Join us in community as we explore the healing works of poet and spiritual mystic Khalil Gibran. We’ll spend our time gently reading, writing and reflecting together, as we work our way through the darkest time of the year. This workshop offers a quieter space to notice what has been, what you are currently sitting with in the darkness, as well as the small glimmers that can sometimes be found there. Whether you’re navigating the loss of a loved one, a phase of life or grieving the collective losses evident in politics and ecology, you’ll find a supportive place within …
A shared intangible
Written by Anne Beffel (she/they), 2026 Vicky Tzoumerka Knoedler Artist in Residence When I teach, or work as a public artist with communities, I try to enter into currents and relationships already in place. At best, I make decisions in response. Even before I left home to serve as the Vicky Tzoumerka Knoedler Artist in Residence at Holy Wisdom Monastery, I understood the public art project I’d described in my application was merely a thought experiment. It was disconnected from Monastery communities. Connection could develop fully only in closer proximity with the land and its inhabitants. As a kind of …