Community Calendar

4 Thursdays
November 5, 12, 19, 26 (Snow Days: Dec 3rd &10th)
6 - 8:30 pm

Price: $310

Ages 16+

Carve your own text while learning the basics of woodcut. We will take inspiration from type design and decorative typography to design, carve, and print custom letters, words and phrases. This class will cover the basics of tools, carving techniques, registration, and printing methods. No prior experience necessary.

All materials provided.

Parking: Please park on either Iwo Jima Lane or Cedar Street. Parking that is located in front of the Neighborhood Print Studio are for residents living in the Pajama Factory.

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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, please contact chris@mkad.art

6 Thursdays, 6 - 9pm

October 29, November 5, 12, 19; December 3, 10; Snow Date December 17th

Ages 16+

Price: $300

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. 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 wallace@mkad.art

Artist Lecture: Wednesday, October 28 at 5 pm (Graham Hall, Hillyer Hall)
Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 28 at 6-7 pm
Monday through Friday only.

The beloved Basilica Farm & Flea Holiday Market returns for a three day bazaar featuring hand-crafted goods, local farm-fresh foods, and wonderful art by makers from our community.

As an alternative to Black Friday shopping, the market features a carefully-selected variety of makers, collectors and farmers that harnesses the spirit and beauty of the Hudson Valley. Set against the beautiful, industrial setting of Basilica Hudson's 1880’s repurposed factory, it's a perfect way to jump into the holiday season to find an extraordinary array of local, vintage and handmade gifts, representing the abundance and splendor of the Hudson Valley.

Plus, children 12 and under get in FREE!

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

For the third iteration of Shaker Outpost, Kiki Smith’s Visiting considers the quiet intimacy of welcome, bringing together a selection of Smith’s blankets with case goods she curated from Shaker Museum’s collection.

Shaker Outpost’s General Store is returning alongside Kiki Smith's new exhibition. Kalman will again stock (and re-stock) the General Store just in time for holiday gifting with her unique take on new, vintage, and antique pieces including notecards, books, textiles, kitchen items, handcrafted embroideries, and small design objects.

Our traditional Holiday Fair promotes the holiday spirit with regional artisans featuring handmade pottery, jewelry, fiber, artisan foods and much more!

All inside our historic 1848 Meeting House.

Choose unique gifts for your loved ones while helping support local businesses this holiday season.

October 13th through December 18th

Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm
Closed Mondays

Admission is free, donations welcome!

Explore the colorful and imaginative world of pictorial maps in Armchair Traveler: The Pictorial Maps of Michael R. Stone ’80, on view at Tremaine Gallery at The Hotchkiss School from November 3, 2026, through January 24, 2027. Curated by Joan Baldwin, Curator of Special Collections at The Hotchkiss School, the exhibition features a selection of maps from the collection of Hotchkiss alumnus Michael R. Stone ’80. Created between 1900 and 1960, these illustrated maps offer unexpected glimpses into history, culture, and everyday life, with subjects ranging from Harvard’s campus and Disney Studios to the New Deal and American folk music.

Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, November 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Tremaine Gallery, 11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, Connecticut. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

The gallery is closed Nov, 21 – Nov, 30 and Dec, 17 – Jan, 4.

Gallery hours are Tues – Closed Mon, Sat 10 AM – 4 PM, Sun Noon – 4 PM

September 1 - December 5, 2026
Light and Transient Causes
In the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence, this exhibition takes its name from a line in the document that suggests that some grievances may prove too fleeting to justify revolution—and considers asymmetries of perception of what is deemed light enough to ignore, transient enough to postpone. Curated by Marisa Espe.

Next Stage Arts and Twilight Music present contemporary folk singer-songwriters Antje Duvekot and Hayley Reardon. German-born, American-raised Antje Duvekot writes songs praised for their hard-won wisdom, dark-eyed realism and street-smart romanticism. She has won the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, Kerrville Folk Festival's Best New Folk Award and the Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act. Folk-pop singer-songwriter Hayley Reardon has played nearly 300 shows across Europe and shared the stage with Lori McKenna, Rodney Crowell, Anaïs Mitchell, Dar Williams and Ed Sheeran. All ages. Show 7:30 PM, doors 6:45 PM.