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Join us for Spencertown Academy’s first Seedling Swap & Sale, a welcoming celebration of gardening, generosity, and growing together. Local gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all experience levels are invited to share seedlings, swap favorites, or purchase plants to take home for the season ahead — vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more… all plants are welcome!
Have you thought about creating a painting that you would love, but it was too daunting? Or maybe you tried and the results were disappointing? In this hands-on workshop, Betsy demonstrates how to bypass the frustrating parts of making representational art, such as getting the underlying drawing the way you want it. She will demonstrate […]
Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art recognized for its benefits to strength, endurance, and balance. Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing, who brought the tai chi form to the US in the early 1960s, described its fluid and controlled movements as “swimming in air” and its emphasis on relaxation as inspiring meditative calm in body and mind. […]
Shakespeare in the Park with the Rooted Voyageurs is back for the 4th year with As You Like It. Join us in the idyllic Forest of Arden, where an unexpected exile transforms into adventure and blossoming love. Filled with disguises, wit, and warmth, the beauty of nature and the power of words reign supreme in […]
Speaker Sigrid Gray: On the Edge: Mills Park Community Experiment This is the story of the renovation of a small green in the village of Kinderhook, NY into a […]
May 30 - June 28 Gallery Hours: Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays 1-5pm We are delighted by the record turnout this year and impressed by the variety of work submitted. This year, the Members’ Show includes paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor, and gouache, drawings in graphite, pen and ink, alcohol inks, charcoal, colored pencil, and […]
Willa Cather (1873–1947) was one of the most singular American novelists of the twentieth century. The author of twelve novels—including several enduring masterpieces, My Ántonia, The Professor’s House, and Death […]
As part of the Town of Austerlitz 250th Anniversary of the USA celebration, Spencertown Academy presents a free concert by the Dusty Wright Four under a big tent located in a field a quarter mile south of the Village Green next to 5100 South Street in Spencertown, NY (GPS may say Chatham) on Friday, July […]
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents Grammy-nominated folk singer-songwriter and author Mary Gauthier with special guest Jaimee Harris, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Mercy Now. The show will honor the songs and stories from this beloved record while also featuring music spanning Mary's extraordinary career. This performance will take place at St. Peter’s Presbyterian Church […]
This year, in addition to the Academy’s famous White Elephant Booth, filled with bargain items for the garden and home, the Market on the Green in the center of Spencertown will focus on things to plant, nurture and grow. Vendors include Arthur’s Point Farm Nursery in Claverack with a selection of native perennials, shrubs and […]
This popular annual Academy event celebrates artful landscapes in Columbia County. The self-guided tour affords the garden lover (and the voyeur) an opportunity to visit a selection of residential properties in our area that are not open to the public. Highlights of this year’s tour include a private woodland walk designed by Pinnacle Trail Builders […]
Show dates: Saturday July 11 - Sunday, August 9 Gallery Hours: Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: 1:00pm-5:00pm View this show online Small Wonders: Regional Fine Arts and Crafts features works by 66 artists in a wide range of media that measure 12 inches or less in any dimension, including paintings in acrylic, gouache, oil, encaustic, and […]