The 2nd Bumpkin Island Art Encampment invites proposals for a five-day art making experience in a national park space this Labor Day weekend. This project represents a partnership between the Berwick Research Institute, Studio Soto and the Boston Harbor Island Alliance and co-curators Megan Dickerson, Carolyn Lewenberg and Jed Speare. Starting Thursday, August 28, six artists or artist collectives will each receive one plot of prime, arable land in the middle of Boston Harbor. As island “homesteaders” during the following five days, they will:
- Build a temporary shelter on the land
- Live on the land for at least four nights, and
- "Improve" the land via a site-specific project or performance.
