Quarantine is an Art events label run by leading artists and agents provocateurs in Menorca, Spain. Our community of artists, art lovers, and open-minded individuals participate in events such as boot camps, talks, mentorships and masterclasses, all while enjoying a touch of Spanish wine.
Quarantine was born with the commitment to offer what an academic education, due to its very nature and purpose, cannot: progress as an artist, not as an art student.
What Quarantine is NOT?
Quarantine is not a painting holiday, art retreat, or a place to copy mentors. It’s an extremely demanding experience for those willing to be off their phone all day.
⚠️ Disclaimer — Do’t sign up for this event if you want a traditional, step-by-step workshop, and you are not willing to be off your phone all day.
Finding Your Own Way
At Quarantine, we don’t offer solutions, but instead, we help you find your own path to unlocking your creative potential. Our approach is centered around questioning, experience, and genuine exchange of ideas.
Lazaretto island provides a safe space to connect authentically and express oneself artistically. Unlock your creative potential!
Quarantine: strict rules to follow
Rule #1 — Phones are prohibited
No exceptions. What happens on the island stays on the island. Be prepared to unplug and connect with the present, using your brain, not your phone.
Rule #2 — Admission is curated
This program is not a painting holiday, it’s hard, intense, and real. That’s why we personally curate participant selection to ensure commitment.
Rule #3 — The program is a secret
Quarantine is an adventure and the challenges will remain secret for maximum benefits. Be open-minded and expect the unexpected.
The Quarantine Challenge
Quarantine requires a high level of personal commitment and is not for everyone. It’s intense, overwhelming, and requires questioning of beliefs and academic principles. Participants must be open-minded, think outside the box, and be prepared to be taken out of their comfort zone.
Get ready to enter the INTERZONE.
The Lazaretto state of mind
Isolation
Lazaretto is an island within an island where ideas can be quarantined, and smartphones are prohibited.
Connection
Lazaretto is a haven and hideout for artists, a 100% gibberish-free island.
Transformation
At Quarantine, we guide artists to unearth a mindset that unlocks their creative potential.
Our philosophy
At Quarantine, we don’t have a recipe for creating talent, but we have a compass. We like compasses, not maps; we love time, not clocks. Experiences are valued over lessons.
Here’s what we’ve learned:
- Every solution is false
- Wet artists are not afraid of rain
- More information is less knowledge
- To learn is to disappoint your preconceptions
- Avoiding chaos makes chaos
- “Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone”
We are an indie organization mentoring artists on a real quarantine island in Menorca. We’re a small company and we think being small is a good thing.
We are neither venerable nor respectable, but we do believe in what we do. Quarantine is not just another formula for filling seats and milking money. We are here to enjoy the experience WITH you, not AT you.
On Lazaretto, an 18th-century quarantine island in the middle of Maó port, we provide a challenging and thought-provoking environment for artists to ponder their next pieces and find refuge and direction.
We believe in core principles and ethical values like peace, love, respect, freedom, harmony and diversity, but also hedonism.
