An evening of site-responsive installations, performance, and participatory activations transforming Allen C. Haskell Gardens.
Welcome to ambrosia/salad — Opening Night!

Site Specific Happenings presents the opening night of ambrosia/salad, a site-responsive exhibition of installation, sculpture, performance, and participatory works unfolding throughout the landscape of Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens.

Join us for an evening of performances and activations that invite guests to wander through the gardens and encounter works engaging sound, movement, food, sculpture, and collective participation. Artists respond to the garden as an active collaborator, creating experiences that explore connection, play, ecology, and gathering.

Opening night activations include:
Ananda Cordero (CDMX)— Banana Split
Elizabeth Flood (IL) — Bug Tag / How to Build a Meadow
Michael Medeiros (MA) — Dead Bird Dinner Pt I: Wild Claymaking
Mikah Simone Akerib (PA) — I’m The Love Of Your Life / Honey
Willa Van Nostrand + Eva Goodman (RI) — Gloaming
Neal Todten (LA) — One Helluva Derv

The exhibition also features site-specific installations throughout the gardens by: Adrian Almquist (MA), Carl Simmons (MA), Ena Kantardžić (MA), Isabel Mattia (RI), Jason Fiering (MA), Jillian McEvoy (MA), Rachel Rushing (MA), Renée Greenlee (VT), Saskia Globig (CT), Siri Burt (NY).
Guests are invited to dress in their ambrosia/salad best — interpret freely: a fountain of youth, nostalgic dessert, honey-colored suit, or anything inspired by abundance, nature, and celebration.

RSVP required. Suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. Your support directly helps make ambrosia/salad possible, contributing to the many elements that bring this experimental, site-responsive project to life.

The exhibition remains on view August 8–September 19, 2026.