"Van Gogh & Cezanne in the Provence"
May 23 - 30 2025
This retreat will take you to where Van Gogh and Cézanne painted many masterpieces. You will be inspired by the rich locations of Arles, Saint Remi, and Aix-en-Provence. Your Hosts Tali Farchi (NL) and Shay Avivi (IL) are accomplished painters and teachers, providing art instruction to enrich your creative process. They’ll share information about these master's lives and how they worked. The ArtisTTable has hosted hundreds of artists of all levels and backgrounds. During this retreat, we will stay in the center of Arles giving easy access to this historic city. This all-inclusive art retreat boasts delicious meals, exclusive day trips, and lots of art-making. It will be a trip you won't forget.
Best Western Hotel Atrium, Arles, France
7 Breakfasts in the hotel
7 Lunches daily on location
7 Dinners each day in a different restaurant in town
Drawing Safari workshop
All Vincent Van Gogh’s sites in Arles and st. Remy
Entrance to St. Paul’s Mausole (asylum) in St. Remy
Visit the Market Day in St. Remy (It’s a good one.)
Entrance to Paul Cézanne’s atelier
ArtisTTable goodie bag with a sketchbook, 6B pencil , eraser and more
Instruction & artistic guidance by Tali Farchi & Shay Avivi
Field easels and drawing boards, stools, and water containers.
Demonstrations in acrylic and fast sketching
Transportation to and from Avignon TGV train station to the hotel
Transportation to and from Marseille to the hotel
Transportation to all locations we will visit and paint.
A week you will never forget!
paint, Brushes, any medium
Picking up the group from the airport, and take you to the hotel in Arles, After a short rest, we will have a light lunch, and the first introduction and presentation of what this week will look like.
Dinner at around 19:30 in a restaurant in town.
During our safari’s we walk for 2-5 minutes and then we draw for 2 minutes and walk again.
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast in the hotel
9:00-9:30 gathering for the day briefing
9:30 Getting in the car to the painting location
10:00-13:00 Drawing Safari
13:00 -14:30 Lunch
14:30- 17:00 Painting in the city park
17:00- 17:30 gathering ourselves together, before driving back to Arles to the Hotel.
19:30: Dinner
After dinner... free time and good night
*Schedule subject to change due to weather or different travel times.
On this day we will paint mostly at and around The Langlois Bridge that is in Arles. After lunch, we will visit and paint in L'espace Van Gogh
On this day we will travel to Aix a Provence to visit the Atelier of Cezanne and we will paint his famous Mont Sainte-Victoire
this day we will travel to Saint-Rémy
we will start the day with a visit to the local farmer's market which is the most well-known in Provence. Then we will visit the Saint-Paul Asylum, where Vincent van Gogh painted his famous Starry Night and much more. He was an admitted patient at the Asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence from May 1889 until May 1890 we will paint all day over there. Dinner will be eaten back in Arles.
Getting very early to get in time to the airport or train stations.
waving goodbye to all of you, .. sending you back home after an incredible week!
