Erasmus+ awards the Art Monastery $54,000!
The Art Monastery has won our biggest grant ever! Erasmus+ (a European granting organization dedicated to furthering learning and development) generously awarded $240,000 to our European strategic partnership, of which Art Monastery Italia will receive $54,000. The project, called “Hosting Social Innovation,” will provide tools to empower people to more actively improve their social and ecological environments. […]
Summer Newsletter: Artmonks Move to America
We have much to report in this newsletter. A new book, moving our headquarters to the US, taking an organizational breather, saying farewell to a dear team member who is off to pursue her dreams… so much change. The book is published! Executive Director Betsy McCall, one of the book’s editors and designers, writes: “On July 1, 2013, at one […]
Hosting Transformation: the book
On July 1, 2013, at one of the world’s most ecologically responsible printing presses, the International Partnership for Transformative Learning published a book. I had the honor of editing this book, along with my partner in project management Joos van den Dool. Together, we did all the layouts and edits, as well as writing our […]
ChangeMaker Festival
The Art Monastery is honored to co-organize the ChangeMaker Festival along with the other seven european organizations that comprise the International Partnership for Transformative Learning. It’s not too late! Join us at the festival! ChangeMaker Festival July 6 – 11, 2014 Zagreb, Croatia The ChangeMaker Festival is a place for today’s leaders in revolutionary, life-long learning to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
