CONVENT
Arts Fellowship
JUNE 23 - 30, 2024
Convent Arts Fellowship is a fully funded, week-long writers’ retreat at the Cape May Point Science Center in Cape May, NJ. Steps from the ocean and abutting a stunning state park, the historic facility, which once operated as a convent, is now a burgeoning capital for environmentalists, ornithologists, oceanographers, and ecologists – and, as of this summer, for writers, too.
Convent Arts Fellowship provides support, stillness, and community while encouraging artistic courage and originality in writers of all disciplines. We recognize the scarcity and privilege of time for most artists, and we strive to create a generative, inspiring experience that will help sustain the years-long commitment required to complete work of real artistic value. The aesthetic virtues of our home at the seaside convent—austerity and grandeur—are foundational to our vision: We believe that if we bear down on the page with a mind that is as open and intentional as possible, a mind that is patient and proactive and hopeful, we will reach beauty.