May 2022
Flowers.Fields.Forests.Abstracted
This show, our annual botanical offering, features work chosen by our Curatorial Committee. Each member of the committee selected one artist to be included in the show: Tim Ebneth Curator Norma Cohen chose contemporary abstract artist Tim Ebneth (timebneth.com). “Tim’s line work and mark making in his drawings and paintings have an exciting energy, whether graphite or ink. They incorporate a unique use of repetitive shapes and movement that are fun and charming, but always with an underlying serious sense…
The Uel Wade Music Scholarship Competition
We are pleased to welcome back the Uel Wade Scholarship competition where seven area teenagers will perform classical music in pursuit of funds to put toward their continuing music education. Last year (sans Academy and sans audience), $11,000 was split between two young women. The first-prize winner, oboist Anna Ryu won $6,000. This year, seven high school musicians from five local counties will vie for the green. Anna (as guest artist) will play while the panel of judges confers, after…
June 2022
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Based in New York’s Catskill Mountains, Ungar and Mason are best known for their work on the soundtrack of Ken Burns’s PBS documentary series, The Civil War. Ungar’s composition Ashokan Farewell became the musical centerpiece of the Grammy-winning soundtrack and was nominated for an Emmy. His fiddling is known for playfulness, drama, soul, and technical verve, as he explores many musical styles and idioms that he has internalized and made his own. Mason’s inventiveness on piano and guitar supports the…
35 Days to Baltimore
The Spencertown Academy in collaboration with The Chatham Bookstore presents Jana Laiz and Alex Portillo for a reading and discussion of their new book, Thirty-Five Days To Baltimore. In 2004, seventeen-year-old Alexis Portillo embarked on a harrowing journey from Honduras to Baltimore in the hopes of starting a better life. Over a decade later, Alex recounts his story to author and activist, Jana Laiz in this bilingual retelling. This book will give readers insight into the incredible power the American…
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