✦ Shope Creek Wilderness
THE SHOPE CREEK
COLLECTION
A Place Where Things Are Born
✦ A Place Where Things Are Born
Most properties are consumed.
Shope Creek produces.
For more than a decade, people have come to Shope Creek and left with something they did not have when they arrived.
A song.
A film.
A friendship.
A new idea.
A new direction.
A new life.
A deeper relationship with nature.
A deeper relationship with themselves.
The value of Shope Creek is not the acreage.
The value of Shope Creek is what happens there.
✦ Today, Shope Creek Already Contains
Forest Floor
Serving hundreds of families annually.
Documentary footage
Capturing the stories, people, and spirit of the land.
Music
Albums, songs, and music videos created on and inspired by the property.
Writing
Books, essays, journals, and future publications.
Artists
Painters, photographers, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, storytellers, and creators.
Community
People who continue to return because something meaningful happened there.
This is not a collection of projects.
It is an ecosystem.
✦ The Shope Creek Collection
Every year, things are created at Shope Creek.
Films.
Songs.
Albums.
Photography.
Books.
Art.
Essays.
Documentaries.
Installations.
Experiences.
The Shope Creek Collection is the annual presentation of those creations.
Not because they are perfect.
Because they were born here.
The Deer Trail.
Open Heart.
Patrick's parenting work.
Future documentaries.
Future books.
Future music.
Future artists.
Future stories.
All part of the same collection.
✦ The Gallery
The role of a gallery partner such as Open Hearts is not simply to hang artwork.
The gallery becomes the bridge between the forest and the public.
A place where people encounter what was created at Shope Creek.
Every exhibit becomes an invitation
Come see what happened here.
Come experience it for yourself.
✦ The Archive
Over time, Shope Creek becomes an archive of human creativity.
Every film.
Every song.
Every photograph.
Every story.
Every artist.
Every residency.
Every gathering.
Every transformation.
Documented.
Preserved.
Shared.
✦ The Future
Shope Creek Studios
Shope Creek Residencies
Shope Creek Collection
Shope Creek Archive
Shope Creek Wilderness
Different names for the same idea.
A place where things are born.
A place where people return.
A place where stories begin.
A place where creativity, nature, stewardship, and community meet.
Not a property.
An institution.
The Dragons of Shope Creek
Shope Creek Wilderness