WEIRDOS IN THE WOODS: AN UPSTATE ARTLIFE ADVENTURE

Organized by The Tavern and Three Phase Center (Stone Ridge, NY) with Rosekill Performance Art Farm (Rosendale, NY)

 

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LABOR DAY WEEKEND - AUGUST 29 - 31, 2025​

Weirdos in the Woods is a three-day celebration of art, performance, and community spanning from Mohonk to Woodstock. At its heart is a living map, hand-drawn by local art hero Ernest Goodmaw, that guides visitors through studios, venues, and wild encounters with art across the Hudson Valley.

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This festival highlights artists who balance their creative practice with day jobs in tech, trades, and labor, while asking a bigger question: how can artists generate real, sustainable incomes in their communities? In a time when government and institutional funding fail to support artists, Weirdos in the Woods pushes for new, self-built models of mutual aid, community care, and the value of creative thinking as a way of life.

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EVENTS

Across six studio locations and three host venues, visitors will experience exhibitions, sound, dance, performance art, lectures, installations, talkbacks, and more—presenting the work of thirty artists from the Hudson Valley and beyond.

• Friday, August 29 · 7–10 PM at The Tavern — a multi-artist bill of music and performance.

• Saturday, August 30 · 4–10 PM at Three Phase Center — large-scale installations, exhibitions, video presentations, technical demonstrations, and performances.

• Sunday, August 31 · 4–10 PM at Rosekill Art Farm — a closing celebration with performance art, communal feast, fire, lake swimming, and camping.

 

TICKETS
Each evening event is $20 at the door—but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. This is about community first, and we want everyone to be a part of it.

 

ARTISTS

This year’s festival features the work of John Ackerman, Jana Astanov, Amelia Biewald, Jacinta Bunnell, Alejandro Chellet, Heather Duke, Clara Diamond, Raquel Dutoit, Ernest Goodmaw, Matthew Ghantt, Arnold Hammerschlag, Phil Haynes, Jessica Iaia, Nina Isabelle, Sergey Jivetin, Bram Kincheloe, Eric Letourneau, Bob Lukomski, Andrea Maddox, Brian McCorkle, Jill McDermid, Hoke Hokanson, William McEvoy, Paul McMahon, Ben Monder, Linda Mary Montano, Ever Peacock, Darich Peres Reyes, Manuel J. Perez III, Peyton Pleninger, Mike Ponte, Niko van Egten, Aaron Yonda, Jim Yanda, and Adam Zaretsky.

 

FUNDRAISING & COMMUNITY SUPPORT

We’ve been building this festival together all year long through wild fundraising events like an arm wrestling tournament, a mud wrestling showdown, and many live performances. To keep it rolling, we’ve also launched a line of hand screen-printed, one-of-a-kind thrifted t-shirts for $20 each. These shirts have been such a hit we’re already on our third batch.

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We’re deeply grateful to our local businesses who have joined us by donating gifts, services, and money to make this dream real. Big thank you to Back Home Cannabis Dispensary, Lydia's Cafe, Hash, Sage Hair Design, Eris Farms, A Pickle Story, The Cryptids, and Dream Flag Dumplings.

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Weirdos in the Woods is an artist-driven festival, a roaming experiment in community, creativity, and resilience. Together we’re building what institutions can’t: a living model for supporting artists as whole people, sustaining their work, and showing why it matters.

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FIND US!

🌐 website: www.weirdosinthewoods.art

📸 instagram: @weirdos.in.the.woods

✉️ email: info@weirdosinthewoods.art

💰 Venmo: @weirdosinthewoods