Built into the walls of Essaouira, our house looks out over rocks to the Atlantic. For 15 years it has been the Moroccan home to many artistic and social events, especially for REEP’s Shore to Shore project (www.reepinfo.org), which celebrates the historic links between Britain and Morocco.
In the next stage of its life, we would like to offer a chance of staying there to artists and musicians who would enjoy engaging with Essaouira’s vibrant life and brilliant light. Many different forms of craft can be found locally and Essaouira is famous as a venue for painters and its Gnaoua musical tradition.
If you are interested in a week or two of engagement in the life of Morocco and enhancing your own work, read on….
Built into the walls of Essaouira, our house looks out over rocks to the Atlantic. For 15 years it has been the Moroccan home to many artistic and social events, especially for REEP’s Shore to Shore project (www.reepinfo.org), which celebrates the historic links between Britain and Morocco.
In the next stage of its life, we would like to offer a chance of staying there to artists and musicians who would enjoy engaging with Essaouira’s vibrant life and brilliant light. Many different forms of craft can be found locally and Essaouira is famous as a venue for painters and its Gnaoua musical tradition.
If you are interested in a week or two of engagement in the life of Morocco and enhancing your own work, read on….
Wood sculpture, furniture and decorative items in thuya, walnut, lemonwood
Weaving
Leatherwork
Metalwork
Pottery
Gnaoua music, especially drumming and Sufi chant
Moroccan food, herbs and cookery
Wood sculpture, furniture and decorative items in thuya, walnut, lemonwood
Weaving
Leatherwork
Metalwork
Pottery
Gnaoua music, especially drumming and Sufi chant
Moroccan food, herbs and cookery
A typical town riad, with three bedrooms, looked after by Latifa and her family. The house is in the medina, built into the sea wall and decorated in Moroccan style. A large roof terrace is a good site for painting.
A typical town riad, with three bedrooms, looked after by Latifa and her family. The house is in the medina, built into the sea wall and decorated in Moroccan style. A large roof terrace is a good site for painting.
Essaouira has always been popular with artists and tourists. The medina is still car-free and although it is busy, it is much less hectic than Marrakesh (2.5 hours away by coach).
Essaouira, built in the mid-18th century on the site of a Portuguese trading post. Formerly known as Mogador, it has a long history of contact with Britain through trade and culture – top hats and teapots from Manchester were traded for spices, materials and other precious items. It has always been known as a town where the three Abrahamic faiths (Islam, Christianity and Judaism) lived in harmony.
Fishing is still a major occupation for Essaouirans and the medina has several market areas where fish, seasonal fruit and vegetables and other fresh food is abundant.
There is a cultural centre, Dar Souiri, and a French Institute. Outside the medina, a long recently modernised beach is local people promenading mixed with windsurfers and other outdoor sports. Camels can be hired there.
Essaouira can be reached from Stansted to the local airport twice a week, or from Paris. Otherwise, there are plenty of flights to Marrakesh and a bus goes several times a day from the Supratours bus station near Marrakesh train station.
Essaouira has always been popular with artists and tourists. The medina is still car-free and although it is busy, it is much less hectic than Marrakesh (2.5 hours away by coach).
Essaouira, built in the mid-18th century on the site of a Portuguese trading post. Formerly known as Mogador, it has a long history of contact with Britain through trade and culture – top hats and teapots from Manchester were traded for spices, materials and other precious items. It has always been known as a town where the three Abrahamic faiths (Islam, Christianity and Judaism) lived in harmony.
Fishing is still a major occupation for Essaouirans and the medina has several market areas where fish, seasonal fruit and vegetables and other fresh food is abundant.
There is a cultural centre, Dar Souiri, and a French Institute. Outside the medina, a long recently modernised beach is local people promenading mixed with windsurfers and other outdoor sports. Camels can be hired there.
Essaouira can be reached from Stansted to the local airport twice a week, or from Paris. Otherwise, there are plenty of flights to Marrakesh and a bus goes several times a day from the Supratours bus station near Marrakesh train station.
What’s on offer
A week or two in this fully serviced house for you to develop an art, craft or music project in some way. Where possible, we’ll put you in touch with local people who share your interests.
What you can contribute
- organise and pay for your own travel, food and insurance
- provide £100 per week towards the cost of running the house
- Leave some kind of artwork, report (video or written) to add to the record of what has happened in the house
NB Your stay will be an informal arrangement and undertaken at your own risk. This is a non-profit, benevolent venture – we are not landlords and do not let out the house commercially! You are being invited to share our house to help keep it active and to participate in our tradition of Anglo-Moroccan exchange.
Interested? What to do next
Send us a short biography & CV, a proposal for your stay (max.500 words) and some online examples of your work. We shall be choosing participants on an ad hoc basis, depending on the type quality of the application and availability of the house.
What’s on offer
A week or two in this fully serviced house for you to develop an art, craft or music project in some way. Where possible, we’ll put you in touch with local people who share your interests.
What you can contribute
- organise and pay for your own travel, food and insurance
- provide £100 per week towards the cost of running the house
- Leave some kind of artwork, report (video or written) to add to the record of what has happened in the house
NB Your stay will be an informal arrangement and undertaken at your own risk. This is a non-profit, benevolent venture – we are not landlords and do not let out the house commercially! You are being invited to share our house to help keep it active and to participate in our tradition of Anglo-Moroccan exchange.
Interested? What to do next
Send us a short biography & CV, a proposal for your stay (max.500 words) and some online examples of your work. We shall be choosing participants on an ad hoc basis, depending on the type quality of the application and availability of the house.
What’s on offer
A week or two in this fully serviced house for you to develop an art, craft or music project in some way. Where possible, we’ll put you in touch with local people who share your interests.
What you can contribute
- organise and pay for your own travel, food and insurance
- provide £100 per week towards the cost of running the house
- Leave some kind of artwork, report (video or written) to add to the record of what has happened in the house
NB Your stay will be an informal arrangement and undertaken at your own risk. This is a non-profit, benevolent venture – we are not landlords and do not let out the house commercially! You are being invited to share our house to help keep it active and to participate in our tradition of Anglo-Moroccan exchange.
Interested? What to do next
Send us a short biography & CV, a proposal for your stay (max.500 words) and some online examples of your work. We shall be choosing participants on an ad hoc basis, depending on the type quality of the application and availability of the house.
