Year of LANDSCAPE / DEMOCRACY / WELLNESS
2021 at Mildred's Lane in the age of Coronavirus Horror
The Mildred's Lane community nestles in the Upper Delaware River Valley; for the past twenty years, creative fellows join together, forming an environment for working, researching, making, thinking, living – being. There are no studios; the entire site is the studio; people are a rhizome cultivating discursive topics and projects for the 21st-century – home earth.
Mildred's Lane does not predetermine titles or themes for each year. We identify the emergent confluence from many contributing resident-artists-in-complexity projects and the ideas they bring to this art-site. Living through this age of horror feeling omnipresent disorientation, naming multiple concerns seems fitting for Sessions 2021.
Landscape/ With the environmental crisis amongst us, creative minds are called upon to submit new solutions, new problems. Most importantly, to demand that the world is assured clean water for everyone and everything, now and in the future. Democracy/ The threat of losing our freedoms with white supremacy taking strongholds in our communities; we need to find ways to navigate this period of confrontation and growth to achieve mutualism. Wellness/ Our bodies and minds require nurturing more than ever. The pandemic continues to take our loved ones. So many are left alone and without. We need time to mend our broken hearts from witnessing the inequalities of illness, race, gender, and immigration. And, we will – with more exchange and collaboration toward critical healing.
Let's maintain and embrace the fundamentals – community. Wit and tact are the jewelry redressing these times. Gather and swarm around experimental domesticity and topics that tool along with creative forces necessary to reinvent a future.
Take a look at the Mildred's Lane Info-Zine describing the commons of discreet landscape interventions, environmentally site-sensitive installations, vernacular outbuildings, and exhibition spaces. Embedded is a section of upcoming projects, workshops, lectures, think tanks, and events with visiting artists throughout the season. We hope to see you here. Happy April, _Mildred's Lane.
Become a Fellow/SUPPORT a Fellow
Accepting Applications for Summer Sessions Now!
Photo/ Robyn Lea from BOHEMIAN LIVING