Ways of Getting There is an immersive sound installation featuring music by Baxter Ellard and Solomon Hendrix. Exploring patterns of growth and evolution across organic and inorganic systems, this piece invites reflection on how human structures—emotional, cultural, political, and social—mirror the same cycles of change found in ecosystems, environments, and stars.

This piece will play on a continuous loop throughout Saturday and Sunday. We invite you to step into the experience, interact with the sound, and inhabit a space designed in collaboration with Susan Mendoza of the Chi Hive, featuring contributions from other local artists.

Part of Deep Water Lab, an initiative supporting local early career artists.

Select writers will present their true tales based on the theme “Metamophosis” Dedicated to the art and craft of story, Yarnslingers was founded in 2012 by writer/musician Ramona Jan. She believes that, “Everyone has a story…or two,” and encourages people from all walks of life to spin their spellbinding tales. 

“100 Pink Smoke flares (twice)”, by Raphaele Shirley is an ephemeral installation created with 200 pink smoke signal flares. The flares, lit simultaneously, build a wall of smoke that temporarily masks the landscape behind it. This ephemeral mass of color marks the appearance and disappearance of natural and urban settings as they are transformed my man’s hand. “100 Pink Smoke flares (twice)”, offers a reflection on nature’s beauty and timelessness, landscapes in distress, as well as it underlines their state of emergency in our current age of Anthropocene. The artwork oscillates between abstraction and figuration referring to romantic era landscape paintings and minimalistic language simultaneously. A musical procession leads viewers to the site before the remotely triggered flares ignite. From this initial gathering through the smoke’s final dispersal, the complete experience unfolds over 30-40 minutes.

In association with Catskill Art Space.

Join Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Doug Salati (Hot Dog) for a lively reading and interactive drawing demo! Doug will share his beloved book and guide attendees in sketching their very own canine companions. Leashed, well-behaved dogs are welcome to join the fun. Perfect for kids, families, book lovers, and aspiring artists of all ages.

In association with Ratty Books.

Details to come.

Art by Paul Plumadore.

Angela Dufresne—whose lush, subversive reimaginings of bodies and landscapes blur desire, memory, and ecology—joins us for a provocative discussion on art as disruption. Dufresne’s work, celebrated for its fluid brushwork and sly reinvention of art historical tropes, invites us to see the world (and each other) differently: not as fixed categories, but as sites of entanglement and transformation. She is joined for a conversation by the author Jennifer Kabat (The Eighth Moon, Nightshining)

David Dann’s “The Clock” explores time’s irreversible march toward an existential terminus. A functional wooden clock, its hands turning backward and forward, anchors the work, flanked by Rodin-inspired figures (Adam and Eve) and a drive weight shaped like the forbidden apple. Twelve framed Hours—short stories spanning a century—line the walls, tracing a universal protagonist’s journey. Inspired by Howard Pyle’s The Wonder Clock and a family heirloom, the paused mechanism invites reflection on metamorphosis as both rupture and reckoning. Wine will be served.

In association with Catskill Art Space.

“The garden is a metaphor – the garden brings hope, life, dreams met, dreams lost…essentially transcendence” MayerWasner will host a group show, over the course of the festival of three remarkable textile artists; Rebecca Levi, Jann Chefitz and Christi Johnson, curated by Pam Mayer. 

Jann Cheifitz found salvation during covid when the world was unraveling by stitching together loose threads into fantastical security blankets, to ward of despair, offer a sense of perseverance and hope. Christi Johnson is a stitch sorceress, imbuing her work with symbolism and meaning, turning to the celestial bodies for inspiration and as a partner in the creative process. Rebecca Levi’s Flower Beards series uses traditional flower motifs of embroidery, knotted with blooms, colors and petals to create utopian stitched portraits that explore queer identity and gender expression.

The show will run all weekend, with a cocktail viewing on Friday 6/21 from 5pm. 

Part of Ratty Books Children’s Programming 

Bring the whole family for a self-guided meander through The Tusten Heritage Community Garden and follow a book through the way! A way to pause and connect reading to nature. Our walk features the beautiful book In the Garden by Emma Giuliani and follows a garden throughout the four seasons. Stop and consider questions for kids and growns alike such as ‘what do we see in nature that shows us Summer is coming?’ Come, slow down, and enjoy a book in nature at your own pace.

Illustration from In the Garden by Emma Giuliani