What should I bring to Creative Castle?
Bring materials, everything that you need for your projects, workshops, performances, etc.
Music gear, fabrics, paint, tools, anything you can think of. And materials for your costumes! More info to come soon about this year's themed Ball.
It will be hot weather so bring summer clothes, bathing suit etc.
How do I travel to the monastery?
Monastère de Ségries
6298 Rte de Riez, 04360 Moustiers-Sainte-Marie
By car 🚗
By 🚂 train Aix-TGV (95 km), Manosque (45 km) ; Gare de Mézel (30 km) : train des Pignes Nice-Digne.
Then 🚌 bus or 🚗 car
Bus Public Transportation:
Bus to RIEZ, 9 km from Monastery :
° LER ZOU ligne 67 depuis Marseille, Aix-en-Provence.
° LER TRANS AGGLO 132 : depuis Manosque et Gréoux-les-Bains
We will pick you up from Riez.
Because this space is independent and self-organized, we all contribute to the shared expenses together. Budget is anticipated to be 130€/night, totalling 650€ for the 5 nights.
What’s included:
• 5 nights in beautiful shared rooms (option of private room)
• Catered brunches with local & garden-grown ingredients
• All communal dinners cooked in teams (a Creative Castle tradition!) as well as 2 catered dinners
• Sound and lighting equipment
• Basic wine (fancy bottles and liquor welcome!)
If you need financial aid, reach out and we will help find creative solutions.
We stay in an ancient monastery with beautiful private and shared rooms, gardens, open spaces for creation, a chapel, gardens, a swimming pool, sauna, patios, a beautiful inner courtyard, and wild nature surrounding.
You can pick a shared room or a single room.
Yes all meals are included in the pricing.
Brunches are catered by the monastery every day, with produce from the monastery's garden and local products.
3 evening meals are created by the artists, you will be the host of 1 meal with your group during the week, the budget for this is included.
2 evening meals are catered.
Do I need to have a specific project?
Not at all. Come with an open heart and something you’d love to share.
If you have a project idea that is wonderful of course, reach out and we will help facilitate.
Freedom is at the core of the experience. Collaboration and creations of all kinds are encouraged but not mandatory.
How are artists selected?
Our curation comes from the desire to create crosspolination between artists of many walks of life. Every person invited is carefully considered, and all disciplines are welcome.
If I have specifics questions, who can I ask ?
If you have any question, reach out at creativecastleexperience@gmail.com
or DM our instagram page.
This website will be updated to give all the participants the informations they need, stay tuned!