“Mapping the Human Terrain” June 17–21 ~ Taught by Robin Gilmore This workshop met for three hours Monday–Friday afternoon, concurrent with Natural History Week at Bearnstow. See workshop description.

	“Shape/Space and Time/Motion” June 23–July 6 ~ Taught by Ruth (Reg) Grauert and Véronique MacKenzie Top row: Diane Chéry, Liam Shaffer, Ruth Grauert, Emily Ancona, Keila Ching, Divyamaan Sahoo, Heriberto Mendoza, and Laura Miola; Front: Lucas Rollins-Page, Véronique MacKenzie, Susie Creitz, and Nancy Salmon. See workshop description.

	“Shivanata—The Art of Moving into Stillness” July 7–13 ~ Taught by Kent Lindemer Men standing: Divyamaan Sahoo, Lucas Rollins-Page, Caleb Nussear, Philip Ording, Spencer Gerhardt, Kent Lindemer, and Peter Kyle: Middle row: Heriberto Mendoza, Ruth Grauert, Diane Chéry, and Laura Miola; Front kneeling: Anne Calajoe, Keila Ching, Molly Hess, and Cassidy Bowden. See workshop description.

	“Combining Disciplines for Creative Performance” July 14–20, 2019 ~ Taught by K.J. Holmes Back row: Molly Hess, Tyler Harmon-Townsend, Max Prum, Tori Lancaster, Ryan Tyma, Peter Kyle, Lucas Rollins-Page, and Ruth Grauert; Front row: Divyamaan Sahoo, Laura Miola, Harry Mavromichalis with Thanasi, Elise Gumbiner, Heriberto (Chino) Mendoza, K.J. Holmes, Betsey Brown, and Kayt MacMaster. See workshop description.

	“Seeing What Is: Exploring the Creation of Site-Conditioned Art” July 21–27 ~ Taught by Jessica Nicoll — Back row: Jenna Gross, Jillian MacLaughlin, Jessica Nicoll, and Peter Kyle; Front row: Lucas Rollins-Page, Divyamaan Sahoo, Sandra Rivera, Laura Miola, Heriberto Mendoza, Ruth Grauert, Nick Brooks, and Don Andress. See workshop description.

	“Slow Tempo” July 28–August 3 ~ Taught by Peter Kyle Top row: Heriberto (Chino) Mendoza, Willow Green, Molly Hess, Laura Miola, Lucas Rollins-Page, Teddy Allmendinger, Ruth Grauert, Deborah Foster, and Peter Kyle; In front against rock: Divyamaan Sahoo and Makenna Finch

	“Writing and Moving, A Creativity Retreat” August 4–10 ~ Taught by Claire Porter Top row: Kristin Torok, Allison Knuth, Kristen Stake, Louis Chautard, and Peter Kyle; Second row: Theresa Conlin, Erin Brown, Gia Collins, Molly Hess, Claire Porter, and Ruth Grauert; Third row: Laura Miola, Linda Yates, Willow Green, Tracy Pattison, Liz Keen, and Clara Johnson; Front row: Lucas Rollins-Page, Heriberto (Chino) Mendoza, Ann Matthews, and Shari Rosenblatt ~ See workshop description.

	Moving, Sounding and Acting: Improvisation into Choreography August 11–17 ~ Taught by Janis Brenner Back row: Julie Larsen, Susie Creitz, Lucas Rollins-Page, Janis Brinton, Janis Brenner, Ruth Grauert, Peter Kyle; and Sarah Bicknell; Front row: Sarah Kinlaw, Hope Kenmore, Laura Miola, Heriberto (Chino) Mendoza, and Ellen Oliver See workshop description

2019 Faculty

2019 Artist Retreat Participants

Bearnstow’s Artist Retreat program hosts individual artists and small groups of collaborative partners in any discipline for in-depth creative exploration in a pristine, wooded lakeside setting, rich with natural beauty and a spirit of camaraderie. Joining us in 2019 were Phillip Ording and Spencer Gerhardt (mathematicians), Caleb Nussear (sculptor), Harry Mavromichalis (filmmaker), and Audrey Minutolo Le (writer). .See full description and images of the 2019 Artist Retraat program.

Phillip Ording

Spencer Gerhardt

Caleb Nussear

Harry Mavromichalis

Audrey Minutolo Le

Heriberto Mendez

Laura Miola

Lucas Rollins-Page

Eliza Malecki

Ellen Oliver

Divyamaan Sahoo

Jonathan Trejo

Bearnstow’s Young Artist Residency Program is a 10-week intensive summer program of dance, creative process, performance, and teamwork for a young professional and semi-professional dancers. The summer of courses, choreography, and creativity culminates in a final, formerly mounted concert. Final performance was held on August 24 at the Union Hall in Vienna, Maine.
See full description and images and video of 2019 program.

Dancers of the Beanstow Company following the final performance