Art Trip to Brittany with Pierre Picot May 2009

I have been thinking about doing this kind of trip since I was an art professor at the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, in Fall 2006, drawing in the "Forest of Love", at the edge of the village of Pont-Aven (made famous by Paul Gauguin and friends).  I took two groups last year and would love to continue.....

      I would like to guide you on a 7-day artist's holiday in Bretagne with Pont-Aven as our home base. Housed at the wonderful Castel Braz, we will explore the southern coast region between Qimperle and Quimper in our  comfortable van to draw and paint, eat crepes (nothing like the ones you've had!), visit hidden treasures in the dramatic "paysage" (landscape), meet local artists, eat oysters, visit Museums and galleries, eat pastries, drink wine (or maybe Chouchen, mead made in Brittany for 1000's of years), go to village markets, draw and paint some more (photography is fine too) and together improvise along with the wind and the tides, and there are plenty of both!

    As an artist my work has been shown in the US, France and Asia. I have taught and lectured on Contemporary and Modern Art at Art Center, Claremont and Otis Graduate Schools, USC, UC Davis,  Cal State LA, Long Beach and Fullerton, Chapman University as well as going to South Korea and France on extended lecture tours.

This trip includes: round trip transportation from Paris to Brittany, 7 nights B & B, all lunches, museum entrances, 7 days transportation throughout the region, and daily discussion of work done on site.
You will make your own travel arrangements to and from France and have dinners as you please — there are several good places in town, and we can also arrange dinners in neighboring towns and take our van.

Timetable:    
1 week stays start on: Monday May 18 to Sunday May 24, Thursday May 28 to Wednesday June 3.
Group size:    minimum 4 to maximum 7 people

Single Occupancy $1950, Double (friends, families, couples) $1800

If this sounds good to you and you are already daydreaming, then get back to me for any and all questions, clarifications, and suggestions ...email me for more details at ppicot@sbcglobal.net

Highlights of the trip include:
             Visit to the ancient magalithic site of Carnac (and scallop crepes), Tremolo Chapel, home of the Yellow Christ, painted by Gauguin, market day in Concarneau, its fabulous harbor, visit Quimper, its museum, old town, do a bit of shopping, Pont Aven museum, select galleries, lecture on Gauguin and his group by the world expert, walk, draw, picnic in the mysterious Bois d'Amour (the forest of Love), French-style tea time in local bohemian haunt, see menhirs and dolmens, gothic chapels typical of Brittany, visit artists' studios, hang out and watch the world go by at local cafes, sample local food: oysters, mussels and fries, crepes, fine pastries, aromatic cider, world famous butter cookies, and so much more... yum!
              Experience life at a snail's pace, rinse your eyes with beauty