Regenerative Arts Summit

ABOUT

Developed and presented by Hogfish in partnership with the Portland Museum of Art and Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, the Regenerative Arts Summit’s process of creation reflects the central themes of interconnectedness and community across arts and ecology. Join us!

INSPIRED BY REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

Regenerative agriculture holistically restores soil health and biodiversity for the benefit of the entire ecosystem. Its foundational belief is that the world has a natural intelligence, which if humans honor by working with it rather than against it, will lead to harmony and abundance for all. Indigenous wisdom and western science both support this foundational belief.

A NEW REGENERATIVE ARTS...

Regenerative Arts holistically restores health and diversity, but to human hearts and culture, for the benefit of all. It rests on a similar foundational belief that humans have a natural connection, observed in young children, which if we work with rather than against, will lead to harmony and abundance for all. It is:

• A new term but not a new idea. The concept of living in harmony with our bodies, communities, and nature goes back millenia. It’s a paradigm shift from an extractive production based arts model to a cyclical model that recognize multiple priorities for art making. Methods for advancing those priorities include incorporating indigenous knowledge, current best practices, and adaptive learning, while honoring the emergent wisdom of art-makers.

• An expansive and living definition. Regenerative Art rests in the fundamental premise that everything is inter-related. Regenerative work is contextual, relational, and process oriented. It resists rigid and narrowly focused practices, pedagogy, curation, or artistic genre. Regenerative Art is a quest for solving multiple crises within our industry and beyond with the least amount of force, through whole system thinking.

• Rooted in community and solidarity. Art, culture, and creativity are essential to integrated and flourishing communities. Regenerative art provides a foundation for interconnectedness and systemic well-being.

The first Regenerative Arts Summit calls together artists, ecologists, healers, and changemakers to bring collective knowledge and experience to the table as we work to create a more just and balanced ecosystem for all. Through conversations, hands-on activities, and trips to the natural wonders of the local Portland area and Maine’s coastal and woodland regions, participants will have a singular opportunity to meet leaders with shared values across disciplines and synthesize tenants of social justice, ecology, well being, and the arts for a better world.

DISCUSSION LEADERS

(Alphabetical by Last Name)

BIOS

JOHN ARBUCKLE In all the world, there are few things as exciting as watching the land heal under the revitalizing hooves of grazing animals! At Singing Pastures Farm we focus on helping to nurture resilient ecosystems which produce food. These ecosystems are made all the more vibrant as a result of the connection between people and their livestock. We are very proud to share the meat we produce in the form of Roam Snack Sticks and Singing Pastures Salami. It is our belief that regenerative agriculture will create the MOST nutrient dense food, protect HUNDREDS of species of wildlife, revitalize MILLIONS of acres of grassland and sequester TONS of carbon.

EDWIN & MATT CAHILL are husbands, and co-founders and directors of Hogfish. Hogfish heals the division of our times by cultivating a new genre of Regenerative Arts - stories and artistic experiences that restore the connections between mind and body, individual and community, people and planet. To do so, they have created a 501(c)(3) non-profit production company and residency that works both from the top-down and bottom-up. From the top-down, the production company adapts classics and creates new works that center traditionally under-represented voices. From the bottom-up, the residency supports artists-in-residence to create Regenerative Arts projects from their own perspectives.

Born in Portland, Maine, Edwin and his husband Matt are internationally and nationally acclaimed performing artists, healers, and educators currently living at Beckett Castle in Cape Elizabeth. They have collectively performed, directed and taught at many of the major institutions and stages of the world including Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Juilliard School.

MEGAN CARPENTER (they/them) is co-curator of the summit along with Matt and Edwin Cahill, and is senior manager of government affairs and civic practice at OPERA America. They oversee the LGBTQIA+ Opera Network and the national anti-harassment program Opera RESPECTS, among other responsibilities. Prior to their position at OPERA America, Carpenter was part of the company management team at Bard SummerScape festival and worked as a production assistant for various live events, including the International Emmys. With a strong dedication to the intersection of art, gender, climate justice, and civic engagement, they also hold the position of organizational green captain for OPERA America, collaborating with the Broadway Green Alliance and the Climate Reality Project’s New York City chapter. Additionally, they participated as a member of the steering committee for New York City Council District 22’s 2024 participatory budgeting process.

MOLLIE CASHWELL was born in Calais and raised in the Bangor area. She is a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen with roots in Washington County and St. Stephen, New Brunswick. She holds a masters degree in Arts Administration & Cultural Policy from the Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths, and spent 10 years working with cultural organizations in New York, Lisbon, London, and Berlin before returning to Maine in 2019. Mollie serves on the board of the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, on the leadership team for the Creative States Coalition, and as State Captain for Americans for the Arts. She lives in Lamoine.

DOUG CLOPP is the Director of Development and Communications at the Cooperative Development Institute (CDI). He has more than two decades of experience working in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors focusing on developing advocacy campaigns, strategic partnerships, fundraising, communications, legislative advocacy and grassroots organizing.

Throughout much of Doug’s career, he has been engaged in advancing democracy reform efforts at the state and national level. Prior to joining CDI, Doug served as the National Director of Outreach for FairVote, where he was responsible for advancing electoral systems change including Maine’s landmark effort to adopt ranked choice voting for all state and federal races. He is the former Director of Strategic Partnerships and Deputy Director for Program for Common Cause, where he was responsible for developing partnerships with national and state organizations to support the organization’s programmatic and campaign goals surrounding campaign finance reform, governmental ethics, and corporate accountability.

Earlier, Doug served as State Communications Director for Repower Maine, the state affiliate of Al Gore’s national Alliance for Climate Protection focused on advancing comprehensive clean energy and climate change legislation. He has served as the Director of Governmental Affairs for the Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation dedicated to achieving access to quality, affordable health care for all. Doug worked for many years on campaign finance reform in Maine, including the passage of the Maine Clean Election Act, the nation’s first comprehensive public financing system, in his role as Democracy Program Director for the Maine Citizen Leadership Fund. His private sector experience includes serving as the Vice President for Strategic Partnerships at Union Atlantic Electricity, a competitive electricity provider devoted to advancing a labor economy.

When not at work, Doug enjoys fly fishing for Maine’s native brook trout, sailing the Maine Coast with friends, organic gardening, cooking, ultimate frisbee, and playing a mean game of bocci on the beach.

KEREM DURDAG with 30 years of experience believes to his core that benefit corporations are vital in the 21st century. Currently he is CEO of GWI, a leading telco in Maine. Previously he served as the Entrepreneur-In-Residence for the Maine Technology Institute. A start-up he led was sold to a global Chinese company and prior he was the CEO of a start-up leading it to growth and eventual acquisition by a public company. He has also been the CTO of a US subsidiary of a public German manufacturing company; he started his career as the leader of the engineering department of an electronics company which went public.

He is also the founder and managing partner of the Indus Fund which works with banks to provide micro-loans to immigrant business owners. A long-time advocate for the inclusion of immigrant and refugee voices in societal conversation and extremely passionate about doing his part to close the economic and digital divide, he also serves as a Trustee of the Maine College of Art and Design and is a member of the Maine angel investing community. He is also a published poet, librettist and is a producer of short feature and animation films.

ELIZABETH FERTIG-BURD also known as “Burd,” is a highly experienced individual in the realm of wellness and holistic practices. As a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher, she has dedicated over two decades to sharing the benefits of yoga in various environments, ranging from libraries to senior living facilities. One of her key focuses has been making yoga accessible to individuals facing movement challenges, particularly those with Parkinson’s Disease, through classes and instructional videos tailored to their needs.

In addition to her expertise in yoga, Burd is also a Reiki practitioner and teacher in the Usui Reiki Ryoho lineage. Her approach to Reiki is characterized by intuition, allowing her to offer a unique and personalized healing experience to her clients. With a background in personal training and wellness consulting, Burd’s holistic approach to well-being encompasses physical, mental, and energetic aspects, making her a well-rounded and compassionate practitioner in the field of holistic wellness.

JONAH FERTIG-BURD’s two-decade journey with food began in Portland, teaching cooking with local foods while running a food pantry, community gardening, creating community spaces, and preparing meals for workshops and events. He co-founded Local Sprouts Cooperative, a worker-owned café centered on local organic food and coordinated their catering and learning programs, and is a worker-owner of Celebration Tree Farm & Wellness Center. As Community Partner for Food Systems at the Sewall Foundation, he witnessed incredible food system work statewide while recognizing the need for initiatives like Sacred Nourishment. Now,through InterRooted, his consulting, facilitation and coaching practice, he supports organizations, individuals and communites in developing regenerative systems rooted in cooperation, always returning to wisdom found in natural cycles.  Jonah is also an artist, musician, and performer. 

MAYA FRENCH is a violinist, the Executive Director, and a Co-Artistic Director for Palaver Strings. She has spent the last decade helping the ensemble and organization increase equitable opportunities for string players and collaborators and has navigated Palaver’s sustainable growth through the shared leadership model. Maya has had the opportunity to study and perform at Kronberg Academy, Tanglewood, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Bay Chamber Concerts Screen Door Festival, Orford Music Academy, Manchester Music Festival, and Kinhaven Music School. Maya is a graduate of the Boston University School of Music and is certified as a teacher of the Suzuki Violin method and a method of early-childhood music education, Music Learning Theory. Currently she maintains a busy chamber music and chamber orchestra performance season, and a teaching studio through Palaver. Maya is dedicated to using classical music as a motive for social change and community building.

MATTHEW GLASSMAN is a father, actor, writer, director of original ensemble theatre, and community organizer. He thrives in spaces devoted to the imagination, physical approaches to making art, and collaboration. His work connects imagination with community, dreams, the awe of nature, and grassroots movement building.

He currently serves as Executive & Artistic Director of the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath, Maine, stewarding a community arts hub in a former 1847 church. There, with Art Director Jeremy Eaton,  they champion bold, inclusive programming in a historic shipbuilding town. He is also founder and Director of the UnNameable Children’s Project, a theatrical lab for youth ages 7–18 inspired by Black Mountain College.

From 2000–2022, Glassman was an Ensemble Actor and Co-Artistic Director of Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield, MA, co-creating dozens of indoor and traveling site-specific performances that toured nationally and internationally (Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Meyerhold Center). He was instrumental in shaping Double Edge’s sustainable model at The Farm, its rural center for art and culture. He also co-curated Art & Survival (2014–2019), a biennial convening of artists and activists exploring the impact of artistic practice on cultural and social transformation.

Glassman believes art is essential to community health and happiness. He has been a Visiting Lecturer in Theatre and Dance at Trinity College, an advisor for LISC/NEA’s Our Town Program and ValleyCreates, and served on the boards of Art of the Rural and HowlRound. His work has been published in TDR and HowlRound.

JENNIE HAHN (she/her) is an interdisciplinary, performance-based artist committed to social repair and environmental care in Wabanakik/Maine — a place with which she is in multi-generational, settler-colonial relationship. Jennie is co-creator of In Kinship Collective, a cross-cultural performance project that follows the tradition of Wabanaki guiding. As a producer of community-based theater and performance, Jennie has developed multi-year and multi-partner performance projects with Maine farmers (Farms & Fables, 2011), municipal/state agencies (Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, 2014), and fisheries biologists (In Kinship, 2016). Jennie’s relationship-driven practice is profiled in the “Municipal-Artist Partnership Guide” published by Animating Democracy and A Blade of Grass. Her work has been funded and supported by New England Foundation for the Arts, the Kindling Fund, MAP Fund, Network of Ensemble Theatres, the Center for Performance and Civic Practice, and the Maine Arts Commission, among others. 

Jennie holds an MFA in Intermedia and is currently a PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Study program at the University of Maine. Her research investigates performance methodologies that work to fulfill responsibilities to place. Jennie is a Graduate Assistant in the Graduate Student Exchange Program at UMaine and an Instructor in the Creative Arts Department at UMaine Machias, where she teaches Graphic Design and Photography.

KELSEY HALLIDAY JOHNSON (she/they) has been working as SPACE’s Executive Director since 2017. For over fifteen years, Kelsey has worked as a presenter and curator with a consistent dedication for championing under-recognized artists and intersectional values.

Prior to SPACE, Kelsey worked in curatorial and advancement capacities for the James A. Michener Art Museum, Vox Populi Gallery, Locks Gallery, independent curator Marianne Bernstein, and her own independent multi-site curatorial projects; as well as gaining significant administrative experience at Blind Spot Magazine, the Penn Museum, and WPRB 103.3FM. Her curatorial work has been featured in Artforum, Art in America, and was a finalist for the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) Awards. Kelsey proudly started her career working art supply and photography retail for eight years.

She is a graduate of Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Wesleyan University, and has taught at a range of colleges and universities as well as Interlochen Arts Academy. Her writing has been published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, Locks Art Publications, Title Magazine, Performa, Studio Magazine from the Studio Museum in Harlem, Common Field, and Mural Arts Philadelphia, among others. She has served on boards for Sierra Club Maine, International House Philadelphia, The Artblog, the Arts & Culture Steering Committee for the City of Portland, and currently serves on the Portland Museum of Art Collections Committee.

Kelsey enjoys tinkering with vintage cameras, ecological and architectural restoration projects, gardening, volunteering, and storytelling media of all kinds.

NELL HOUDE Before joining Wild Seed Project in the summer of 2022, Nell was working in the world of environmental and outdoor education in Maine — as an Island Fellow on Peaks Island establishing an edible schoolyard, as the Outdoor Educator at St. George Elementary School, as a Naturalist in the AMC High Mountain Huts, and as the Garden Educator at the Reiche Elementary School in Portland. She holds a BA in Environmental Studies from Bates College. She brings dedication to climate justice to her work doing experiential ecology with young people. As part of this role she is co-chair of the Nature Based Education Consortium’s Climate Education Advocacy Working Group. She calls Maine home, and can be found exploring its woods by foot, its roads by bike, and its waters by boat (or sometimes, in a wetsuit).

ELIZABETH HORTON is a marketing strategist and storyteller with more than 20 years of experience. Simmer Public Relations was founded to tell meaningful stories about good food and farming. 

Elizabeth talks with her mouth full—full of the national food scene and full of ambition to uncover the real story. As the founder of Simmer PR, Elizabeth lives in a state of food ‘culturing’. For Simmer clients and collaborators, the alchemy of any story lies in the people behind the brands as much as the local flavor. Simmer PR connects not just to clients but also to readers who find a similar curiosity to know and feel where their food comes from.  

Simmer PR clients have included Organic Valley, Beyond Good, California Olive Ranch, Coombs Family Farms, Pre 100% Grass-fed Beef, SunOpta, The Ecology School, and Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & The Environment, with coverage in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, Forbes, Bloomberg, Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Saveur, Travel & Leisure, WIRED, NPR, CBS Evening News and The TODAY Show. 

A food lover and passionate home cook, Elizabeth’s personal recipes have been featured in Bon Appétit and other media. She grew up on Cousins Island, and gathered eggs as a young girl on her grandparents’ dairy in Blue Hill. Today, she resides in Portland with her son Ben where they cook, eat and repeat. 

THERESE JORNLIN As a woman, mother, teacher, consultant, therapist, ceremonialist and student of life, Therese’s passion to deepen her understanding of the connection between the body and mind, energy and spirit continues after 35 years of serving in the field of whole-health. Her early studies in mindful movement (Svastha Yoga and Medical Qi Gong specifically), bodymind centered therapies and indigenous earth-based teachings inspired her to also create two life-changing courses: Women Awake and Breath As Medicine. When she is in the role of consultant/advisor, her studies and especially her own personal practices help her take information and translate it into embodied transformation that enables people to heal themselves, love their lives back and positively impact their communities and our beloved planet.

MARITA KENNEDY-CASTRO (she/her) is an embodied movement artist, dance educator, intercultural collaborator and earth-lover committed to a life centering love, healing, reparations, rebalancing and truth.  She resides in the unceded territory of the Wabanaki peoples, recognized as Portland, Maine in 2025.Marita is passionate about contributing to cultural preservation, building awareness of our interconnection and illuminating avenues to individual and collective healing through movement as medicine. She supports individuals from all walks of life in deepening embodied somatic awareness and increasing movement freedom through individualized private lessons. Marita shares from a lifetime of dance exploration and training, a background in Reiki, Healing through Empowerment and over 20 years of study in the traditional dances of Guinea, West Africa. She completed her thesis in Dance and Performance Art for Healing and Social Change at Goddard College, founded Embody the Rhythm, and is an adjunct professor of dance at Bates College. Her work can soon be found again at www.EmbodyTheRhythm.com

CHIARA LIBERATORE is a Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director, Lead Project Facilitator and member of the Creative Ensemble at Maine Inside Out. 

Prior to MIO, she worked in numerous settings using original theater for social change. She started as a volunteer for the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan, co-facilitating ongoing theater workshops in multiple adult prisons in Michigan. She continued on as program staff at Music Theater Workshop (now Story Catcher's Theater) in Chicago, working both with incarcerated youth inside the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center and with youth in neighborhoods directly impacted by the Prison Industrial Complex. Chiara is committed to practicing the values and pedagogy learned through her deep study of the work of Paolo Friere and Augusto Boal and Theater of the Oppressed technique. Chiara holds a B.A. in Psychology and English Literature from The University of Michigan and a completed internship at the Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory in New York City.

MARCIA MINTER is the co-founder and chief officer of strategic growth and innovation at Indigo Arts Alliance, cultivating the artistic development of people of Black and Brown descent. She is a seasoned creative professional, dedicated arts advocate and community leader deeply committed to social and cultural activism. Her work on numerous boards represents the interest of underrepresented voices, talents and citizen constituents. She has spent her professional career as an Executive Creative Director for some of the world’s most iconic brands. Her curatorial work focuses on photography, symposiums on the intersection of art and social practice, exhibition planning and implementation. Currently she serves on the Maine Arts Commission, and is a Trustee of the Portland Museum of Art and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.

HERITIER NOSSO born and raised in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a Business Consultant and Tax Professional. He is the owner of HN Tax & Professional Services, LLC, and the Founder and Executive Director of Opportunities for Immigrants. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Université Protestante au Congo. He has received training in Financial Accounting from Harvard Business School and completed a Compliance Certificate Program at the University of Maine School of Law. He is listed in the IRS Return Preparer Directory, which features tax experts who demonstrate advanced knowledge and are recommended by the IRS to the public

Most recently, Heritier has worked in several impactful roles, including: Business Consultant at Black Owned Maine, Health Promotion Coordinator at Healthy Androscoggin, Teaching Assistant at Bates College, Community Education Coordinator at Immigrant Resource Center of Maine, and Attorney at Law in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

As a New Mainers Advocate, Heritier is described as a Hero in the shadows who has advocated for policy change. Among his notable advocacy successes: He played a key role in convincing the State of Maine to issue state IDs to Asylum Seekers before they receive work permits and Social Security Numbers which had previously been required by the BMV. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he effectively advocated to the State of Maine BMV for the reinstatement of learner’s permit exams for New Mainers in need of interpreters, as this suspension had resulted in unequal access to BMV Services due to language barriers.

Heritier is often regarded as the “New Mainers’ ChatGPT,” as community members frequently reach out to him to verify information, get knowledge or clarify rumors In his free time, Heritier enjoys reading, mini-golf, indoor skydiving, and paintball.

SABRA SAPERSTEIN’s path with food began in New York through intimate "family dinners" that led to co-founding Skytown, a restaurant where nourishing soul food created a community hub. Questioning the industry's disconnected approach to food, she found herself at Insight Meditation Society, where during six years as a cook, she discovered the profound practice of mindful cooking. Since moving to Maine in 2020, Sabra has served as "Hearthholder" at Good Medicine Collective and Frith Farm, preparing community lunches that foster connection while awakening people to food's capacity for reconnection.

TESSY SEWARD (she/her) is a psychotherapist centering nature-based and somatic approaches to healing and growth. Tessy's eclectic path includes training and practice in yoga and meditation, somatic experiencing, Gestalt, ecotherapy, dreamwork, and psychedelic-assisted therapy, as well as ongoing practice and pilgrimage to personally inspiring and meaningful sites around the world. She is a devoted student of the woods and waters of her home state of Maine, and shares her knowledge by teaching workshops on foraging, herbal medicine-making and other ways of connecting with local plants. Tessy also creates and co-leads transformational retreats in Maine and abroad.

JANEY THIBODEAU certified Energy Facilitator, Healer and Death Doula, began her healing practice after attending the Barbara Brennan School of Healing for seven years and retiring from nursing after 43 years. Her fascination with the way energy flows began at the bedside and has blossomed into her second career At Healing in Partnership. Janey works with those people who desire an alternative, or an adjunct, to traditional medical care and therapy. Janey does not have a web site as she prefers her clients find her organically. She can be reached at:  janeythibodeau1@gmail.com.

SCHEDULE (JULY 30 - AUGUST 1)

Wednesday July 30

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | CHECK - IN AT THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART
Offering hands-on-healing with healers Kathleen & Doug White, Janey Thibodeau, and Heather Lyon, as well as coffee, tea, and treats and a chance to mingle with other participants before we officially begin.

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM | WELCOME
A brief welcome, land acknowledgement, blessing of the space, and group warm up led by Hogfish co-founder and director Matt Cahill weaving together threads of Alexander Technique, EFT Tapping, Brain Gym, Reiki, Improvisation, & other modalities

2:15 PM - 4:00 PM | OPENING DISCUSSION: "WHAT IS REGENERATIVE ART?"
Open Discussion with Susan Bickford, Matt & Edwin Cahill, Maya French, Kerem Durdag, Jonah Fertig-Burd, Matthew Glassman, Marita Kennedy-Castro, Chiara Liberatore, Marcia Minter, Therese Jornlin, Tessy Seward

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | OPTIONAL ADD-ON “MEDITATION ON A PAINTING” AT THE PMA

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | DINNER BREAK

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | OPTIONAL ADD ON: HOGFISH PERFORMANCE OF OPERA SVADBA

Hogfish Regenerative Arts Residency flagship performance of the 2025 Season, the 55 minute a cappella tour-de-force opera SVADBA “WEDDING” by Ana Sokolovic. It is the night before Milica’s wedding, and family and friends gather to help her through this momentous change in her life. Join a pre-show community ritual holding space for audience to consider thresholds in their own life, watch the show, and dance the night away with the post-show celebratory Balkan folk music dance party.

THURSDAY JULY 31st

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | MORNING COFFEE/TEA/HANDS-ON-HEALING AT THE PMA
Healers Kathleen & Doug White, Janey Thibodeau, and Heather Lyon

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | DISCUSSION: REGENERATION FOR INDIVIDUALS
Facilitated by Matt Cahill with Therese Jornlin, Marita Kennedy-Castro, Tessy Seward, and Janey Thibodeau.

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | BREAK

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM | DISCUSSION: REGENERATION FOR COMMUNITIES
Facilitated by with Mollie Cashwell, Maya French, Matthew Glassman, Jennie Hahn, Kelsey Halliday Johnson, and Heritier Nosso.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | TRAVEL TO WOLFE’S NECK CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE IN FREEPORT
Attendees are advised that travel to Wolfe's Neck Center is not provided.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | TOUR OF WOLFE’S NECK CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE & THE ENVIRONMENT

3:15 PM - 5:15 PM | DISCUSSION: REGENERATION FOR THE EARTH
Applying Regenerative Agriculture Principles to the Arts. Facilitated by Elizabeth Horton with John Arbuckle, Susan Bickford, Doug Clopp, Elizabeth Fertig-Burd, and Nell Houde.

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM | BREAK

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | OPTIONAL: TRAVEL BACK TO PORTLAND
Attendees are advised that travel back to Portland is not provided.

5:30 PM - 9:30 PM | OPTIONAL: ADD ON CATERED DINNER & REGENERATIVE ARTS WORKS-IN-PROGRESS
A delicious meal prepared and shared with regenerative principles by Sacred Nourishment from Jonah Fertig-Burd and Sabra Saperstein and a chance to mingle with fellow participants. Followed by a short drive to the historic Mallet Barn on the Wolfe’s Neck campus and an evening of emergent regenerative arts work: regenerative works-in-progress by individual Hogfish artists-in-residence Hailey McAvoy and Laura Careless and guest artists followed by a facilitated audience Q&A.

Friday August 1

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | COFFEE/TEA/HEALING

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | PMA TOUR: REGENERATION IN THE VISUAL ARTS
Explore the PMA galleries with Museum Educators, who will lead groups through various activities designed to activate art, engage our senses, and understand how multiple perspectives add to our collective meaning making. Part of the tour will explore Passages in American Art, where community members drive the conversation across a fundamental reinterpretation of the collection.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | DISCUSSION: GOING “GLOCAL”, TAKING THE REGENERATIVE ARTS HOME

2:30 PM - 5:00 PM | OPTIONAL: ADD ON FAREWELL COCKTAIL RECEPTION IN THE BECKETT CASTLE ROSE GARDEN
Catch the shuttle at 2:30pm from PMA to Beckett Castle, a short fifteen minute ride to the home of Hogfish’s regenerative arts residency. Enjoy a farewell cocktail reception in the internationally recognized rose garden, featuring over 70 heirloom roses, on the rocky shore by the ocean waves.

PRICING & LOGISTICS

Lodging and Meals are not included in the registration fee unless otherwise listed. Light refreshments will be available throughout the day and in breaks. We recommend bringing a reusable water bottle as we are hoping to limit the single usage wares.

PRICING

A sliding scale ticketing approach allows for transparency and accessibility. We ask that you review the scale below and responsibly assess what amount best fits your financial ability. Each option includes all conference sessions except add-ons and a shuttle to and from Wolfe's Neck Center.

SEEDLING PASS: $100

• For those at the beginning of their school or career journey.

FLOWERING PASS: $350

• The purchase price of a flowering pass would allow us to break even. The summit relies on the funds generated through passes to pay for speaker’s fees, catering, venue spaces, AV supports, marketing and subsidized sliding scale pass fees.

RIPENING PASS: $600

• The ripening pass is for those who would like to give back, and makes it possible for a seedling pass to attend without paying the full price of the flowering pass.

Regenerative Arts CSA (Community Supported Arts): Like a Farm CSA, are you interested in supporting local, having regular access to high quality arts, being part of the Hogfish community, and saving money? Then consider joining the Hogfish CSA and receive two tickets to all Hogfish summer 2025 events (including SVADBA), plus receive an invitation to quarterly (four total) Regenerative Arts CSA member-only salons with Regenerative Artists at Beckett Castle and other venues. Total value = over $1500. Click here to learn more and join the CSA.