What We Do

Who We Are

Karen Totman
Executive Director

Janet Weber
Program Director

Christine Kenneally
Summer High School Program and Intensives Coordinator

Our Mission

Snow Farm’s mission is to provide the highest quality arts education in an inspiring setting.

Location and Lifestyle

Snow Farm is located in Williamsburg, Massachusetts in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains. We are in the heart of the "Pioneer Valley" which is home to a large number of the country's most prominent master craftspeople and very close to the five-college community of Northampton and Amherst. Our extensive and professionally equipped studios and our living space are a blend of a 1700's farm and contemporary, architect-designed structures set amidst 50 acres of New England hills and pastures. Snow Farm's four living modules are designed as a series of double rooms each of which opens out onto a large outdoor deck. The kitchen is a focal point of Snow Farm with great, wholesome food made from fresh ingredients. Each meal reflects the same intimacy and caring found throughout the program and the formal and informal participation in the kitchen creates a real sense of community.  

Why People Come

Snow Farm is a special place where students can come for solace and rejuvenation while learning a craft from master craftspeople. The staff at Snow Farm embraces the creative magic that is the heart of the New England Craft Program. 

The artistic foundation and spirit of community that make Snow Farm a unique learning experience is at the center of life at Snow Farm. 

A Snow Farm participant shared these thoughts on completion of her workshop “if more people gathered to share art in this way—or the sharing of music, sports, or ideas, fewer people would have the inclination to devise ways to destroy life. Then all people might be able to have the necessities of life—food, shelter, peace and art.”