Applications for our 2012 Summer Residency are now online. APPLY HERE!
Application Deadline: February 14th, 11:59pm
Summer Residency Dates: May 2nd to October 31st, 2012. We are now accepting proposals for one – six months.

What is Wassaic like in the Summer, you ask?? Here are some things than happen during the summer season in Wassaic…

Pics of the studios can be seen on facebook HERE.
And Artists at work HERE.
We host Last Saturdays each month that includes open studios.
We also host visiting curators and artists for critiques (2011 & 2012).
And a tractor pull.
And our Annual Summer Festival, August 3-5, with ART and MUSIC galore.
Aaaaaaand we just hang out and enjoy the summer.

Applications and additional information about the Summer Residency can be found HERE.

See you soon!
- The Wassaic Project Team

Due March 1 we are accepting applications on a rolling basis.  Come live and work in Wassaic, NY.  Meet and work closely with our full staff and over 100 emerging artists.  Awesome!

PANTYHOSE WANTS YOUUUUU!!!!

LAUREN WAS (hearts) THE WASSAIC PROJECT from The Wassaic Project on Vimeo.

Thank you for your continued support of the Wassaic Project! Together in 2011, we made amazing strides supporting our artist community of residents, festival performers, and alumni:

• 5 of our residents and alumnae have been given gallery shows based on introductions from our open studios
• Our programs within the hamlet of Wassaic expanded to include a community day thrown in collaboration with the Wassaic Volunteer Fire Department, and we continued to facilitate our kids education program and open studios
• Our organization was invited to curate the only performance art at the Solid Sound Festival at MassMOCA this summer, featuring two of our resident artists

The 2012 festival, which included 5 authors, 9 dance companies, and 23 bands this year (plus over 8,000 feet of installation space in Maxon Mills), once again attracted a passionate and diverse audience and garnered rave reviews… including Susan Cross describing what we’ve all built as “A welcoming place where the divide between art and audience seems to disappear.”

And we’re thrilled to announce that, with over 50 residents this year so far, we’ll be welcoming an additional 25 through the fall and winter as our subsidized residency program is now year-round.

We’re grateful to have had the opportunity to make all of this happen based on your donations and hope we can once again ask for your help.

THANK YOU! and Happy Holidays!

"Hearth" by Sarah Nicole Phillips, available at the Silent Auction!

Silent Auction! $60 5x7s! Live Music! DJ! Open Bar!

Tickets are $25 til November 24, and then $40… so get ‘em while they’re SUPER cheap! BUY TICKETS HERE!

at Invisible Dog Gallery
51 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Silent Auction Artists

Joshua Frankel, Patrick Gantert, Ghost of a Dream, Jeila Gueramian, Sarah Hardesty, Janine Iversen, Karl LaRocca, Tricky Walsh, Masako Miki, Sarah Nicole Phillips, Kristen Schiele, Amanda Tiller, Breanne Trammell & Bowie Zunino, Chloe Watson, James Weingrod

Benefit Committee
Scott Anderson & Jeila Gueramian, Elan Bogarin, Tess Bricker, Nicholas Cohn, Cherie Aarts Coley, Charlie Davidson, Danielle Durchslag, Simon & Kara Gerson, Eric Gleason, Liliana Greenfield-Sanders, Suzanne Hader, Sarah Hardesty, Emma Katz, Steven Kim, Kate Kittredge, Andrew O’Laughlin, Jessica Shaefer, Callie Siegel & Nate Guild, Brian Wane, James Weingrod, Damian and Britt Zunino

The Maxon Mills, photo by Shirin Adhami

The Winter Residency Program will run from November 1st, 2011 – April 30th, 2012. Open to artists, musicians, writers and all creative professionals alike! We are taking applications for one to six month residencies. Our winter studios will be housed in the beautiful and historic Maxon Mills.

Application Deadline: September 22nd, 2011 11:59pm

Applications and additional information about the Winter Residency can be found HERE.

Jeila Gueramian's installation in the mill

Gallery hours are Saturday & Sunday, 11am – 5pm.
Maxon Mills, 37 Furnace Bank Road Wassaic, NY 12592

Deadline is September 22.

The Maxon Mills, photo by Shirin Adhami

The Winter Residency Program will run from November 1st, 2011 – April 30th, 2012. Open to artists, musicians, writers and all creative professionals alike! We are taking applications for one to six month residencies. Our winter studios will be housed in the beautiful and historic Maxon Mills.

Application Deadline: September 22nd, 2011 11:59pm

Applications and additional information about the Winter Residency can be found HERE.

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If you haven’t seen the Summer Exhibition yet, this coming weekend is your last chance! Gallery hours are Saturday & Sunday, 11am – 5pm.

Caged Animals playing the Luther Barn Stage on Friday night, photo by Grant Cornett

The festivities began on Thursday night, with a successful community fundraiser for the Wassaic Volunteer Fire Department. Breanne Trammell and Bowie Zunino hosted a Cake Walk and the band Creation rocked out at the nearby Lantern Inn. The Festival kicked off in earnest on Friday with a packed house for the dance and music performances. Dancers from the Earl Mosely Institute of the Arts wowed audiences and Friday night headliner band Free Blood had so much fun they jumped off the stage and sang amongst the boisterous crowd!

"Let It Ride" choreographed by Earl Mosely, performed by dancers from the Earl Mosely Institute for the Arts on Friday evening on the Maxon Mills Porch, photo by Grant Cornett

On Saturday, rain dampened the earth but not the audience’s spirits as the stage was moved inside around dusk and headliner Delicate Steve kept the party going at full capacity into the wee hours of the morning, with everyone dancing between sets to Tim Love Lee’s classic DJ sets.

Delicate Steve ROCKS out at the Lantern Inn on Saturday night, photo by Grant Cornett

Festival goers revel despite the rain at the Lantern Inn on Saturday night, photo by Grant Cornett

To keep up energy for all that boogying, attendees devoured the delicious wood-fire pizzas by Angelo Womack (coming soon to the Lantern Inn on Main Street in Wassaic) and hot dogs by the Cabin Dog Snack Shack. Dirk Adams’ interactive sound tour was the outdoor interactive highlight of the weekend and was in constant use by the Maxon Mills. The film program, organized by Liliana Greenfield-Sanders and featuring an animation series curated by Joshua Frankel, were packed and included lively Q&A sessions afterwards as well as a midnight screening at the Luther barn stage on Friday night. The first-ever creative writing reading, organized by Ainsley McWha, was also a great success and served to expand the Wassaic Project’s interdisciplinary reach. Also new this year was ARTGANGS, organized by Brian Wane, Suzanne Hader and Isabella Bruno, which consisted of a Festival-wide art-turf game in which participants won by taking photos of people and artwork.

Angelo Womack served up handmade pizza out of his woodburning oven -- coming soon to the Lantern Inn on Main Street in Wassaic, photo by Grant Cornett

The Festival received some fantastic press, including a mention in the New York Times, the Huffington Post, Artlog, Artcat, Pitchfork, Rural Intelligence, and many more local and national publications. The Village Voice said: “At the center of the Festival are the works of 100 artists in the seven story former grain silo… [where] there were a number of gems. The music lineup was augmented by sound mixing as beautiful and clear as we’ve ever heard in any outdoor venue. It began to pour rain Saturday afternoon, and a particularly magical moment happened when the whole festival moved into the tiny hamlet’s only bar, just in time for the amazing Electric Junkyard Gamelan to perform for festival goers and locals alike.”

Sales of artwork were up significantly this year. 2010/2011 Wassaic Project artists-in-residence Ghost of a Dream (Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom), whose work is included in this year’s summer exhibition, were signed to NYC-based gallery Davidson Contemporary’s roster of artists during the Festival, giving us all even more reason to celebrate. Ghost of a Dream and Davidson Contemporary connected during open studios at the Wassaic Project Residency Program this year. Also, art world luminaries Rick Lowe and Jasper Johns both attended the festival.

Caroline, an ARTGANGS participant, inside Ghost of a Dream's piece "Remember When Tomorrow Came"

For those who weren’t able to attend the Festival, there’s still a chance to check out the Summer Exhibition at Maxon Mills! The gallery will be open on Saturdays and Sunday from 11am to 5pm through September 4th.

Congratulations to all of the artists, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, and writers who participated, and a big thank you to the fabulous Wassaic Project community! Stay tuned for news about other upcoming Wassaic Project events, and see you at next year’s Festival!

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Upcoming Events:

Last Saturdays:
August 27th
September 24th
October 19th

Featuring Delicate Steve, Free Blood, Bobby, and Patrick Cleandenim!!!!

The Wassaic Project Summer Festival is a FREE, annual, multi-disciplinary celebration of art, music, and community in the hamlet of Wassaic, NY. The 2011 Festival will feature over 100 artists, 23 bands, poetry readings, dance performances, film screenings, and much more. August 5th-7th, 2011. Art Reception in Maxon Mills, Saturday 5pm-7pm. For more information: http://www.wassaicproject.org/summer-festival/overview-info/