Building a Creative Community
From the start, Sandy Weisman—a collage artist, bookmaker, and poet—conceived her retirement home as an artist’s retreat. And not just for herself. In 2010 she purchased three acres of an old sheep farm in South Thomaston from a longtime friend. The property had a small house, a barn, and a multibay garage. The barn was in bad shape and had to be torn down. The house was donated to the fire department for a controlled burn. But the garage had potential. While Weisman built a new home on the property, she converted the garage into studios and an apartment so that students and artists could visit to take a class, rent working space, or live for a short period.
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