Ignite the joy of your free expression
A live online course for women & gender-queer folx to tap into the river of sacred creativity.
Make art as a spiritual practice.
Enrollment for 2025 has closed.
If you're interested in the 2026 cohort,
get on the waitlist to be notified first when doors open.
Awakening Creativity
A 4-month online program with deep roots in Zen Buddhism and down-to-earth intuitive practices that will help you:
build a creative practice that's life-giving,
connect with your own sense of the divine,
bring full presence to your creative expression,
and watch your creative spirit soar.
This program is right for you if you're a woman or gender queer who...
Here's everything you’ll learn
In Awakening Creativity, weekly modules are released inside a private, members-only portal. We alternate learning weeks with integration weeks to help you stay on track with ease.
Pricing is tiered, with "Pay What You Wish" options available for BIPOC participants.
Opening the Way: Bridging Creative & Contemplative Practice
Courting the Muse: Cultivating Your Creative Spirit & Authentic Voice
Stop Procrastinating: How to show up Consistently
Accessing Intuition & Finding Flow
Dancing with the Inner Critic & Other Blocks
Playing with Possibility & Enjoying the Process
Finding the Inner Teacher: How to Continually Improve
Loving Yourself & Your Work
Sharing Your Work in the World & Bringing The Artist Out of the Closet
Integration & Reflection
What Artmonks are saying
Together, we build even more than community, we build sangha
Sangha is a sanskrit word that means community — but more than community, it is a worldwide sisterhood (otherhood?) of deep connection, mutual support, and fellow travelers on the path.
This is a safe haven for you to be yourself, fully, unabashedly, and without apology.
Where we link arms to show up for each other, again and again. Where we serve the mission of liberated, authentic self-expression, with courage and compassion.
We are a circle of women & queer folks who feel nourished in woman-centered spaces. We fully get it — the vulnerability, the courage, the humor, the frustration, and the joy of making from your heart.
How does Awakening Creativity work?
Learn to bring your full presence to your creative making and make art as a spiritual practice. You'll be guided by practices that interweave Zen Buddhism, Insight meditation, intuition, somatic knowing, as well as the science-backed approaches for cutting through procrastination, the Inner Critic, and imposter syndrome.
10 modules of short training videos
Pre-recorded videos, audios, and PDF handouts are released weekly. Grounded in Buddhist philosophy and informed by shamanic & psychological inner work, the material is designed to deepen your creative experience.
LIVE group coaching & artshare
Twice-a-month live, recorded sessions alternate between Artshare and Group Coaching for guidance, feedback, and support every step of the way.
1:1 coaching with Suiko McCall
Personalized, heart-centered support on your journey. With nearly 20 years of experience, I'll guide our 1:1 time to focus on your specific needs and most potent breakthroughs.
Library of creative practices & resources
Each module directs you toward optional deeper dives, meditations, practices and prompts to foster your creative blossoming.
With the Awakening Path Package, you also unlock these BONUSES!
Self-Empowerment Workbook
I'll send you a physical copy of my full-color, fully illustrated self-empowerment workbook, Live Your Dream: Become Who You Are (available in 13 languages).
Lifetime Access to Course & Resources
Join Awakening Creativity once, and it's yours for life! Participate in the live program, revisit the material anytime, and keep all training videos, bonus workshops, and live session recordings forever.
Live Workshop: Design Your Ideal Art Practice
This live workshop guides you in creating a sustainable, inspiring creative practice or project that truly works for you. I'll stay on until all questions are answered, and you'll get the recording too!
Live Workshop: Your Strong Creative Voice
Wondering where to find the common thread in your creative work? Learn how to develop a recognizable style and uncover your authentic artistic expression. (You'll get the recording too!)
Live Workshop: Make Time to Make Art
Struggling to fit art into your life? Learn my best strategies for building a consistent, fulfilling creative practice, without sacrificing everything else. (You'll get the recording too!)
Libraries: Creative & Contemplative Practices
Each module directs you toward optional deeper dives in three different libraries: guided audio meditations, creative practices & prompts, and contemplative practices to foster your creative blossoming.
Course: Foundations of Mindfulness
Brush up on or discover for the first time the four foundations of mindfulness with this in-depth, pre-recorded, four-session course that features both talks and guided practices.
Co-working Sessions
Five times a month you can opt-in to co-working. It's an hourlong space to keep you lovingly accountable and on track with your creative project or course curriculum. These sessions are popular and effective!
Instant Registration Bonus
Get a 20% discount when you register within 24 hours of your 1:1 strategy call.
Ready for more? Upgrade for a personalized mentorship with the Deepening Path package.
For the creative ready for deep transformation, get intimate mentorship, accountability, and extended integration support to bring your biggest artistic visions (or life shift) to its fullest expression.
If you’re feeling the pull toward a deeper level of transformation, and you want a mentor walking with you every step of the way — the Deepening Path is for you.
Ready to Awaken Your Creativity?
If you're interested in the next cohort,
get on the waitlist to be notified first when the doors open.
Risk-Free Guarantee
Flexible Cancellation
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Meet Your Guide: Suiko McCall
I’m the Founder and Abbess of the Art Monastery, an international arts organization dedicated to personal awakening and cultural transformation through creativity, spiritual practice, and community.
I’ve authored two books and two workbooks, now available in 14 languages, and hold degrees from Yale and the San Francisco Art Institute. My large-scale paintings have been exhibited worldwide, from San Francisco to Rome. Certified as an International Transformation Host, Morning Altars teacher, and Mindfulness Meditation teacher, I spent four years in residence at Green Dragon Zen Temple. My spiritual practice blends Zen, shamanism, and intuitive exploration.
For nearly 2 decades, I’ve helped artists and non-artists alike embrace their creativity. It’s my passion, and I’d love to support you on your journey.
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely not! One of the course bonuses is designed to help you with exactly that: "How to design your ideal creative practice or project". I will offer that workshop live and you can bring your thoughts and I will help you figure it out. I'll stay on the Q&A at the end of that call until everyone has had their questions answered. Plus, we have a 1:1 Launch session to dial it in further and make sure you're set up to suck the marrow from this experience.
The flow of the live calls is:
10 min — guided meditation
30 min — coaching and Q&A
30 min — conversation or artshare
All live sessions will include the opportunity to bring your questions and specific situations for coaching. The teaching content is in the pre-recorded modules so that our live gatherings can be about interactive, personalized support.
The live group calls are on alternating Saturdays, 10-11:15am Pacific, unless otherwise noted.
- April 18 — Opening Ceremony (2-hour session)
- May 2 — Coaching & Conversation
- May 16 — Coaching & Artshare
- May 30 — Coaching & Conversation
- June 13 — Coaching & Artshare
- June 27 — Coaching & Conversation
- July 11 — Coaching & Artshare
- July 18 — Closing Ceremony & Final Artshare (2-hour session)
Live Bonus Workshops
- How to Design Your Ideal Creative Practice
Saturday, April 11
10-11:30am Pacific
- Making Time for Making Art
Tuesday, May 5
12-1:30am Pacific
- Your Strong Creative Voice
Thursday, July 2
12-1:30am Pacific
1:1 Coaching Sessions
You get to schedule your 1:1 sessions whenever works for you. The 1:1 Launch session is intended for use at the beginning of the course and the Integration session for the end. For those enrolled in the Awakening Path package, both 1:1 calls expire at the end of the course. Those enrolled in the Deepening Path package have a full 12 months from the beginning of the program to use the six coaching sessions.
No problem! They will all be recorded and made available in the portal.
No problem. They will all be recorded and made available in the portal. Also, you are welcome to submit questions ahead of time and I can answer you on the live call even if you aren't there. I have had people enroll in a course knowing they could not attend a single live group call! They watched all the recordings, submitted questions ahead of time, were deeply engaged with their Art Sangha Pod, and experienced profound benefits from the course. If you are called to be in this course but can't attend the live group calls, don't let that stop you.
Absolutely! The Deepening Path package is just for you: it includes a 90-minute Deep Dive Launch session followed up by five 55-minute sessions with me. This kind of bespoke guidance makes it possible to melt the inner and outer blocks that prevent you from your fullest, most liberated expression (in the studio and in the rest of your life!). There are limited numbers of spots, so you may want to secure yours early.
The first four modules are the heaviest with almost 60-90 minutes of recorded videos. After that, the modules total around 45 minutes/week. No one video is longer than 15 minutes. The bi-weekly live call is 75 minutes, and you'll get the recording.
One of the bonuses has been really popular: regular co-working sessions to support you to focus on what's most important to you and make progress right there on the call.
You will design your own creativity schedule and I strongly encourage you to keep that under 20 minutes/day.
All tolled, if you watch all the videos, attend all the live sessions, and do 20 minutes/day of your creative practice, the total time invested will be around 2.5 hours/week.
You will be setting your own goals and deadlines. They do not need to conclude before the end of the course. You have lifetime access to the recorded materials and handouts, so you can revisit those again and again on your own rhythm.
I will hold everything you say to me in our 1:1 sessions with the strictest of confidences. We will make agreements as a group at the beginning of the course that we will hold each other in confidence. Our online portal is private.
Nope. This course is not about me telling you what to do. It's about you identifying what's most important to you (I will help you do that). That said, I will be offering prompts and assignments throughout. I might make recommendations but I won't require you to acquire any particular materials.
Nope. You will need a device so you can access Zoom and the portal. The portal is hosted on Mighty Networks, which has become increasingly clear and intuitive to navigate. I offer a live walk-through and introduction to the portal spaces. Mighty Networks has amazing customer support that you'll have access to as well.
This course is about growth. It's about practice. It's about digging in deep. No matter what your skill level is, you will be at a notably higher level by the end of this course.
Absolutely! While I am a painter and I teach from my own experience, I am also a coach and have worked with hundreds of artists in every imaginable medium. If what you want to do is creative, then this course will be relevant to you. In the past cohorts have included poets, playwrights, dancers, ceramicists, quilters, fabric artists, and more.
How do you define artist? I define it as someone who creates with intention & personal expression. It does not matter what your medium is, if you have ever been formally trained, or if you have ever sold your art for money. What matters is that you feel the call to be a part of this.
I offer a no-risk money-back guarantee. I am so confident that you will experience a deeply satisfying transformation that I guarantee it! Follow the program I lay out in the course and if you are not completely satisfied, I'll refund 100% of your tuition. I do ask that you offer me some specific feedback so I can learn and improve.
If you change your mind within 2 weeks before the course begins, you can have a 70% refund. (I will apply the remaining 30% to the transaction fees and lost income because there isn't time to offer the spot to someone else).
Another option is that you can convert your current membership to the Self-Study version. This way you have access to the course content and dip into the pre-recorded videos & PDFs in moments that fit with your flow and needs. Next time I offer the course, you can apply $1000 to the cost of a full enrollment.
I am here for you! Shoot me an email at info@artmonastery.org
Join the Movement
You don't have to figure it out alone. Awakening Creativity will help you melt blocks, deepen your artistic practice, and connect with your most authentic creative self. Join us to throw open the barn doors of your creative heart.