a Village of Interactive Curiosities, 1 - 5pm
Wonderville
Wonderville 2025
We Should Have Just Let Go:
Sarah Divi
We Should Have Just Let Go is an immersive and adaptable fiber art installation. Knit from a mix of unraveled sweaters and new yarn, it has taken the form of a variety of shapes and spaces, ranging from a winding maze to a cozy cave. It explores the question of why we hold onto certain clothes long after they are no longer enjoyable or functional. What do we do with these items? Can they find a new purpose?
About the Artist: Sarah Divi creates hand-knit artwork that blends the comforting feel of a beloved sweater with the vibrant energy of graffiti. Her unique fiber artwork transforms entire spaces into captivating, immersive experiences, pairing innovative materials with traditional crafts.
Andymals: Andy Finney
Bike parts, car parts, springs and things - a re-imagination playground and sculpture garden.
About the Artist: Andy Finney is a skilled carpenter, fabricator and welder, and an artist inspired by things that others overlook. A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, Andy worked in the entertainment industry, onstage and behind the scenes. He found his passion while assisting other artists with metal fabrication and welding. He now works from his “shop” in the backyard of his home in Warwick, doing his part to make junk fun and art not so serious in a serious way. He lives for the ah-ha moment when he spots a creature - or Andymal - in a discarded machine piece.
Unfurling: Jody Weatherstone
Unfurling is a collection of pieces incorporating dancing, singing, and painting, all interrelated, that explore themes of connection, boundaries, influence, being “too much”, and the roles of artist versus observer. At the Festival, visitors can paint on silk scarves while listening to and responding to recordings of Jody singing from throughout her life.
About the artist: Jody Weatherstone is an artist who uses voice, movement, and visual art to explore themes that are both personal and collective. Her training and experience as a classical vocalist has evolved into using extended vocal technique, improvisation, and performance art in her work. She is interested in breaking down the notion of professional versus non-professional, and empowering all people to use their voices and bodies to express, process, and create art.
Giant Pinball Machine: Glen Carter
Engineered entirely on the principles of physics and gravity from the creative mind of local artist and Renaissance man Glen Carter, this giant pinball machine actually poses very few challenges to having fun. If you can drop a ball, you can play. Highest possible score is 5000 points. Think BIG! Have FUN!
About the Artist: Glen Carter is a graduate of Bard College, where he studied music and sculpture. He has participated in art shows in Asbury Park and Ocean Grove, NJ. He and his partner Linda Mensch served as "Artists In Residence" by decree of the Mayor of Warwick, NY. Glen is the artist who painted the mural of a giant "Tuna Fish" in Stanley Deming Park, followed by "The Bee". As usual, Glen would like to say "Thanks Warwick for being such an inspiring place to make art."
Circus Dress-Up: Katie Vaquero, Zara Corney
About the Artists: Katie Vaquero is a 20 year old art student in her 2nd year of community college currently majoring in Visual Communication. She plans on transferring to a four year college to continue pursuing her love for art and elevating her creative skills.
Zara Corney is a 19 year old artist from Newburgh whose art focuses on textiles, horror, fantasy, animals, and bright colors. She has a passion for textiles and costuming, as well as stop-motion, writing, analog and internet horror, visual kei and other fashion styles, and sculpting
Peculiar Photo Booth: Karen Decher
Strike a pose and create your own photo memories of Wonderville in Decher’s unique photo booth.
About the Artist: Karen Decher is a multimedia artist–painter, puppeteer, costume designer–from Warwick, NY. She has shared her passion for making unique processional art with the Fuller Moon Arts Festival in previous years, making large-scale parade puppets.
Ring Toss Barbie: Linda Mensch
Ring Toss Barbie uses discarded dolls to create a whole new game.
About the Artist: Linda Mensch earned her B.A. in Dance from Bard College and studied at the Cunningham School. She has performed and choreographed work nationally and internationally. She founded the Moving Company Modern Dance Center in Warwick, NY in 1996. MCMDC sees all children and adults as creative beings and provides a safe environment for students to choreograph, explore and experiment while finding comfort in their bodies. Mensch is also the director of Front Porch Arts.
Nature Mandala: Irina Wen & Lauren Mariotti-Colon
Lauren and Irina invite visitors to a meditative co-creation of a living labyrinth using stones, sticks, flowers and other natural materials. Building will occur all day. At 2:30PM everyone is invited to join in a collective walk/dance as a way of centering and connecting with ourselves and the community.
About the Artists: Irina Wen, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with a heartfelt passion for helping people build stronger, more secure connections—with themselves, their loved ones, and their communities. Irina is also a dancer whose artistic path is rooted in Middle Eastern dance but is inspired and informed by many creative disciplines. She is a co-founder of de novo dance, a performance dance company which aims to engage the body, mind, and spirit.
Lauren Mariotti-Colon is a psychotherapist dedicated to creating spaces where healing, self-discovery, and connection can flourish. Her work supports holistic well-being of the mind, body, and spirit. Through her use of horticultural therapy, Lauren facilitates both individual and group nature-based art projects that foster reflection, shared experience, and emotional restoration. Her work invites participants to reconnect—with themselves, with others, and with the earth.