FREE | Saturday, July 13 | 3 PM - 8 PM

Join us for our annual summer event! We’ll celebrate the fire that brings us together, the summer harvest, and the community of artists, scholars, and creatives all around us. 

This year we’ll raise a glass and cut the ribbon on our newest addition on campus, the Applebarn. To toast we’ll light all of the fires: the wood kiln, the pizza oven, and the campfire. We’ll also dedicate the new trails and open them up to guests for exploration.

It will be a fun afternoon full of art, friends, music, food, and fire. Come with family and friends to explore the grounds and trails, hang out by the fires, picnic on the lawn, and get your hands into some art-making

We’ll be firing the wood kiln all day, cooking pizza’s in the wood-fired bread oven, and engaging guests with music, art + farm activities, a studio sale of pottery + artwork, and a special public roundtable presentation by our artists + scholars from the Uncertainty Academy at 4pm  (see previous listing).

This is a free, “open house” style event. Come and go throughout the afternoon — but we hope that you’ll also consider making a donation to help support Craigardan’s programs and ongoing campus development. Last year’s event helped us award more than $70,000 in scholarships and fellowships to artists and scholars in 2023. 

PICNIC DETAILS

During the firing celebration we’re picnicking on the lawn with gorgeous views overlooking the mountains.  Throw a blanket out in the field or choose a table in the tent. Pizzas are available hot out of the wood-fired oven all day; and drinks and cookies are available at the bar. Food and drinks can be purchased individually, but they’re also included with an advance donation.

Location: Main Campus. Look for Craigardan Event sign at the end of Main Campus driveway (two “doors” west of the farm store, towards Keene). Google Maps Link

SUGGESTED DONATIONS

Be a part of our new campus and our work to support interdisciplinary innovation in the Adirondacks and around the world.  **All gifts of $10,000 or more will be matched 1:1 by a generous donor!

$25  order a pizza on the lawn

$40  receive a pizza, drink, and make a donation

$80  receive 2 pizzas, 2 drinks, and make a donation

$150+ receive 2 pizzas, 2 drinks, and make a supporting gift