Susan Bickford is an eco-somatic mid-career artist sharing her time between Maine, USA, and the Dordogne, France. Working in performance, video, installation and collaborative forms as a part of nature, Bickford brings groups together to intentionally slow down and listen. She is the founding artist of the stillness collective. www.stillnesscollective.com, and as well maintains a professional personal artistic practice. www.susanbickfordinteractive.com

Bickford has been teaching at the college level since 2003. She holds a BFA in Fine Arts and a BID (Industrial Design) from Rhode Island School of Design and a MFA from MaineCollege of Art. She completed a two-year apprenticeship program in Shamanic Studies with Spirit Passages, and is certified as a Forest Therapy Guide. Susan is a student of indigenous mysticisms, qigong, astrology, voice and writing. Brea, Jodi and Andrea are among her many teachers.

I am delighted to bring together this group of amazingly sensitive teachers, to this glorious place. Weaving together our gifts, for slowing, listening, making meaningful connections, and forms is what “Tending the Muses Temple” hopes to manifest. If this sounds enlivening to you, I trust that you are in the right place.