Building Community Through the Arts

Drawing & Storytelling at the Holidays

This workshop is sold out. Local artist/illustrator Jacqueline Rogers leading an interactive Zoom workshop, Drawing and Storytelling at the Holidays. The program is free and recommended for children age 8 and up, and their families. Support for this program is provided by Metzwood Insurance.

Free

Drawing & Storytelling at the Holidays

This workshop is sold out. Local artist/illustrator Jacqueline Rogers leading an interactive Zoom workshop, Drawing and Storytelling at the Holidays. The program is free and recommended for children age 8 and up, and their families. Support for this program is provided by MetzWood Insurance, Stewart's Shops and Hudson River Bank and Trust Company.

Free

Root & Shoots Streams: 2 Blue

Join us for a live-stream of 2 Blue,  straight from the Academy stage!  Watch here. This powerhouse duo features Amy Ryan (guitar and vocals) and Richard Green (guitar and vocals) of the renowned Capital Region blues act, the Amy Ryan Band. Formed in 2016, the duo went on to win that year’s local qualifying competition …

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Raw Resonance

We are sorry to announce that this event has been cancelled.  We hope to reschedule this creative duo at a later date. Ages 8 and up. Live Zoom Presentation. Free, registration required. In this energetic 50-minute Zoom session from Amsterdam, Raw Resonance invites you to join them on an interactive musical journey. Make music together, share creative …

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Style and Rhythms of West African Drumming with Greg Mosley

Style and Rhythms of West African Drumming offers a basic understanding of djembe drum fundamentals. Greg Mosely Join us for this interactive Zoom program which offers a basic understanding of djembe drum fundamentals. Participants may use African hand drums or any available hand drums (drums that don't require sticks). Table tops and plastic buckets are …

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Community Reads #2: This America: The Case for the Nation by Jill Lepore

Free on Zoom: Registration required. Read with us. Please join the Spencertown Academy Arts Center for our second Community Reads event This America: The Case for the Nation by Jill Lepore, a work that examines the dilemma of nationalism and the erosion of liberalism in the twenty-first century. Ms. Lepore will join us live for the …

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Heroes & the Art of Greek Mythology with Tom Lee

This FREE, live and interactive, online experience is the second in the Family Arts Kaleidoscope series, designed to engage children and their families from home. Mr. Lee will lead a virtual tour of museums around the world, highlighting artifacts from Ancient Greece. Many ancient pots and vases illustrate scenes from classical mythology of gods and …

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Jason Talks About Dinosaurs

Join us for the first in our series of Family Arts Kaleidoscope virtual events. Jason Talks about Dinosaurs is a live, interactive Zoom meeting for kids ages 6-12 and their families. Registration is free and is limited to 12 participants. Jason Sheldon is a lifelong dinosaur lover, birdwatcher, and environmentalist. Currently studying for a master's …

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Community Reads “An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones

Read with us. Please join the Spencertown Academy Arts Center for our first Community Reads event, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. An American Marriage was an Oprah’s Book Club selection, as well as a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book. In the novel, newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and …

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