In the summer of 2025, our first cohort of 6 artists came together as the inaugural participants in the Schools of Salmon Creek. For seven weeks, they lived and worked together at Salmon Creek Farm - learning and unlearning, leading and following, making, cooking, tending and listening. As a record of what emerged during this special time, Salmon Creek Arts is pleased to present The Sun at Mid-Day: Scores of Salmon Creek- This book gathers scores: propositions for art-making, for shifting our attention and opening up the possibility for new encounters. Some scores emerged directly from workshops and exchanges we led for each other; while others developed naturally as part of our own practices. Each score is accompanied by traces of what took place amongst us – a record of process rather than of fixed outcomes.
The Sun at Mid-Day: Scores of Salmon Creekis meant to be encountered not only as a reader but as an active participant. Take up the scores as they are, or alter them to suit your own needs and rhythms. Try them alone, with a partner, or with a group. We hope that exploring this book gives you a sense of our journey at Schools of Salmon Creek while encouraging you to go on your own!
Schools of Salmon Creek is a seasonal land-based program for artists *of all kinds* at Salmon Creek Farm. For our inaugural seven-week season we carried on the legacy of the original counter-culture commune to this next chapter on the land by considering abundance, care-taking, climate, community, ecology, embodiment, habitat, inter-dependence, mystery, resilience, resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, sensuality, shelter, sustenance, and stewardship; getting off screens and out of doors; where the teachers are the land and each other.
