DUSKLIT is the East Coast’s one night interactive art festival. With twilight as a backdrop, DUSKLIT 2018 features 38 immersive installations, performances, and site-specific environments by 64  artists from Canada and across the United States.

Featuring performance art, new media, music, dance, poetry, and interdisciplinary collaborations,  DUSKLIT projects include elaborate  environments, interactive sound installations, roving dance performances, and other experiential offerings. By engaging in these installations, visitors join the festival as an essential collaborative element, bringing DUSKLIT to life.

The festival takes place outdoors on the Seligmann Homestead. The interdisciplinary, multisensory nature of DUSKLIT projects makes the festival accessible to visitors of all ages and backgrounds.

 

THE SITE

DUSKLIT is presented on the historic Seligmann Homestead, Sugar Loaf, New York. Once home to the Surrealist Kurt Seligmann, the 55-acre property carries a history of art and magic, and bears the mark of Marcel Duchamp, Kay Sage, Dorothea Tanning, and Max Ernst.

With the exception of the Guest House, which has a single step, the Seligmann Homestead’s grounds and outbuildings are fully accessible, with accessible parking available on-site in the Upper Lot.  If you have access needs not addressed here, email us — wizard@dusklit.com — and we’ll work with you to support them.

 

GETTING HERE

The Seligmann Center is located in Sugar Loaf, New York, a historic craft village just 50 miles northwest of Manhattan.
Best GPS Address: 23 White Oak Drive, Chester, New York, 10918.
Best public transit route from NYC: Take the Coach USA Shortline Bus to the Chester Park & Ride (~$18 each way), then take a cab to the Seligmann Homestead (4 miles).

 

PARKING

General Parking is available free of charge at the Sugar Loaf Firehouse, 1408 Kings Highway, Chester, New York, 10918 (13 minute walk). Shuttle details coming soon.

Accessible parking is available on-site in the Seligmann Homestead’s Upper Lot.

 

FOOD & DRINK

Each year, the DUSKLIT experience is made complete by a variety of refreshments provided by local food trucks, craft wineries, and breweries. We aim to appeal to all tastes and will have a variety of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options available.

2018 vendors include:

ALLAN’S FALAFEL

EMILY’S HEARTH

NONCHALANT CHEESE 

 

ACCESSIBILITY

With the exception of the Guest House, which has a single step, the Seligmann Homestead’s grounds and outbuildings are fully accessible, with accessible parking available on-site in the Upper Lot.  If you have access needs not addressed here, email us –wizard@dusklit.com — and we’ll work with you to support them.

 

SPONSORS

DUSKLIT 2018 is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

DUSKLIT 2018 is made possible with funds from the Orange County Arts Council’s Community Arts Grants program