ARTIST + MAKER
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS
You bring the spark
We light the
forge
FUEL
AT THE
FARMHOUSE
Fuel at the Farmhouse is a FORGE-curated retreat offering makers of all kinds a chance to spend a weekend working in the company of like-minded creators at a quiet country farmhouse in a pastoral corner of Connecticut. With plenty of opportunities for feedback and collaboration, Fuel at the Farmhouse provides the ideal conditions for lighting a fire from your creative spark.
Fuel at the Farmhouse is offered to individuals and teams by application, with a flat fee of $250/person plus travel costs. If you'd like to attend as a small team or solo maker, you can learn more and apply via the button below.
REDBARN
PROGRAM
FORGE’s Red Barn offers inspired space to collaborate and create outside of the swings and doldrums of daily life.
Dedicate up to five days to develop and play in our 1,500 square foot Red Barn in Danbury, Connecticut, sleep in the farmhouse next door, and enjoy a splash in the pool on your downtime. FORGE is on-hand to host your stay, coordinate meals, facilitate retreats, and offer opportunities for feedback and consultation.
FORGE provides room and board for teams of up to 8. We welcome additional collaborators in the Barn and can direct you to local hotels and AirBnBs if you need additional lodging.
FAST
FUEL
Fast Fuel is a full-day digital micro-retreat for makers, hosted free of charge over Zoom by FORGE NYC. Come get your work done in a supportive atmosphere surrounded by fellow artists, with FORGE on hand to offer on-the-spot feedback, consulting advice, and organized workflow guidance. Our special blend of cohort building, goal setting, and artist accountability is now available online to makers across the country and all over the world.
RSVP below to join us for 7 hours of freeform co-working with bookend check-ins in the morning and evening.
FORGE
FELLOWSHIP
Offering you insights, foresight, and oversight, the FORGE Fellowship is a fully-subsidized six-month engagement with the FORGE team bookmarked with 15 points of contact designed to help makers build the skills, systems, plans, and practices that will carry you through your life’s work as a creator.
We welcome individual makers and small teams (of no more than three) at any point in your journey to spend six months (May through October) defining, pursuing, and achieving your vision of success. We prioritize process over project deadlines, and people over productivity. We invite folks from all backgrounds, lived experiences, and cultures of expression to join in functional friction to re-envision the givens, guidelines, and glee of creative work.
This opportunity is focused on you as a maker, not on a specific project. We’re much more interested in how you make anything than what you’re currently creating. You do not need a project to apply; you and your process are the creations we are most interested in!
Click below to learn more about the consultations, skill-building workshops, conversations, community spaces, and other goodies included in a FORGE Fellowship, and apply to become one of our 2025 FORGE Fellows!
The FORGE Fellowship is offered through the generous support of The Richenthal Foundation.