The Strange Foundation
The Strange is a riverside mini compound in New York’s forever-wild Catskill State Park, founded in 2018 by myself and my husband, Daniel Morgan, at our home. We started the space as a homegrown residency of sorts, with the aim of supporting forward-thinking creative practitioners across a broad range of impact-driven disciplines.
So far, we've hosted over 100 creative practitioners and groups across disciplines, including the School for Poetic Computation (see a synopsis of their retreat here), POWRPLNT (see a photo of the group at Strange HQ here), and our multiple cohorts of Decelerator residency participants (learn more about the Decelerator program here). We also host artists for affordable, self-directed creative retreats, and offer sliding-scale rental rates to on-mission organizations (learn more here).
We are excited for The Strange to evolve as our own lives evolve, and to adapt to the shifting needs of the artists, organizers, and thinkers who come here. <3
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Strange co-founders Daniel and Willa (and Frankie)
Decelerator resident Jessica Lynne
The team from POWRPLNT on a group retreat
Decelerator resident Dan Taeyoung
Decelerator resident Yumna Al-Arashi
Decelerator resident Sarah Kinlaw
Alicia and Carolina from Piney Wood Atlas
Decelerator resident Ingrid Burrington
Decelerator resident DéLana R. A. Dameron
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Hello, you've reached the bottom of this page. Maybe you'd like to connect 1:1 now? You can email me [willa dot koerner at gmail dot com] with inquiries, questions, opportunities, or just to say hello. 'Til then, bye! <3