2009 Spring Workshop and Farm Tours

Farming and the Arts

April 18–19, 2009

Hawthorne Valley Farm

Ghent, NY

Schedule updated 4/9

Accomodations

Driving Directions

The cost for the one day workshop is $85. This will will include Saturday's breakfast, lunch, dinner and breakfast on Sunday morning.

Lodging is available for Friday and/or Saturday night in the visiting student's dorm for $20 per night.

To register please contact Caroline Smialek: caroline@hawthornevalleyfarm.org or 518-672-7500, extension 105.

Farming & the Arts

This two-day workshop will focus on how the arts and artistic interpretation can be and is incorporated into the public programs and overall ethos of farm-based education programs.

Breakout sessions focusing on the creative arts on the farm will accompany facilitated discussions exploring the creative and imaginative approach to making meaning and cultivating knowledge that many farm-based education programs employ in their educational and service-oriented programming. Hawthorne Valley Farm is in celebrated Columbia County, NY under 30 miles from Great Barrington, Massachusetts and the Berkshire Mountains.

As always, FBEA workshops and farm tours are a fun, engaging, and productive way to visit other farm-based programs, network and speak with farm-based education professionals on a range of topics, and take the necessary time to rejuvenate your professional spirit.

To register or ask questions about this event, please contact, Caroline Smialek:

E: caroline@hawthornevalleyfarm.org T: 518-672.7500X105

Travel Distance by Car:

Boston: 2h 45m
NYC: 2h 30m
Philadelphia, PA: 4h
Portland, ME: 4h 15m
Nashua, NH: 3h
Burlington, VT: 3h 45m