Carved out of the wilderness of Risingville, NY in 1856, what was to become Beulahland was once home to one of three Rising brothers, Justus, and his young family. Farming and lumber supported the clan, with house and barn-raising skills acquired as needed.
The land was a working farm until the late 1960's, when, losing its barn to fire and two-thirds of the land to sale, it became a 'farmette', now less than 40 acres. Another change of hands in 1972 to Noel and Caryl Jones-Sylvester, two young artists from NJ, laid the foundation for Beulahland. (Referenced in John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress", as "the Enchanted ground (heaven) is placed... nigh to the land Beulah").
House-gutting, well-digging, & nip-and-tucking reconstruction brought new life to a farmhouse-in-decline. Through several five-year plans, and the gamut of what life offers, Beulahland again balances on precipice and principle of the necessity of art in our very existence.
Bring your artsouls here for a time as we push on....
The land was a working farm until the late 1960's, when, losing its barn to fire and two-thirds of the land to sale, it became a 'farmette', now less than 40 acres. Another change of hands in 1972 to Noel and Caryl Jones-Sylvester, two young artists from NJ, laid the foundation for Beulahland. (Referenced in John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress", as "the Enchanted ground (heaven) is placed... nigh to the land Beulah").
House-gutting, well-digging, & nip-and-tucking reconstruction brought new life to a farmhouse-in-decline. Through several five-year plans, and the gamut of what life offers, Beulahland again balances on precipice and principle of the necessity of art in our very existence.
Bring your artsouls here for a time as we push on....
