2025 Retreats
Painting & Printmaking
EASEL & LENS
MAY 3-9, 2025
7-DAY PAINTING & PRINTMAKING RETREAT
After a very successful and popular PAINTING & PRINTMAKING course in 2024, Easel&Lens is back to offer you the chance to leave with a beautiful and personal etching of your own in a week. The rather unique course has been designed carefully with each day having specific tasks - starting with our research on day one touring local hilltop towns and countryside of this beautiful area of the Umbrian/Tuscan borders, photographing or drawing to give each of us something personal to work with. The following day we will be working our sketches into designs and preparing either our painting or an etching plate. After that, this will be a daily workshop, all of us working together, and dividing our time between studio time, art and cultural visits, lunches, trips to local towns, aperitivi and dinners out, or simply relaxing and enjoying the beautiful Italian Renaissance gardens of our Villa. We will set up the studio in the expansive and historic cantinas of our Villa for the week.
Painting & Mixed Media
EASEL & LENS
OCT 11-17, 2025
7-DAY PAINTING & MIXED MEDIA RETREAT
This will be Easel&Lens’ second CONTEMPORARY MIXED MEDIA course run here alongside mixed media artist KITT ATHAY. English born artist Kitt Athay is a talented printmaker and a fun, enthusiastic teacher, happy to share the secrets of his materials and techniques with you. He will be working alongside Julian to offer you the chance to leave with a beautiful and personal mixed media painting of your own in a week. The rather unique course has been designed carefully with each day having specific tasks - starting with our research on day one touring local hilltop towns and countryside of this beautiful area of the Umbrian/Tuscan borders, photographing or drawing to give each of us something personal to work with. The following day we will split the group to develop our sketches into designs or watching a demonstration of Kitt’s method. After that, this will be a daily workshop, all of us working together, and dividing our time between studio time, art and cultural visits, lunches, trips to local towns, aperitivi and dinners out, or simply relaxing and enjoying the beautiful Italian Renaissance gardens of the Villa.
NEW: Wellness Retreat
VILLA LEMURA
18 - 24 OCTOBER 2025
7-DAY - ESCAPE TO THE HEART OF ITALY
We’re excited to invite you to the exclusive Villa LeMura wellness retreat—a week-long journey into the authentic heart of Umbria and Tuscany. Designed to showcase the region’s timeless charm, this retreat offers a carefully curated experience blending culture, cuisine, and heritage.
Book the Villa exclusively
Villa LeMura is open for bookings to host your perfect retreat or corporate getaway. Whether it’s for a group of work colleagues, artists, yoga students, or anything else, the villa is the ideal location for an exclusive getaway with on-site support to help your retreat run smoothly.
We can help with suggestions for daytrips, as well as sourcing full catering services. Plus there are various spaces around the property for your workshops and classes.
