HOW TO APPLY

We take a small group of people for each session, and those spaces go fast, so we advise you to be in touch with us as soon as possible.

At Mildred's Lane, you will make lifelong friends and attachments. All for a not-for-profit cost of:

  • By the day_ $225/fellow

  • Overnight_ $350/fellow

  • One week_ $1300/fellow

  • Two weeks_ $2600/fellow

  • Three weeks_ $3900/fellow

You must REQUEST AN INVITATION in order to attend. Once you have been approved you can MAKE A PAYMENT.

What does the tuition cover?

General tuition includes lodging in an artist's installation site. When in session, there are daily activities, including intensive workshops, lectures, and seminars by dynamic contributing guests, thinkers, and creative producers that outnumber fellows by three to one. We work together – in collaboration – on large-scale artist site works. We have homemade fresh, innovative, artful meals a day from local farmers and guest chefs.

Together we conceptualize and produce socials that engage town interactions and local government. We are inter-connected, international characters from all disciplines that help guide you into creating new sustainable habits for the future through the philosophical, experience-based teachings of workstyles.

Image: Natalie Wilkin

How do I apply as an individual?

Welcome. Request an invitation by submitting an essay or letter of interest explaining a heartfelt desire to be involved with Mildred's Lane, and send a resume or other form of introduction, like a website.

Please note that we take a small group of people each week during the summer months, and those spaces go fast, so we advise being in touch with us as soon as possible. Request the desired dates to participate; one week, ten days, two, three weeks, or more. We provide discounts for more extended stays. Contact us soon.

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. 

Send a fellow to any part of the season, one, two, three weeks, or by the day. We think of this program as an award for the most exceptional student(s) and faculty. Institutional Departments and faculty may nominate or select each fellow. In either case, we are happy to help choose who might be right for this unorthodox project. Please make selections by May 1st. Select a fellow by an internal application or use our application process. These are options for involvement:

• A Sending Institution structures scholarship funds in various ways to support fellowships for one or more persons in the sessions. 

• A Sending Institution may contract Mildred's Lane as an adjunct arrangement, mentor, or instructor(s) including the use of the entire site and facilities, a program of instruction, lectures, workshops, events, or other devised by the participants.

• A Sending Institution may come as destination guests for short stays participating in the current program or collaborating with Mildred's Lane.

The Right Fit.

Mildred's Lane is not suitable for everybody; it is a highly unusual social engagement and experience. The entire landscape becomes the studio. It is a rustic site where we apply our creative skills to every aspect of life. We cooperate in a critical engagement with the environment and each other through a collective labor system called WORKSTYLES. We all maintain and steward the site projects. It requires collaborative involvement, learning to work, and live together – better.

Mildred's Lane seeks rigorous, transdisciplinary individuals to function within a small group of other select, highly skilled creatives. We provide vital skills in working within a given community through the art of WORKSTYLES. Ask questions such as: Is the individual ready for a rustic experience deep in the woods? Is the individual willing to share the daily workstyles to benefit the group? Is the individual willing to work with others collectively? Is the individual self-motivated? Curious? Ready for change – to be a part of the change? We are excited to work together!

Application.

Get in touch with the institutional department chairs and professors to potentially become a sending institution. Otherwise, as an independent, just follow this procedure below.

We review independent applications year-round. Please apply as early as January. Your portfolio should consist of a developed and coherent body of work in any and all disciplines.

There is a $25 application fee.

1) an essay or letter of interest explaining the reasons for wanting to be a part of the Mildred's Lane experience, 

2) a letter of recommendation from a colleague or mentor, 

3) a résumé, 

and, 

4) a portfolio or website (visual, writings, or other;) ten images of current work (digital pdf format.) 

Applicants, please send pdf files to mildredslane@gmail.com

Note: We require a 50% non-refundable deposit toward the length of stay upon acceptance and the total balance upon arrival to Mildred's Lane. 

Note: Once accepted and you experience a session, you may interview to be Resident-Artist-in-Complex(ity) for more extended stays and work exchange.

Note: This is a no-service site. Leave No Trace. Otherwise, cleaning service fees start at $50. All fellows and visitors are stewards of the site and artfully maintain it.