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2020

We’re taking a break from Dusklit in 2020. We hope you and yours are safe and holding up okay. 

Dusklit is only as strong as the community that supports it. In these uncertain times, we want to reiterate our thanks to our community, for believing in the festival and supporting the work. Thank you to every artist, volunteer, visitor, and supporter: you’ve made the festival possible and given it life. 

Creative Capital’s List of Arts Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Orange and Sullivan County COVID-19 Response Fund

THE festival

For one evening each year, 50+ contemporary artists from across the US and Canada transform the Seligmann Homestead into a landscape of immersive installations, interdisciplinary performances, and site-specific environments. Dusklit projects respond to the changing light of the setting sun, wielding their own transformations.

Featured projects span performance art, virtual reality, cooking, kinetic sculpture, and interactive theater, all of which occur simultaneously, throughout the duration of the festival. Visitors wander the grounds and engage with the installations and performances, bringing Dusklit to life.

THE SITE

Dusklit is presented outdoors on the historic Seligmann Homestead. Once home to the Surrealist Kurt Seligmann, and frequented by Marcel Duchamp, Kay Sage, and Max Ernst, the property carries a history of art and magic. This year, the festival falls on Kurt Seligmann’s 119th birthday. 

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. 

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/ride share to the Seligmann Homestead (4 miles). 

PARKING

Parking is available free of charge at the former Sugar Loaf Performing Art Center: 1351 Kings Hwy, Sugar Loaf, NY 10981.

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

food & drink

Dusklit is proud to offer 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.