{"id":592,"date":"2025-05-09T22:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T22:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eleanorray.com\/?p=592"},"modified":"2025-05-10T01:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T01:57:15","slug":"artist-residency-at-eagle-hill-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eleanorray.com\/?p=592","title":{"rendered":"Artist Residency at Eagle Hill School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the fall of 2024, I took a sabbatical from work to do a 10 week artist residency at a boarding school for kids with learning disabilities in central Massachusetts. Hardwick was ludicrously beautiful in the fall, to an almost surreal extent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A blue house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Paige Memorial Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Civil war memorial (a zinkie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Monument to a rich guy in the middle of town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pond with heron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was excited to have access to the woods after a long time in the city. The remoteness of the town was rather daunting, but it was very peaceful. There were ominous signs in the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I started working in media I was comfortable with, eventually branching out into some experiments that were not as much my forte. I started out with a pincushion (I had forgotten to bring one) and a halloween costume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bull pincushion sewed out of old ties<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sinister 90s children’s librarian costume<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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