I am pleased to share another beautiful project created with the Earth Monastery Grant. Read on for Philip Wood's Litany for the Wayside. Description Litany for the Wayside is a liturgical and poetic sequence with visual and musical responses. It is rooted in a shared practice of attentive ... read more
Earth Monastery Project ~ The Girl with a Gift
I am pleased to share another one of the beautiful projects created with the Earth Monastery Grant. Read on to learn about Monica McDowell, MDiv's The Girl with a Gift “Mustard Seed” Project. The Girl with a Gift project was a creative and contemplative project used as “mustard seed” to multiply ... read more
Earth Monastery Project ~ Sandi Howell
I am pleased to share another beautiful project created with the Earth Monastery Grant. Read on for Sandi Howell's art project, Intersections - Co-creation, Co-habitation. “Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of ... read more
Earth Monastery Project ~ Salal + Cedar Curriculum Boxes
I am pleased to share one of the beautiful projects created with the Earth Monastery Grant. Read on to learn how Salal + Cedar piloted a program to bring scripture and the elements of the natural word to nurture children's sense of wonder in God's creation. What did they do? Salal + Cedar ... read more
Abbey of the Arts celebrates 10 years in 2016 ~ A love note from your online abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, I have been savoring some time of reflection over these midwinter days. Now is an especially ripe opportunity for looking back and forward because in 2016 Abbey of the Arts celebrates its 10th anniversary of ministry and service. In many ways the Abbey began ... read more
Earth Monastery Project Grant Winners
The Earth Monastery Project is a small grant project we administer to help encourage projects which nourish an earth-cherishing consciousness through contemplative practice and creative expression. We were delighted with our batch of applications and have selected the following four to receive a ... read more
Applications Now Being Accepted for the Earth Monastery Project
The Earth Monastery Project is a partnership between the Abbey and carefully selected applicants, who will receive resources to complete a Project which nourish an earth-cherishing consciousness and cultivate a vision of the earth as our primary monastery. Our next cycle of applications will be ... read more