Barr Gilmore
Co-founder / SON of Dorothy
Toronto and Algonquin Highlands-based designer, artist, educator and unapologetic dreamer/optimist.
Art + Healing
A 26.5-acre farm nestled in the Algonquin Highlands for artists, designers and nomadic healers to come together to create, collaborate and heal their minds, bodies, souls… and Mother Nature.
What we're building
Creative Residencies
We are hoping to curate residencies that bring together different types of creative workers and therapeutic practitioners, to encourage communication and collaboration in a beautiful, natural Highland setting surrounded by lush forests and fresh water lakes.
Three residents. One artist. One designer. One healer. Three artists? Three designers? Three healers? We’ll open our hearts and minds to the mix/possibilities.
Throughout the year
Retreats + Workshops
We are in the process of developing some unique, creative, healing retreats and workshops throughout the year that will be facilitated by ourselves and other artists, designers and healers in-residence.
A former cattle farm, post office and bakery (also known as downtown Boshkung) from the late-19th to mid-20th centuries, we would also like to reimagine how the farm could be redesigned and rehabilitated to better serve our local community in an environmentally sustainable way in the 21st century.
Gather with us
Events + Celebrations
We are hoping to eventually host, curate and program music/dance, craft, harvest and solstice festivals and celebrations throughout the year. Join our mailing list to get notice of our first event/celebration.
The 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom main farmhouse can sleep 8-12 people comfortably, but from May to October camping outdoors is also a possibility for larger groups (weather permitting). There are also many affordable accommodations nearby.
We study rainbows.
Who we are
Meet the SONs
Pierre Antoine Alexandre
Co-founder / SON of Rose
Dutch-Haitian-American healer, massage therapist, musical performer and drag artist, also known as Love Masisi.
Join our community
Two 2-acre lots on Buckslide Road
In order to help realize the dream of THE SON as a collaborative, cooperative, queer-friendly, safe, sustainable space, we are selling off two 2-acre vacant lots on the west side of the property on Buckslide Road, near Boshkung Lake Road.
$175,000 CAD each
See the lots
The farm, the people and the seasons.
Life at THE SON
Let’s make change happen…
Come and create with us, come and heal with us, or come and build something of your own next door.
info@theson.ca