The Bernheim Sessions
an intro
Bernheim Forest stat box

Kentucky's Official Arboretum

Privately owned and maintained
by the I.W. Bernheim Foundation.
Location: Bullitt County, KY
25 miles south of Louisville

Arboretum: 250 acres

Research Forest: 14000 acres

Paved Roads: 16 miles

Hiking Trails: 30 miles

Founder: Isaac Wolfe Bernheim,
bourbon mogul, philanthropist

Established: 1929

www.bernheim.org
Bernheim Forest hosted my third
writing residency in 2005.

Prior to my arrival in September, I
didn't consider any sort of visual arts
project for my first visit to the
Bluegrass State.

Two months later, however, I was
invited to install three such projects in
ten Louisville galleries.

All on the same night.
Bernheim Projects [a partial list]:

wires: art, literature, nature and
technology merge in the Kentucky
hills, invade Louisville's Market
Street galleries.

collaborations:  digital video +
sound recordings with Bernheim
Artist-in-Residence, Hideki Kanno.

ky photos: Jesus, Jim Beam, and
poodles wrapped in plastic.
Bernheim logo used with permission
photo by Stephen Ausherman
Ausherman
at Bernheim