Guest-blogger Candace Smith on La Clausura Sconfinata
A guest-post by Candace Smith, the founder of Cappella Artemisia, an ensemble of women whose repertoire is the music of Italian convents of the 16th & 17th centuries. Candace writes: I was delighted to take part in the first full-scale Art Monastery project: La Clausura Sconfinata . It was a true synergy of artistic talents: dancers, […]
Guest-blogger Ann Allen on La Clausura Sconfinata
Ann writes: 10 days, 12 women, 1 small Italian town – I don’t know if Narni knew what it was letting itself in for when it agreed to include a performance of the Clausura into its medieval festival. An intense week was had by all rehearsing, eating, sleeping together much like the nuns life we […]
Guest-blog: Sarah Noni Metzner goes to Italy
Artmonk in Residence Sarah Noni Metzner writes about her experience at the Art Monastery: Knowledge of the Art Monastery project came to me through both of the following things: a late night casual conversation point in Toronto about “some Americans doing some cool things in this small town in Italy” and a facebook group invite. […]
