Activation Residency
Upcoming.
Slow Work
June 27 – July 3, 2027
Forest Fringe Farm, Bethel, New York
Seven days. Eleven artists.
The farm is the medium. Free to attend.
Apply by July 13, 2026
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An unruly residency on working farmland for artists whose work needs the edges of a place. The premise is simple and difficult: give artists time on land without asking them to make work. We host short-term residencies on eight acres of working farmland in Bethel, New York, for artists who are willing to let the fringe be enough.
2024 Earthly Pleasures
Our first weekend camping residency at Forest Fringe, named for the farm itself as a sensuous place. The cohort came mostly from New York and Toronto and slept outside, close to the ground. Days moved through the body: a meditation class, a dance and movement class, three meals built from early summer vegetables and wild blueberries off our own bushes. Pleasure as the curriculum.
2019 Artists-in-residence
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