Join me in Tuscany in 2025!
March 30 - April 6 and October 12 - 19
2025
Montisi (Siena), Tuscany
Goddess of the Land Art Retreat for Women
>>>>>> crazy bird happening through December 31, 2024 <<<<
We are doing it again! After a nothing-short-of-magical art retreat in early October 2024, Goddess of the Land is coming together again with two more retreats for women who wish to paint, do yoga, find new friends, eat and drink together in one of the most wondrous natural beauty of the world, the Unesco-heritage Valdorcia, in the heart of Tuscany.
These seven nights, six full days all-inclusive retreat will be packed with art classes (indoor and outdoor), yoga, meditations, time in nature, cultural and culinary experiences, and the most delicious home cooked organic, local meals made daily for us by our private chef. A small group of women will be tended to by another small group of women (that makes an awesome group of women!) between the frescoed walls of an ancient villa in the middle of a Mediaeval hilltop village with a garden. What else can we wish for?
Every day we will wake up to gentle yoga, followed by a delicious breakfast with everything you love about breakfast, and then we will prepare for our art workshop, which is all about sparkiling your creativity, intuition and curiosity, experimenting with mixed media such as acrylics, pastels, markers, inks, collage and much more, alongside with creative watercolor and charcoal drawings. All the materials are provided, and we will fill a sketchbook with our paintings and notes, which will become a visual diary of our playing. Because of the playful nature of these workshops, all levels of experience are welcome: complete beginners will break the ice and learn easy, empowering tools that will make them want to continue painting, and seasoned artists will have the space and support to be inspired by new techniques and subject matter for their practice.
Special experiences will include: Tibetan bells sound bath massage, opening and closing circles, natural mandala making, a trip to a local natural hot water spa, local wine-tasting, a guided tour of Siena, a dinner in a local restaurant, and more!
Dinners will all be where we can share our experiences and thoughts over delicious food prepared just for us.
The day will close, for those who wish to do so, with a gentle yoga and meditation for deep, restful sleep.
This is your week to immerse yourself in Beauty, painting and restoration of the senses with a small group of like-minded, inspiring women. Your sketchbook will be forever a memory of your insights and discoveries.
We will speak both English and Italian.
What’s included:
7 nights, 6 full days in a single or double occupancy bedroom in an historical villa in the village with ensuite private bathroom
A daily art workshop
Daily breakfasts, local home cooked lunch and dinner (special food allergies/intolerances and preferences will be honored)
Daily morning yoga and evening meditation
Unlimited local wine, healthy drinks and snacks
Guided unconventional visit to Siena
Cooking class
Sound bath massage with Tibetan bells
All materials: acrylic paint, easels, sketchbooks, paintbrushes, pastels, and anything needed for the workshops. Students are welcome to bring their own materials also, but everything will be provided.
Private transportation to experiences
What’s not included:
transportation to/from airport (can be arranged)
any shopping, extra expenses
airfare
travel insurance (must be purchased)
Investment: $ 3275 per person in double occupancy room; $ 3875 in single occupancy room. Crazy bird by December 31, 2024 enjoys a $200 discount. Scholarships available, and also special 1 + 1 (bring a friend) discount. Message me for info!
LEARN MORE: Please submit the form below with any questions and we will get back to you asap!
THE TEAM
SILVIA GALLINI
Artist, teacher, filmmaker
This is me, you’re in my website :) You can browse around to see my paintings and some of my life path so far. I am Italian, born and raised in the North of Italy near Milan, and studied Italian and Filmmaking both in Italy and in Los Angeles, where I received an MFA in Film Directing from the American Film Institute, one of the States’ top film schools. Meanwhile I also studied Painting privately with Joe Blaustein, an expressionist master of Southern California , and became a painter and an art teacher as well.
Today I live in a magical little village in Tuscany in the Valdorcia region, and I teach, paint and organize retreats.
Let me introduce you to my friends and collaborators on these retreats:
OUTI HARMA
Artist, teacher, dancer
Outi is a Finnish artist based in Los Angeles, with over 20 years of improvisational painting that merge the visible with the invisible, movement, dance and performance art. Her artwork is characterized by her passion for female empowerment and female archetypes. Her improvisational approach to painting allows images to appear spontaneously as she mixes and plays with colors, and her workshops as well as her artwork take you to playful, childlike realms to spiritual and psychological depths where the soul has room to expand.
To learn more about Outi and her magical work, visit her website:
LARISSA ALICE
Yoga teacher, opera singer
Larissa is an international chamber music soprano and a yoga teacher based in Bologna, Italy. She grew up between the Canaries island and Germany and speaks fluent German, Spanish, Italian and English. She is a certified Akhanda Yoga instructor. Akhanda Yoga is a holistic contemporary version of Hatha Yoga integrating ancient teachings of Raja, Tantra and kundalini yoga created my Himalayan master Yogrishi Vishvketu.
