CULTURE MILL
We believe that gathering together and sharing knowledge and resources will improve both our artworks and our communities. We believe in the commingling of different ideas, energies and initiatives as a means of sparking innovation and radical possibilities in art and society. We believe in culture as an ongoing creative process, and we seek to support and feed that process through our various programs and initiatives.
Culture Mill values a circular exchange of resources, ideas, energy and social and creative capital within a community, rather than linear transactions. As it draws multiple energies in and spirals new ones out, Culture Mill is distinctly and necessarily grounded in a place: Saxapahaw, NC.
Cultivating artistic work that begins in the body—grappling with place, and the conditions of that place, through practice and community.
We’ve been doing this for over 10 years
In celebration of our 10th anniversary in 2024, we launched a campaign that centers 10 of our stories – from our origins and most celebrated works to our commitment to place, community practice, and values to current happenings and visions of the future. Explore that campaign in a series of 10 beautifully crafted videos that tell our layered story.

Projects
Culture Mill develops and produces original works of art or artistic exchanges. These works may be on the stage, site-specific, immersive, or somewhere in-between. Culture Mill's original works may involve any artistic discipline, but are ultimately time-based, crafted experiences that center the body.
Artists
Culture Mill is an artist-driven organization, which means the people who design its programs and direct it are working professional artists. A loose network of local, national and international artists make up the greater Culture Mill community, participating in its programs through any combination of artistic projects, outreach activities or residencies.
We also believe in the right of artists to receive fair compensation for artistic labor. Culture Mill was the fist organization in the southeast to obtain W.A.G.E. certification, and pays fees to artists for all its programs and projects according to W.A.G.E.'s minimum fee scale.

The Culture Mill Lab
The Culture Mill Lab is a space which supports the realization of our programs and projects. It is a rehearsal and performance space for artworks that will take place in Saxapahaw or elsewhere. It is a place for artists to gather in order to exchange practices, ideas and strategies, and for students to take part in Culture Mill’s educational programming. The Lab is also our office space. All of these events together help to build creative community in Saxapahaw, and to provide a space for the support and development of the arts.
