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 […]
Mavis Muller: Fall Visiting Artist at AM Italia
AM Italia will host Mavis Muller at the end of November and beginning of December as our final Artmonk-in-Residence for the 2012 season. Mavis’s residency will culminate with an event in Italy or Spain, a public burning basket celebration where the local community will come together to participate in this unique ritualistic experience on 12-12-12. About […]
Lifelong Learning Partnership-Italia
Art Monastery Italia hosted the 4th conference of the Lifelong Learning Partnership from October 28-November 1, 2012. The most significant triumph of this meeting was the founding of the International Partnership for Transformative Learning (IPTL), which will be a permanent partnership between the seven life-long learning organizations: Art Monastery Project, Italy Embercombe, UK Knowmads, Netherlands […]
Space, Art, and Music: Ideal Conditions for “Arte & Musica”
We’re so looking forward to “Arte & Musica,” our fundraiser/concert that’s happening in the Diego Rivera Gallery in SF on October 11th. In terms of the space, the music, and the art we’ll be inundated in, we couldn’t have asked for a better context for our event. The building at 800 Chestnut that houses the San Francisco […]
A poem for Vigils
This poem by W. S. DI PIERO captures some of the spirit of Vigils, our year-long examination of the midnight ritual of the western monastic office (part of the Art Monastic Cycle). It’s That Time The silence of night hours is never really silent. You hear the air, even when it doesn’t stir. It’s a memory of the day. […]
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. […]
Isle of Noises
The Isle of Noises Saturday, October 13 at 8 pm The Center SF 548 Fillmore, San Francisco $15 online, $20 at the door http://www.tricksterevents.com/Upcoming_Events.html Starring Art Monastery Project Co-Founder and renowned tenor, Christopher Fülling, as well as Artmonk Lesley Littlefield. Incorporating Visual Art, Vendor Marketplace, Interactive Art and Performances, and Curiosities, “The Isle of Noises” is […]
