocated on a first come first served basis. Bedding and towels are provided. Please see Accommodation for further information.
CAMPERS are provided with tents and camp beds. PLEASE BRING SLEEPING BAGS and TOWELS. Tents are large (you can stand up), and shared same sex OR you can bring your own tent if preferred.
Jo will be assisted by Rowan Fuggle
Rowan is a prize-winning Oxford University fine arts graduate, Rowan Fuggle. Rowan’s technical ability in art is wide ranging. An extremely skilled draughtsman, in pencil and other media he makes use of a range of techniques to produce the most extraordinarily exquisite and detailed work (the pictures below really are in pencil!). He is also a confident painter and printmaker and has a passionate interest in art from the traditional to the contemporary.
Rowan is also a ‘Charlie’ award-winning set and costume designer for two theatrical productions with the Oxford Playhouse.
Rowan has previously assisted on Art courses run by Cork University’s Glucksman Gallery, the Islington Arts Factory and Dame Alice Owen’s School. He has been attending arts courses since he was very young and is as interested in teaching art skills as he is in learning them, be they from life drawing and anatomy to Japanese black ink painting.
There will also be additional practical support from a current or recent art student.
Superb home cooking and local wines are provided and refreshments are served throughout the day. We welcome vegans, veggies and meat eaters. Please let us know of your dietary requirements when booking the course.
Booking
Please see the Terms & Conditions and Accommodation information.
Please contact Liz Cutts with any questions;
email: info@cubertou.biz
mobile: +44 777 5898 723
Or fill in an online application form