Our houses are artist-curated. Our Mangonada Bus was once a cross-country interactive art piece — the kind of thing that draws a crowd in a parking lot and ends up parked under a live oak in Concan. Our artist-in-residence program is in its infancy, and that feels right; the property has always grown by way of the right person showing up at the right time.
Erika Rachel arrived in early September with a small case of acrylics, two canvases, and a wide-brim hat she never took off. She set up in the meadow behind Hippies & Cowboys. We tried not to interrupt her.
What she made
Two paintings stayed with us — both of them studies of the sky over the bluffs in the late afternoon. Color so saturated it looks edited. They are hanging in the Greenhouse now, the first thing you see when you walk in. Guests have asked who painted them. We tell them, and they Google her on the porch.
I came for a week. I painted for two. I left with a list of things I want to come back and paint. — Erika
What’s next
We are slowly building this out. A residency is, at minimum, a quiet place and a long enough stay. A residency at The Inn Between is also a fire pit, a goat or two, a host who will leave you alone unless you want to talk, and a property full of homes that are themselves ongoing artworks. If you make things and want to come make them here, write to us.
