About ISLAND Programs (click here for what we've done so far)

Taken as a whole, ISLAND actually offers (or will offer) up to 20 different types of programs. Some programs (such as the artist residency, the library and the sustainable living workshops) will take precedence over others (such as art internships or a sustainable living residency). Below is the listing of our current and future program types, listed in order of chronology and priority.

Phase I encompasses the time preceding the purchase of land on which to house ISLAND. We are currently operating in Phase I, and are actively seeking land to purchase. During this time, which is also the start up of the organization as a whole, we will hold community events in public or rented spaces.

Phase II begins upon purchase of land for use by ISLAND, and is characterized as the development phase. It also accounts for the continuation (and increase) of events and workshops, and leads into the land being ready for residents. This phase will last from two to five years, depending on the ability to raise funds for development and the speed of the actual construction.

Phase III will see the integration of the residency program into the thriving ISLAND culture of workshops, events, the library, and the volunteer and internship programs. By this point, ISLAND staff, volunteers, interns and workshop attendees will have helped to develop the land to a degree suitable for use by residents.

For a more complete description of each program, including our process for rating priority, click here.

Phase I - Highest Priority

Art Events - visiting authors, artists, musicians, etc;

Sustainable Living Events - visiting ecologists, agriculturists, etc;

Design Library - titles on ecological and general design;

Sustainable Living Library - titles on homesteading, agriculture, building, alternative power, etc.

Integrated Library - titles that integrate art and design (such as Thermal Delight in Architecture by Lisa Heschong), design and sustainable living (such as The Hand Sculpted House by Ianto Evans) , art and sustainable living (such as Walden by Henry David Thoreau) or all three (such as The Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing);

Sustainable Living Workshops - classes and hands-on workshops in organic gardening, agriculture, alternative energy, etc;

High Priority

Design Workshops - classes and hands-on workshops in ecological design, pattern languages, etc;

Integrated Workshops - classes and hands-on workshops that explore the integration of art and design (e.g. building nomadic furniture ala Victor Papanek), art and sustainable living (e.g. building a cob oven) or design and sustainable living (e.g. converting a window to a mini-greenhouse);

Integrated Events - visiting authors, designers, etc whose work integrates these fields;

Medium and Low Priority

Design Events - visiting designers, architects, etc;

Art Workshops - classes and hands-on workshops in art, music or writing;

Phase II - Highest Priority

Sustainable Living Internships - visitors to the land who trade volunteer labor for access to workshops, events and indvidual projects centered on sustainable living.

High Priority

Art Library - titles on inventive and interpretive art, including music, writing and film (note - the reason for the art library not being included with the others is the high cost and relative unavailability of many art books);

Integrated Internships - visitors to the land who trade volunteer labor for access to workshops, events and indvidual projects centered on the integration of art, sustainable living and natural design.

Medium and Low Priority

Art Internships - visitors to the land who trade volunteer labor for access to workshops, events and indvidual projects centered around art.

Phase III - Very High Priority

Artist Residency - juried artists of proven ability who seek the time and space to focus without distraction on their work;

Medium and Low Priority

Design Residency - juried designers of proven ability who seek the time and space to focus without distraction on their work;

Sustainable Living Residency - juried experts in sustainable living of proven ability who seek the time and space to focus without distraction on their work;

Integrated Residency - people with proven ability who seek the time and space to focus without distraction on their work;

Make Sure You're Heard!
Help us to decide what kinds of workshops and events we should invest our energy into providing, by taking this short poll.

brochure in .pdf format, 8.5" x 14"

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