O F F S I T E
is a major multi-disciplinary weekend of creative workshops and activities. offSITE has one requirement:
no experience necessary.
Offsite
workshops
With the exception of butchered meats, all materials are included in the admission rate. Accordingly, you will go home with a
variety of handmade foods, from cheese to sauerkraut to moonshine.
variety of handmade foods, from cheese to sauerkraut to moonshine.
Live Foods
Learn how to make delicious fermented vegetables from scratch!
Keepin’ it Homemade: Food Photography for Everyone
You don't need a fancy studio or expensive equipment to photograph food.
Hi/Low: Making the best out of the worst
How to make to the best dishes out of the worst foods.
Cheesemaking: Mozzarella, Ricotta, Chevre
Like many activities worth partaking in, cheesemaking takes time.
Butchery
The name of the game these days is knowing where your food came from.
Dr. Pepper’s Treehouse
Clawhammer's Dr. Pepper shows us a thing or two about how to build arborial abodes.
Baboozeka Infusion
Inception: a thing within a thing within a thing. In this class, hacker Mike Kelberman shows us
O F F S I T E xC L A W H A M M E R
Workshop are taught by experienced instructors and are designed to be unintimidating, welcoming and kindle creative juices in a variety of mediums. We invite you to come to a new space, meet new people and try new things.
The next O F F S I T E takes food as its focus and is hosted by Clawhammer Farm in Lisle, New York. The weekend will feature a variety of culinary and building workshops which will all begin with a basic introduction and segue into guided experimentation and exploration. Attendees are encouraged to come hungry!
The inaugural O F F S I T E was hosted at the Isabella Freedman Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT in February 2013 and featured a variety of workshops and games. Check out pictures here.
FOOD AND SLEEP
Ready to sleep under the stars? We will all camp on Clawhammer’s property in a large field. Portable toilets and showers will be provided, and you should plan on bringing a basic waterproof tent, sleeping bag, pillows, toiletries, insect spray and sleeping pad, should you like. Bring clothes and shoes to get dirty!
If you need gear and are coming from New York City, check out rental from Gear to Go Outfitters and Brooklyn Outfitters. Lower Gear is an outfitter based in Arizona that will ship to Clawhammer Farm (or anywhere in the US!), but you are responsible for shipping it back. We also offer a camping gear rental package on Brown Paper Tickets.
Your admission fees covers all meals and beverages from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. All meals are prepared from produce and animals grown at Clawhammer. We’ll plan on having a chicken roast on Friday night and a pig roast on Saturday night. There will be plenty of vegetarian options, homebrew and moonshine. If a night in the country makes you skittish, the Three Bear Inn is a few miles down the road, and offers $1 beers according to reputable sources. You can also find a number of chain hotels in Johnson City.
Your
O f f s i t e
Camp Directors
Clawhammer!
Clawhammer Farm was founded in 2009 by Nick Westervelt and Becky Mumaw in Lisle, NY. They raise pigs and piglets, chickens raised in Joel Salatin-style tractors, seasonal fowl (ducks/guinea hens/turkeys) and rabbits. All of their animals are antibiotic- and hormone-free. 2 cats named Abraham and Colors, an ornery new puppy named Dart and a future milking cow round out the gang.
Clawhammer has a meat CSA, and you can find their meats at several restaurants in New York City, including Back Forty, Franny’s and iCi.
Margaret!
Arts + Crafts, Parks + Rec
Margaret hails from Saint Paul, Minnesota and has spent half of a lifetime working in museums; including the Berkeley Art Museum, the Serpentine Gallery, MoMA PS1, and the Museum of Modern Art. Margaret was Co-Founder and Co-Director of the PopRally event series at MoMA/ She is now a Jill of all trades, and most recently produced Kill Screen Media’s inaugural twofivesix conference. She is sleepless with excitement about the workshops being offered at O F F S I T E.
Ari!
Basketweaving and Solo Canoeing
Ari is a New York City native. Currently Community Engagement Director at the HI-New York, Ari is also technology director for the education non-profit, World Up.
Getting There!
Clawhammer Farm
913 Caldwell Hill Road
Lisle, NY 13797
Clawhammer Farm is 3-4 hours from NYC, 4 hours from Philadelphia, 1 hour from Syracuse, and 30 minutes from Ithaca or Binghamton.
There is parking available on-site and we encourage carpooling for everyone’s sanity.
Contact
Us
Contact Information
Please get in touch with us for additional information about Offsite.