Features Overview

The Island of Ios in the Cyclades, Greece

The encaustic residency is located on the island of IOS, one of the Cyclades, neighbored by Santorini to the South, Naxos to the West, Paros to the North.  Artists and creatives have individual living and work spaces in their apartments located in Mylopotas Bay, a popular beach destination in the summer.  Additionally there are outside work areas located in covered stone sheep sheds and in the landscaped garden outside the property in Mylopotas. For those those interested in working in plein aire or in sculpture, there is a terraced platform with an outside studio equipped with benches and counters on a hill facing Aghia Theodoti Bay, a small hamlet in the northeast of the island home to another pristine beach.   The Cyclades are a photographers and naturalists dream as literally any walking path and road provides vistas of unmatched majesty especially during the numinous hours of sunrise and sunset.  

Artist Studio Apartments 

Apartment 1:  2 bedroom maisonette(open concept bedroom reached by stairway to the upper level) with kitchen and bathroom including washing machine and another bedroom with its own veranda on the lower level. While meant for one artist it has sufficient beds to accommodate five.  It is large enough for two artists to share the space.  

Work space on the veranda includes access to griddles and supplies necessary to work with encaustic.  As it is outdoors with constant wind, there is sufficient ventilation.  In the rare event of rainfall, a vinyl screen can cover the work space.  

Studio Apartment 1: smaller than the maisonette, this live-work space comfortably fits one artist.  With sea view and a private terrace equipped with an outdoor studio space from which work. 

Studio Apartment 2:  Identical to studio apartment 1.  live-work space comfortably fits one artist.  With sea view and a private terrace equipped with an outdoor studio space from which work. 

OUTSIDE WORK SPACES

Sheep Shed:  located on the property an artist working to work in a covered shelter can make use of the traditional stone built sheep shed.  Equipped with counter space to accommodate one artist working in collage, oils, pastels, and photography, writing.  

Aghia Theodoti: outdoor studio on terraced platform with a breathtaking view of the Aegean Sea.  The outdoor studio has bathroom and kitchen facilities within the small Art Camper.  Equipped with pochade boxes and easels. It runs with its own solar-powered generator allowing for heat guns, griddles, and power tools to be set up.  As this part of the island faces north, it is subject to heavy winds.  Caution is in order.  On days without winds, it is an ideal spot to paint in plein aire or for creating sculpture.