Weir Farm Artist Collective

Weir Farm Artist Collective Gallery

 

What is the Weir Farm Artists Collective?

The Weir Farm Artist Collective is a collaboration of independent artists following the tradition of creativity within the Weir Farm landscape. Its purpose is to inform, support, encourage and engage accomplished artists of all mediums to share ideas, opportunities and technical solutions.

Who should attend and what happens during the monthly meetings?
The Park is offering a new opportunity for local artists to connect and share during monthly gatherings, led by artists, for artists. The program will start with an open forum group discussion facilitated by local artists and Weir Farm instructors Leslie Carone and Bobbi Eike Mullen. Each month there will be a new topic and a new opportunity to share with each other and get to know other artists. After the informal group discussion, artists may choose to stay and paint together or continue conversations. Coffee and tea are provided by Friends of Weir Farm. Stop by for coffee and refreshments, discussion with your peers, and feel free to bring a work of Weir Farm art to share with the group, and maybe even bring your art supplies to stick around and create with your peers!

The target audience for the Weir Farm Artist Collective includes artists of all skill levels that come to the Park for inspiration - for example there are many plein air painters that come to the Park regularly - this is an opportunity for artists to connect with other Weir Farm artists.

Topics may include sharing resources in the community for local artists, discussion on exhbiting your work and entering juried shows, providing feedback to Weir Farm on how it can best serve the local artist community, opportunites to meet the Weir Farm Artists-in-Residence, sharing of successes and challenges you face as an artist, ideas to spark your creativity, and more! We anticipate the topics will evolve to meet the needs of the group as it begins to form in this pilot year.

When does the collective meet? What are the upcoming topics?
The Park typically hosts one meeting per month and one paint out per month in-season. Dates for 2026 programs can be found below.

 

Artists Leslie Carone and Bobbi Eike Mullen - co-facilitators of the Weir Farm Artist Collective

 

2026 Weir Farm Artist Collective Program Dates

We only have a gathering in April (too muddy for a paint out), then, May through October programs run on the first and third Thursday of the month. Due to the first and third schedule, dates do occasionally fall on holidays. All programs start at 10:00am. May through October, we will host 2 monthly activities scheduled at the Park: the first Thursday of the month will be a gathering in the Burlingham Barn with a focused discussion topic, and the third Thursday of the month will be a ‘paint out’ style gathering where artists can come to the park and make art together – parking for the ‘paint out’ days on third Thursdays will be in the overflow parking lot near the Weir Barn. Mark your calendars, dates for 2026 are:

• Thursday April 2, 10:00 – 11:30 in Burlingham Barn – 2026 Kick-Off Gathering!
  Get reaquiatined with your fellow artists and get updates for the year ahead.
• May 7, 2026 from 10:00 to 11:30am: Gathering in the Burlingham Barn. Topic TBD
• May 14, 2026 Paint-Out: 10:00 suggested arrival time in Overflow Parking Lot for ‘paint out’ style artmaking together
• June 4, 2026 from 10:00 to 11:30am: Gathering in the Burlingham Barn. Topic TBD
• June 18, 2026 Paint-Out: 10:00 suggested arrival time in Overflow Parking Lot for ‘paint out’ style artmaking together
• July 2, 2026 from 10:00 to 11:30am: Gathering in the Burlingham Barn. Topic TBD
• July 16, 2026 Paint-Out: 10:00 suggested arrival time in Overflow Parking Lot for ‘paint out’ style artmaking together
• August 6, 2026 from 10:00 to 11:30am: Gathering in the Burlingham Barn. Topic TBD
• August 20, 2026 Paint-Out: 10:00 suggested arrival time in Overflow Parking Lot for ‘paint out’ style artmaking together
• September 3, 2026 from 10:00 to 11:30am: Gathering in the Burlingham Barn. Topic TBD
• September 17, 2026 Paint-Out: 10:00 suggested arrival time in Overflow Parking Lot for ‘paint out’ style artmaking together
• October 1, 2026 from 10:00 to 11:30am: Gathering in the Burlingham Barn. Topic TBD
• October 15, 2026 Paint-Out: 10:00 suggested arrival time in Overflow Parking Lot for ‘paint out’ style artmaking together
• November 5, 2026 from 10:00 to 11:30am: Gathering in the Burlingham Barn. Topic: Final Gathering for 2026