Press Releases

Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents “The Twilight BBQ Dance Party” on Saturday, July 12 from 5:30pm to 9:00pm on the grounds of the Austerlitz Historical Society located at 11458 NY-22 in Austerlitz, New York.

Spencertown Academy Arts Center announces the winners of its tenth annual Young Writers’ Contest. The goal of the contest is to encourage creative writing among students in grades 9-12 (including homeschool) living in Columbia County, NY, and Berkshire County, MA.

Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s 20th Hidden Gardens celebration is scheduled for Saturday, June 14, with a self-guided garden tour to some of the most dazzling private gardens in the region, an outdoor market, and a botanical-themed art exhibition.

Spencertown Academy Roots & Shoots Concerts Series, in partnership with Ten Barn Farm, presents Grammy and Americana Music Association award-winning singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale on Saturday, July 19 at 7:30pm at Ten Barn Farm (1142 County Route 22 in Ghent, New York). General admission tickets ($40 public, $35 Academy members) are available via www.spencertownacademy.org.

Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents its 10th annual Members’ Art Show featuring works made by 84 Academy community members. On Saturday, May 3, there will be an opening reception from 4:00pm to 6:00pm and the exhibit will remain on display through November 3. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Admission is free and most of the artworks are for sale; a portion of the proceeds benefits the Academy.

Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents “Nurturing Nature,”an exhibition in which six women artists explore their symbiotic relationships with the natural world. Co-curated by Karen Andrews and Norma Cohen, the show features wearable art and mixed media sculptures by Deborah H. Carter, acrylic painting and monoprints by Maxine Davidowitz, archival photography by Shelley Lawrence Kirkwood, ceramics and digital prints by Anat Shiftan, oil painting by Jackie Skrzynski, and frozen botanical works and photography by Anna Thurber.

Spencertown Academy Arts Center Classical Sunday series presents tenor Brian Giebler with pianist Steven McGhee on Sunday, May 4 at 3:00pm at the Academy’s Blanche Grubin Auditorium. The program will include American and British composers Benjamin Britten, John Ireland, Gerald Finzi, Samuel Barber, William Bolcom, and Michael Head as well as Clarice Assad, Gabriel Fauré, and Richard Strauss, all featured on his recently released albums “A Lad’s Love” and “A Dad’s Love.” General admission tickets ($25 public, $20 Academy members, $10 students) are available via www.spencertownacademy.org.

Spencertown Academy Arts Center, in collaboration with Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy, announces “Gee’s Bend: The Next Generation” an exhibition of more than 30 quilts, along with talks, workshops, and demonstrations by the celebrated makers, from July 11 through August 3. This is the first time this generation of Gee’s Bend quilters have traveled outside of their community in Alabama to present their works in such a major exhibition.

Spencertown Academy Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents downtown NYC rock band Spottiswoode & His Enemies on Saturday, April 19 at 8:00pm at the Academy’s Blanche Grubin Auditorium. The band will entertain with a broad selection of tunes—catchy, hilarious, joyful, sometimes tear-jerking stories of love, family, the weather, and everything in between—as well as part of Spottiswoode’s new memoir-in-song, “Youngest Child,” and songs from his musical, “Above Hell’s Kitchen.” General admission tickets ($30 public, $25 Academy members) are available via www.spencertownacademy.org.

Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents “From Pencil to Brush: Looking at the Artist’s Process,” an exhibition co-curated by Alice McGowan and David Lesako featuring drawings and paintings by Julie Love Edmonds, Shawn Fields, Kathryn Freeman, and Ann Getsinger. On Saturday, March 29 there will be an opening reception from 3:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. at the Academy and the show will remain on display through April 20. On Saturday, April 5 at 2:00pm, artists Ann Getsinger and Kathryn Freeman will talk about their work at the gallery. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. Admission is free and the artworks are for sale, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Academy.