Highlights
In September and October 2025, participants from all over the world gathered to participate in 3 unique retreats, curated by Anna Kwiecinska, to encounter the island through creativity with workshops by writers Paul Genoni, Tanya Dalziell, and artists Kasey Sealy and Tee Hardman ... here are some highlights
a group of seven men and women standing against an open doorway with ochre coloured walls and in the background red tiled rooves and the distant sea and hills
in the foreground a man with a close cropped white beard wearing a maroon jumper is holding an umbrella and smiling and in the midground is a white washed wall with bright blue windows frames and in the background is the Aegean blue sea and distant hills
a man with a sun hat sits at a table with a green bottle and glass of beer profiled against a shimmering sea which is golden colour and in the background the distinctive shape of a rick on the horizon which resembles a reclining figure
a group of seven men and women standing against an open doorway with ochre coloured walls and in the background red tiled rooves and the distant sea and hills
An Island in The Mind - Literary Retreat 2025
with Prof. Tanya Dalziell and Dr Paul Genoni, authors of the definitive account of mid-century Hydra, and soon to be made into a film: 'Half the Perfect World - Writers, Dreamers and Drifters, Hydra 1955-64'. (they'll be back in 2027!)
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Watercolour Retreat with Kasey Sealy 2025
With renowned Australian artist Kasey Sealy in Autumn 2025
close up of two women clinking glasses at a table with Aegean blue sea and buildings in the background
a group of 4 women in various standing and sitting positions working at their paintings beneath pine trees with blue tables and chairs on a terrace overlooking Aegean blue sea
in the foreground a woman is seated and painting at a table shaded by pink bouganvillea, with greek blue window frames and white washed wall in the background
close up of two women clinking glasses at a table with Aegean blue sea and buildings in the background
Intuitive Flow Retreat with Tee Hardman 2025
Tee joined us from South Africa for this art retreat in October 2025
book cover holding with Leonard Cohen holding a cigarette and text reading I'm Your Man
Colourful soft-edged geometric artwork
book cover holding with Leonard Cohen holding a cigarette and text reading I'm Your Man
Art and Writing Retreats in 2026 ...
An Autumn Sketchbook with British Artist Becky Blair, and a unique Writing Retreat with author Joanne Fedler Ring The Bells That Still Can Ring in the balmy months of late September & October