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artist

residencies

The presence of working artists and meditators has always been an inspiring part of Shantigar.

Since the sixties Shantigar has hosted a remarkable stream of theater artists, spiritual leaders, healers, painters, writers, photographers, musicians, singers, and poets including:

Joyce Aaron; Josh Adler; Robert Anton; Richard Armstrong; Peter Brook; Barton Benes; Eric Bentley; Joseph Chaikin; Bill Coco; Emilie Conrad; Nancy Cooperstein Charney; Domo Geshe, Rinpoche; Gwen Fabricant; Jonathan Fabricant; Edward Field; Rabbi Edward Feld; Merle Feld; Maria Irene Fornes; Joel Gluck; Mary Frank; Robert Frank; Richard Giannone; Rand Engel; Esther Gilman; Nicholas Gilman; Wendy Gimbel; Allen Ginsberg; Edith Goldenhar; Steve Gorn; David Gothard; Spalding Gray; Lorraine Grosslight; Judd Hirsch; William M. Hoffman; Adam Horowitz, Patrick Groneman; Juke Hudig; Linda Hunt; Morgan Jenness; Deb Katz, Adrienne Kennedy; Roger H. Klein; Daniel Kramer; Jeremy Lebensohn; Kristin Linklater; Karen Ludwig; Leueen MacGrath; Joan MacIntosh; Maezumi Roshi; Jun Maeda; Judith Malina; Jonathan Hart Makwaia; Lix Maxwell; Juanita McNeely; Neel Murgai; Seema Lisa Pandya; Diane di Prima; Steven Post; Carol Fox Prescott; Marianne de Pury; Rosemary Quinn; Mariana Quinn Makwaia; Vicki dello Joio; Ronald Rand; Roger Rees; Alain Resnais; Hannon Reznikov; Michael Schreiber; Peter Shaffer; Sam Shepard; Nancy Spanier; Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche; Jeri Silverman; Ellen Stewart; David Stott; Alexandre Tannous; Michael T. Smith; David Threlfall; Tulku Thondup, Rinpoche; Wendy van den Heuvel; Lian Walden; Lois Walden; Rabbi Sheila Weinberg; Robert Wilson – among others.

     Today Shantigar offers writer, meditator or anyone wishing to do a retreat

in exquisitely beautiful quiet natural surroundings:

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  • attractive simple lodging

  • cooking facilities

  • some access to yoga studio, meditation room, and workshop space

  • forest paths and broad fields for exercise and contemplation

  • some contact with spiritual and artist teachers when they are around

 

Please inquire as to costs (low) and available dates: 413 339 4332

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