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Orein Arts

at Monastery Arts Residency · Pine City, United States

1 week

Orein Arts offers contemplative residency at a monastery in rural New York for practitioners across artistic disciplines. The programme hosts mixed cohorts and structures days as self-directed studio time with community gatherings in the evenings for artists to share work. The residency draws artists interested in exploring connections between creative and spiritual practice.

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About Monastery Arts Residency

The Monastery Arts Residency, organized by Orein Arts, is a week-long interdisciplinary program for 12-15 artists and writers at Mount Saviour Monastery near Elmira, NY (not West Park), blending solitude, creativity, and monastic community. Residents work independently during the day on over 1,000 acres of grounds, with evenings for group sharing, amid the monks' prayer rhythm; it welcomes all faith backgrounds.

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