FREE | Every Friday: July 7 - September 29
reception 4:30 pm- 5:30 pm, Presentation 5 Pm - 6pm
Join us throughout the summer for our free public series of artist talks, readings, and presentations. We’ll celebrate the series with a NEW weekly reception — arrive early and enjoy free drinks and snacks with our visiting artists-in-residence. We’ll hear from poets, scholars, visual artists, storytellers, and potters. All are welcome!
Craigardan’s Applebarn Series is made possible in part thanks to support from the Charles R. Wood Foundation.
Location: Main Campus. Look for Craigardan Event sign at the end of Main Campus driveway (two “doors” west of the farm store, towards Keene).
Carolyn Bardos is a writer (mostly poetry) and a visual artist (mostly painting) based in Troy, New York. She grew up farther downstate in Newburgh. She began making art with serious intent in a high school ceramics class in the 1970s, a period of renewed widespread interest in craftwork. Between 2000 and 2019, she worked in several art-related capacities. She ran a small art center in rural New Hampshire, worked as an actor in regional theatre, wrote and produced plays, and operated an independent publishing company. Her artwork has appeared most recently at Martinez Gallery in Troy, NY. A chapbook of her poetry, Yesterday’s Daybreak, was published in 2011 by Main Street Rag Publishing Company in Charlotte, NC.
Khanh Pham found pottery as an art that suits her interest in learning and helps her build patience. She wants to use this art form as a middle point between other art interests including designing, drawing, and sculpting. Khanh was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the US at age 14. With this history she had to overcome many challenges to be where she is today. Khanh wants to continue to bring her life experiences into her work and conversations. Pottery soothes her and she wants to share that comfort with others.
Sarah Mock is on a mission to prove that it is possible to feed people without exploiting farmers, farmworkers, the environment, or communities. That mission required her to become an agriculture and food expert, and today she writes, podcasts, researches, and advises on everything from farm production, strategy, and marketing to ag history and economics to logistics, supply chains, and climate impact. She’s worked in and around agriculture across the country and around the globe, with non-profits, the US Department of Agriculture, Silicon Valley companies, the national news media, and directly with farms. Her work has culminated in a number of award-winning projects, including her best selling book Farm (and Other F Words) and her latest, Big Team Farms. Raised on her family’s farm in Wyoming, Sarah is now rooted in Albuquerque, NM.
Rachael Reichenbach (she/they) is a 2023 Teaching Fellow. Rachael is a racial justice and systems change facilitator, coach, and trainer. She supports white-bodied folks to disrupt internalized white superiority inside themselves & their relationships and to embody anti-racist culture that is sane, loving, collaborative, and equitable. She supports multi-racial social justice organizations and networks to develop and refine processes for effective, human-centered collaboration and meaningful engagement across lines of difference. Additionally, she offers workshops that are designed to develop and deepen liberatory consciousness and a systems approach to social, racial, and environmental justice. She lives at Wild Hydrangea, an intentional community in Northern Alabama, on the land of the Upper Creek and Cherokee.