• Gee’s Bend: Quilting Workshop

    This event is sold out. The Gee’s Bend quilters guide participants in designing and sewing a 12″ by 12″ quilt block suitable for framing to take away with them. Making the block consists of designing and piecing the top, adding batting and backing, and then hemming to completion. All materials are provided. Workshop held at […]

    $250 – $275

    Gee’s Bend: Quilting Workshop

    This event is sold out. The Gee’s Bend quilters guide participants in designing and sewing a 12″ by 12″ quilt block suitable for framing to take away with them. Making […]

    $250 – $275

    Gee’s Bend: Quilting Lecture

    Gee’s Bend: The Legacy Lives On: Spencertown Academy Board Member and quilter, Lisa Bouchard Hoe, will discuss the long tradition of American quilting and how Gee’s Bend quilts—made for use, […]

    Free

    Jim Lauderdale in concert at Ten Barn Farm

    Roots & Shoots Concerts in collaboration with our friends at Ten Barn Farm is thrilled to present Jim Lauderdale, Grammy and Americana Music Association award-winning singer-songwriter at Ten Barn Farm […]

    $35 – $40
  • Members Only Preview Sale

    Academy members have early access to the giant book sale. Free for members, $10 for member’s guest. Memberships for sale online and at the door. Refreshments served from 5:00-7:00pm. Scanning devices prohibited on Friday.

    Children’s Program

    Listen to Marcus Pfister’s classic story, The Rainbow Fish, whose silvery scales are the envy of other fish. A wise octopus helps Rainbow Fish learn to share his scales, making him friends. Kids can pose with the costumed character, and get crafty with fishy art.

    Free

    Giant Book Sale

    Giant Book Sale

    Browse affordable, gently used books, vinyl LPs, CDs, DVDs and audio books. Young readers find books, puzzles and games in the Kids Corner. The Special Book Room holds first edition, out-of-print and collectible books; no scanning devices here. Teachers with IDs get 20% discount, excluding Special Book Room and guest author books.

    Free

    Saturday Author Events

    12:30pm: Peter Canellos, The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan 2:00pm: Bonnie Yochelson, Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen 3:30pm: Lisa Lerer & Elizabeth Dias, The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America

    Free

    Sunday Author Events

    11:30am: Chloe Caldwell, Trying: A Memoir 1:00pm: Mayukh Sen, Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star 2:30pm: David Hajdu, The Uncanny Muse: Music, Art, and Machines from Automata to AI

    Free
  • Make it, Shrink it, Wear it! Jewelry, Charms and more

    Creative wearable jewelry, charms and more! Let your imagination run wild and your creativity soar. Trace a picture of a pet or loved one (bring a photo or two with you) or an art masterpiece onto a sheet of polystyrene with markers and colored pencils. Cut them out, punch a hole, put them in our […]

    Free

    Art As Memoir: Regional Juried Show

    Art As Memoir: Regional Juried Show

    September 27-October 26 Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00-5:00pm Congratulations to award-winners Fern Apfel (1st Prize) Philip James Palmieri (2nd Prize), Tom Fox (3rd Prize) and Betsy Jacks, Monica Miller Link and Linda McNutt (Honorable Mentions). Thanks to jurors Ian Berry and Sienna Patti for their thoughtful selections and insightful analyses. You can view this […]

    Opening Reception – Art As Memoir: Regional Juried Show

    Art As Memoir: Regional Juried Show

    September 27-October 26 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 27, 3:00-5:00pm Artists living in Columbia County and nearby counties in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut submitted works based on a personal memory or memories. The subject could be people, places, objects, or events from one’s past, and work submitted could be in any artistic style (representational or […]