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Forthcoming Programs
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
Jan 17-Feb 7 Rejuvenate your mindfulness meditation practice or begin a new one in this 4-week series that returns to the expansive, transformative, and straightforward practices of Mindfulness. More about Meditation: Back to Basics
Past Programs
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
Come and see Co-Founder Betsy’s latest paintings & drawings in San Francisco
Opening Reception — January 4 — Facebook event.
Start the year off right with fun and fulfilling movement classes
$60 for the series
January 3 – February 3, various locations in Vermont
More about Contemporary Dance and Catalyst Training, registration info and Facebook events
Connect with the earth and learn a revolutionary form of drawing
FREE
Registration Deadline — January 1, 2019 — Register here.
Immersive exhibition and workshop in London, UK
FREE
A collaboration amongst the Art Monastery, Royal College of Art, and Goldsmiths, University of London
Explore the connection between art & Zen with Art Monastery Abbess Betsy McCall and Abiding Abbess of Zen Center Fu Shroeder at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in California
August 12-16
$300-360
More about HeartMind: Art & Zen
