DREAM.
ENVISION.
INNOVATE.
ARTIVIST RETREAT 2025
JOIN OUR ANTI-CONFERENCE
3 TO 6 SEPTEMBER- 2025
19260 TREIGNAC, LA CORREZE, FRANCE
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created in partnership with MAVi = Moulin des Arts Vivants!
HELP US CREATE CLIMATE ACTION PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD!
TEACHERS, ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS & OTHER CHANGE MAKERS WILL GATHER TOGETHER FOR 4 DAYS OF COLLABORATION, EDUCATION, & CREATION.
meet your hosts
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PAT CRUZ
Pat Cruz, artivist. Pat connects her two great passions, the environment and the arts through her nonprofit work. Pat was elected chair of the Maryland Green Party in the US and served two terms. As a teacher, Pat helped to pilot a “Reading through the Arts” program that significantly raised student achievement at two high poverty schools. In 2005 Pat joined Arts for Learning Maryland. As Chief Innovation Officer, Pat directed Teaching Artist PD programs and school district partnerships for over 13 years. She has been recognized as an “Outstanding Arts Educator” and “Visionary Leader” by the Maryland Association of Art Educators and recently received a “Distinguished Service to the Field” recognition from the Teaching Artist Guild. Pat holds a Bachelor's in Art Education and Master’s in Teaching from George Mason University.
PAT is based in FRANCE
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SANGEETA ISVAREN
Sangeeta Isvaran is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer, research scholar, and social worker. She has been awarded with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, the highest national award for young dancers. Founder of Katradi https://www.katradi.org/About.html
Sangeeta is based in India
“to address the climate crisis we need grassroots action around the globe. in what other profession can you reach multitudes, have time to focus on an issue, and explore creative solutions?
JOIN OUR COLLECTIVE, share knowledge and HELP US use the arts to inspire action.
— patcruz, founder Transcontinental Educator Artist Collective for Humanity
2025 ARTIVIST RETREAT Itinerary
Dream.Envision.Innovate
The Plan: Bring together amazing change agents from across the globe to our retreat center in the heart of the french countryside. We will gather together for four days of dreaming, planning, and creating arts integrated strategies to develop eco-arts projects that can spread across the globe.
On Saturday 6th of September - we will “pilot” our ideas at a community ECO-ARTS Festival. After the retreat we will implement our projects in our own communities. We will continue to collaborate and support each other’s work through follow-up zoom reunions. (NOTE: check out is 7 September)
Please note: the following itinerary may change based on the needs of the participants.
WEDNESDAY, 3 September
Meet in at Moulin SAGE in Treignac, France by 12 NOON for welcome lunch & introductions, orientation, opening sessions, check-in to rooms and rest in hammocks, dinner in the garden, open mic
THURSDAY, 4 September
optional dance/meditation, breakfast, BIG DREAMS discussions, envision and planning sessions, lunch at lake beach, project collaboration discussions at the beach, nature walk to roman ruins, rest, dinner, reflections by the fire pit, night hike and star gazing
FRIDAY, 5 September
optional dance/meditation, breakfast, dreams to reality envision and planning sessions, lunch, project/performance planning and rehearsal, dinner, evening stroll, rest
SATURDAY, 6 September
optional dance/meditation, breakfast, prep for festival, ECO-ARTS Fest (2-3 hrs), clean up, reflections, next steps, party
SUNDAY, 7 September
Breakfast and check out
COST INCLUDES:
Retreat sessions, walking tours, yoga, dance, and meditation
Delicious Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodations in shared apt for 4 nights (3 guests per apartment)
Lake beach time, forest bathing, kayaking, sight seeing
PLEASE NOTE: Transportation Not Included
TOTAL: $350 BEFORE JULY 1ST!
AFTER JULY 1ST: $450
$100 Deposit reserves your spot. Space is limited!
Payment Plan and financial support may be available. Please contact patcruz@teach-arts.org for assistance.
