La Muse artists and writers retreat in France is an artist residency offering writing holidays for creative individuals in a peaceful, inspiring setting. We believe that being creative invites inspiration into every area of life and is an essential part of human health and fulfillment. Our vision for you is to get inspired in a peaceful mountain setting while creating in the company of like-minded peers. Who are we? We are Kerry Eielson and John Fanning, two writers from NYC who bought and created La Muse in our twenties with credit cards and loans. We did this, leaving great jobs in publishing, because we wanted to create a different life for ourselves, our children, and our own creative projects. Why we do what we do? We believe that by actively engaging in creative pursuits you can inspire yourself and others. We feel blessed that the work we carved out for ourselves here at La Muse gives us the opportunity to both live in a bucolic village in the south of France and get to know writers, artists and other creative individuals from all over the world. Our mission is to share what we have created here with others. We have discovered from residents, after nearly 15 years hosting retreats, that giving yourself consistent time and space to be creative is personally and professionally transformative. We make retreats accessible to both emerging and established artists by keeping our room rates low and being open year round. We feel everyone should be able to come to a space like La Muse to create when they need to because we feel that creativity is a basic human need. Since opening in 2001, hundreds of writers and artists in nearly every discipline from countless countries: poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, scholars, jewelry designers, screenwriters, artisans, memoirists, painters, visual artists, photographers, chefs, architects, sculptors, film and theater directors, and more have become inspired here. And they keep coming back!