Free Columbia - arts and education
United States
ABOUT
Free Columbia is an arts and education initiative in New York State working on the foundation of anthroposophy, in dedication to free culture and accessibility. For fifteen years Free Columbia has offered arts courses in painting, puppetry, ceramics, Goethean phenomenology and much more. Now, in a shifting season, a form is developing where we become each other's phenomenon of becoming. Simply put, we are developing a multi disciplinary residency program with a niche in spiritually dedicated creativity.
FREE COLUMBIA RESIDENCY PROGRAM
What happens when I give my interest to someone's inspiration?
It is out of this question that this residency program is being developed. We are inviting musicians and artists to stay for up to six months, use studio space and ignite the spark of their inspiration with the support and interest of the community. There are weekly potluck dinners followed by a sharing time where residents invite the audience into their creative process and are in turn informed and held accountable to their project. Confronting the material aspirations of capitalism, this form allows the artist and the community to develop in tandem. The research of the artist informs the audience and the audience reflects the artist.
There has grown a mutually beneficial relationship between this program and the local participants in the Youth Section. The young people attending the residency sharing sessions have created a continuation of the inspiration that can be found at youth conferences. It is our hope that this relationship can continue and promote healthy development amongst this community and within those folks that choose to partake.
Art and music created consciously and shared with the world will change the world.