Building Community Through the Arts
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New York City’s gritty instrumental trio, Big Lazy, has flourished for over 20 years playing its singular brand of “guitar noir” and “crime jazz” from downtown NYC clubs to the Opéra National de Lyon. They have forged a new American music from archetypes in blues, jazz, Latin, rockabilly, surf, and film music. Simultaneously noir and […]
Join us on our first field trip organized by our Curatorial Committee. Come see masterworks in the Clark’s collection with docent & Academy Board Secretary, David Highfill. Pieces from the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Comes for the Archbishop—she broke new ground as an artist by illuminating ordinary lives and struggles, lending dignity and significance to her characters’ inner worlds. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Show Dates Saturday, July 11- Sunday, August 9 Gallery Hours: Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays: 1:00pm-5:00pm Small Wonders: Regional Fine Arts and Crafts features works by 66 artists in a wide […]
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 […]