Since 1997
Old Masters - New Visions & Nexus Muse LLC. Presents
Philip Rubinov Jacobson & Mantra Cora
International Mischtechnik Painting Retreats
ORACLE and ODYSSEY
DELPHI, GREECE * JUNE 8 –28, 2025
Ancient Centre Of The World * * Find Yourself In Beauty
LIMITED TO 14 PARTICIPANTS
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You're Invited to a One-of-a-Kind Painting Retreat in Greece
We are delighted to invite you to an extraordinary painting retreat next summer—an immersive experience like no other. Hosted by internationally renowned artists Mantra Cora and Professor Philip Rubinov Jacobson, this retreat offers a rare opportunity to dive deep into your creative practice through workshops inspired by the techniques of the Northern Renaissance and their mentorship under the legendary Professor Ernst Fuchs.
Over the course of three enriching weeks, you'll awaken and refine your artistic vision through a direct transmission of timeless knowledge, infused with inspiration and personal guidance. Whether you're a beginner, an experienced artist, or a seasoned professional, this residential course is designed to meet you where you are and elevate your work to new heights.
Set in the magical landscape of Greece—a land steeped in myth, beauty, and light—you'll share this journey with a passionate community of like-minded artists. Expect full studio days, 24/7 access to painting spaces, and a creative atmosphere where exploration and expression flourish. Beyond the studio, you'll enjoy shared meals, ocean swims, and adventures that enrich both soul and craft.
Mantra and Prof. Phil are celebrated not only for their mastery, but for their unwavering commitment to each student’s individual growth. They offer personalized instruction that honors your unique visual language, skill level, and creative path. No two students ever leave painting the same—or like anyone else.
To ensure an intimate and deeply focused experience, the retreat is limited to just 14 participants and spaces are granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Join us for this transformative artistic odyssey. Discover the power of guided mastery, community, and the Greek sun to ignite your creative fire—and take a quantum leap in your art.
Accommodations & Registration
Price includes 21 Day 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
Compare our prices to other Artist Retreats in Greece: https://bookretreats.com/s/other-retreats/artist-retreats/greece
ALL PRICES are in US dollar$
Price includes Tuition, Accommodation and Breakfast
We highly encourage the use of ZELLE for making payment transfers.
GO TO:
https://www.zellepay.com/
It is a free service and instantaneous.
For information on how to enroll, send (and receive) funds go to the link above and
make payment to account:
620 617 9674
Rate for three artists in One room
DO YOU NEED A PAYMENT PLAN ?
DEPOSIT USD $400
Secure your spot with a $400 deposit today.
Pay YOUR balance on, or before, June 1, 2025
WORK OUT A PAYMENT PLAN THAT WORKS FOR YOU - Contact Prof. Phil at eyepaint4u@yahoo.com or at (620) 617 9674
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Optional One-Evening Cooking Class
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GREEK COOKING with Lydia Kaltsi
Star Chef at the Symposium Restaurant, Delphi, Greece Offers
One-evening Cooking Class
Approximately $55 US Dollars
From Lydia
This will be an evening cooking class, and includes a dinner at our restaurant Symposium.
On which night the class will take place will be decided by the attendees and the teacher.
Price per person for all of the above is 50 € . ($53 )
It will include:
Welcome drink with fresh lemonade, mastiha liqueur & lemongrass.
Aprons and gloves for everyone
The lesson can start at around 18:00 or 19:00 pm and will finish in about an hour and 15min.
I am the main teacher and will be teaching participants on how to make tzatziki and cheese pies with homemade crust.
After that we cook the cheese pies and they try them as well as the tzatziki.\
At dinner time the menu will be:
Bread & Olives
Tzatziki
Spinach pie, and zucchini fritters for starters
Individual Seasonal salad
Main course: Imam eggplants with onions and fresh tomato (as the VEGETARIAN OPTION), or Giouvetsi Veal with small
Spaghettini and fresh Tomato Sauce cooked in a pot, or Kleftiko Chicken cooked with lemon potatoes-feta
cheese-peppers-tomato slices wrapped inside a paper\ Orange pie with yogurt sauce
Before the students leave I give them all the recipes (PRINTED), including the zucchini fritters, as well as a Certification of being Masters of Greek Cuisine.
Drinks are not included.
Special Lunches prepared by our kitchen on Request
If we are interested, the Symposium Restaurant can also arrange fixed menus for our group members at the price of 25 € per person for lunch in our restaurant.
This includes:
A starter salad, main course and fruit, or desert. The drinks are not included in the above price.
2025 Delphi Painting Seminar
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 (45) calendar days before the beginning of the workshop, or what is April 24, 2025. If such payment is not made by sixty (45) 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, and 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. Such losses can be recouped by the particpant securing TRAVEL INSURANCE.
PRICES AND FEES
All prices include all Tuition fees associated with instruction (instructor fees, studio fees), the single, double or triple room at the 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.
LIABILITYZ: The owners of OMNV/NexusMuse.LLC shall 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.Trravel 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. 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: 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. 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 participation.
Selected Artwork by the Teachers, Assistants and Guest Artists of OMNV
Past & Present
Philip Rubinov Jacobson
Professor Phil holds an M.F.A. in Painting & Printmaking, an M.A. in Painting and Sculpture and a Bachelor degree in Studio Arts and Cultural Anthropology. He says he learned nothing about painting at any university and at 19 yrs. old he left the USA to study painting under his mentor, Ernst Fuchs (1930 – 2015), co-founder of the School of Fantastic Realism in Vienna, Austria (not an institution but a style or manner of painting). Their ever evolving friendship would span 42 years.
Rubinov's travels have been extensive, including India, where in 1978 he studied meditation and Kashmir Shaivism with Muktananda Paramahansa, and later wandered naked in India with a group of sadhus. In 1995, the professor founded and directed the New School of Extended Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado where he served as the Dean from 1991-1997 and taught drawing and techniques of painting. The artist has participated in more than 100 exhibitions around the globe and his books and writings have been read worldwide. He is the author of the now classic; DRINKING LIGHTNING - Art, Creativity, and Transformation from Shambhala Publications and PROMETHEAN FLAMES- Rekindling and Re-visioning the Creative Fire. These first two books are an integral part of a Trilogy on art and consciousness that culminates in a forthcoming monumental tome entitled: Eyes of the Soul - Exploring Inspiration in Art. Prof.Phil and Mantra are currently teaching at a college in the Midwest where he also offers an accredited courses in Mischtechnik Painting.
Mantra Cora
Mantra Cora was born in Gdansk, Poland, relocated to England in 2006 and moved to the USA in 2016 with her husband, Prof Phil and their daughter, Liya. In 2013 Mantra completed her B.A. in the Visual Arts at The University of Salford in England. She has closely studied techniques of painting with Prof. Phil, Ernst Fuchs and De Es Schwertberger and drawing and painting as an Erasmus Exchange Student at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Macerata in Italy. Her Erasmus Exchange program was followed by a 4-month internship at the Phantasten Museum in Vienna, Austria. It was there that she assisted the renowned artist, Ernst Fuchs, on a daily basis. This year, Mantra was accepted for the MFA program at Fort Hays University in Hays, Kansas studying Painting, Ceramics and Video Production. One student per year is accepted for the MFA/Painting program.
Mantra has been co-teaching with Prof Phil since 2012 in their international Old Masters-New Visions painting seminars. At their painting retreats, she also offers a section on Creative & Innovative Grounds that inspire automatic-imagery and a serendipitous process in painting. Her curatorial work has included a major international art exhibition in 2016. That year she organized some 88 artists from around the world for the now historical exhibition that served as a Homage to Ernst Fuchs: entitled "A Legacy of Light". This exhibition took place at Castle Gloggnitz in Austria. Aside from co-creating the exhibition, she edited the publication for the show, orchestrated the publicity and supervised the business aspects and public relations. Her art has been exhibited internationally, including the UK, Italy, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Luxembourg and the USA.
In 2022 Mantra joined the faculty at Barton Community College where she is teaching Portrait Drawing, Grisaille, Watercolor Painting and building online courses to expand the curriculum. She is also currently developing her business. Known as 'Nexus Muse', it will expand on OMNV and bring artists from around the world with different backgrounds, working in different media to offer workshops in a variety of areas involving artistic expression. This venture will include exhibitions, cultural events and publications.
Selected Artwork by Prof. Phil, Mantra Cora, Assistants and Guest Artists
Over the last 25 years, guest teachers have offered a variety of techniques, methods and expertise that is rarely found elsewhere. Visiting artists add to the creative fire by bringing a unique spark of inspiration to the community and through their dialogue and feedback with both students and the teachers. This has included luminaries like Prof Ernst Fuchs (1930 - 2015), Michael Fuchs, Daniel Friedemann, De Es Schwertberger, Brigid Marlin, Peter Gric, Robert Venosa (1936 - 2011) and Martina Hoffmann, Wolfgang Widmoser and Wolfgang Manner, Viktor Safonkin, Daniel Friedemann, Otto Rapp. Assistants to Prof Phil and Mantra, over the years, have included: Cynthia Re' Robbins, Matthias Staber, Kim Evans, Veronica Shremeck, Jody Florman and Amanda Sage, Kris Kuksi. A sample of some of the Guest artist-teachers' work can be viewed in the show below.
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