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Craigardan is a nonprofit arts organization and educational working farm. We bring people together for place-based and interdisciplinary learning; providing:

These residencies, courses, and events span diverse artistic and knowledge disciplines in order to foster curiosity, inquiry, and collaboration — which generates positive social change through collective creativity.

CREATIVE RESIDENCIES

PUBLIC COURSES + EVENTS

COMMUNITY FARM PROGRAMS

As an international, interdisciplinary residency program, we support ceramic, literary, visual, and performance artists, as well as farmers, chefs, activists, scholars, and researchers at any stage of their career.

We cultivate a dynamic that amplifies each individual’s work and activates collective creativity within the community. We believe that fostering the interaction between artists and the local public is as important as providing sheltered time to artists to further their creative practices.

By developing interdependent connections  within our local Adirondack community, we nurture a deep sense of place through people, culture, food, stories, and the exchange of ideas and skills.

 As an organization deeply rooted in this region’s unique history, Craigardan exists at the nexus of processes (re)making this region’s present and future:  environmental conservation, the resurgence of small farms, rural economic revitalization, and cultural/social activism.