Summary

Aspects of modern sculpture and plastic

A search for traces in figurative and abstract bodies.
Can form and surface be distinguished from each other? How do we perceive them?
What means do artists use? Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, Camille Claudel, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Medardo Rosso, Umberto Boccioni, Constantin Brancusi, Ossip Zadkin, Jacques Lipchitz, Augusto Giacometti, Germaine Richier, Henri Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Max Bill, Jean Arp, Isamu Noguchi, Hans Aeschbacher, Rahel Whiteread, Heidi Bucher, Markus Raetz?
Dr. Marie Therese Bätschmann

further information will follow soon.

The retreat at a glance

The most important facts in a nutshell:

Categories: Creative Retreats
Date: 2026-06-05 - 2026-06-07
Language(s): English, German
Level: Beginner
Group Size: 25
Place: Peccia, Switzerland
Accommodation: not included
Catering: No meals
Services: -

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In our seminars, you will be taught and accompanied by highly qualified instructors.

Accommodation

During the seminars, one of the hotels in the area is suitable as accommodation. We will be happy to help you arrange this!

Catering

On Friday and Saturday evening we will go out to eat together in the region.

sequence

Seminar times:
Friday 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Saturday 9.00 to 12.00 and 14.00 to 18.00
Sunday 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m.

Arrival

Arrival is by car or public transport.

Arrival by car via Gotthard (A2) / San Bernardino (A3 / A13) or Chiasso (A2) / exit "Bellinzona Sud/Locarno" direction Locarno (main road) / tunnel Locarno / exit "Vallemaggia/Centovalli/Onsernone" (DO NOT leave Locarno!) direction Vallemaggia (from the end of the tunnel 40 km to Peccia)

Coming from western Switzerland and Valais: Simplon route to Domodossola / Centovalli / Ponte-Brolla, then turn left into Vallemaggia (from here 35 km to Peccia)

Arrival by public transport from Locarno SBB railroad station. Take the "Vallemaggia" bus to Bignasco, then change to the Postbus to the "Peccia Paese" stop.

Arrival in Peccia: Turn left towards Piano di Peccia, after 30 meters there is a bridge over the river, here you can park your car on the left. The sculpture school is located directly on the river opposite the former stone processing company Cristallina S.A.

Scuola di Scultura 1, 6695 Peccia, Ticino, Switzerland