FERMENTING COLOR / PEAK WEEK
FERMENTING COLOR / PEAK WEEK
Slowing down and honoring the season’s abundance.
In the Northeast, our growing season is brief. For a few fleeting weeks, abundance peaks, creating a sense of urgency before the first frost.
Together, we will slow down and honor this moment through preservation: pickling, fermenting, freezing, foraging, drying, and canning. By implementing a 'nose-to-tail' approach to the harvest, we will explore how to extend the season's bounty and culminate our efforts by building toward a joyful and lavish communal feast.
Julia Norton, a natural materials-focused artist and educator, will lead a series of creative explorations of color and raw materials, focusing on experimental methods of making rooted in processes of care and consideration.
We will take part in a range of activities, including sourcing soil pigments for paint making and frottage, playing with natural dyes to create colorful fabrics and inks, foraging for assorted raw materials in the landscape, and working through prompts to foster discussion and reflection.
The intention behind these interactions will be to learn from each other in a spirit of reciprocity while we deepen our creative practices.
Monday September 28 - Sunday October 4, 2026
Worlds End School | Esperance, NY
PREPARATIONS / CONSIDERATIONS
SCHEDULE
Day 1 ✴︎ Arrival
Students arrive after noon on Monday, are settled in and are then asked to be at dinner at 7:30pm. We typically eat together in the large breezeway of the barn.
Day 2-6 ✴︎ Instruction
Coming soon
Day 7 ✴︎ Departure
Students are welcome to end the week with lunch at coyotecafe, the farm’s monthly drop-in cafe, leaving by 4pm.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Worlds End School’s campus is nestled within a diversified, handscale working farm. We raise Icelandic sheep and chickens in addition to growing vegetables and flowers.
As you consider attending this workshop - know that you will be fed three meals a day by our excellent kitchen team. If you reserve a bedroom in the communal barn we will provide all the bedding and blankets you need.
LODGING
LODGING OPTIONS ARE FIRST COME/FIRST SERVED
1) COMMUNAL BARN - with three shared bathrooms and full electricity. There are 3 private bedrooms each with one double bed and 2 single beds in bunk-house style loft room.
2) CAMPING - there is a flat camping area in a field 5 minute walk from the COMMUNAL BARN. Bring your own tents, tarps, gear.
3) Stay OFFSITE and COMMUTE to Worlds End Farm. There is a Quality Inn & Suites 10 minutes away in Central Bridge, NY or a handful of airBnB rentals within 30min driving time.
All students will have access to shared bathrooms and our communal kitchen. There is wifi and excellent cell phone service for most networks.
COST
$1,850 includes instruction, all meals and lodging onsite (private bedroom, shared bathrooms)
$1,400 includes instruction, all meals and students will camp or arrange their own lodging offsite
Payment plans available upon request; please write admin@saipua.com.
A 50% deposit will be due now with the remainder due a month before the class start date.
FACILITATORS
Julia Norton
I am a multimedia visual artist, educator, and researcher with a primary focus on natural materials. In my art practice, I aim to work with imagery and materials that correlate with my interest in life cycles and regeneration.
As an educator I believe in fostering creative exploration, self determination, cultural connections, open inquiry, and a critical mindset as I engage with students of all ages and backgrounds.
Learn more at julia-norton.com
Leah Guadagnoli
Leah is a culinary artist, farmer, and celebrator of seasonal nourishment and community gatherings.
Learn more at fancyfeastsupperclub.com
