The Wassaic Project is a contemporary arts institution dedicated to supporting emerging artists and engaging communities through residencies, exhibitions, public programs, and arts education. Plan your visit →
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We show dozens of contemporary artists each year in exhibitions throughout Maxon Mills, a seven-floor grain elevator in the heart of Wassaic. We also have public art on view throughout the hamlet.
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Artist Residency
More than 100 artists-in-residence pass through Wassaic each year. We welcome visual artists, writers, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, writers, and everyone in between.
We're also proud to host one of the largest year-round family residencies in the world and an invite-only print editions program.
"The best 30 consecutive days of my life were spent in residency at the Wassaic Project. The entire experience of community with artists and Wassaic Project staff, the barn, the mill, and proximity to nature was beyond fortifying on every level."
Kristi Keener
2022 Summer Resident
"Somehow it still feels radical to be both an artist and a mother. My family is loud, we take up space, we have time constraints and schedules. We don’t fit with most art spaces, which is why I will forever sing the praises of the Wassaic Project for welcoming me as an artist with a family. I’m still practicing shaking off the stigmas.”
Jordan Buschur
2022 Family Resident
"I want to share my sincere thanks for a wonderful, productive, and stimulating residency this summer! It was such a joy to spend two months at Wassaic. This residency stirred up so many new possibilities, ideas, and potentials. I'll be squeezing the juice out of this experience for many months to come.”
Lauren Ruth
2022 Summer Resident
"I had a great time. I would have stayed longer if it were feasible. Everyone from the staff to the residents were very supportive and was open to any idea that I brought to them. Wassaic Project is truly an open space that will find a way to see your vision come to light."
Ryan Davis
2022 Summer Resident
[The residency] had a very positive and profound impact on me at a time when I really needed some intense studio/sanctuary time away from my usual routine/environment to shake up, regroup, and process some new ideas.
Michael Hambouz
2022 Summer Resident
"My whole life has changed so much thanks to all of you. New friends, new shows, invitation to Italy, etc... I'm so totally grateful to everyone."
Rachel Collier
2021–2022 Winter Resident
"Wassaic Project is a wonderful, community-minded residency with staff providing support that is above and beyond. As a family resident, the shorter 2-week residency allowed me a manageable amount of time away to solely focus on my practice. I was able to delve into the research and develop concepts around a new body of work, while also exploring the ample local flora to create inks and dyes to use in the studio."
Janet Wang
2022 Summer Family Resident
Education
Our education program reaches thousands of students each year through summer camps, workshops, workbooks, online lessons, curricula, drop-in artmaking hours, and after-school programs with and in all four local school districts.
We seek to empower the artist in every student, giving them lifelong tools to explore and express themselves.
2024 Summer Camps
Thank you
to everyone who has helped us grow from a scrappy art festival into a mainstay of the upstate New York cultural landscape. Your support has brought world-class contemporary art exhibitions, vitally important education programs, and an internationally respected artist residency to the kind of community that seldom sees this level of cultural investment. We can’t wait to see you back in the hamlet soon.
