Life as Art: The First Year of the Gate Hill Cooperative

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Gate Hill Cooperative (1954), musicologist and socio-cultural historian Mark Davenport will tell the story of the first year of the community. Drawing on his forthcoming history of Gate Hill, where Davenport grew up, he will provide an intimate and introspective account of the early founders. Told through letters, journals, interviews and writings, the presentation, accompanied by a collection of archival images and photographs, captures this extraordinary group of musicians and artists in their daily activities, in the backstage of making art as they were launching their careers, falling in love, searching for land, building their homes, and establishing one of the most influential communities in contemporary art and living. A Q&A follows talk.

 

 

This gallery talk is in conjunction with The Land: Early Artists @ Gate Hill Co-op on view through November 23, 2024.