Making the transition to an environmentally sustainable world involves changes in the hearts and minds of billions of people. Art connects us to our imaginations, to each other, to our increasingly fragile planet, and to the stars. The arts have been community builders from time immemorial, bringing communities together to celebrate, to remember, to mourn. The arts are an integral part of all of the Deanery Project’s work.
We had a blast during our Mead, Fire Cider & Sourdough Workshop last weekend! 🍯🔥🥖 During this interactive workshop, we partnered with @firesidemeadery, Shona Holzer, & BooBoo’s Bread to get folks engaged with delicious &...
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Check out the wonderful plastering work done by friends of the Deanery & Dalhousie Architecture Students! During this weekend of mud & fun, we taught about the multifaceted benefits of opting for natural building...
Check out our photos from our Festive Fermentation Skillshare this past Sunday! 😊🍴 Thank you to everyone who came out! It was a blast getting to use all of our senses in learning about...
Looking to learn more about the wonderful world of fermented foods? Join us on Sunday, December 15th 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM for a Fermentation Skillshare for a hands-on workshop focusing on kimchi and...
Starting this summer, Jennie from the Flaxmobile grew various plots of flax on-site at the Deanery. After it grew to maturity, we harvested it during our September Open House and allowed it to ferment...
Arts / Community / Night Sky / Special Events
Join us for our 10th Annual SeaLight SkyLight Festival Saturday October 5th, 2:00 – 11:00 pm. Activities and performances at the all-ages event are inspired by the area’s naturally-occurring ocean bioluminescence and the Eastern...
Arts / Community / Night Sky / Special Events
Join us as we close out a fantastic Eastern Shore Summer with Sealight Skylight – Cosmic Currents: An Autumn Festival of Arts & Science Save the date: Saturday, October 5th, from 2:00 PM –...
We are excited to be offering our first stained glass workshop of 2024. We have had several recent donations of glass and equipment that are taking the Glass Studio to a whole other level....
Best wishes to all for a nature-inspired healthy, peaceful 2024! Please join us this Sunday for our first open house of the new year. There will be open song-circle tunes around the fire (hosted...
This past weekend, another iteration of Life as Medicine’s eco-art healing retreat, Me as Tree, We as Forest took place at the Deanery. We had beautiful weather, and much needed time spent in community...
