The first festival was held the summer of 2008 in Wassaic NY at Maxon Mills the former grain elevator that Zunino's father and his partner Richard Berry had recently finished restoring.

Immediately following the 2009 Festival, Barnett-Winsby and Zunino moved full time to Wassaic and worked through the winter to renovate the old Luther Barn and build studios.

[1] Luther Barn is home to artist-in-residence studios and the old cattle auction ring is used as a film exhibition space during the summer festival.

Their Mill building has an exhibition space open to the public that has shown work by Colin Williams, Margeaux Walter, Minhee Bae, Tatiana Arocha, Eleanor Sabin, Ghost of a Dream and Doug and Mike Starn.

[8][9] And their artist in residence program alumni include Sean Fader, Manuel H. Márquez, Hillerbrand + Magsamen, Hunter Creel, Goldie Poblador [1] [10][11][12] The project hosts other community events that bring thousands of visitors like their August Festival for dance performances, their annual haunted house and overnight bonfires.