The Atelier is located in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the South West of France.

 

A Bastide from the XIIIth century, along the Lot river, this commercial little town, with its 25000 inhabitants in the heart of the Aquitaine region keeps its traditions with its open-air markets 3 times a week.

 

You can walk along the shaded banks of the Lot river, reach other rivers such as the Garonne, the Baïse...

     

The Aquitaine region includes not only prehistoric caves, villages and rolling river valleys of the Dordogne and the Bordeaux vineyards, but also the rocky Pyrenees mountain chain, the Basque country with its beautiful beaches, the flat forest land of the Landes and the medieval castles and villages in the Lot-et-Garonne.

 

This small medieval town is quickly gaining an international reputation as an artists' community. There are many art exihibitions through out the year.