Community Calendar

Lake Myosotis Boat Launch

Join Stewardship Garrett Chisholm every Thursday to help tackle the invasive species that threaten the health of the Preserve. Volunteers will learn how to identify and manage a different invasive species every week.

$25 a drop-in, $80 ($20 a class) for a 4 session punch card, Venmo, CC, check or cash.

Figure Drawing Long pose Open Studio Sessions for experienced adult artists with a live model in a supportive atmosphere. No instructor. Bring your own art supplies/drawing boards. There are a few easels and we also have tables and chairs. Poses for three 1 hour or one 3 hour. Limited to 15 people per session.

For more information, call or email us!

For updates on scheduling and closures, check out our website or social media.

What is that dazzling display hanging above our heads? It's you! Come dressed in your sparkliest, brightest fit. And don't worry, no matter how much it feels like it, when you jump off the platform you will not explode. This class is for flyers at every level of ability and experience—whether you’ve never tried flying trapeze before, or you’re working on taking tricks out of lines. Beginning students will learn how to take off from the platform, perform fundamental trapeze tricks, and begin working on the ‘swing’—the bread and butter of flying trapeze. More experienced flyers will continue to work on fundamentals and on advancing their trick vocabulary. In the last half hour of class, flyers who are ready will be able to take their tricks across to a catcher (one of their coaches) swinging from a second trapeze. Prerequisites: None! The only prerequisite for this class is age. This class is for students ages seven and up.

Every Saturday in July, join us for fun and interactive programming inspired by the art of Norman Rockwell and Walter Wick, creator of the I SPY books for children. Try your hand at making art inspired by these beloved illustrators. You’ll want to return again and again with a variety of fun and engaging experiences for the whole family; it’s the perfect way to spend some quality time together on your Saturdays this summer!
For more information, visit https://www.nrm.org/events/list/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=795&hide_subsequent_recurrences=1

Applications for the Sandglass Theater’s Summer Intensive Training Program are open now through May 1st. Intensive Dates are: July 6 - 20, 2025.

Applicants for the 2025 Summer Intensive training will select a focus track of Building, Performance or Directing. Participants will spend mornings as a whole ensemble developing common vocabulary through warm-ups, breath training and puppet animation/manipulation class. After lunch participants split into their tracks in puppet construction, puppetry performance or directing for puppet theater. In addition to daily classes, students will spend their evenings working on collaborative compositions in small ensembles, which will be presented at the end of the training.

Classes are scheduled five and a half days per week. Parallel lessons of morning training and focused afternoon tracks provide a strong foundation for participants to apply to their own work. Participants will have evening access to work spaces.

The objective of this training program is to:

*Inspire artists to understand and experience the strong potential of puppetry as a form of ensemble-based
theater

*Learn foundational techniques of giving life to inanimate objects in solo and collaborative processes

*Enjoy being in a creative process with a group of peers to develop compositions that are specific to the
medium of puppetry

Sandglass teaches a method of puppet performance that has been developed over 30 years of workshops around the world. Morning training will be led by Eric Bass (Co-Founder), Shoshana Bass (Artistic Director), and Amanda Maddock (Sandglass Associate Artist). Applicants must select a first choice and second choice for the afternoon track. We will do our best to accommodate your first choice.

We are offering at least one US-based BIPOC scholarship which will be awarded on a first come first serve basis. Applicants who are interested in being considered for this scholarship will be able to indicate so in their application. The scholarship covers tuition, housing and evening weekday meals; the student is responsible for their travel, personal meals and all other expenses.

Applications can be accessed at sandglasstheater.org

16+

Have you been interested in getting into printmaking but have been paralyzed by which method to learn first? Try out multi layer lino-cuts in our one day sampler course where printmaker Dilara Miller will guide students on techniques in carving their linoleum blocks as well as how to register their blocks for a two layer print. Try this course or one of our many other summer sampler courses to learn about Screen Printing, Intaglio, or Monotype. In these sampler workshops, students will be exposed to different printmaking methods in small prints to help them identify which printmaking process calls to their artists’ hearts.

Materials Included

Scholarship availability closes 2 weeks prior to the start of class.

Every Saturday in July, join us for fun and interactive programming inspired by the art of Norman Rockwell and Walter Wick, creator of the I SPY books for children. Try your hand at making art inspired by these beloved illustrators. You’ll want to return again and again with a variety of fun and engaging experiences for the whole family; it’s the perfect way to spend some quality time together on your Saturdays this summer!
For more information, visit https://www.nrm.org/events/list/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=795&hide_subsequent_recurrences=1

Classes & experiences for all ages and all abilities - try our a low trapeze, drop in on the Silver circus for 60+, enroll in summer camp (ages 3 -and up), come for a Birthday Party or just a family shared experience! We've got your indoor fun covered this summer! Book Now!

The Nature Study program at the Huyck Preserve introduces elementary school children to nature through a week-long, half-day program. Students learn about nature through exploration of our forest trails and streams. What animals and plants live in our forests, pond, and streams? The kids will find out! We use science-themed games and crafts to reinforce the basic concepts of ecology and environmental science we've discussed out in the woods.
Morning section (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM) for grades K-2
Afternoon section (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) for grades K-5

The Southern Vermont Sinfonia will offer its Monument Music Camp, July 7-12, at the Monument Arts & Cultural Center. Led by Sinfonia Director Patrick O’Connell, this camping experience offers students an opportunity to perform a varied and exciting repertoire under the guidance of seasoned faculty.

For students in sixth through 12th grade, the camp features orchestra, percussion ensemble, band, chorus, and a musical theatre workshop. The week concludes with a stage concert.

To register, visit https://www.monumentcentervt.org/musiccamp.

The MAC Center is located at 44 Gypsy Lane in Bennington. Questions? Call 802-318-4444.