Intensive course in writing

Retreat in Parc Natural de la Serra de Montsant

Fall 2022                 

October 17-21, 2022 – Writing for artists. Read more.

Online information meeting to prepare the trip October 09, 2022 at 8pm. Click here to attend

Spring 2023

April 3-7, 2023 – Writing for artists. Read more.

May 01-05, 2023 – Creative writing. Read more.

Fall 2023

September 4-8, 2023 – Creative writing. Read more.

Online information meeting to prepare the trip, information will follow. Click here to attend

Group size min. 2, max. 7

Price including food and accommodation: E380,-. Artists can apply for a stipend.

We stay at Casa Catalunya, Margalef de Montsant

5 days including arrival and leaving – monday-friday – read more

In addition to the workshops we do daily (optional) hikes in nature, we present, discuss our work and eat together.

The workshop consists of a calm arrival day on Monday, three days of intensive writing and feedback, one day of traveling back home on Friday:

Program Tu-Th

07:30 – Simple breakfast available

08:30 – Excursion (optional hike)

11:00 – Course in writing

12:30 – Catalan lunch (warm main meal)

13:30 – Siesta & Working time

17:00 – Course in writing

20:00 – Presentations during ‘Cena’ (simple bread and tapas meal)

Ester Eva Damen is a filmmaker with a background in the visual arts. In addition to the Film Academy (screenplay & direction) she studied writing. She advises artists who want to develop a text about their own work in groups as well as in one to one sessions.

Margalef de Montsant is located south of (airfield) Barcelona at the height of Tarragona (a pleasant train or bus trip along the shore to Reus) and can be reached with a bus from (airfield) Reus, Spain. Contact us before you make a booking.

Photos by Joris Berger and Dorota Radzimirska, 2022