RETREAT is an annual week-long residential workshop that has taken place in remote areas across Britain. It is not a holiday: it is an opportunity to enjoy communal living and intensely debate artistic practices. This is Not a Holiday at Hardwick Gallery takes place from 8–26 September 2018 and presents the work of 13 participants at the 2018 workshop in Northumbria. 2015 OSE Alumnus Michael Whitby has organised RETREAT since its beginnings in 2008.