Farm Arts Collective

Farm Arts Collective is an Agri-Cultural Center located on Willow Wisp Organic Farm in Damascus, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2018 by farmer and theatre artist, Tannis Kowalchuk, our mission is to build a healthy and creative community through life-sustaining practices in farming, art, food, and ecology.  

In 2024 Farm Arts Collective moved into a beautiful new barn venue on the farm, providing opportunities to provide year-round programming in agriculture and art. Here, the collective offers workshops in farming and food, performances, community meals, social and eco-justice events to deepen our connection to place and each other.

Our goal for NEPA Gives is to raise $10,000 towards our 2025 season of performances, including DREAM ON THE FARM, Lucy Joseph, Alice in Scienceland, Decompositions, Juneteenth, Family Farm Day, Science Cabaret, and host of farming, food, and ecology workshops.

Recently, Farm Arts Collective’s 2025 National Endowment for the Arts funding was pulled mid-season, leaving the company in a sudden pinch. The money was designated to support DREAM ON THE FARM production costs (we began the production in January and the money was withdrawn in May). We thank our community who have already helped us patch the gaps and hope that this year’s NEPA Gives will help the company riseup!

Video by Jim Hamill - Pocono Mountain Visitors Bureau

Who We Are

Farm Arts Collective is a farm-based community hub where art and performance intersect with agrarian and ecological ideas.
Farm Arts Collective makes its home in a large greenhouse centrally located at our home, Willow Wisp Organic Farm, a solar-powered organic vegetable farm serving northeast Pennsylvania, the Catskills, and New York City.
The Farm Arts Collective is home to workshops, performance, meals, and special events that engage community members in education and creative practice that deepens connection to place and each other.