Mildred’s Lane hosts a unique residency program of intensive, 1-to-4 week “sessions” during the Spring/Summer/Fall months.
What is a residency session at Mildred’s Lane?
Mildred’s Lane hosts a unique residency program of intensive, 1-to-4 week “sessions” during the Spring and Summer months.
Session topics and collaborators vary year to year, guided by the Mildred’s Lane Advisory Council. Each session is a unique embodiment of our pedagogical vision, through which hierarchies of teacher/student, institution/individual, artist/nonartist are dissolved. Sessions create a learning environment for creative collaborators to swarm around topics of mutual interest, always in dialogue with the site-specific ecologies of Mildred’s Lane, a 93-acre home and project-site in the deep woods of Pennsylvania.
The model for residency sessions has been developed over more than two decades of experimental social practice at Mildred’s Lane, and the format of each session remains variable and project-specific. Participants in a session become integral collaborators in its final form.
What could I learn at a residency session?
Fellows can also be sponsored by their workplaces, as professional development. Deepening skills in collaboration, encouraging visionary thinking and strategy, exposure to broader networks, and space to develop new ideas are all potential benefits of attending a session.
Mildred’s Lane provides a unique frame for learning and growth, both personal and professional. Experimentation and exploration are the ways we approach living and working together.
Past fellows have left Mildred’s Lane with a renewed sense of direction, with their own practice; a deepened understanding and commitment to true collaboration and dialogue; sparks of new ideas to push toward, prompted by the session’s thematic content; meaningful and lasting relationships with other fellows, guest participants, and staff; along with inspiration to reimagine their relationships to their work and ways of living.
Significant and subtle transformations are possible—as with any experience, what you take away is correlated to your investment.
How can I attend a residency session?
Those who enroll in our intensive residency sessions are called Session Fellows, or simply Fellows. They staySee descriptions of this summer’s residency sessions here. in residence at Mildred’s Lane for the duration of a session, guided by their session facilitator(s) and the Mildred’s Lane team.
Tuition costs cover all accommodations, food, and materials related to sessions. See current tuition costs here.
Fellows are often sponsored by academic institutions. If you are a graduate student or university faculty member, inquire with your institution about funding for research, residencies, and continuing education. Mildred’s Lane has partnered with dozens of university programs and art schools since 2008.
If you are interested in learning more, please read our current Program Zine for further information and application instructions. Spaces are limited and applicants are encouraged to submit their materials prior to May 1st! If you have questions, please contact us at complexity@mildredslane.org.
Fellows can also be sponsored by their workplaces, as professional development. Deepening skills in collaboration, encouraging visionary thinking and strategy, exposure to broader networks, and space to develop new ideas are all potential benefits of attending a session.
