For the fourth year, Charlotte Woolf returns to Foxtrot Farm & Flowers to curate an exhibition and weekend of programming for Upstate Art Weekend.

This year’s exhibition centers on bugs and their vital role in sustaining ecosystems. How do insects connect to every living thing around us? From pollination to decomposition, bugs shape the environments we inhabit, often in ways that go unseen. The exhibition invites artists to consider these small but powerful creatures and the ecological networks they support.

The exhibition features work by more than forty artists living across the US and Canada. All works are small-scale, with a maximum size of 18 × 24 inches, emphasizing close looking and intimate encounters.

Expanding on the themes of the exhibition, the weekend includes activities across the farm such as tattoo pop-ups; a beehive tour; a Make-a-Bug Workshop; a Kafka-inspired burlesque performance; and a reading and conversation with nature writers Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Maria Pinto, and Chris Baker, with books available from Merritt Bookstore.

EVENTS SCHEDULE

Thurs, June 25

• 12-5 PM – First Day of Exhibit

Fri, June 26

• 12-5 PM – Exhibit Open

• 2–8 PM – Tattoo Pop-Up: Sydney Hunter Kleinrock & Alice Bea Guerin

• 6–10 PM – Opening Celebration - featuring local hot dogs with seasonal toppings from Fair Play (cash preferred) + snacks from Thistle Pass and Chaseholm Farm. Featuring a performance by Violet.

Sat, June 27

• 9 AM - 5 PM – Exhibit Open

• 10 AM - 12 PM — Bee Hive Tour with Dutchess County Comb Works - Email dc.combworks@gmail.com to make a Reservation

• 1 PM - 3 PM - Make-a-Bug Workshop with Polly Shindler of Cottage Courses. Drop in to make your own googly-eyed bug! Sliding scale $5-$25.

• 10 AM - 5 PM – Tattoo Pop-Ups: Maddie Osborne & Evan Paul English

Sun, June 28

• 9 AM - 5 PM – Exhibit Open

• 10 AM–1:30 PM & 3:30–7 PM – Tattoo Pop-Up: Evan Paul English & Alice Bea Guerin

• 1:30–3:30 PM – Reading & Conversation with Chris Baker (Weaver and the Web), Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Forest Euphoria), and Maria Pinto (Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless). Books for sale from Merritt Bookstore.

Mon, June 29

• 12 - 5 PM – Final Day of Exhibit