An inspiring residency experience · Monte Azul
This artists residency program began in 2008 with an innovative focus on art, while offering a personal touch to nurture the artist’s creative process.
The program is for artists of many disciplines who want to be immersed in a world free of distractions – and feel embraced and secure to create what they came to accomplish.
The Chirripó Valley
Costa Rica
Monte Azul evokes a spirit of place, where you can live in the moment Monte Azul Center for the Arts is located near the entrance to Chirripó National Park in the highlands of Costa Rica.
Nestled in primary rainforest along the majestic Chirripó Pacifico River the air and water are pure, the climate perpetually spring-like, and tranquility envelops you.
About Us
Our sense of gratitude for the planet and all it provides us extends to everyone who joins us here.
At Monte Azul we work together to provide artists and visitors alike, with an inspirational experience along the Chirripó Pacífico River in the mountains of Costa Rica.
Whether providing the materials required by artists or selecting the best locally-raised organic produce, our clients are treated as important guests, and ultimately as our friends.
The Founders
Carlos Rojas Jara
Carlos brings his passion for art to life as co-founder of Monte Azul Center for the Arts. A curator and former San Francisco and New York gallery owner, Carlos now devotes his counsel and experience to encourage artists to succeed in the creative process. He understands how difficult making work is – as well as the pressures that come from living the life of an artist. As one former resident shared, “Carlos gets it.” Carlos feels happiest when he is building and nurturing the core of what is central to an artist, and helping artists to realize their dreams.
Randall Langendorfer
Before co-founding Monte Azul Center for the Arts, Randall left professional careers as a botanist and international marketer, including the dream job of Director of Product Development for Star Wars toys worldwide. You can depend on Randall for his generosity of spirit and for telling it like it is. In his element equally in a lab or studio, he inspires creativity through tactile arts such as ecological soap-making, textile arts and more. A true renaissance man, Randall is the Master Cheesemaker at Monte Azul Artisanal Cheese Company.
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Visitors
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Stephanie Wilde, recipient of the MACA Fellowship Award
Monte Azul Center for the Arts is pleased to host artist Stephanie Wilde as a MACA Fellowship Awardee. Ms Wilde will be among the first artists to produce work at the new facilities. Wilde's delicately intricate works often belie the social and environmental conflict...
Tara Thacker, recipient of the MACA Fellowship Award
Monte Azul Center for the Arts is pleased to host artist Tara Thacker as a MACA Fellowship Awardee. Thacker will be among the first artists to produce work at the new facilities. "At the heart of my artwork is a love of materiality and an ongoing fascination with the...
Henry Jackson presented in collaboration between MACA and Stewart Galleries
Emanation Presenting a series of six works on paper by Henry Jackson in conjunction with the Artist residency program. This current series of six works on paper continues Jackson’s fascination in exploring and interpreting abstracted environments that depict a natural...