May 04 Saturday
On Saturday May 4th, 2024, we’re hosting a day for cooperators – start-ups or conversions, consumer or worker, marketing or purchasing, agriculture or electric, food or financial, housing or anyone curious about how the cooperative model works to save legacy businesses, provide for social and racial equity by reducing wealth and income gaps, and create resilient communities today and into the future through democratic ownership.
WHAT: Bank of America, Merrill, and Bank of America Private Bank cardholders can receive FREE general admission to two cultural attractions on Saturday and Sunday.
WHEN: Saturday, May 4th & Sunday, May 5th (+ the first full weekend of each month)
WHERE: Learn something new this month with a visit to a participating cultural institution, including:
Albany Institute of History & Art, 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210
Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NY 12401
WHY: Bank of America believes the arts have a unique ability to connect people and communities and help local economies thrive. Through Museums on Us, Bank of America provides its cardholders with free access during the first full weekend of every month to artistic and cultural experiences in the Capital Region-Hudson Valley at celebrated institutions ranging from art, children’s and history museums to aquariums, botanical gardens, and science centers. This is one example of how the bank strengthens the local communities it serves, creates greater cultural understanding, and expands accessibility to the arts.
HOW: Use the bank’s location finder tool to search for participating cultural attractions. Please check with our partners directly for current operating hours and admission guidelines. Present your Bank of America, Merrill, or Bank of America Private Bank credit or debit card along with a photo ID to gain free general admission to any participating institution during the first full weekend (Saturday and Sunday) of each month. Cardholders only; guests are not eligible for free admission. The program excludes fundraising events, special exhibitions, and ticketed shows. Not to be combined with other offers. Museum participation varies.
Experience the fun and excitement of a firetruck, helicopter, ambulance, bus, police vehicles, tractors trailers, cranes, tow trucks, and SO MUCH MORE! Get your tickets now for $7 each! Day-of-event tickets are $8 each. Support the Museum and have fun at a great event!
Dates: Dec. 2, 2023, through May 11, 2024. Free and open to the public during library regular hours.
Opening Reception: Friday, Dec. 1, at 6-7:30 pm. View the pieces in “Extra/Ordinary” along with the new installation by Victoria van der Laan. The evening includes light refreshments and music by the Albany High School Jazz Band. Free and open to the public.
Location: Pine Hills Branch of Albany Public Library, 517 Western Ave., Albany
Artists: Cyndy Barbone, John DeSousa, Kathy Greenwood, Lori Lawrence, Joy Muller-McCoola, Mark Olshansky, Jess Stapf, Barbara Todd
Special Installation Artist: Victoria van der Laan
Fairy House Hunt in the Gardens!
Dust off your wings and fly on over to this beloved annual family event! Enjoy this fabulous outdoor scavenger hunt for whimsical and adorable Fairy Houses hidden among the blooming flowers and trees at Locust Grove! Each Fairy House celebrates a different heirloom flower or historic tree and the pollinators that make them grow!
Fairy House happens EVERY weekend in May and June, as well as, Mondays, May 27
Tickets are $10/person online. Children under 4 are free.
*We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets ahead of time. It guarantees your reserved entry time.*
Tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the event ONLY IF there are still tickets available, at $15/Person, Kids under 4 are still FREE
Explore the captivating worlds of mystery and wonder in this exhibition featuring highlights from the Norman Rockwell Museum’s Permanent Collection, which now holds almost 25,000 illustrations by prominent artists working across genres and time periods.
Specific selections include Teresa Fasolino’s colorful, clue-filled mystery novel cover illustrations; Thomas Woodruff’s ethereal book jacket art for best-selling novels by Anne Tyler and Gabriel García Márquez; lighthearted visual puns for Stewart Edelstein’s Dubious Doublets by James Grashow; luminous watercolors for The Wizard of Oz and other stories by Thea Kliros; steamy pulp illustrations by Everett Raymond Kinstler and Mort Kunstler; mystical three-dimensional illustrations for books and magazines by Joan Hall; fictional American histories by Julian Allen; a fun and engaging Rockwell Who-Dun-It; and a brand new Rockwell acquisition that offers mysteries of its own.
On March 9 from 5:00-7:00pm, join us for a Members Reception for the new spring exhibition, Mystery and Wonder: Highlights from the Illustration Collection. Enjoy light refreshments, meet some of the artists featured in the exhibition, and view a newly acquired Rockwell work depicting the Election of 1800.
Reception Link: https://www.nrm.org/events/members-meet-the-artists-reception-mystery-and-wonder-highlights-from-the-illustration-collection/
RSVP: https://tickets.nrm.org/
The Tremaine Art Gallery at The Hotchkiss School at 11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville CT is pleased to present Dialogue: Art in Conversation, featuring works by Valerie Hammond and Nathaniel (Tate) Klacsmann, from April 2 through June 2, 2024, with an opening reception on Saturday, April 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. This exhibition explores the creative processes of two artists whose work reverberates around questions of social inequity, magic, myth, and the environment. Together, their pieces begin a conversation filled with reflective echoes, offering opportunity for intersection around creativity and process. Curated by Joan Baldwin and Terri Moore, Dialogue also includes video and photography by Colleen Macmillan, Ann Villano, and Hotchkiss film students. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
Celebrate Local Artists and Vendors from Ulster, Greene county and beyond! Over 50 vendors. Free kids activities and so much more
Students can explore various materials and concepts in small groups through hands-on art-making. By utilizing painting, drawing, and printmaking techniques, students will explore the creation of two-dimensional space, dynamic compositions, layered materials, images, and methods to express themselves and represent what they see in the world around them. 6 sessions on Saturdays May 4, 11, 18, June 1, 8, 15 (no class on May 25)
Come celebrate Earth Day in Tannersville, the gem of the Catskills. We'll have crafts and activities for kids (including a live raptor and snake show!), as well as presentations and exhibits focusing on our precious environment for people of all ages.