Hotel Belmar creates this atmosphere that allows you to slow down, Wimblu cofounder Alessandra Baltodano Estrada later reflected.

This opens up the mind to create.

When you travel, its easy to miss the cultural context, he says.

Am artist works with pencil at an easel

Jettana Yamter, a student at Àni Art Academy, on Thailand’s Koh Yoi Noi.Credit:Courtesy of Àni Private Resorts

Maybe this is an introduction.

View of a hotel with a wooden facade set in lush greenery in Costa Rica

Hotel Belmar, a boutique property in Monteverde, Costa Rica, that has an artists’ residency program.Courtesy of Hotel Belmar

A digital-assembly artwork by the Wimblu collective showing a hand, greenery, and reflections

A digital-assembly piece by the Wimblu collective created during their residency at Belmar.Alessandra Baltodano/Courtesy of Hotel Belmar