An interdisciplinary residency program that supports artists and scholars from around the Adirondacks and around the world.
Craigardan (krā gärden)
Craigardan is a nonprofit arts organization and educational working farm. We bring people together for place-based and interdisciplinary learning; providing:
CREATIVE RESIDENCIES
PUBLIC COURSES + EVENTS
COMMUNITY FARM PROGRAMS
Our creative residencies, public courses, and arts events span diverse artistic and knowledge disciplines in order to foster curiosity, inquiry, and collaboration — which generates positive social change through collective creativity.
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Craigardan is…
Exploring Relationships
As an international, interdisciplinary residency program, we support ceramic, literary, visual, and performance artists, as well as farmers, chefs, activists, scholars, and researchers from around the Adirondack region and around the world, at any stage of their career.
Building Community
We cultivate a dynamic that amplifies each individual’s work and activates collective creativity within the community. We believe that fostering the interaction between artists and the local public is as important as providing sheltered time to artists to further their creative practices.
By developing interdependent connections within our local Adirondack community, we nurture a deep sense of place through people, culture, food, stories, and the exchange of ideas and skills.
Farming Change
As an organization deeply rooted in this region’s unique history, Craigardan exists at the nexus of processes (re)making this region’s present and future: environmental conservation, the resurgence of small farms, rural economic revitalization, and cultural/social activism.