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Forthcoming Programs

Apr 1-22 Practice meditation. Practice artmaking. Practice being together. Weekly on Saturdays in April with Art Monastery Abbess Suiko McCall in collaboration with San Francisco Zen Center. More about Art & Zazen

Nov 29-Dec 3 Connect with the Five Elements of Chinese Medicine within and around you through embodied movement, meditation, and drawing. Join Art Monastery Abbess Suiko, Green Gulch Farm Abiding Abbess Fu Schroeder and acupuncturist & herbalist Jiling Lin for a 4-night retreat. More about Elemental Creativity

Past Programs

Feb 26 Bridge your creative and spiritual practices through meditation, movement, and mark-making at this 3-hour IN PERSON workshop at the Berkeley Alembic. More about Awakening Creativity: Artmonk Practice

Jan 17-Feb 7 Rejuvenate your meditation practice or start a new one. Art Monastery Abbess leads this four-part series for deeply meaningful Mindfulness Meditation. More about Meditation: Back to Basics

Jan 7 Start the year with intention, with beauty, and with your hand touching the earth. Join Abbess Suiko for an earth art ritual the moves the soul. More about New Year Earth Altars Workshop

Sep 7-28 Bridge your contemplative and creative practices by studying meditation techniques and then applying them directly to drawing. More about Meditation & Drawing

August 18-21, 2022 Explore the connection between art & Zen with Art Monastery Abbess Suiko McCall and Artmonk Poet-Activist Qayyum Johnson in this in-person retreat at the Shrine of St Theres, Juneau, Alaska. More about HeartMind: Zen & Art Alaska

July 10, 2022 Explore the connection between art & Zen with Art Monastery Abbess Suiko McCall and Artmonk Poet-Activist Qayyum Johnson in this online workshop. More about HeartMind: Zen & Art online

Saturdays, February 19 – March 26, 2022 Learn or return to mindfulness and how to apply it to your creativity. More about Mindfulness for Creative Types

Saturdays, January 8-29, 2022 Practice meditation. Practice artmaking. Practice being together. Weekly on Saturdays with Art Monastery Abbess Suiko McCall in collaboration with San Francisco Zen Center. More about Art & Zazen

Tuesdays, January 4 – February 1, 2022 Learn or return to mindfulness and (re)establish your practice. More about Foundations of Mindfulness

October 8-10, 2021 Explore the connection between art & Zen with Art Monastery Abbess Suiko McCall and Artmonk Poet-Activist Qayyum Johnson in this online weekend retreat. More about HeartMind: Zen & Art

Saturdays in May 2021 Practice meditation. Practice artmaking. Practice being together. Weekly on Saturdays with Art Monastery Abbess Suiko McCall in collaboration with San Francisco Zen Center. More about Art & Zazen

January 29-31, 2021 Explore the connection between art & Zen with Art Monastery Abbess Suiko McCall and San Francisco Zen Center Abbess Fu Schroeder in this online weekend retreat. More about HeartMind: Zen & Art

October 20 Hosting the Muse — A 2-hour online workshop with Founder & Abbess Suiko McCall as part of the free conference Deep Flow.  More about the Deep Flow and Hosting the Muse.

September 25-27 Artmonk Retreat: Art to Fuel the Revolution — It is time to meet what is happening, acknowledge the pain and channel it into art. Be part of an outpouring of beauty.  More about the Artmonk Retreat

August 28-30 Explore the connection between art & Zen with Art Monastery Abbess Suiko McCall and San Francisco Zen Center Abbess Fu Schroeder in this online weekend retreat. More about HeartMind: Art & Zen

Enliven your body with 3-hour Catalyst Training in the morning, the rest of your day is energized for your creative practice, optional shares in the evening.  More about The Embodied Artist