ABOUT THE ART HOUSE
Art House began not as a hotel, but as a home.
Created by sculptor Michael Cardacino and painter and poet Rosalind Brenner, the house grew out of a lifetime spent making things. Architecture, gardens, sculpture, painting, stained glass, collected objects and landscape.
A World House
When we were building the Art House, we used to call it our “world house.”
We weren’t trying to reproduce any particular place or style. We wanted the house to carry something of the places we had experienced and loved around the world—their architecture, gardens, materials, art, light and ways of living.
Over time, those influences found their way into the house almost without our noticing. They became part of its rooms, courtyards, gardens and gathering places.
Years later, guests sometimes tell us that the Art House doesn’t feel quite like anywhere else they’ve stayed. Perhaps that’s why.
It was never meant to belong to one place
The house was designed to turn inward rather than announce itself from the road. Gardens surround it. Windows frame views that guests have often compared to paintings. Gates and paths lead from one space to another, and the property reveals itself gradually — sometimes in unexpected ways.
Outside Michael’s studio, after a snowfall.
Over the years, the gardens matured, the trees grew, sculptures appeared, objects came home from travels around the world, and the artists' studios became part of the life of the property. Nothing was assembled all at once to create an effect. Art House simply evolved.
Michael and Rosalind still live and work here. Their studios are part of the property and part of its continuing life.
After more than sixteen seasons of welcoming guests, the idea remains remarkably simple:
Share a place we love with people who will love being here.
