Community Calendar

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

MONDAY Figure Drawing 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 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 min. Limited to 15 people per session.

For more information, call or email us!

For updates in scheduling or closures, check our website or social media.

Toni Jensen’s Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land will be SUNY Oneonta’s Common Read for 2025-26. Toni Jensen will be delivering the 2025 Mills Distinguished Lecture on the evening of October 6, 2025. Carry is a memoir-in-essays about gun violence, land, and Indigenous women’s lives. Carry was a Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist and a New York Times Editors' Choice Book. An NEA Creative Writing Fellowship recipient in 2020, Jensen's essays have appeared in Orion, Catapult and Ecotone. She teaches at the University of Arkansas and the Institute of American Indian Arts.

🎶 Monday Night Trivia at Larkin Hi-Fi
📍 Location: Larkin Hi-Fi, 199 Lark Street, Albany, NY
🕖 Time: Every Monday, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
💰 Entry: Free to play

Beginning Memorial Day, May 26.

Start your week with a harmonious blend of knowledge and nostalgia at Larkin Hi-Fi's Monday Night Trivia! Situated in the heart of Albany's vibrant Lark Street, this unique venue combines the charm of vintage vinyl with the thrill of trivia competition.

Gather your team and challenge your wits across a variety of engaging categories. Whether you're a trivia novice or a seasoned quizmaster, there's something for everyone. Enjoy the eclectic ambiance as you vie for bragging rights and prizes.

Doors open at 5:00 PM, giving you ample time to settle in and soak up the retro vibes before the trivia action begins at 7:00 PM. It's the perfect way to make your Mondays memorable!

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Skidmore Encore announces registration for its Fall 2025 lecture series delivered by the remarkable Skidmore College faculty for adult learners age 55+ from around the local region. Encore attracts intellectually curious people who are eager to learn. Join us! The 2025 program runs for seven weeks on Tuesdays from September 30 through November 11 in the gorgeous Arthur Zankel Music Center Skidmore College campus. Online registration opens Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM.

For more information: www.skidmore.edu/encore

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.

“Once a Tree: Continuity, Creativity, and Connection” explores the deep-rooted significance of trees in Haudenosaunee culture, tradition, and creative expression. Featuring the work of 42 artists and more than 100 objects—including decorative and utilitarian baskets, cradleboards, snowshoes, ladles, lacrosse sticks, toys, instruments, carvings, and sleds—this exhibition highlights the important relationship between nature and artistry. Selected from the Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition was created with guidance from curatorial consultants Terry Chrisjohn III (Oneida), Preston Jacobs (Mohawk), and Sheila Ransom (Mohawk).

"Separated but Unbroken: The Haudenosaunee Boarding School Experience" explores the lasting impact of the Thomas Indian School, once located on the Cattaraugus Reservation south of Buffalo, NY, and The Mohawk Institute near Branford, Ontario. These institutions, which enrolled a significant number of Haudenosaunee students, were part of a larger system that sought to erase Indigenous identities while deeply shaping the lives of those who endured them. Co-curated by Erin Keaton (Mohawk), the exhibition sheds light on Haudenosaunee resilience.

Bring the youngest children in your life and enjoy a walk in the woods with Membership and Outreach Coordinator Kate Martin. Children, up to age 3, and caretakers will enjoy a relaxing walk while learning about nature and the Preserve. Meet other caregivers and children while seeing the beauty of the woods as the seasons change. Infants are welcome, but please note that our trails are not suitable for strollers.

​This event may be canceled due to weather; please dress appropriately for outdoor walking.

Shaker Heritage Society is opening their doors one day early to their local Holiday Market! This is an exclusive first look at the hand crafted goods that will be available this season. We have curated a wonderful collection of unique artisans and vendors to stock their shelves! Enjoy the vibes with live music and our offering of seasonal wine and ciders, as well as other little snacks and treats. You’ll also have the chance to speak with a number of our artisans and vendors who will be in attendance.

6 Tuesdays
September 9, 16, 30, October 7, 14, 21 ( No Class Sept 23 for Rosh Hashanah)
4:00 - 5:30pm

Grades 5-8

Want to share your story in a creative way? Do you love comics, graphic novels, cartoons, and other forms of sequential art? Using a combination of researched storytelling methods and artistic experiments, students will explore what makes the art of cartooning unique and work together to translate our stories into real-life printed comic books. Students will be encouraged to stretch themselves creatively while still learning the technical basics needed to create a professional comic book. Each student will complete at least four pages of their own comic story, and the final stories will be assembled and printed as an anthology collection available at the local comic shop, World End Comics.

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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"

For75% 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, please contact chris@mkad.art

Learn Chicago Stepping. It's easy and fun when you learn with others. This class does not require a partner! $10 per class or $60 for a series of eight classes or $100 for couples ( lead /follow) ! !!

About this event:

Chicago Stepping is an improvisational form of social partner urban dance with its roots in the Chicago Bop and Lindy Hop. It is a smooth, classy, and versatile dance and is primarily danced to old school, soul, jazz, and r&b music. We are a tight-knit community. You'll meet many new people when we travel. You won't learn alone. You will learn the basics, the history culture, and etiquette of this wonderful dance. Can't wait to see you!