Homegrown | A Denizen Exhibition 2026

We’re excited to welcome the new year with Homegrown, our 2026 Denizen exhibition, opening in the Clifford Gallery. This show celebrates the people who make Waterfall Arts feel like home—a place rooted in shared creativity, care, and belonging.

For many of us, home is wherever we feel most comfortable, loved, and connected. For others, it’s wherever we are making art—finding meaning, asking questions, and giving form to our inner lives. Homegrown honors both truths. It recognizes that belonging can be cultivated, and that creativity often takes root in the places where we feel safe enough to grow.

Homegrown highlights the work of Waterfall Denizens: staff, volunteers, teaching artists, studio holders, artists in residence, curators, board members, and more. Created in studios, kitchens, barns, and in the quiet hours between daily life, these works reflect the many ways art is woven into our community. Some artists create full-time; others work in brief windows of light—but all are connected through the act of making.

Homegrown is a portrait of a living ecosystem—art grown slowly and intentionally, nourished by community. Together, these works reflect what it means to belong at Waterfall Arts: to be rooted, to be welcomed, and to grow alongside one another under a shared roof.

Join us as we kick off 2026 by honoring the creative roots that sustain Waterfall Arts and the people who help it grow.

Participating artists: Edward Batcheller • Cate Bradbury • Marcie Jan Bronstein • Fraser Campbell • Sandi Cirillo • Katherine Devereux • Abby Dietrick • Chandra A Elmendorf • Emily Estes • Hélène Farrar • Betsey Feeley • Sue Garrett • Tanya Harsch • Stew Henderson • Carol Herwig • Kate Sweater Hickcox • Cris Hughes • David Jacobson • Karen Jelenfy • Grace Johnston-Fennell • Eli Kao • Liz Kalloch • Sally Kirkpatrick • John Monroe • Tara Morin • Katama Murray • Donald Patten • Abbie Read • Liv Kristin Robinson • Emily Sabino • Jessica See • Lesia Sochor • Karin Spitfire • Sally Stanton • Linda Stec • John Steed • Barbara Sullivan • Rita Swidrowski • lauren tietje • Peter Walls • Dirk Warren • Sharon Warren • Joelle Webber

Exhibition dates: January 16 – February 27, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 17, 1:00PM to 3:00PM