• From the Garden: Still Life

    Gallery Hours:Saturday and Sunday: 1:00-5:00pm *Saturday,June 18: 9:00am-4:00pm* Don't miss our annual garden-themed gallery show featuring the works of eight accomplished regional artists. The show’s theme is any subject matter that comes from the garden composed into a still life; the media will be oil, pastel and watercolor. This rich offering is diverse in style: […]

    Uel Wade Music Scholarship Competition 2016

    Four extraordinary young area musicians will perform at the Academy. Two violinists (Evan Ducreay and Maya Zhou), a percussionist, (Cooper Martell), and a French horn player (Liri Rhoen) will be competing for money awards to put toward their music studies. While the judges confer, former winners pianist Yee Jin Yuk and mezzo-soprano Margaret Flannigan will […]

  • Poetry Reading and Book Signing of What This County Needs by Bernie Kukoff

    Join us for selected readings of the first poetry collection by Benjamin (Bernie) Kukoff. What This Country Needs is at once poignant, funny, wise, and accessible—a journey from Brighton Beach and the poet’s youth as the child of Russian immigrants, to the upper tiers of success in L.A., to trial separation and dating, to getting […]

    Free

    Twilight in the Garden Party

    Friends and neighbors paired with delicious food and libations, all served up in a bucolic setting. Meet new friends and greet the old at this festive kick-off to the summer […]

    $80

    Twilight in the Garden Cocktail Party

    Delicious food, festive libations, and good friends served up in a bucolic setting. That's the recipe for the annual Twilight in the Garden party. This year's party is at Bezalel Gables […]

    Capturing Color: Contemporary Pastels

    Opening reception Saturday, June 25, 4:00-6:00pmGallery Hours: Saturday and Sunday: 1:00-5:00pm Pastels are the purest form of artist color, made from pure pigment with only enough binder to allow them to be formed into useable sticks. This media allows artists a choice of many subtle color variations. Pastel techniques are challenging since the medium is […]

  • Mysterious & Unexpected: the Merger of Art and Science

    Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays 1:00-5:00pm Art and science have much in common from the spark or hypothesis that generates an idea; to the discipline of the process; the risk taking with tools of the trade and the surprise of the result. This exhibit displays the work of six artists who incorporate science to create […]

  • Festival of Books Members’ Preview Party

    Academy members and supporters are invited to an exclusive preview party on Friday evening. Enjoy a glass of wine with fellow book lovers before heading up to the book rooms […]

    $25

    Annual Festival of Books: Labor Day Weekend

    The Festival of Books at Spencertown Academy Arts Center is a celebration of books and reading for the whole community. Over Labor Day Weekend, we welcome dozens of outstanding writers […]