Year of LANDSCAPE / DEMOCRACY / WELLNESS
2021 at Mildred's Lane in the age of Coronavirus Horror
Late May / Early June Session
WORKSTYLING the WILD
Contributing Artists coming and going are; Barbara Bourland / Deborah Davidovits / Donna Cleary / Sarah Doherty / Juliet Dunn / Coco Fusco / Jeffrey Jenkins / Alex Jones / Cameron Klavsen / Joe Lerro / Kristyna and Marek Milde / Barry Puett / Rebecca Purcell / Rachael Schmoker / Laura Silverman / and others To Be Announced.
There is a sleepy, shady garden at Mildred's Lane. We let it go after years of competing with varmints. Reclaiming it has taken several seasons and we are nearly there. Previous Wilding Fellows reconditioned the soil of the original oval garden, built with Yale Graduate Sculpture Students in 1999. Last year's Resident-Artist-In-Complex(ity) (*RAIC) ripped out the invasive species and leveled the site. Now, we are rethinking how to coexist, allowing for a vibrant community of flora and fauna sharing this wild place, as we turn toward a program about well being – come join in the dialogs.
We are planting pollinators, expanding on the Mildes' Project – Plantarium. We will forage the forest, set up a tincture-making laboratory, and keep bees – rebuilding the radical apiary after a bear ripped it apart last year. The art of composting will be featured with our Land Steward, Joe Lerro. Join in daily artful movement routines with Wellness Steward, Rachael Schmoker, and her new practice – Bed-ga.
Listen to wisdom lectures from non-humans, master gardeners, botanists, beekeepers, landscapers, and herbalists. Let's get down and dirty with daily events as we rebuild a landscape of medicinal rhizomes, roots, flowers, and herbs; foraging-digging-rearranging-building-planting-swimming -- come workstyle the wild with us.
Ongoing by the week or by the day.
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 residing throughout the season. We hope to see you here – Mildred's Lane.
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