Building Community Through the Arts
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Performance artist and filmmaker (and occasional amateur microbiologist) Sister Sylvester works with new technologies to make cross-species collaborations, essay films, and lecture performances. Using DNA extracted from a hat worn […]
This in person workshop will be held for eight consecutive weeks at the Spencertown Academy.
The personal memoir has become one of our most popular genres. Every life is a compelling and unique story. In this workshop, explore how to shape and explore your stories. Put pen to paper, fingers to keyboard, and craft the memories you’ve been waiting to tell, with expert tutelage!The personal memoir has become one of our most popular genres. Every life is a compelling and unique story. Sharing your life story with a group of interested members of the workshop is a moving and gratifying experience...
Across his genre-defying work, Julian Brave NoiseCat often turns to the narrative arts of his people who tell stories about mythic ancestors like the trickster Coyote to make sense of […]
We are pleased to present, in collaboration with the Capital Region Blues Network, The Heavenly Echoes Gospel Band, founded by the late Deacon James Edmonds in 1965 in Albany, NY. With roots in the Stax/Volt style of Southern Soul, they perform both classic and contemporary gospel music—a mix of originals, well-known traditional spirituals and hymns, covers of songs that crossed over into pop music (such as the Staple Singers’ “I’ll Take You There”), and contemporary quartet-style songs that are gospel standards in the church community.
Ages: 4-7 with an adult companion Using the banjo as the main tool, Zack teaches basic skills that apply to any string instrument—ukulele, guitar, Loog guitar, violin, you name it. By the end of the workshop, your child will be strumming their first song on the banjo,feeling confident and excited for more music-making at home. […]
This storytelling performance offers an evocative journey into the world of Chand’s ancestors in India and Africa. She will read excerpts from her forthcoming book, “Tales of the Boatwoman,” which […]
This panel discussion will feature Shaker Museum’s newly appointed Executive Director Claudia Gould, Director of Library & Collections Jerry Grant, and Collections Manager Sharon Duane Koomler. Topics will include the museum’s now 18,000 object-strong collection, history of the Shakers at Mount Lebanon’s thriving garden seed industry, and plans on the horizon for the museum, including […]
Tai Chi movements & postures teach us to listen to our feet, to be secured to the ground and simultaneously aligned upwards to the crown of the head. Being upright in gravity is a necessary condition of balance. In this workshop, we’ll practice being balanced, when we lose it and how we regain it. The […]
Opening Reception: Saturday March 28, 3-5pm Dates: March 28-April 26 Gallery Hours: Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, 1-5pm Variations on a Theme features artwork by Betsy Jacks, Jim Krewson, John Morra, […]
Opening Reception: Saturday March 28, 3-5pm Dates: March 28-April 26 Gallery Hours: Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, 1-5pm Variations on a Theme features artwork by Betsy Jacks, Jim Krewson, John Morra, […]
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 […]
Spencertown Academy Arts Center and Town of Austerlitz present the Town of Austerlitz 2026 Earth Day Festival on Saturday, April 18 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Spencertown Park (786 NY-203) and Spencertown Academy (790 State Route 203). If weather is inclement, the park activities will move inside Town Hall (816 NY-203). Community partners […]