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 […]
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 […]
Towards Possibility, the 2013 Cycle
This blog was written in the spirit of Lauds, our second year of the Art Monastic Cycle. December 2012 – 5am This is the time. Before the dawn. A quiet stillness pervades the air. A sense of coming, of serene anticipation, of something big just around the corner. It’s the same quality before a big […]
Beginning of the World
What if the world began today? It’s a nice idea, but ultimately, it will never be true. The world doesn’t begin today. Everybody knows that. Today is December 21, 2012, and humanity has been through thousands upon thousands of years of death, destruction, war, famine, poverty, disease. The Mayans say today is the end of […]
New York Open House
The Art Monastery will host a gathering in New York City on Thursday, December 13. Please join us for this informational session where artists of all disciplines, contemplative creatives, and art-lovers and supporters can learn more about what the Art Monastery Project is and how you can get involved. What to expect: find out more […]
