Looking forward to 2027

Looking forward to 2027

12th - 18th May 2027  

5 day creative break / 6 nights

3rd - 9th June 2027  

4 workshop days / 1 rest & recharge day / 6 nights

1st - 7th July 2027  

4 workshop days / 1 rest & recharge day / 6 nights

1st - 7th September 2027  

4 workshop days / 1 rest & recharge day / 6 nights

4th - 9th June 2027

JACK RAVI The Ungathering

This artist book workshop is an evolution of Jack's first workshop, Wanderlust & Wonder. It carries the same spirit of curiosity, experimentation, and exploration, now enriched by deeper experience, new discoveries, and several more years of living closely with the work. At its heart, the workshop is an invitation to embrace the unexpected. Participants will begin things they cannot finish in the way they first imagined, only to discover that what emerges is often richer and more meaningful than the original plan. Here, surrender becomes part of the creative process, and the work itself becomes a guide.

Over four immersive days, participants will create their own symbols, bundle and dye, rip and bind, and gently tear open what they have made to reveal what was waiting inside all along. They will make marks that cannot be corrected and build pages that refuse to follow expectations, allowing the process to lead the way rather than forcing a predetermined outcome. Through trusting this process, each participant will create an artist book that is uniquely their own.

About the WORKSHOP

Jack Ravi is a mixed media artist and teacher whose work explores memory, identity, loss, play, and the stories we inherit without choosing. Working with found objects, vintage photographs, artist books, assemblage, and collage, he creates visual poems that transform humble and anonymous materials into renewed meaning.

His teaching is rooted in the same values as his artistic practice: presence over inspiration, process over product, and the belief that anyone willing to engage deeply with the work has something worth making. Having taught thousands of students online and led intimate in-person retreats, Jack creates spaces where curiosity, intuition, and discovery can flourish.

For Jack, Les Soeurs Anglaises has long been a place of sanctuary — inspiring, nurturing, and full of possibility. Returning to share both this special place and his creative practice with others feels deeply meaningful, and he looks forward to welcoming participants into an experience of making, experimentation, and creative surrender.

Jack Ravi

About JACK RAVI

About the retreat and what’s included

4 days tuition with experienced tutors

6 nights accommodation at our farmhouse

1 relaxation day

3 meals a day: continental breakfast, salad lunch, three-course dinner

Welcome drinks on arrival

Plentiful tea, coffee and refreshments in the studio

Use of studio and all materials

Optional visit to traditional Marché or Brocante

Freedom to wander the gardens or take walks in the surrounding countryside

Check-in is from 15:00 on the first day. There will be a meet and greet with your fellow participants and tutors at around 18:00.

NOT INCLUDED:

Travel · travel insurance · personal purchases

Transport to and from the venue from local train station (40mins) or airport (80mins)

Suitable for enthusiastic beginners through to experienced makers.

1st - 7th July 2027

RAMIRO CLEMENTE Mixed Media and Creative Transformation

Join Ramiro Clemente for an immersive experience in expressive drawing, improvisation and mixed media, and rediscover the joy and freedom of creating without waiting for the perfect idea. Through colour, collage and layering, you will learn to trust your intuition, transform accidents into visual possibilities and make more conscious artistic decisions. With Ramiro’s practical and personal guidance, you will recognise what is already alive in your work, strengthen your visual language and leave with greater confidence, clearer direction and lasting creative independence.In this workshop, participants will gain insight into Ramiro’s creative process, discovering how drawing can become a tool for experimentation, storytelling, and personal expression. Through hands-on exercises and demonstrations, he invites artists of all levels to explore new ways of seeing and creating.

About the WORKSHOP

Ramiro Clemente is an Argentine artist based in Barcelona, known for his distinctive approach to mixed media. His work combines drawing, painting, collage, image transfer, calligraphy, and expressive line work to create layered compositions filled with texture, movement, and contrast. His creative process is driven by improvisation, curiosity, and a constant balance between freedom and intention. 

Alongside his artistic practice, Ramiro teaches workshops and mentors artists from around the world. Rather than encouraging people to create perfect pieces, he helps them build confidence, embrace experimentation, and develop their own visual language. and as a Royal Talens ambassador, he continues to explore new ways of pushing the boundaries of contemporary drawing.

At the heart of his teaching is the belief that creativity grows through curiosity, practice, and the courage to create—not by avoiding mistakes, but by embracing them and using them as part of the final result. His distinctive visual language combines poetic and surreal imagery, creating works that are both playful and deeply evocative. His art has been exhibited internationally and has featured in publications and collaborations across Argentina, Spain, and the United States.

Ramiro Clemente

About RAMIRO CLEMENTE

About the retreat and what’s included

4 days tuition with experienced tutors

6 nights accommodation at our farmhouse

1 relaxation day

3 meals a day: continental breakfast, salad lunch, three-course dinner

Welcome drinks on arrival

Plentiful tea, coffee and refreshments in the studio

Use of studio and all materials

Optional visit to traditional Marché or Brocante

Freedom to wander the gardens or take walks in the surrounding countryside

Check-in is from 15:00 on the first day. There will be a meet and greet with your fellow participants and tutors at around 18:00.

NOT INCLUDED:

Travel · travel insurance · personal purchases

Transport to and from the venue from local train station (40mins) or airport (80mins)

Suitable for enthusiastic beginners through to experienced makers.

GLORIA GELO The Space of Place: What Remains

1st - 7th September

In this five-day retreat, participants explore how a place shapes the space within us. Through noticing, collecting, collage, monoprinting, and mark-making, they immerse themselves in the château and its surroundings—its light, textures, gardens, and rhythms. Gathering impressions and fragments of attention, participants gradually refine what resonates, allowing the essence of a place to breathe on the page.

As the week unfolds, recurring themes and forms begin to emerge, revealing the foundations of a personal visual language. This workshop is not about collecting France, but about expressing what it leaves behind—and discovering what remains.

About the WORKSHOP

Gloria Gelo is a contemporary abstract artist, designer, and mixed media instructor based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Inspired by nature’s seasonal rhythms and organic forms, her work explores the interplay of shape, balance, and composition through painting, photography, collage, and printmaking. Characterized by elegant simplicity, a modern graphic sensibility, and a nuanced palette rooted in the natural world, Gloria creates refined abstract works that invite quiet contemplation.

Her creative practice is continually evolving, while remaining grounded in a desire to challenge conventional ideas of design and visual language. Alongside her studio practice, Gloria teaches online courses that encourage creatives to unlock their artistic confidence and develop their own distinctive voice. She studied Fine Art in Ohio and now works from her studio in Canada.

Gloria Gelo

About GLORIA GELO

About the retreat and what’s included

4 days tuition with experienced tutors

6 nights accommodation at our farmhouse

1 relaxation day

3 meals a day: continental breakfast, salad lunch, three-course dinner

Welcome drinks on arrival

Plentiful tea, coffee and refreshments in the studio

Use of studio and all materials

Optional visit to traditional Marché or Brocante

Freedom to wander the gardens or take walks in the surrounding countryside

Check-in is from 15:00 on the first day. There will be a meet and greet with your fellow participants and tutors at around 18:00.

NOT INCLUDED:

Travel · travel insurance · personal purchases

Transport to and from the venue from local train station (40mins) or airport (80mins)

Suitable for enthusiastic beginners through to experienced makers.

12th - 18th May 2027

KATIE ELLIOTT ARMITAGE Stitch, Paper & Stories

This is Les Soeurs Anglaises' invitation to step away from the everyday for a few days and spend time making, looking and thinking alongside its directrice, Katie Elliott Armitage.

The studio will be stocked with vintage textiles, a sewing machiner, timeworn papers and an eclectic collection of mixed-media materials, all waiting to be combined in unexpected ways. Rather than following a set project, you'll be free to explore layering, composition, colour and texture at your own pace, creating work that reflects your own ideas and curiosity.

There will be no rules and no formal teaching. Instead, Katie will be in the studio throughout the week, sharing techniques, demonstrating processes, encouraging experimentation and helping ideas take shape as they emerge. Sometimes all that's needed is another pair of eyes, or someone to suggest, "What if...?"

Whether this is your first creative break, or you have been making art for years, this is a chance to slow down, discover fresh inspiration and enjoy the company of people who understand the pleasure of creating with their hands. There'll be time to rummage through a local brocante, gather treasures, exchange ideas over long meals, listen to some live music and return to the studio with pockets full of possibilities.

About the CREATIVE BREAK

About KATIE ELLIOTT ARMITAGE

For almost twenty years, Katie has curated unique creative retreats at Les Soeurs Anglaises, welcoming many of the world's most inspiring textile artists, musicians, makers and designers to rural France. Through these collaborations, she has developed an instinctive understanding of colour, composition and creativity, gathering ideas and inspiration that continue to shape her own work.

A life immersed in arts and crafts, colours, textures and the quiet rhythms of the Dordogne countryside, and the restoration of her French home, have profoundly influenced her creative practice. This retreat will allow her to share these experiences, offering a thoughtful, supportive space in which to experiment, discover and enjoy the simple pleasure of making whilst immersed in Les Soeurs Anglaises’ uniquely welcoming ambience.

Have you been to one of our workshops previously? Let us know and we’d be happy to offer you as a discount!

About the retreat and what’s included

5 days Creative Retreat

6 nights accommodation at our farmhouse

3 meals a day: continental breakfast, salad lunch, three-course dinner

Welcome drinks on arrival

Plentiful tea, coffee and refreshments in the studio

Use of studio and all materials

Optional visit to traditional Marché or Brocante

Freedom to wander the gardens or take walks in the surrounding countryside

Check-in is from 15:00 on the first day. There will be a meet and greet with your fellow participants and tutors at around 18:00.

NOT INCLUDED:

Travel · travel insurance · personal purchases

Transport to and from the venue from local train station (40mins) or airport (80mins)

Suitable for enthusiastic beginners through to experienced makers.