Community Calendar

Spectacular water views, mesmerizing forest scenes, fascinating wildlife interactions, and intricate plant patterns – western Connecticut is full of natural beauty! This summer, we want to see YOUR outdoor photos featuring the places, critters, and flora you love.

Grab your cameras and phones and submit photos from May 23, until September 7, for the chance to be featured (with credit) on the Housatonic Valley Association website, social pages, and in our e-blasts. We’ll also be giving away some fun, pop-up prizes every few weeks, along with a grand prize in September: a stay at the Manor House Inn in Norfolk, CT.

Plus, a selection of finalist photos, chosen by our panel of judges, will be displayed in a gallery at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT, in October!

The only rule? Your photo must be captured in one of the 83 towns in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York that make up the Housatonic River watershed. Learn more and submit photos at hvaphotos.org.

The only conservation organization dedicated to the entire tri-state Housatonic Watershed, the Housatonic Valley Association acts to protect the natural character and environmental health of the region from the Berkshires to Long Island Sound. Learn more at hvatoday.org.

This year The Fourth Corner Foundation in Windham VT participates as a gallery and information hub on the 2026 VT Crafts Council open studio tours. The gallery hosts local artists and artisans from a wide southern VT area in an exhibit that's available to visit May 22-October 8. The Spring open studio tour is Saturday and Sunday, 5/23 and 5/24, 10-5. For more information about the tour visit https://www.vermontcrafts.com/open-studio-weekend/

The Gilboa Museum presents, "Off the Wall", a three-dimensional art show in the Community Room. Six excellent local artists show sculptures in metal, stone, wood, glass, plastic, found objects and mixed media.
Reception May 23, 4:30-6:30

Wendy Brackman
Kristen DeFontes
John Jackson
Shari Mendelson
Rachel Owens
Leslie Yolen

The Gilboa Museum presents, "Off the Wall", a three-dimensional art show in the Community Room. Six excellent local artists show sculptures in metal, stone, wood, glass, plastic, found objects and mixed media.
Featuring John Jackson, Leslie Yolen, Rachel Owens, Wendy Brackman, Kristen DeFontes and Shari Mendelson.
On view Saturdays and Sundays from noon-4pm and by appointment May 23-June 21.
Opening reception May 23 from 4:30-6:30.

Monthly meeting DAV Smart-Ricker Chap.10.. Social hour at 1PM Meeting at 2PM...For More Info Contact Jasper Lee @207-217-0133

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park presents the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company on Sunday, May 24 at 2PM at 120 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583. Tickets start at $25 and can be reserved here.
Experience the next generation of ballet stars with the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, returning to Kaatsbaan after sold-out shows in 2025. The Studio Company presents a dynamic program featuring both classical and contemporary works. Program details for this performance to be announced in May.

These performers are the next generation of ballet dancers, blossoming before our eyes. –Broadway World
ABT Studio Company, the junior company of American Ballet Theatre, features rising stars of the ballet world between the ages of 16 and 21. ABT Studio Company prepares these outstanding young dancers, who hail from all over the globe, to enter American Ballet Theatre or other leading ballet companies worldwide. Nearly 85% of current dancers in American Ballet Theatre are alumni of ABT Studio Company, including most Soloists and Principal Dancers. The highly mobile ABT Studio Company serves as an ambassador for American Ballet Theatre by touring to venues large and small. Performances feature a wide variety of styles, offering something for everyone to enjoy – from ballet newcomers to lifelong fans!
ABT Studio Company plays out charmingly as a fresh and fleet display of young dancers...accomplished classicists and comradely artists.
–The Wall Street Journal
About Kaatsbaan Cultural Park
The mission of Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is to provide an extraordinary environment for cultural innovation and excellence by providing artists at any stage of their careers with creative residencies at state-of-the-art facilities, and presenting audiences and communities with annual festivals, educational programs, and events. As both an incubator for creativity and presenter for world-class artists in dance, theater, music, film, spoken and written word, and culinary and visual arts, Kaatsbaan provides artists with state-of-the-art dance studios, accommodations, an indoor theater, and outdoor stages. Sited on 153 Hudson River-adjacent acres, Kaatsbaan is free of urban facilities’ space and time constraints, allowing for exciting levels of artistic exploration, creative action, and achievement—just two hours north of New York City.
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is committed to the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts as we aim to present, promote, and embrace programming that accurately reflects our society. We encourage a broadly diverse group of individuals to participate in our programs and join our Board and Staff, and insist on being inclusive of all peoples regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic background, or physical or mental ability.

4 Sundays
May 3, 10, 17, 24 (Make up Day: May 31st)
2:00 - 5:00 pm

Ages 16 and up

Create one-off pieces working on paper with layered monoprints. In this 4 week workshop we will build a vocabulary of printing techniques to create unique and complex prints. Each week a new technique will be introduced. In subsequent weeks we will combine a newly introduced technique with the one taught previously, to create a series of complex print/collages. We’ll explore monoprinting, stenciling, drypoint, collagraph, chine collé to create texture, marks and brushstrokes.

All levels of experience are welcome, from a novice, interested in exploring a new medium, to an experienced printmaker looking for an inspiration.

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Please register at least a week in advance to guarantee your spot. Scholarship availability closes 2 weeks prior to the start of class.

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We believe in access to art education for all. It takes the whole community to generate the equity our pay-what-you-can tuition generates. Behind the scenes, we work to bridge the financial gap between what our students can pay and what we need to sustain our programs. Please consider carefully before you use our discount codes.

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

This economic justice map from The Sliding Scale: A Tool of Economic Justice by Alexis J. Cunningfolk is useful to assess where you may fall on the financial spectrum of pay what you can.

To request 100% off tuition, or payment plan options, please contact chris@mkad.art

Kevin Fuerst, Chair of the Native American Institute of the Hudson River Valley and former New Lebanon Town historian, will discuss the support of the Mohican Nation for the American Revolution as part of their longer tradition of assistance and sacrifice to aid the Colonists.

Featuring the West Stockbridge Chamber Players artistic director and clarinetist Catherine Hudgins, oboist Amanda Hardy, violinist Sheila Fiekowsky, violist Daniel Getz, and double bassist Edwin Barker. The program will include Michael Haydn’s Divertimento in C major, MH 179; W.A. Mozart’s Duo for Violin and Viola in G Major KV 423; Ema Quiñones Núñez’ Haiku: Three Miniatures for Clarinet & Contrabass (World Premiere); and Sergei Prokofiev’s Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Double Bass, Op.39.  These concerts, which benefit the West Stockbridge Historical Society, routinely sell out, so order your tickets today! Tickets ($35 for members, $40 for non-members) can be reserved at www.weststockbridgehistory.org. Seating is limited, first come, first served. This concert is supported by the West Stockbridge Cultural Council.

Join us for the opening reception of "Forgotten Not Gone," a new exhibition by Brattleboro-based artist Joey Morgan. This powerful series of 12 mixed-media collages transforms fragments salvaged from an earlier body of work lost to flooding into an intimate exploration of memory, loss, and personal transformation.

Shifting from public narrative to private reflection, Morgan’s reassembled drawings embrace fragmentation and absence as essential elements, inviting viewers into a deeply emotional and participatory experience. Rooted in drawing and material exploration, her work blurs the boundaries between image and object while reflecting the sensory landscape of Vermont.

Celebrate the opening and meet the artist at the reception.

On view May 8–August 9. Gallery open during events or by appointment.