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

Full schedule of events here

Open Air | Open Movement

Saturdays at Pillow Fort, starting July 19th through September 6th. Join us for eight weeks of dance and movement workshops and performances, featuring local and internationally recognized artists!

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

UPDATE workshop on Saturday, August 31st is now 10am-noon Studying, we listen. Praying, we speak. AIR Kay Ottinger @kayottingerk will guide a slow opening warm up for the first 45 min to offer the body time and space as we cycle into an open hour o
Studying, we listen. Praying, we speak. AIR Kay Ottinger @kayottingerk will guide a slow opening warm up for the first 45 min to offer the body time and space as we cycle into an open hour or so of improvisation. Arrive when you are able. If you hav
Tomorrow!!! We’re so excited to bring you this special performance by @birdhouseny on our new dance platform ✨ (link in bio) This is our first time presenting dance to the community and we’ve had such an amazing response so far in the wor
This Sunday!! Join us from 12-2pm on June 30th at Bushel Collective for a free open-level movement/improvisation workshop led by BIRDHOUSE director Raven White! We’re excited to kick off BIRDHOUSE’s week-long residency with this communi
✨🌟⭐️We are so excited to host BIRDHOUSE, a dance collective June 30-July 6 (link in bio!). We have a plethora of events surrounding the residency including: 1. A movement improvisation WORKSHOP on Sunday, June 30th from 12-2pm at Bushel Collective
Resident Sofia @mydearladychap working on their braided steel bench! . . . . #metalworking #fabrication #metalwork #sculpture #blacksmith #artistresidency #craft #upstateny #catskills #pillowfortartscenter

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