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THE PAST
Salmon Creek 



2026


2025

  • 10/19-11/01: Seasonal Cooking Arts workshop with Gerardo Gonzalez.
  • 09/01-10/17: Fall session of Schools of Salmon Creek with Misa Chhan, Anaïs Cooper-Hackman, Miles Jopling, Kylie Obermeier, Ray Madrigal, and Matthew Morrocco.
  • 08/17-08/30: Seasonal Cooking Arts workshop with Gerardo Gonzalez.
  • 06/02-07/27: Inaugural session of Schools of Salmon Creek with Ruby Isabella Yon Jägel, Rino Kodama, Sebastian Loo, Alejandro Medina, Princess Organ, and Allie Sullberg.
  • 06/01: Salmon Creek Arts takes over year round programming and operations of SCF.
  • 03/31-04/25: Wood Fire Ceramics winter workshop with Cider Creek Collective.

2024

  • 11/24-11/27: Native California artists in residence with the Mendocino Art Center Native Arts Expo.
  • 10/09-10/22: Salmon Creek Artists* Fellowship with Anna Betbeze, Mauricio Esquivel, Stanya Kahn, Acacia Marable, Chanell Stone, and Nico B Young.
  • 08/05-08/11: BIPOC Artist Retreat organized by Erin Cristovale and EJ Hill, with Star Feliz, Carlos Agredano, Chester Toye, Clarke Kyndelle, Erick Benitez, and Gabriela Ruiz.
  • 06/17-06/23: Board Solstice Retreat.
  • 05/07-09/28: Provisional Queer Commune.
  • 04/28-05/07: JINEN exhibition with Curator’s Cube featuring Dan John Anderson, Ido Yoshimoto, Kazunori Hamana, and Yu Kobayashi.
  • 04/14-04/27: Wood Fire Ceramics spring workshop with Cider Creek Collective.
  • 01/07-02/03: Wood Fire Ceramics winter workshop with Cider Creek Collective.

2023

  • 10/28-11/10: Building the Orchard cabin fence of scavenged wood.
  • 09/04-09/30: Closed for re-roofing of all cabins.
  • 07/17-07-25: Board retreat.

2022

  • Non-profit 501c3 Salmon Creek Arts established.
  • 08/07-08/20: BIPOC artist retreat.
  • 07/24-07/31: Architecture Association (UK) students in residence.
  • 05/28-07/16: Rainbow Cabin Revival with weekly stays by volunteer builders.
  • 01/23-02/05: Alan Cumming in residence.

2021

  • 11/06-11/13: Megumi Shauna arai in residence.
  • 08/22-08/23: Klaus Biesenbach in residence.
  • 08/01-08/07: BIPOC artist retreat.
  • 07/01-07/10: Queer Men’s Retreat.
  • 06/24-06/30: Shoot and interviews for for Apartamento Magazine with Michael Bullock and Daniel Trese.

2020

  • 03/15-06/22/21: Covid lockdowns, programs suspended, and SCF transitions into queer commune with long-term residents.
  • 02/21/02/23: Michael Pollan & Judith Belzer in residence and dinner parties.
  • 02/14-02/16: Garden work party.

2019

  • 12/05-12/08: SCF Field Guide work session with Alex Azt.
  • 10/29-11/10: Adam Linder dance workshop for MoMA Project, Shelf Life.
  • 10/19-10/27: Writer’s Retreat.
  • 09/18-09/22: BIPOC artist retreat.
  • 06/27-07/07: Queer Men’s Retreat.
  • 06/07-06/14: Carpenter Week, building the Greenhouse, lead by Adam Zeek & friends.
  • 05/24-05/27: SCF Field Guide work session with Alex Arzt.
  • 02/26-05/05: Spring work-trade weeks.
  • 02/21-02/24: Whiz World collective retreat.

2018

  • 09/28-09/30: Textile & plant dye workshop with Kristin Arzt.
  • 09/20-09/24: Oxbow School student retreat.
  • 07/13-07/16: Reading Weekend.
  • 07/01-07/08: Queer men’s retreat.
  • 06/25-06/27: Shooting Sci-Arc video with Tim Ivison.
  • 06/24-07/1: Carpenter Week, building the Outdoor Kitchen, with Adam Zeek, Dan Anderson, Nobuto Suga, and friends.
  • 06/18-08/10: Construction of Dance Deck.
  • 06/07-06/10: James Voorhies program/workshop.
  • 06/03-06/05: Sundance Institute artist retreat.
  • 05/15: Work begins on logging, milling, and terracing at orchard.
  • 05/10-05/15: SCF Field Guide work session with Alex Azt.
  • 02/15-02/18: Fruit tree pruning with Wuli Leung & friends.

2017

  • 09/21-09/25: Oxbow School student retreat.
  • 08/07-08/14: Queer BIPOC Artist Retreat.
  • 07/09-07/16: UCI MFA student retreat with Brandon Eugene Davis, Andrea Welton, & Joshua Rossi.
  • 06/23-06/30: Women’s retreat with Alex Arzt, Annie Albagli, and Gabbi Ncube, founding Whiz World collective.
  • 06/04-06/11: Carpenter Revival Week lead by Adam Zeek.
  • 05/21-05/28: Artists convening with Oscar Tuazon, Dorothee Perret, Liz Glynn, Meg Cranston, Gabby Miller, Sadie Barnette, Alex Arzt, Ry Rocklen, & Carolyn Pennypacker-Riggs.
  • 01/10-01/18: Country Women revival gathering, publishing of Henbane.

2016

2015

  • 08/10-08/19: Andrea Zittel in residence.
  • 06/25-07/01: Frieze Videos shoot (part I and part II) 
  • 03/17: first regular communal meal.

2014

& beyond...

  • Late 1980’s: the original commune gradually dissolves and cabins are rented out.
  • 1971: Salmon Creek Farm established as a commune on 33 acres on the Mendocino Coast.
  • 1950’s: logging and burning of second growth redwoods at Salmon Creek.
  • 1870’s: logging of virgin Coastal redwood forest at Salmon Creek.
  • 2000 years: lifespan of Coastal redwood.
  • 12,500 years: documented history of Kashia Band of Pomo peoples.
  • 20 million years: Coastal redwoods established along the Pacific coast.
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