The Art Monastery’s Anti-Zombie Stance
Question What is the conflict the Artmonks are impassioned to resolve? Answer We are battling zombies. We are battling complacency. We are battling that tendency in ourselves and in our colleagues to bumble on in the high-speed stream of consumerism and numbness. We are beating back the armies that are trudging in the direction of […]
Art Monastery Winter 2012 Newsletter
Artmonk Retreat in California, NYC event, thank you to past board members, and warm holiday wishes from the Art Monastery Project. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Thank you for years of service! A special thank you to retiring board members Nadine Kano and Mia Martin. Nadine and Mia […]
Time. Space. Create. Writing Workshop with Justen Ahren at Art Monastery Italia
Where will you take your writing? Where will your writing take you? Participate in a week-long writing intensive in Labro, Italy, November 11–17, 2012, at the Art Monastery Italia, for writers seeking to deepen their connection to their written work. This retreat is generously hosted by the beautiful Colle di Costa 4-star hotel, a renovated monastery […]
Guest Post: Marcella Calabi ~ The Onlooker’s Journal: Part 3 of 3
Marcella Calabi, principal consultant at Clarityworks and a multi-talented, award-winning soprano and music teacher, wrote several journal entries over the course of her multi-day stay with the Art Monastery this summer. This is the third of three parts. ~ There’s nothing as serious as a young artist talking about death, and the company has been […]
Guest Post: Marcella Calabi ~ The Onlooker’s Journal: Part 2 of 3
Marcella Calabi, principal consultant at Clarityworks and a multi-talented, award-winning soprano and music teacher, wrote several journal entries over the course of her multi-day stay with the Art Monastery this summer. This is the second of three parts. ~ How to describe their show… They sing, they dance, they play instruments and beat barrels, and […]
Guest Post: Marcella Calabi ~ The Onlooker’s Journal: Part 1 of 3
Marcella Calabi, principal consultant at Clarityworks and a multi-talented, award-winning soprano and music teacher, wrote several journal entries over the course of her multi-day stay with the Art Monastery this summer. This is the first of three parts. ~ THURSDAY 8/16/2012 So, I’m in Labro and have seen our people in person and in performance. […]
10/11/12 ~ Arte & Musica in San Francisco
Arte & Musica 10/11/12 Thursday, October 11 at 7 pm Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco Please join Executive Director and Co-Founder Betsy McCall, as well as founding member Nathan Rosquist, music director of Artmonk Retreats Phoebe Rosquist, Board Member Leah Hofkin, Board Member Pierre Theodore, Board Member Karen […]
Neva Cockrell ~ Small Deaths, Personal Requiems
This entry was composed by summer Artmonk-in-Residence Neva Cockrell. The 90 days of residency officially ended last Friday. One by one, our summer community is heading off in different directions, and the past few days have brought a chilly wind—reminding me of change, bringing fresh new energy. I’ve been sitting in our surprisingly quiet house, […]
Inside the Process ~ Day 84 ~ “Soon, this place will be filled with ghosts.”
This post was composed on August 23, 2012. Soon, this place will be filled with ghosts. In just two days, we have our final show, and then it all flows from there: Andi will depart the next day; we’ll have a closing ceremony; soon after, the others will depart and slowly everyone will start to […]
Inside the Process ~ Day 79 ~ Touching Hearts
This post was composed on August 18, 2012. How do you, as an artist, measure success? We’ve been having this discussion around the community over the past few weeks, and it’s particularly interesting as we continue to run our show for ever-changing, wildly different Italian audiences. I think I measure success somehow by number and […]
