Art Monastery

The Art Monastery is an American non-profit organization based in Springfield, Vermont (with previous locations in Calvi dell'Umbria, Labro, Caramanico Terme, and Lecce, Italy. The Art Monastery Project was founded by American artists Suiko Betsy McCall and Christopher Fülling in 2007 with the purpose of converting an historic Italian monastery into an international art production center in cooperation with the community that hosts it.

A pilot project was held at the Casale Santa Brigda in Calvi dell’Umbria now known as countryhouse Vista sull'oliveto. In 2010 the Art Monastery Project found residence in the monastery San Antonio of the medieval Italian hill town Labro, 1.5 hours north east of Rome. The building dates back to the 17th century when it was a Franciscan monastery. It now houses also the archives of Labro, a hotel, a theater and a church.

The Art Monastery applies the monastic principles of discipline, contemplation, and sustainability to the creative process. The non-profit currently offers artist residencies, silent meditation retreats, wellness retreats, and transformational rituals in Vermont. The location is a 7-acre farm on the banks of the Connecticut River.

Press

Italian Press

On June 2, 2010, an article on the Art Monastery Project appeared in La Repubblica, the second largest circulation Italian daily general-interest newspaper.[1] Articles have also appeared in Rieti newspapers Corriere and Il Messaggero, and the left-of-center paper Il Riformista.[2] The Art Monastery is mentioned in a July 2009 article in NarniNews.[3] On June 26, the Art Monastery was the subject of a radio interview with the mayor of Calvi dell'Umbria on RAI 1.[4]

International Press

On October 17, 2009, the Art Monastery Project was picked as one of "Five great Workaway working holidays" in the Saturday Evening Guardian.[5]

"'Energetic dreamers' are sought by a community of English-speaking international artists in a former boutique B&B 45 minutes north-east of Rome. The group is transforming an old monastery in Umbria into a non-proft arts centre, and needs help with that, as well as on arts projects, maintaining the grounds, cleaning the pool and guest rooms, organising concerts and artistic productions. You get a tent in an olive grove or shared room in the ex-B&B, can join in meditation and nature walks . . . and if you really fit in you may be invited to stay for good!

2010 Lonely Planet

In the 2010 Lonely Planet guide to Tuscany and Umbria, the Art Monastery Project is mentioned three times. For example:

"Fancy a Nick Drake number performed on lute with your dinner? How about a late-night improv game after a round of limoncello (lemon liquor) that you helped make? …You’ll get the requisite pink sunsets over the terrace …view over the idyllic countryside below, and odd wild boar jogging past, but you’ll also experience working side-by-side in the permaculture garden, learning to bake bread, or starting your morning with yoga on the terrace." [6]

References
  1. "Labro (Ri) Rinasce l' antico borgo dimenticato" (in Italian). ISBN 978-1-74179-231-7.
  2. "Recent articles from local news" (in Italian).
  3. "Narni: il regista Germano Rubbi in trasferta a Limoges per curare la regia di un recital lirico" (in Italian).
  4. "RAI 1 Interview with Mayor of Calvi about the Art Monastery Project!" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  5. Bowes, Gemma (17 October 2009). "Five great Workaway working holidays". The Guardian. London.
  6. 2010 Lonely Planet for Tuscany & Umbria. ISBN 978-1-74179-231-7.
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