Seven days on an island with 63 artists and seven mentors. The program combines masterclasses, art labs, and private mentoring sessions.
It's built around a simple premise: your blockage isn't lack of skill. It's a mental structure that used to protect you but now limits your work.
We don't teach more technique. We dismantle the decision patterns that keep you repeating yourself.
What changes isn't your craft. It's your operating system.
You'll work longer and harder than you think you can.
You'll make work you can't control the outcome of.
You'll expose process before it's ready.
This isn't about learning new techniques.
It's about dismantling the ones you hide behind.
Your competence will be challenged.
Your standards will be suspended.
Your strategies will fail.
If you need to know you'll succeed before you start, don't come.
If you need to maintain your usual quality, don't come.
If you need control over the outcome, don't come.
You need basic drawing and painting skills. That's the floor. After that, technical level doesn't matter.
What we look for:
Artists stuck in their own competence. Who sense they're repeating patterns. Who know more technique won't solve it.
Beginners get in. Professionals get in. The filter isn't skill -it's whether you're ready to dismantle something.
€3,600
30% non-refundable deposit after acceptance. Accepted artists choose a payment plan after the deposit.
Seven days on a private island. 12+ hours daily.
You'll get three 45-minute private mentorships with three different mentors over the week.
- Participants: 63 maximum
- Language: English
- Location: Lazaretto Island, Maó, Menorca (Spain)
- Technical requirements: This is for visual artists with -at least- basic drawing and painting experience.
- Application type: after you apply, we’ll schedule a 40-minute conversation to see if the program matches where you are right now.
What's included:
7-day Quarantine
daily ferry boat
lunch & dinner
beer, wine & beverages
easel & gamsol
fees & taxes
What's not:
lodging
breakfast
flights
mixed drinks
CREDIT CARD:
If your payment fails:
(1) Check your card limit (request increase if needed)
(2) Notify your bank you're making an international payment
BANK TRANSFER:
Use these details:
Payment reference: Your name + Order ID
Currency: Euros (€)
Fee payment: Sender pays all charges
We'll confirm your booking once funds clear.
Email us for complete banking information (IBAN, SWIFT, company details).
Lunch and dinner provided daily.
Vegan option available.
Included drinks: water, coffee, tea, soft drinks, beer and wine.
Mixed drinks not included.
We accommodate medical dietary needs or serious allergies with advance notice and documentation.
This is not a restaurant. We cannot accommodate personal preferences.
We select who enters because the wrong person in the room destroys what's possible for everyone else.
If you're still looking for permission to take risks, you're not ready.
If you're still protecting your comfort, you'll sabotage the process.
If you're still performing competence, you'll block everyone's path.
We don't curate to keep people out. We curate because one person hiding infects the entire field.
You won't have contact with the outside.
No phone.
No way to know what's happening.
No way to leave mentally while staying physically.
If that terrifies you, good. That terror is the first thing you'll dismantle here.
You won't know what happens until it happens.
If you knew what was coming, you'd prepare a strategy.
If you had a strategy, you'd use competence to avoid risk.
If you avoided risk, you'd waste your time here.
We keep it secret because your brain will try to solve this before you arrive.
And if it does, you've already lost.
No phones on the island. Period.
Not for work. Not for emergencies. Not for checking in.
There's an emergency phone in our office if something critical happens. Beyond that, you're offline for seven days.
What you do at your hotel after hours is your business. But on the island, the phone stays off.
If that's a dealbreaker, this isn't your program.
Because not everyone fits the program. The filter works both ways.
The process is simple: you apply, we schedule a 40-minute conversation. Not an interrogation -a conversation to see if the program matches where you are right now. To see if you're ready to work without instructions, to act before you think, to let your blind spots get exposed.
If both sides say yes, you pay 30% to reserve your spot. The rest we work out together.
What we look for:
(1) Commitment: You show up, you do the work, you don't bail when it gets uncomfortable.
(2) Open mind: You're willing to try things that don't make sense at first. To work without knowing where it's going.
(3) Variety: We mix different backgrounds, different levels, different approaches. Variety creates friction. Friction creates pressure. Pressure reveals patterns.
YES.
Stay in Es Castell.
The ferry leaves from Cales Fonts, just beside Maó and quite near the airport.
Hotels near the pier:
Artiem Carlos
Pardela Menorca
Hotel Victori
Hotel Son Vilar
Barceló Hamilton
Seth AgamenónBreakfast times vary by hotel -check before booking. The larger hotels offer breakfast, the smaller ones don’t (pop down to a nearby café).
Contact us for promo codes.
You won't know the program before you arrive.
Not to be mysterious.
To keep you from preparing a defense.
The moment you know what's coming, you'll prepare for it.
And the moment you prepare, you'll reproduce the same pattern that brought you here.
We keep it hidden to protect the work from your competence.
If you can't enter without knowing, you're not ready.
ARGOS (only art shop nearby)
You won't have time to shop during Quarantine.
Get materials before the event starts.
You won't have time to shop during Quarantine week (Monday–Sunday, full days).
Locations:
Carrer d’en Deià, 4 (Maó center)
(+34) 971.36.26.52
Carrer de Vassallo, 64 (outside Maó)
(+34) 971.36.88.02
Hours: Monday-Friday: 9:30 am – 1:30 pm, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Saturday: 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
Sunday: closed
Basic supplies only. Limited stock.
Don't ship supplies to Menorca.
Why:
(x) Unpredictable delivery
(x) Expensive (more than an extra bag)
(x) EU customs fees on non-EU packages
(x) Packages arrive damaged or late
(x) No address on Lazaretto Island
Bring everything with you. Extra luggage costs less and is more reliable.
Oil paints require proper packing for flights.
Border agents scrutinize them.
Improper packing or labeling causes delays.
Full guide:
How to travel with oil paintsWe don't provide phone support.
We work with people across multiple time zones.
Email works better.
If you need to speak directly, email us to schedule a video call.
Good enough to fool everyone. Except yourself.
One email per week. The emails your art school conveniently never sent you.
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