Pillow Fort Arts Center
Pillow Fort Arts Center

PILLOW FORT ARTS CENTER

 

MISSION

AN ARTIST COMMUNITY THAT STRIVES

  1. To create a space where people are free to explore, imagine and dream.

  2. To build a community governed by respect for its members and for nature.

  3. To offer an alternative to the coercions of the current capitalist society. 

  4. To be a resource for artists, thinkers, and makers.

 

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ABOUT

PILLOW FORT ARTS CENTER (PFAC)

…is an artist residency and arts center located on over 37 acres of heavily wooded hillside in Andes, NY in the Western Catskill mountains. PFAC is on ancestral Haudenosaunee land.

PFAC has hosted over 30 residencies and several community workshops related to dance, woodcarving and natural dying since its founding in 2021.

PFAC is dedicated to providing paid opportunities to artists with a low barrier of entry.

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 UPCOMING EVENTS/PROJECTS

Free, Open-level Movement Improvisation Workshop led by BIRDHOUSE director Raven White

PRESS

All Arts

 

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 Pillow Fort Art Shop

All items in our store are produced by past Pillow Fort Artists in Residence. 100% of proceeds go to support arts initiatives at PFAC and the artists themselves.

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 LET’S WORK TOGETHER

Want to collaborate? Want to help us build our community (literally or figuratively)? Let’s connect.

CONSIDER DONATING

To help us build our facilities and to continue to organize events within our community. 100% of your donation will go towards arts initiatives.

FOLLOW OUR JOURNEY ON INSTAGRAM

Reminder that we have an online art shop! We would love to make this a space for artists outside of the gallery system to sell work and connect with other artists. If you have something you want to sell through us please DM (prints are easiest, but o
OPEN CALL! — Link in bio Dear fellow artists, The 2024 residency openings are here! We are so excited to share another amazing year with ya’ll! Deadline: February 29th Residency types: In-Situ, Free Form and long-term (1 mo. minimum) work
2023 was a wild year for PFAC. We hosted more residencies than ever (over 20 artists!) as well as several workshops in dance, wood carving and natural dyeing. All of this led to new friendships, shared meals, board game nights, musical improv session
Ceramics at PFAC— @s4m1h4 makes porcelain bangles for our fence posts! . . . . #ceramics #clay #artistresidency #artistcommunity #pottery #sculpture #upstateny #catskills
Link in Bio! Intro to wood carving workshop with AiR Sophia DiLibero @roguecheezit Thursday, August 10th 5-8pm The workshop will begin with a nature walk to find a subject to carve. Sophia will then cover safe carving practices and various carving
Our 36’x40’ dance platform is practically complete! We started planning in March, laying it out and digging the foundation in April and now we only have to add steps. I have so much I want to say about this project but for this post I&r
Join us on Sunday, July 16th for a movement improvisation and discovery workshop led by Raven White @raven.inthenight , director of NYC-based artist collective BIRDHOUSE @birdhouseny 1-3pm at Andes Ballantine Park (link in bio). In this workshop, Ra

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