Benefit for Kijiji
The Artmonks offered American spirituals and Charles Darius’s original chantronica for a dinner fundraiser event in Cursi, Italy, to benefit the formation of an art village town in Kenya. Pictures coming soon!
Arrivederci Labro
Dear Labro, What a wonderful three years it has been. We will miss you unflinching beauty in every type of weather. We will miss your mystical silence and whispering stones. We will miss the sense that you are one pretty big movie set, with a consistent cast of characters and occasional guest appearances by newcomers. We hope to […]
Days 3 & 4: Drawing = Meditation
For me, drawing from life is about slowing down to experience the thing in front of you. Drawing is about forgetting what you think the subject looks like. Drawing is paying attention, tuning in at such a deeply quiet and still level that you become one with your subject. Drawing is meditation. Going directly from […]
Spring Newsletter: Free music downloads, Artmonks on the Move!
Free music downloads, Artmonks go nomadic, Artmonk Retreat in CA Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Happy #5 AMP! In celebration of our 5th birthday, we’re offering you three free downloads of live performances […]
Days 1 & 2: Puglia Residency
Day 1: Programmazione We collected all of our interests and ideas for monastic practices that we might like to experiment with and drew up schedules to fall (daily, weekly, monthly). Tomorrow, we activate! Our first lunch on our own rooftop terrace. Is it me or is everything more colorful here? Day 2: […]
Rhymes with Julia
We have arrived in Puglia, the southern most tip of the heel of the boot! First thing first: get oriented. In this case that means go to the beach! Second thing: have lunch with our wonderful hosts in their unbelievable backyard. This is the view from our rooftop terrace, looking down […]
Residency in Puglia!
This spring, Artmonks Betsy McCall, Charles Darius, and Liz Maxwell are heading south to Puglia (rhymes with “Julia”), the south-easternmost tip of Italy. Specifically, we’ll be moving to Lecce for April, May, and June to do an artistic residency and embark on a new collaboration with L’Accademia del Rinascimento Mediterraneo (Academy of the Mediterranean Renaissance). […]
Bookish
I’m writing a book! Ok I’m not really writing a book. I’m editing a book. And designing it. And illustrating it. Along with my partner in crime, Joos van den Dool. We’re making a work of art. We’re crafting an invitation to the world. An invitation to host transformation. Your own, and then after that, […]
Happy 5th Birthday Art Monastery Project!
Happy Birthday AMP! First, the facts. On March 24, 2008, the Art Monastery Project legally incorporated in the State of California. Later, that same date was retroactively acknowledged as the date the Art Monastery achieved federal tax-exempt status as a public charity. That was five years ago. The Project has been situated in three […]
