Since 1997
Old Masters - New Visions in Association with NexusMuse, LLC
Philip Rubinov Jacobson & Mantra Cora
International Art Workshops & Retreats
Mischtechnik Painting Retreat
AWE-INSPIRING ART SEMINAR BEAUTIFULLY ENTWINED IN THE PERFECT SETTING
ORACLE and ODYSSEY
DELPHI, GREECE
JUNE 8 –28, 2025
LIMITED TO 14 PARTICIPANTS
Delphi — The Centre Of The World
According to Greek mythology, Zeus set two eagles free to meet each other half way in the center of the world, and so they did — here in Delphi. The site was considered as the navel of the world in those ancient times. You’ll find discoveries dating to the Mycenaean period to the early Byzantine era and the museum in Delphi is world class.
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Find Yourself In Beauty
Nature lovers are in no way excluded, and the Parnassos National Park is a super place to visit for its unspoiled nature. The beautiful park is found between Delphi, Arachova and Agoriani and there are lots of exquisite hiking trails for you to take according to your fitness level. There will be opportunities to explore the surrounding areas
The Oracle of Delphi and the Corycian Cave
The archeological site of the temples of Apollo and the Oracle are just minutes away and one can hike to the Corycian Cave. The earliest evidence of human inhabitance in this mystical cavern dates back to the Neolithic period—around 4000 years BCE. Artifacts found in the cave seem to confirm that this was a site for the people's divination practices.
It is a pleasure to invite you to attend a painting retreat next summer like no other. Mantra Cora and Prof.Phil offer one-of-a-kind workshops around the globe. At these retreats, each person will discover and improve their creative dreams through a direct transmission of artistic knowledge that hails back to the Northern Renaissance, an ancient-future if you will, that will feed your abilities till you burst with inspiration. Come, meet other like-minded people, explore Greece and experience the visceral excitement of painting in a place of myth and magic.
Next summer we return to the heart of the Mediterranean at Delphi, Greece. This is a residential painting course for beginners, improvers and professional artists. We bring together passionate artists and world-class instructors to create unforgettable learning experiences and cultural adventures. Delphi is an ancient town and was first inhabited in late Mycenaean times as far back as the 15th century BC. This is an exciting opportunity that will take place right in the village and within walking distance to many historic sites, and only 15 minutes to the crystal clear sea and pristine beaches. Let yourself be captivated by incredible seascapes, ancient Greek ruins, and the dazzling architecture of the area. Recharge at the sea, create refreshingly new work in our over-sized studio and rest in your private room at the hotel. Our 4-Star accommodation and studio will be air-conditioned and nestled just above the village, tucked into the mountain and where we can enjoy the countryside among groves of secular olive trees. Enjoy local cuisine prepared with the freshest farm-to-table ingredients, local wines and proprietary organic olive oil offered up by the many local restaurants and eateries in the area.
To make the most of your time at the retreat, you can come with a vision in mind prepared beforehand and you will also create spontaneous work organically developed using an abstract imprimatur as yourr ground of vision. You will learn to use various approaches to underpainting ~ establishing a strong matrix for a systematic approach in the Mischtechnik. You'll learn to mix an egg emulsion with pigment to create both an imprimatura and the egg tempera white for underpainting. You will also try your hand at using casein for underpainting, followed by oleo-resin glazes. Mantra and Prof. Phil are renowned for. their demonstrations and the individualized attention they pay to each student. They are dynamic teachers who are professional and sensitive to the skill level and chosen direction of each student, making this class a great learning experience for all. For these reasons and more, at their seminars, you will never find two artists ever painting even similar to one another or to the teachers' work. There will be ample time for painting and the studio will be open 24/7. Being in Greece together, sharing meals and conversation, swimming in the sea and going on adventures will be a hallmark of our creative community that will gather at this magical painting retreat.
Above all, take your art to the next level with 3 weeks of full studio days of painting taught by world-renowned artists, who will be with you every step of the way. Our workshop retreats encompass versions of Mischtechnik and other painting approaches, knowledge of mediums and tricks of the trade. Your learning experience includes demonstrations, one-on-one feedback, and guidance like a customized learning blueprint tailored for each participant. The retreat is open to all skill levels and from people from all over the world. Only 14 artists will be accepted to ensure an intense experience for the practice of painting. Join our passionate, like-minded creative community and make a quantum leap in your work while we all embark on a life changing Odyssey to Greece !
Accommodations & Registration
Price includes Tuition, Accommodation and Breakfast
King Iniohos 4-Star Hotel
78 Ossiou Louka, Delphi 33054 Greece
Art Studio on Site
The hotel situated at the northern part of the village of Delphi, provides it's guests with unique and fresh views of the ancient town, the beauty of the Corinthian gulf and the untamed charm of the Parnassus mountain. Its spacious, traditional and yet modern rooms offer privacy and comfort along with the massive studio space on site, promising an unforgettable experience
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Registration
A Special Discount of € 250 ( $275 - $300 off )
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PRICE for a Single Room: USD $ 2680
Early Bird Special for a Single Room Paid in Full
(ends December 30, 2024): $ 2570
DEPOSIT USD $400
Secure your spot with a $400 deposit today.
Pay the balance of $2280 on, or before, MAY 8, 2025
Double or Triple Room add € 47 Euro per person/per day
(apprx.$51) for each additional person per day
(i.e. 10 days would require a payment of $510).
What's Included In This Package
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20 nights accommodation in a 4-Star Greek Hotel
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Daily Painting Sessions/ Full Tuition (Monday - Friday) 6 hours per day
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Delicious, healthy breakfast
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Water, tea and coffee available throughout the day
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Free time to swim and explore the island. Excursions to sites of interest like ancient ruins, points of interest
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Wifi connection
What's Not Included In This Package
Travel Insurance
Airfare Cost
Car rental
Lunch and Dinner.
Extra day / night stay (if available) - €47 Euro per day)
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Visa Stuff
Generally not required for stays of up to 90 days; however, travelers from some nations may require a visa, so double-check with the Greek embassy.
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Vaccinations Requirements
Specific travel vaccinations are not required for visitors to Greece.
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Travel Insurance Suggestions
Travel insurance is always a good idea! Depending on the policy you go for, it could help with delayed, canceled or missed flights; theft or damage of belongings, and emergency healthcare.
It's not the most glamorous part of planning a trip, but it means you can relax knowing that you'll be covered if anything happens.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
PAYMENTS AND REFUNDS
Upon Registration: OMNV/NexusMuse requires a non-refundable deposit of $400 for the Painting retreat to confirm your registration(s) and attendance. In the absence of such a payment, a participant’s registration is not guaranteed and another candidate may be substituted. The full balance for the Retreat workshop is due no later than sixty (60) calendar days before the beginning of the workshop, or what is April 8, 2025. If such payment is not made by ninety (60) days before the workshop begins, OMNV/NexusMuse reserves the right to forfeit the participant’s registration and fill the space with another candidate. In these circumstances, the original participant will not be entitled to a refund of the $400 initial confirmation deposit. Receipt of the non-refundable deposit constitutes acceptance of the applicable terms and conditions governing the 2025 Delphi, Greece Painting Retreat program, and constitutes a binding contract between you, as the participant, OMNV/NexusMuse,LLC.
CANCELLATION
OMNV/NexusMuse,LLC reserves the right to cancel any workshop due to an insufficient number of registered and confirmed participants. Such a determination shall be made within the sole discretion of OMNV/NexusMuse,LLC. In the event that OMNV/NexusMuse,LLC cancels a workshop, a participant’s payment(s) (including the registration deposit) will be refunded (minus a 3% transaction fee). Any refund provided by OMNV/NexusMuse, LLC shall not cover a participant’s travel-related costs or any other expenses incurred as a result of the participant’s registration and plans to attend the workshop.
PRICES AND FEES
All prices include all Tuition fees associated with instruction (instructor fees, studio fees), the single, double or triple room at King Iniohos Hotel as booked, Breakfast at the Hotel, and hotel accommodations for the duration of the workshop, unless otherwise stated and arranged with the participant. Tuition also includes community materials, solvents, mediums, cleaning materials, and other materials as detailed in the program materials list. Each participant is required to bring (or arrange delivery of) materials required for the workshops as detailed in the description distributed by Email to the participants.
LIABILITY
The owners of OMNV/NexusMuse. LLCshall not be liable for any loss, damage or injury suffered (nor any consequential or comparable damages) by or to the workshop participants. The owners assume no liability for any loss, damage, expense, injury, or inconvenience by reason of any defects in the structure of the property, plumbing, electrical systems, gas, water or failures in the supply of utilities for either the studio, hotel, transportation or any other facilities used or made available during the workshop. If any participant causes, directly or indirectly, any loss, damage, expense, injury, or inconvenience to any person, facility, object, material or any other item associated with or used in connection with any workshop, the participant will be liable to OMNV/NexusMuse, LLC, or the owner/operator of any accommodation the studio/facility, or any transportation vehicle for such damages, including consequential or comparable damages, for the cost of repair, replacement, or reasonable expenses incurred for treatment for any personal injury or other appropriate compensation for damages as determined under this policy.
FORCE MAJURE
Refunds do not apply when your workshop is canceled because of risk of war, or threat of war, riot, civil strife, industrial dispute, terrorist activity, natural disaster, fire or adverse weather conditions and similar events beyond the control of OMNV/NexuMuse, LLC.
MISADVENTURE
We accept no responsibility for any loss or damage you may suffer during the period of the seminar retreat due to accident, illness, bodily injury or loss of equipment, or belongings, or from any other cause.
INSURANCE
We highly recommend that you procure travel insurance. It is solely the responsibility of the workshop participants to obtain travel and health insurance while enrolled in the OMNV/NexusMuse, LLC Retreat.
PASSPORTS, VISAS
It is the sole responsibility of participants to obtain the travel documents (passports, visas, etc.) necessary to attend OMNV/NexusMuse Retreats. Under no circumstances shall failure of a participant to obtain the required travel documentation be deemed to constitute a legitimate reason for cancellation of the participant’s attendance or entitle the participant to a refund under the terms described herein.
~ TESTIMONIALS ~
Prof Phil visits old friend and mentor, Ernst Fuchs, at the Chapel in Klagenfurt, Austria where he adorned the walls and designed the space. Summer, 2005
www.ernstfuchsmuseum.at/
''What choice is there if you are a chosen one, born to be a visionary painter on an esoteric path?
Among infinite chances to meet or not meet a person, is it by chance that we meet one bearing a special message -- step by step, forming a spiritual world of visual contemplation, of theological and philosophical Reasoning?
Phil and I met years ago just at the beginning of his path -- at the entrance to the reality of the imagination.
It was at Castle Wartholz where I gave lectures on the techniques of the Old Masters and, ever since, he has followed his way through the wilderness of contemporary art. His talents have revealed the message he has been chosen to give to his students first and to all who have set out to explore an esoteric interpretation of the universe. ''
- Ernst Fuchs -
Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, singer and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism (1930 - 2015)
Today art is art and truth is something else.
For artists who are aware of the deep mysterious relationship of ART with TRUTH, this is a painful observation.
For me and many others , Brother Phil is an inspirational powerhouse,
who offers through his paintings, lectures, writings and art-teaching an antidotal perspective.
He does it with such natural competency, heartwarming love and exuberant compassion, that the divine meaning of art itself seems to come to life directly through his wondrous personality.
- De Es Schwertberger, Artist, Author and Sculptor
Vienna, Austria, 0ct.27.2008
"Balance", Oil on Panel, circa 1990s Stone series by De Es
Painting by Alex Grey
Phil Jacobson is an artist and mystic of rare intelligence…ever reminding us that creativity and spirituality are One.
- Alex Grey, Artist and Author
Above:
Self-portrait. c. 2005, by Madeline Von Foerster, Mischtechnik on panel
(egg tempera & oil)
Below:
Two Mischtechnik paintings by Madeline
Madeline von Foerster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline_von_Foerster
Professor Philip Rubinov Jacobson has given me perhaps the most important gift of my artistic life. Six years of art school did not provide me with the tools that three weeks in his seminar offer. Not only is the Misch method exponentially faster, easier, and more enjoyable than the alla prima technique I used previously, but my paintings are also far more luminous and beautiful than before. They have a light and depth that I never could have attained the old way. I deeply appreciate having these time-tested methods and formulas, knowing that I am carrying on a tradition perfected by some of the Old Masters I revere most, and also knowing my paintings are now themselves more resilient to aging. "I have been consistently impressed by how Professor Phil conducts his class -- all students receive equal time and attention, regardless of their level. Abstract or photo-realist, professional or first-time painters will all receive instruction that is sensitive to their interests and needs. Moreover, the sojourn in Reichenau is a blissful artistic retreat, one which I would repeat for that reason alone! Imagine waking daily to a view of the Alps, ending each night in the steam room, with museums and hiking on the weekends... It is simply a perfect working vacation. I hope to return many times.
KIM EVANS, Artist, Illustrator and Teacher
http://www.kimmevans.blogspot.com.au/
Attended and Assisted in teaching in the Seminars 2001 Austria & Florence, and 2002 in Austria.
The Alchemists
To me, a Great teacher/mentor is someone who believes in your creative spirit/soul’s calling, they hear and see it, with intuitive ears and eyes, listen to your creative passions and concerns/fears, while guiding and supporting you to grow. Most times gently, and sometimes with a shove…(they know you can fly.)
Great teachers commit to nurturing and supporting you in your journey as creative beings and assisting you in finding your expression of voice and vision…yours, no one else’s. They understand that you hold a personal, creative wealth of your own to be guided into being…and it can – if you accept the challenge & gifts of guidance – be preciously brought to the fore, like gems in an archeological dig. A Great teacher will hand you the shovel and brush to do the precious work of mining your own expression and creative wealth.
Acrylic painting by Kim Meghan Evans
A Great teacher/mentor said to me, “when you come to learn with me, leave your bags by the door.”…
It doesn’t matter whether you enter the room of knowledge with a ton of past experience or none at all, a Great teacher will open new doors graciously to you. Offering from their pool of experience – with skill and patience – masterly techniques and the philosophies and crafts of masters, inspiration, fun and a space to meet precious life-long new friends, artists and acquaintances.
A Great teacher also opens another magical door, sometimes less tangible: These gifts to you from a Great teacher, are an expanded commitment to your evolving journey as a creative soul, and it is encompassed in their innate ability to facilitate, inspire, to bring an element of magic to the creative environment, to listen deeply, and to share that which they are passionate about, with you, if you are open to receiving it… all with a Great flame of Spirit, respect, compassion, humor, wisdom, knowledge, technique & psyche.
A Great teacher/mentor can make you feel as though you are their only apprentice in a room full of students, and each precious student feels the same. And when you have left the learning room, they are often on your shoulder as you work. If you listen, you continue to hear them and feel the blessings of the gifts your mentor shared and gave you. A Great teacher (like a Great friend) continues to transmit their giving, support, love, belief, joys in your success & your journey long after you go home, and even in the gap of distance & time.
To Fra PP - Philip Rubinov Jacobson,
one of the Great teacher/mentor/alchemists, and dear friend, who – as an added bonus to all the magic I mentioned above from attending and assisting at the wonder-full OMNV Seminars ( in 2001 Austria & Florence, and 2002 Austria), – also taught me a whole new vocabulary of Philism’s – echo’s that resonate off the walls of my studio & working process, making themselves heard at really odd moments. (Chanting)…schtumpfa…schpukah…mifna...split-mifna..
Forever Grateful, Thank you Phil.
With love and respect. Kim.
Like an alchemist, Professor Phil unlocks the secrets of the egg as a catalyst for evoking creative Gold. Effects of unrivaled luminosity can be achieved with the synthesis of the tempera and oil mediums, and Jacobson's heartfelt introduction to the methodology is certain to inspire the novice and the experienced artist alike. The painting seminars facilitate total immersion in the wellspring of the Muse, allowing for uninhibited exploration of the creative process. The rich tapestry of art history provides the backdrop for this odyssey through inspiration and technique, the destination being nothing less than the wildest visions of the participants.
As a teacher, Professor Phil demonstrates patience and empathy with the working process of each and every student. He possesses the incredibly rare ability to provide objective technical criticisms, whilst yet retaining deep respect for subjective interpretation. Correct procedure is meticulously demonstrated and explained, and the importance of learning specific techniques is applied to the unique artistic ambitions of the individual. In this way, the misch method is as relevant to the traditionalist who seeks to emulate the figurative nuances of the great renaissance Masters, as it is to the abstract painter who endeavors to render purely conceptual forms.
The misch technique has proven invaluable to me with crafting my own work. Both literally as a method of construction, and as an aesthetic legacy bridging my ambitions to those of the Old Masters, who first traversed the reflective mirror of Geist with pigment and medium. My creative process continues to evolve with my understanding of the technique, and I am tremendously grateful to Professor Phil for opening the gates to this ongoing journey!
Benjamin A. Vierling, Artist
USA, May, 2014
Joanna Newsom. Ys. 2006. Benjamin Vierling
(for Drag City Records. USA)
'Pomegranates', c.2010, Egg tempera & oil on panel. 12”x9”. Benjamin Vierling