Community Calendar

Art After Hours mixes art and entertainment every third Thursday of the month. Visit exhibitions, create art, and socialize with friends! Hyde Members and guests are invited to join us for our member mixer on December 18 from 5 to 8 pm. Mingle with your fellow members, view the special exhibitions, and munch on light refreshments. Hyde members can also enjoy a 20% discount on Museum shop items!

Join us for an annual holiday favorite! Tour the festively decorated Hyde House by candlelight (LED that is) for an exploration of the theme of light. Tours will start at the quarter of each hour and due to high popularity, it is recommended that you reserve your tour time in advance. Visit vendors in the pop-up holiday market and enjoy festive treats throughout the evening.

City of Albany Commission on Monuments and Public Art

Inaugural Community Educational Event

We invite you to participate in our inaugural community educational event.

This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to get involved, whether you're a long-time resident or new to the area. By inviting feedback from residents, the Commission fosters a collaborative environment where various perspectives can shape the decision-making process. You'll not only deepen your knowledge of our local history and culture but also contribute to strengthening the connections that keep our community thriving.

Advance registration is strongly encouraged to help us plan for seating.

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Large Auditorium

5:00PM to 7:45PM

Albany Public Library

161 Washington Avenue

Albany, New York 12210

6 Thursdays, 6 - 8:30 pm
November 6, 13, 20, December 4, 11, 18

No Class November 27

(Make-up day Dec 19, 2025)

Ages 16+

This watercolor course is designed for intermediate and advanced artists looking to refine their technique and deepen their creative practice. Through structured exercises, students will enhance their observational skills, master controlled lighting, and explore advanced color mixing. Tailored assignments ensure a personalized learning experience, helping you achieve greater precision, expression, and confidence in watercolor painting.

All tools and materials will be provided.

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Please register at least a week in advance to guarantee your spot.

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We believe in access to art education for all. Please pay what you can to support this access for all of our community.

If you would like to use a scholarship code, they are listed below. If you require a full scholarship, please contact Chris@mkad.art

Scholarship Codes:
For 25% discount use code "25OFF"
For 50% discount use code "50OFF"
For 75% discount use code "75OFF"

Albany Civic Theater is excited to present Fuddy Meers, written by David Lindsey-Abaire and directed by Teresa Storti. The play opens Friday, December 5 (preview, pay what you will night 12/4), and runs for 3 weekends. Fri-Sat@7:30 and Sun@3:00 through December 21, 2025.

Fuddy Meers is a dark comedy in which the central character, Claire, has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her memory whenever she goes to sleep. Every morning, she wakes up with a blank slate. Every morning her chipper husband shows her a book containing essential information to start her day. This morning, after he leaves the room, a limping, lisping, half blind, half deaf man in a ski mask pops out from under her bed. He claims to be her brother and here to save her, and she’s hustled off to the country home of her mother, a recent stroke victim whose speech has been reduced to gibberish. The journey becomes more complicated when even more quirky friends, family, and complete strangers enter the scene, including a foul-mouthed puppet.

Friday and Saturday evenings, 12/5, 6, 12, 13, 19, and 20 at 7:30.
Sunday afternoons, 12/7, 14, and 21 at 3:00.

Dance in the Dirthouse: Poety Book Release by Patrick Lawler
Thursday, Dec. 18, 7:30 PM at The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St., Utica.
Patrick Lawler is the author of Conversations With Extinct Animals (Uni-
versity of Alabama Press, 2025), The Exhalation Therapist/Breathe a Word) (Tiger Bark Press, 2022) as well as six other books of poetry and fiction. This will be a premier poetry event-DON'T MISS IT!" Books available for sale. Event is free to the public. Donations gratefully accepted. For information on this and other events visit The Other Side Website at theothersideutica.org.

Material Shift showcases work by 13 Haudenosaunee artists who employ found objects and other unconventional materials to create or illustrate traditional cultural objects or concepts and those who, conversely, explore traditional materials in unexpected ways. Works range from playful to provocative. These events are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum & Library Services, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and friends and members of the Iroquois Museum. For more information contact: info@iroquoismuseum.org

The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works were widely circulated in published advertisements through the 1920s and are on loan to the Museum for the first time through the generosity of GE Aerospace.

Step back into the vibrant world of the 1920s and 1930s with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration during this transformative era. Featuring over 100 works by renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, John Held Jr., and Frank E. Schoonover, the exhibition delves into the cultural impact of illustration during a time of dramatic social change.

Organized by the Delaware Art Museum, Jazz Age Illustration is the first major exhibition to survey the art of popular illustration in the United States between 1919 and 1942—a vibrant and transformative era of innovation, evolving styles, social change, and expanding popular media.

This heartwarming collection of holiday themed works by Norman Rockwell—from Thanksgiving and Christmas to New Year’s—are showcased in this lively installation of enduring seasonal favorites. Renowned for his ability to capture the spirit of American life, Rockwell’s paintings reflect the joy and nostalgia of the season as inspired by classic tales, holiday festivities and greetings, and the artist’s unique brand of gentle humor. His masterful artistry and keen observations of human nature are also revealed in this important collection of original artworks—aspirational images that continue to inspire.
For more information, please visit https://www.nrm.org/2024/09/134735/

WATERCOLOR, A Regional Exhibition Juried by Betsy Jacaruso

This regional exhibition, juried by Betsy Jacaruso, medium of watercolor the only constraint, artwork on view ranges from realism to pure abstraction. Jacaruso has selected 15 watercolors from over 100 works submitted, subject matter ranging from botanical details and wildlife studies to landscapes that walk us in and out of Hudson Valley vistas.

Exhibiting artists: Elizabeth Foster, Jennifer Gibson, Margaret Grasso, Janet Gunderson, Keith Gunderson, Ju Kang, Serene Lincoln, Ping Moroney, Roberta Rosenthal, Richard Taddei, Marilyn Whitely, and Susan Wilson.

About the Juror: Betsy Jacaruso is an award-winning watercolorist and a long-standing member of the Hudson Valley’s art community. Widely exhibited throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond, she also curates’ exhibitions and teaches watercolor at her Rhinebeck gallery and studio.

On view October 31 – December 21, 2025

Gallery hours: Friday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm