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THE WASSAIC PROJECT is a public art project fiscally sponsored by The Solo Foundation.

LOCATION
35 Furnace Bank Road
Wassaic, NY 12592
Directions

CONTACT
Eve Biddle eve@wassaicproject.com
Bowie Zunino bowie@wassaicproject.com
Elan Bogarin elan@wassaicproject.com
Jeff Barnett-Winsby jeff@wassaicproject.com

MAILING ADDRESS
P.O. Box 220
Wassaic, NY 12592

MISSION
Founded by Eve + Bowie & Elan in 2008, The Wassaic Project is dedicated to creating a multi-disciplinary arts center in rural eastern Dutchess County with strong connections to NYC.

The Wassaic Project fosters community and offers a supportive environment in which to create, present, and discuss work.

The Wassaic Project encourages and creates opportunities for inter-disciplinary relationships, collaborative ventures, and experimental works that would not otherwise be possible.

The project is situated on a series of historic farm structures and their adjoining land in the hamlet town of Wassaic in Dutchess County, NY.


ABOUT
Co-Directors and Founders:
Eve Biddle has managed large scale public mural projects with her husband and collaborator Joshua Frankel since 2007. She makes public and private murals on commission and also collaborates with co-director Bowie Zunino as the interactive arts team "Bowie + Eve". Bowie + Eve make interactive and edible art works focused on emotional issues surrounding illness and the medical industry. They met at Williams College where they were both in the class of 2004. They have collaborated since 2008 and have shown both nationally and internationally.Through conversation and private thought they engage viewers to question and expand their perceptions with the firm belief that challenging the way people think can bring about social awareness and change.
eveandbowie.com
evebiddle.com

Bowie Zunino has a background in community-based education and has worked for a number of non-profits including Creative Time. She holds and MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Sculpture, has severe ADD, and loves her dog Ailee.
bowieandeve.com
bowiezunino.com

Elan Bogarin is a New York City based filmmaker/photographer and graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Elan is currently co-directing and producing a documentary about the origin myths of oil: invisiblemuralsmovie.com. Elan recently produced the feature film Big Fan for director Robert Siegel which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and will open in 6 US cities in August 2009. Other recent projects include God's House a feature-length documentary about Muslims who saved Jews during the Holocaust for JWM Productions and a short documentary for the National Gallery of Art for Oscar-winning director, Aviva Slesin. In addition, Elan has recently exhibited her photographic work at Rhonda Schaller Gallery in New York.
invisiblemuralsmovie.com

All three founders/directors were raised by artists in Lower Manhattan.

Residency & Onsite Director
Jeff Barnett-Winsby is a Kansas native and recent nyc re-locater. He holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in photography and is an adjunct professor, artist, commercial photographer, and cinematographer. His first book, published through J&L Books, arrives on shelves in March 2010.
jeffbarnettwinsby.com


MADE POSSIBLE BY:
This project is made possible (in part) through a grant from the Dutchess County Arts Council, administrator of public funds through NYSCA's Decentralization Program. We have also been supported by a grant from the Northeast Dutchess Fund, a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.