Slow Work is free for every artist who is selected. That means someone else has to hold it.

We are holding eleven artists on eight acres of working farmland for seven days this summer. Two meals a day. Five days of facilitated workshops. A fire circle every night. We need help covering what the grant doesn't.


SUMMER 2027 · FOREST FRINGE FARM · BETHEL, NY

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Tax-deductible through New York Foundation for the Arts.


WHAT YOUR GIFT HOLDS 


$25

one meal in the field kitchen

$50

one day of artist materials

$100

one workshop session with a facilitator

$250

one full day of the residency for eleven people

$500

holds one artist's entire week

Any amount moves this forward. These are anchors, not limits.
Donate what you can



WHY WE’RE ASKNG 


Activation Residency has been building since 2018 — from a DIY weekend gathering into a program with its own land, its own facilitators, and a seven-day residency that is free for every artist we select. The Amy P. Goldman Foundation made that possible. Your gift extends it.

We are not a large institution. We are eight acres, a founding vision, and a growing network of people who believe artists deserve time on land without being asked to produce anything with it. When you give, you are part of holding that.


Activation Residency is fiscally sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.



WAYS TO GIVE


Online via NYFA — tax-deductible

Venmo · PayPal · Cash App — fastest

Check — payable to Activation Residency LLC 64 Ferndale Loomis Rd #1, Liberty, NY 12754

Gifts of stock or securities — contact Alan Lamb at sponsorship@nyfa.org




FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GO DEEPER


If you want to build an ongoing relationship with what we're building here, we hold that too. Major gifts ($500 and above) go directly to the residency program. We'll be in touch personally to talk about what that can look like — a land walk, an opening night, a conversation with the founder. Email us at info@activationresidency.com.





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