FREE | Every Friday: May 19 - August 28 | 5 PM - 6 PM
Join us throughout the residency season for our free public series of short and informal artist talks, readings, and presentations. We’ll learn about works-in-progress from our artists and scholars-in-residence with informative and inspiring presentations in all disciplines. This is a wonderful way to kick off your weekend! Bring a friend, all are welcome.
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
Jackie McKenna
Jackie McKenna is an outdoor educator who works with youth development programs. At university, he studied Environmental Science and Social Work while working with local organizations and community farms to increase the accessibility of produce in low-income areas. Through these organizations’ youth programs and community workshops, Jackie realized his passion for educating, empowering others, and expanding access to natural areas. This led to him working for outdoor youth development programs where he instructs various outdoor activities such as skiing, snowboarding, rock climbing, sea kayaking, snorkeling, and others. Through experiential learning, Jackie teaches students of all ages about terrestrial and marine ecology, team building and leadership, and fostering connections to themselves, their community, and nature.
While studying abroad in Costa Rica, Jackie studied botany and permaculture, gaining further experience with small-scale sustainable farming. Between seasons as an outdoor educator, he has spent time working on a horse rehabilitation and boarding ranch in Vermont, where he had his first experiences with animal husbandry and carpentry.
When Jackie grows up, he wants to tend to his own land, spend as much time outside as possible, and spend as much time with loved ones as possible.
Rose Robinson
Rose Robinson is an artist working in ceramics and illustration. She investigates play as a path towards story, and story as a path towards meaning. Rose’s work has been included in exhibitions at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, Mass.; Charlie Cummings Gallery in Gainesville, Fla.; and the University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art, among others, and she has participated in residencies at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Edgecomb, Maine, and Fish Factory Creative Center in Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland. Rose was was raised among the marshes of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and now lives and works in Vermont’s Champlain Valley.