Gardens/Painting/France/Enchanted June
- Subject: Gardens/Painting/France/Enchanted June
- From: &* A* O*
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:59:31 -0700
>Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 14:45:30 -0700 (PDT)
>From: French Paintbox <frenchpaintbox@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Gardens/Painting/France/Enchanted June
>To: gflomnbf@earthlink.net
>
>"Enchanted June," our artistic retreat June 19-29 with excursions to some
>of the loveliest gardens in all of France, does not require any
>particular ability in painting; non-painting guests are welcome. Usually
>those interested in things French, Fine Arts, Art History, Botany and
>Plant Sciences and Architecture are our prime candidates. Elisabeth
>Poiret, the French painting instructor, and her husband-poet Paul Villain
>will be leading the workshop, working in Elisabeth's studio and the French
>countryside. Both experienced painters and novices will emerge from this
>artistic retreat, we believe, seeing with new eyes. The château where
>participants will be lodging is recently renovated and overlooks
>breathtaking Cordes-sur-Ciel (1222), the oldest and best-preserved bastide
>in Southwest France; it's a former haunt of Camus and Sartre. We've
>enlisted the services of a wonderful French chef who will serve
>quintessential regional cuisine. The workshop is only 25km from the
>birthplace and museum of Toulouse-Lautrec ( where celebration of his 100th
>anniversary will be in full swing ), and is close to cave paintings, the
>Musée Goya ( which houses France's most important collection of Spanish
>art ), and many natural wonders, including those found in the magnificent
>gardens of Les Jardins des Paradis created by Ossart and Maurières. IF
>YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT US ASAP; WE HAVE ONE OR TWO PARTIAL
>SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. Thanks for your kind
>consideration. Respectfully, Sylvie and Richard Oxman of Santa Cruz, CA
>at <f*@yahoo.com>frenchpaintbox@yahoo.com or
>831-457-2001. P.S. If not interested, we would appreciate your passing
>the word. We are trying to return a kindness extended to us by your
>organization in the past...and we have a deadline approaching for
>enrollment/scholarships.
