Hello Summer Potluck
Hello Summer Potluck June 18 6-10pm FREE 2315 Connecticut River Road, Springfield, VT 05156 You are invited for an evening of feasting around the campfire! We invite our neighbors, friends, family, and new faces to come on over, bring a dish, and enjoy good company. If you are curious about what’s happening in the barn […]
Weekend Work Party
Weekend Work Party June 14-18 FREE Join us for a few days of gardening, cleaning, and building as we prepare for our summer season. We’ll provide great food, music, a place to sleep, and good vibes. You provide a helping hand. You are welcome anytime during these 5 days. Celebrate the launch of our summer season with […]
Directions Practice
Directions Practice is a movement-based contemplative approach that honors each of the cardinal directions, as well as the cyclical nature of the universe and our lives. It has a tendency to balance the energies within someone and can be offered as a blessing to a place. The dance is done at the pace of the […]
Artshare: Mirror
Tuesday, August 15 7:00-9:00 pm Art Monastery Vermont 2315 Connecticut River Road, Springfield, VT If you like, bring a snack or beverage to share. Cinematographer Gerry McCulloch and Social Sculptor Betsy McCall collaborate to create moving image portraits. Come and offer your feedback on these intimate works in progress.
From the Director’s Chair
Guest blog by Shawn Shafner The Art Monastery has provided a perfect cloister and cradle to nurture this new work, Bootstraps. Our time is spacious and gentle, while biweekly sharings prod us along. It’s been a most nourishing incubator for this work. For me, as a director, I’ve really enjoyed the support of time, space, […]
The Poopcast: Creativity, Community, Contemplation and a Compost Toilet
On July 31, 2017, some of the Artmonks were interviewed on Shhh: The Poopcast (aka Shit and Shame with Shawn) by Shawn Shafner (The Puru). Yes, Shawn is also the director of Bootstraps, the original devised theater piece being incubated by the Summer Lab. Art Monastery Project: Creativity, Community, Contemplation and a Compost Toilet […]
Bootstraps: An American Fable
Bootstraps: An American Fable You have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Ready? Set. Go! After playing to sold-out crowds last summer and a successful NYC premiere in January, BOOTSTRAPS returns to North Carolina – a smarter, sharper, direct love letter to the painful contractions that are birthing a new America. After clawing […]
Artshare August 4: Bootstraps
Dear Neighbors and Friends, Here at the Art Monastery Project, we are hosting our third summer Artshare Friday, August 4 7 to 8pm free admission bring a snack or drink to share after the showing we can have some food and drinks together and chat (if the weather is nice, we may build a fire!) We will be sharing […]
Emerge: Post-Retreat Artshare
Emerge A Post-Retreat Artshare Friday, Sep 15 7-8 pm free admission 2315 Connecticut River Road Springfield, VT 05156 After spending a week together in silent meditation, retreat participants and the Artmonks who hosted them, will share selections of what we sang together every day as well as original work created in our […]
