Retreat + Residency Combo Platter
The Inside Scoop on the Artmonk Retreat & Silent Art Residency Registration for this program is closed. If you would like to know about the next one, please subscribe to our newsletter. What’s the...
View ArticleReverberate: Post-Residency Art Share
The event is the culminating offering of a weeklong Silent Art Residency. This art share will showcase a selection of works created amongst an intimate group of artists working in various media...
View ArticleEmerge: Post-Artmonk Retreat Art Share
As part of the Artmonk Retreat, participants spend a week together in silent meditation, punctuated by song and art production. This event, called Emerge, will share selected work the retreat...
View ArticleHow to Integrate Post-Retreat
Congratulations on completing your silent retreat! Heading back home can sometimes feels like a huge relief and sometimes feel terrifying — how will I preserve all this spacious awareness that I’ve...
View ArticleDecember Retreat + Residency Combo
The Inside Scoop on the Artmonk Retreat & Artist Residencies What’s the difference? What’s the right program for me? Both of these programs offer a chance for contemplative practice as well as...
View ArticleBetsy McCall: New Works at SFZC January 2019
I am very pleased to announce that I’ll be installing a solo show at San Francisco Zen Center, a place that is near and dear to my heart. Come and see what I’ve been making in Vermont at the Art...
View ArticleDefend Black Lives
Art by Cece Carpio. IG @cececarpio, cececarpio.comas featured in “No Going Back: a COVID-19 Cultural Strategy Activation Guide for Artists & Activists by the Center for Cultural Power Defend...
View ArticleJuneteenth Breakthrough Moon
New Moon Solstice, June 21, 2020 Juneteenth Breakthrough Moon The sweet floral rind of mock orange merging with drifting locust blossoms before the river of life before the swelling buds of 95...
View ArticleSummer Lab in Full Bloom
Here are a collection of images from the Summer Artmonks from the first few weeks of the Summer Lab. All photos by Anaya (fabric dyer / costume designer / Art Monastery Cruise Director) unless...
View ArticleThe 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...
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