Marble House Project

esidency
Family Friendly Residency

The Property:
Residents live in The Manley-Lefevre House, on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was built in the Federal style in approximately 1815. Its formal gardens were designed in the Italianate style by Charles Downing Lay. Several outbuildings on the property are our nine private studio spaces. Our studios include a dance studio with radiant, sprung floors, a music studio, and seven multi-use studios. Our historic barn was moved from Waterville, Vermont, restored, and is used as our event space. During the residency sessions, Marble House Project hosts a weekly event called ART-Seed, where residents share their work with the local community. ART-Seed changes every week, as artists share their work including dance, performance, lectures, film screenings, and open studios. The property also has two stone quarries, hiking trails and meadows on over 38 acres of land in Dorset, Vermont. We run an organic garden, which provides food for the artists in residence. The garden is just one of our sustainability initiatives, and is fundamental to our philosophy.