Meditation Artifacts
The ecosystem advancing meditation as a cultural technology through research, innovation, and education.
Meditation Artifacts is a nonprofit organization (EIN 33-3759169) that supports interdisciplinary work at the intersection of contemplative practice, science, technology, and culture. We convene researchers, founders, contemplatives, artists, and institution-builders through residencies, symposia, and a growing ecosystem of initiatives.
What we do
- Research: Supporting interdisciplinary investigations of meditation as a cultural technology across diverse methods and perspectives.
- Innovation: Supporting experiments, prototypes, and new approaches that broaden what meditation can become in contemporary life.
- Education: Building meditation literacy through learning experiences and resources that make practice more intelligible, accessible, and meaningful.
Programs and initiatives
- The Future of Meditation '26, an interdisciplinary symposium on meditation's role in science, culture, and society. May 13, 2026 at The Foundry in Cambridge, MA.
- MonasteryX, a residency where meditators, founders, scientists, and artists live and practice together.
- MonX, a 4-day builder's retreat at AKERA in the Catskills, August 3 to 6, 2026.
- Futurative, a four-week Contemplative Futures Residency at Edge Esmeralda 2026.
- Ecosystem, the full directory of initiatives, events, and partner organizations.
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