August 24, 2005
Sustainability & Low Impact Travel
The student: By enrolling in a L'atelier aux Couleurs: Plein Air Painting Tours workshop, you not only help a community with your tuition cost automatically going to a good cause, but you're also promoting sustainable tourism. We firmly believe in the importance of traveling in small groups with most of our tours having a maximum size of 12 travelers. This provides the group the advantage of security and intimacy while still allowing us to be flexible and spontaneous. More importantly, it means we are more sensitive to the fragile local cultures we travel within and can access places and events not available to larger groups. We aim to sustain low impact on the surrounding culture, at the same time we strive to be flexible and accommodate all types of traveler. On any given Tour, we may stay in a monastery, a Bed & Breakfast, a rustic retreat, or on occasion an upscale hotel in a major city. Wherever are tours takes us, we aim to leave our hosts smiling, having enjoyed our visit.
The Instructor: Typically, our plein air instructors come to us via our invitation. But if you are a plein air painter and teacher and are a signature member of the Plein Air Painters of America, signature member of Oil Painters of America, or any organizations of similar credibility, and are interested in having us custom design a plein air workshop tour for you, we encourage you to contact us to discuss the possibilities.
Our Plans: We are currently working on putting together packages for Gay Faulkenberry to teach cityscapes and landscapes in Spain (May 1-9, 2006), and Camille Przewodek to teach cityscapes and landscapes in Spain (May 13-21, 2006).
Posted by Carole at August 24, 2005 12:27 PM