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SUMMARY:“The Flock: Chapter 6” Open Studio Showing with Skyla Schreter Dance 
DESCRIPTION:“The Flock: Chapter 6” Open Studio Showing with Skyla Schreter Dance\nDate & Time: Saturday\, October 24\, 2026\, 2-3PM\nFREE! Community Program. Registration encouraged.   \nSkyla Schreter Dance (SSD) returns to Bethany Arts Community for their second artist in residence\, creating the final chapter of their original\, narrative dance work\, “The Flock.” Join SSD at Bethany Arts Community for a behind-the-scenes look into the creation process of “The Flock.” This informal studio showing will begin with an introduction to the larger project\, followed by a short open rehearsal with the dancers working through the newly-created choreographic material. At the end of the showing\, SSD will present a premiere of the “first draft” of Chapter 6 – the 13-minute final chapter in the story; created entirely during the company’s Artist Residency at Bethany Arts Community. \nChoreographer & Artistic Director: Skyla Schreter\nRehearsal Director: Craig Wasserman\nDancers: Hannah Straney\, Piper Dye\, Cristina Moya-Palacios\, Kimie Parker\, Kristina Desjardins\, Mikayla Lambert\, Emily Mistretta  \nAbout “The Flock”\n“The Flock” is an original narrative dance work from Hudson Valley-based dance company Skyla Schreter Dance. As a powerful synthesis of artistic mediums and disciplines\, and inspired by the best-selling novella “Jonathan Livingston Seagull\,” “The Flock” tells the story of a restless young seagull named Jo\, who dreams and strives to transcend the limitations imposed upon her by the rigid traditions of her home Flock.  In her relentless quest to perfect her ability of flight and turn it into an art form and more than just a means to consume\, she breaks with both her family and The Flock\, and is banished and exiled for her transgressions. Rather than limiting her\, this opens up a whole new world of self-exploration and artistry\, where Jo is free to learn and grow\, build a new community rooted in her values\, and live the life she chooses for herself.  “The Flock” is currently mid-development\, and includes both live dance and film elements; including a short film “Jo’s Dream” filmed on Bannerman Island in the Hudson River\, in partnership with the Bannerman Castle Trust.  \nAbout Skyla Schreter Dance\nSkyla Schreter Dance combines classical ballet with a contemporary aesthetic to convey modern-day stories and perspectives. Taking an inter-disciplinary approach\, our work often integrates film\, visual art and musical collaboration to expand the common boundaries of dance as a presentational art form\, while maintaining the body as the primary instrument for creation and expression. Founded and led by choreographer and director Skyla Schreter\, SSD is a collective of dancers\, designers and collaborators working across professional dance\, music and visual arts to connect and elevate our shared human experience through creation.  \nTo support or learn more about the project\, and to keep up with Skyla Schreter Dance\, visit: https://www.skylaschreterdance.com/projects/the-flock 
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SUMMARY:Visualizing Music: A Wearable Art Workshop with Emerging Artist Fellow Elijah Hamilton-Wray
DESCRIPTION:Visualizing Music: A Wearable Art Workshop\nwith Emerging Artist Fellow Elijah Hamilton-Wray\nDate & Time: Tuesday October 13\, 6:30-9PM\nRegistration Encouraged. Register now to secure your spot! \nVisual art and music\, as different as they may seem\, go hand in hand. They are both mediums that provide context as to how artists view the world. This is a workshop for people who love both visual art and music and wish to explore the connection between the two.  \nYou will be led through brainstorming and sketch exercises before eventually translating your ideas onto a clothing item using fabric paints and fabric markers.   \nWe aim to bring to life a piece of music that deeply resonates with you. This workshop is meant to provide a space for building community out of a shared love of music and making. Come for some fun and a bit of guided creativity so that you can leave with a piece of wearable art that is meaningful to you and\, hopefully\, a new perspective on some of your favorite music.  \nThis event is open to all\, ages 16+. Any experience level.  \n What to bring:   \n\nBring a piece of clothing (shirt\, sweatshirt\, pants\, skirt\, etc.) \n\n\nBring a song of your choice to create with\, plus headphones and a way to listen to your own music \n\n\nBring any additional art materials that you’d like to use \n\nAdditionally\, participants will be asked to share 2-3 songs prior to the workshop that we will compile into a community playlist!  \nABOUT ELIJAH\nA Graduate of Northern Vermont University in Johnson\, VT\, Elijah received his MFA in Studio Art. With a love of comic book characters and Japanese animation from an early age\, he often emulated those particular styles. Though his work does not especially represent those genres anymore\, there is reference to it in his current practice. He tends to incorporate certain fantastical elements in his work that blend with realistic representation. His main mediums are oil and acrylic paint\, but he’s also experienced in watercolor\, printmaking\, and drawing. In 2021 he moved to Kalamazoo\, MI to work as Post-Baccalaureate of Art at his undergraduate alma mater\, Kalamazoo College\, where he guided graduating art students through their senior year and helped arrange numerous art shows and exhibitions. He now works as an artist in East Lansing\, MI. \nThis Community Program is a part of BAC’s Emerging Artist Fellowship. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partners. 
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Music by BAC Artist-in-Residence Michelle Zarco - In Partnership with Musicambia
DESCRIPTION:An Evening of Music by Michelle Zarco\nwith BAC Artist-in-Residence Michelle Zarco\nIn partnership with Musicambia \nDate & Time: Monday\, October 5\, 2026 7PM\nFREE Community Program. Registration encouraged\, walk-ins welcome until we reach capacity. \nJoin BAC Artist-in-Residence Michelle Zarco for an evening of music\, in partnership with Musicambia.   \nThis concert will be the premiere of a new set of original music by flutist\, singer and songwriter Michelle Zarco\, written and arranged during her residency at Bethany Arts Community. The 50 minute program will be performed with a small chamber music ensemble\, followed by a 15-20 minute Q&A with the artists.  \nMichelle will be joined by a guest alumni from Musicambia for 2 to 3 songs of their own\, arranged by Michelle. \nA NOTE FROM MICHELLE\nFor most of my career\, I’ve supported other people’s artistic work—as a teaching artist\, session musician\, songwriter\, an artist manager for seven years\, and now as a career and brand consultant. It always felt safest and easiest to stay on the sidelines of artistic work\, channeling my own creativity through someone else\, without the personal risk of being seen. \nThis is in part because choosing music as a career can be a double-edged sword. The pressure of making it your livelihood can sap the joy and nourishment it’s supposed to give you as an artist. Teaching songwriting workshops in prisons through Musicambia is what changed that for me. Watching students write and perform their own songs\, often for the first time\, and seeing deep wells of passion\, creativity\, courage and resilience\, broke through the fog and pushed me to start cultivating and writing my own music again. \nThis concert is the result. These songs are personal and reflective\, influenced by my favorite artists in R&B\, soul\, and world music\, and arranged for a small chamber ensemble that reflects my classical training. It feels fitting that this residency and concert are a culmination of this shift in my artistic practice\, presented in partnership with Musicambia\, with one of their alumni joining me on stage. \nABOUT MUSICAMBIA\nMusicambia (“music” + “change”) helps people in prison and jail write\, play\, and perform music\, cultivating collaborative communities that benefit the health and well-being of everyone involved. Musicambia’s Flagship Program\, which began at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 2014\, meets biweekly from September to June. Thirty incarcerated participants attend morning and afternoon classes for 4 hours\, fostering teamwork\, empathy\, and a sense of responsibility to themselves as well as to their fellow students. Musicambia also has programs at Bedford Hills\, Fishkill\, and Eastern Correctional Facilities in New York\, and in Kansas and California. Musicambia annually reaches 140 incarcerated participants\, as well as audiences of over 200 incarcerated people for concerts. Previously\, the organization worked in Indiana and South Carolina: all told\, Musicambia has created programs in 12 different facilities.  \nMusicambia’s Teaching Artists hold positions in the Attacca Quartet and Imani Winds\, and have taught at Juilliard\, Curtis\, Princeton\, and Peabody. They have won GRAMMY awards\, and collaborated with Pulitzer- Prize winners and pop-stars like Prince. Their musical backgrounds span Western classical\, jazz\, hip-hop\, and popular genres\, as well as Indian classical ragas.  \nLearn more about Musicambia here: https://www.musicambia.org/  \nABOUT MICHELLE\nMichelle is a classically trained flutist based in NYC\, with a musical practice spanning classical\, world\, and pop idioms. She also sings\, plays piano\, and percussion. In 2024 she founded Orchestra Elena\, whose debut performance at Brooklyn Bridge Park was broadcast live on WNYC. She teaches music and songwriting inside correctional facilities through Musicambia\, and draws on seven years in classical artist management at Colbert Artists Management to advise musicians on branding and career strategy\, most recently as the selected consulting artist for Chamber Music America’s Ensemble Forward grant. Born in the Philippines and raised in the U.S.\, she is currently training to become a healer through craniosacral therapy\, energy work\, and herbalism\, and feels most grounded spending time outdoors in nature. She believes in the power of healing through creativity\, self expression\, and self empowerment\, and hopes to help the people around her become healthier and more fully themselves.\n \nThis Community Program is a part of BAC’s Annual Fall Multidisciplinary Residency. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partners.  \nLearn more about this year’s Fall Multidisciplinary Residency here! \nBAC’s 2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency is made possible with support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, Westchester County Board of Legislators\, ArtsWestchester and Westchester County Government. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/eveningofmusic2026/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:Garage Hubub: An Interactive Open Studio with BAC Emerging Artist Fellow Catherine Liebowitz 
DESCRIPTION:Garage Hubub: An Interactive Open Studio\nwith BAC Emerging Artist Fellow Catherine Liebowitz  \nDate & Time: Saturday\, ARTober 3\, 1-4PM (during ARToberfest!) Rain Date: 10/4\nRegistration not required. \nTo sculpt? To draw? To talk? Join BAC Emerging Artist Fellow Catherine Liebowitz in Bethany’s garage during ARToberfest to experience an Interactive Open Studio.   \nVisitors can choose to observe Catherine working on a clay piece or take part in one of the activities that will be available. Try out parts of her process\, brainstorm names for sculptures\, or come by for a chat to learn about one of Bethany’s many Artists-in-Residence.  \nABOUT CATHERINE\nCatherine Liebowitz is a sculptor who works primarily in clay\, plaster\, and stone. Their work focuses on the abstraction of fragments of human anatomy\, which result in forms that feel alive but no longer human.  \nCatherine has participated in a number of student shows as well as a group intern show at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in Vermont after spending last summer as one of their intern residents. Most recently they had a Certificate Graduation Exhibition at the New York Studio School of Drawing\, Painting\, and Sculpture\, and are now excited to see how this body of work will continue to develop from working with the diverse group of artists that the Bethany Arts Community contains.   \nThis Community Program is a part of BAC’s Emerging Artist Fellowship\, generously supported by The New York Community Trust. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partners. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/garagehubub26/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 Residencies,Artober,Artoberfest,Community Program,Emerging Artist Fellowship 2026,Program,Talk,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:UOMOSOLO: Open Rehearsal with BAC Artist-in-Residence Lorenzo Guerrini
DESCRIPTION:UOMOSOLO: Open Rehearsal\nwith BAC Artist-in-Residence Lorenzo Guerrini \nDate & Time: Saturday October 3\, 1-2pm (during ARToberfest!) Rain Date: 10/4\nRegistration not required.\n \nIdea and Creation: Lorenzo Guerrini\nPerformer: Lorenzo Guerrini  \nJoin BAC Artist-in-Residence for an Open Rehearsal of UOMOSOLO at ARToberfest. UOMOSOLO is a solo-work in progress\, exploring contemporary dance\, physical theater\, and character exploration.   \nThe piece follows the ups and downs of Uomosolo\, a clumsy and inept middle-aged man who struggles to be accepted by society. Uomosolo experiments with different types of personalities he can be\, with the aim of finding the best version of himself. With a lighthearted and comical tone\, the piece reflects on loneliness\, identity\, and the relationship between oneself and society.\n\nABOUT LORENZO\nLorenzo Guerrini is a dancer based in New York City\, originally from Florence\, Italy. He holds degrees from the Martha Graham School\, ACTS/École de Danse Contemporaine de Paris\, and the University of Florence. A former member of Graham 2\, he received the Armgard von Bardeleben Award for excellence in Graham studies. He has understudied for NVA & Guests (Nicole Von Arx) and performed in original works by Peter Chu and Jesse Obremski. He is currently a company member of the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company and serves on the faculty of the Martha Graham School. \nPhoto Credit: Isabella Pagano \nThis Community Program is a part of BAC’s Annual Fall Multidisciplinary Residency. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partners.  \nLearn more about this year’s Fall Multidisciplinary Residency here! \nBAC’s 2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency is made possible with support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, Westchester County Board of Legislators\, ArtsWestchester and Westchester County Government. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/uomosolo/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Dungan Garden Open Installation with BAC Artist-in-Residence Yanmei Jiang
DESCRIPTION:The Dungan Garden Open Installation: Inside the Somatic & Geological Process  with BAC Artist-in-Residence Yanmei Jiang \nDate & Time: Saturday October 3\, 11:30AM-1:30PM (during ARToberfest!) Rain Date: 10/4\nRegistration not required.\n \nJoin BAC Artist-in-Residence Yanmei Jiang for The Dungan Garden: Inside the Somatic & Geological Process\, an Open Installation at BAC’s ARToberfest.   \nVisitors will be invited for a walkthrough of the three-dimensional canvas installation\, where she will introduce the creative process behind the work and discuss the relationship between body\, landscape\, and material. Engage in informal conversation and get to know Yanmei’s work. Free and open to all.  \n——  \nThe Dungan Garden series explores how a landscape\, specifically a lotus pond\, can be expressed through the simplest possible gesture: the horizontal stroke inspired by Chinese calligraphy\, and the dripping guided by gravity.   \nDuring Yanmei’s residency\, she is developing a triptych paintings installation. Displayed individually\, the three panels will form a three-dimensional spatial installation that can be experienced within a studio or public space.  \n“’Dungan’ means slower sensation and heightened awareness of time. For me\, this is not a state of numbness\, but a way of slowing down in order to become more attentive to subtle changes in the body\, nature\, and time. Through repeated but never identical horizontal gestures\, I explore how a simple mark can carry movement\, breath\, memory\, and the experience presence.”  \nFor this site-responsive work\, I will be inspired by the colors and visual qualities of the autumn woods at Bethany as a reference\, allowing the local landscape to inform the development of the painting. The lotus is deeply embedded in East Asian artistic traditions\, while water has long functioned as a space of reflection\, transformation\, and impermanence. I am interested in bringing this cultural image into dialogue with the cultural living landscape of Bethany.”  \n\nABOUT YANMEI\nYanmei Jiang is a New York-based visual artist whose practice explores the concept of the “body as archive\,” developing embodied memory through large-scale abstract painting rooted in muscle memory. Spanning site-responsive abstract painting\, spatial installations\, and photography\, her work has been exhibited internationally\, including solo exhibitions at Gallery 456 (New York) and Ray Art Center (Shanghai). She holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts (2023) and has participated in residencies at the AnkhLave Arts Residency on Governors Island (2025) and ChaShaMa (2023). Deeply engaged with place and materiality\, her painting practice utilizes whole-body movement and unprimed canvases to create suspended spatial environments\, inviting viewers into an immersive experience and a slow pace of time. \nThis Community Program is a part of BAC’s Annual Fall Multidisciplinary Residency. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partners.  \nLearn more about this year’s Fall Multidisciplinary Residency here! \nBAC’s 2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency is made possible with support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, Westchester County Board of Legislators\, ArtsWestchester and Westchester County Government. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/thedungangarden/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ecology of Us: A Community Conversation: Impact of Humans on Earth with Kristin Marting
DESCRIPTION:Ecology of Us: A Community Conversation: Impact of Humans on Earth\nwith BAC Artist-in-Residence Kristin Marting\nDate & Time: Wednesday September 30\, 7-9pm\nFREE Community Program. Registration encouraged. Walk-ins welcome until we reach capacity.  \nJoin BAC Artist-in-Residence Kristin Marting for a community conversation centered around the impact of humans on our earth and positive actions we can take towards sustainability.   \nKristin will read short excerpts from visionary writers Octavia Butler and Alan Weisman\, as well as an excerpt in progress from Quintessence\, her environmental speculative fiction opera.   \nKristin will then facilitate an “Open Space” format for our conversations — Open Space is a self-organizing\, participant-driven format in which attendees create the agenda together on a variety of topics in response to our central theme. As a participant\, you will be free to choose which conversation you join and move as desired between simultaneous conversations\, engaging with topics that resonate with you. We will re-gather as a group towards the end to share findings with the full group.   \nOur friends at Riverkeeper will join to share local issues affecting the Hudson River and provide resources for framing solutions. Riverkeeper protects and restores the Hudson River from source to sea and safeguards drinking water supplies\, through advocacy rooted in community partnerships\, science and law. ‌‍Learn more about Riverkeeper and their work here. ‌ ‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍  \nAbout Quintessence \nInspired by the speculative fiction of Octavia Butler and the environmental nonfiction writing of Alan Weisman\, Quintessence is a new environmental science fiction opera about othering\, nonconformity\, intolerance\, and community that Kristin is co-creating as librettist/director with composer Paul Pinto.   \nThe 90-minute multimedia opera tells the story of our dying planet in seven parts\, scored for an ensemble of seven singers\, four instrumentalists and electronics. Our earth is sick – it has been damaged beyond repair by our species. All humanity share an existential awareness of our fragility. There are too many of us\, but too few other species. Our earth is no longer able to produce anything naturally so food and drink are created through technology. One world government controls all resources\, which are distributed unevenly to haves and have-nots. As humans scramble to survive\, genetic modification has become a worldwide practice with almost no one unmodified. But the modifications induce unpredictable abilities. Ongoing human conflict is weakening our already ailing earth.  \nABOUT KRISTIN\nKristin Marting is an award winning director & creative producer based in NYC. She has constructed 38 world premieres (15 hybrid\, 10 opera/music-theatre\, 9 adaptations of novels & 5 classics). Selected premieres: BAM\, HERE\, Ohio Theatre\, Soho Rep. Selected touring: 7 Stages\, Berkshire Festival\, Brown\, MCA\, New World\, Painted Bride\, UMass\, Moscow Art Theatre\, Oslo. Selected workshops: Clubbed Thumb\, New Georges\, Playwrights Horizons\, Public Theatre\, Target Margin. Recipient of an OBie award for Lifetime Achievement and Proclamation from the NY State Assembly for steadfast leadership\, two prestigious MAP Fund awards\, a nytheatre.com Person of the Decade for outstanding contribution\, a Leader to Watch by Art Table\, and a BAX10 Award. She is the Founding Artistic Director Emeritus of HERE and co-founded/co-curated 12 editions of PROTOTYPE festival.  \nThis Community Program is a part of BAC’s Annual Fall Multidisciplinary Residency. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partners.  \nBAC’s 2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency is made possible with support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, Westchester County Board of Legislators\, ArtsWestchester and Westchester County Government. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/ecologyofus/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 Residencies,Art & Action,Community Program,Fall Multidisciplinary 2026,Storytelling,Talk
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SUMMARY:This Little Glade: Sharing Plants\, Poetry\, and Rooted Power with BAC Artist-in-Residence Rita Mookerjee - In partnership with Hudson Valley Books for Humanity
DESCRIPTION:This Little Glade: Sharing Plants\, Poetry\, and Rooted Power\nwith BAC Artist-in-Residence Rita Mookerjee\nIn partnership with Hudson Valley Books for Humanity \nLocation: Hudson Valley Books for Humanity (67 Central Ave\, Ossining NY)\nDate & Time: Tuesday\, September 29\, 2026 7-8:15 PM\nAges: 18+\nFREE Community Program. Registration encouraged.\nWalk-ins welcome until we reach capacity.  \nLet us come together and create in the name of green life. Join BAC Artist-in-Residence Rita Mookerjee at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity for This Little Glade: Sharing Plants\, Poetry\, and Rooted Power.  \nIn this intersectional writing event\, we will draw upon the power of rhizomes and root systems to enrich our writing processes with the knowledge and language of plants. Using contemporary feminist poetics\, we will analyze plants as metaphors and as powerful centers of adaptation and renewal.   \nRita will close the session with a reading from her second collection\, Banana Heart. You will leave with new writing\, a cutting/seeds\, and intimate knowledge of plant magic.\n\nBring with you a notebook\, your favorite writing utensil\, and a plant cutting or seeds to exchange.  \nABOUT HUDSON VALLEY BOOKS FOR HUMANITYFor this Community Program\, we are thrilled to be collaborating with our partners and friends at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity\, a welcoming space to build community through books and art. Find Hudson Valley Books for Humanity on social media @hudsonvalleybooksforhumanity\, on their website hvbooksforhumanity.com\, or visit them at 67 Central Avenue\, Ossining\, NY 10562. \nABOUT RITA\nRita Mookerjee is an assistant professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Worcester State University. She is the winner of the 2024 Steel Toe Books Poetry Award and the author of False Offering (JackLeg Press). In 2020\, she co-founded Honey Literary\, a 501(c)3 arts and literary nonprofit. She is also the vice president of Sundress Publications and a poetry editor at Split Lip Magazine. Find her work in American Poetry Review\, CALYX\, Copper Nickel\, Poet Lore\, and the Offing. \nThis Community Program is a part of BAC’s Annual Fall Multidisciplinary Residency. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partners. \n \nLearn more about this year’s Fall Multidisciplinary Residency here! \nBAC’s 2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency is made possible with support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, Westchester County Board of Legislators\, ArtsWestchester and Westchester County Government. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/thislittleglade/
LOCATION:HUDSON VALLEY BOOKS FOR HUMANITY\, 67 Central Ave\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 Residencies,Community Program,Fall Multidisciplinary 2026,Poetry,Visual Art,Workshop,Workshops
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SUMMARY:A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words: a Poetry Workshop with BAC Artist-in-Residence E'mon Lauren - In Partnership with the Hudson Valley Writers Center
DESCRIPTION:A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words: a Poetry Workshop \nwith BAC Artist-in-Residence E’mon Lauren \nIn partnership with Hudson Valley Writers Center \nLocation: Hudson Valley Writers Center (300 Riverside Drive\, Sleepy Hollow\, NY) \nDate & Time: Friday September 25\, 5-6PM (before The People’s Mic!)\nAges: 18+\nFREE Community Program. Registration encouraged for workshop.\nWalk-ins welcome until we reach capacity.  \nJoin BAC Artist-in-Residence E’mon Lauren for a Ekphrastic poetry workshop prior to Hudson Valley Writers Center’s “The People’s Mic”. \nEkphrasis is the old practice of making one art form answer another. A poem written for a painting. A poem written for a photograph. The image speaks first\, and the writing answers back. In this 60-minute workshop we get into what ekphrasis is\, where it comes from\, and why writers keep returning to it. Then we try it ourselves\, in poems. No writing experience necessary and nothing to prepare.   \nYou leave with a poem that started as an image. Then stay after for The People’s Mic\, hosted by Westchester Poet Laureate\, Phylisha Villanueva. See below for info on The People’s Mic.  \nAges 18+\nBring a notebook and your favorite writing utensil.  \nFacilitated by E’mon Lauren\, Chicago’s first Youth Poet Laureate and Bethany Arts Community Fall 2026 Artist-in-Residence.  More about E’mon and our Fall Multidisciplinary Residency below! \n——  \nThe People’s Mic (following A Picture is Worth 1000 Words)\nFriday September 25\, 7-9PM (doors open at 6:30PM)\nHudson Valley Writers Center (300 Riverside Drive\, Sleepy Hollow\, NY)  \n \nThe People’s Mic is more than an open mic; it’s a community gathering rooted in care\, creativity\, and connection\, hosted by Westchester Poet Laureate Phylisha Villanueva. Join us for an evening where poets\, storytellers\, and musicians share space and truth. Whether you have a poem in your notes app\, a song in your chest\, or want to listen and be nourished by community\, this space is for you. No experience required. No perfection expected\, just presence. Centered on respect\, expression\, and collective care.  \nABOUT HUDSON VALLEY WRITERS CENTER\nHudson Valley Writers Center brings writers and readers together to celebrate the essential art of the written and spoken word. The Center fosters a vibrant literary arts community that supports and empowers writers and readers of diverse ages\, talents and backgrounds at every stage of their creative development.  \nLearn more about Hudson Valley Writers Center here!\n—\nABOUT E’MON\nE’mon Lauren is a poet\, performer\, and educator from Chicago’s West Side. She is the city’s first Youth Poet Laureate and the author of COMMANDO (Haymarket Books)\, with work published in Poetry Magazine\, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic\, and Sixty Inches From Center. For over a decade she has contributed poetry and cultural journalism to South Side Weekly and performed across Chicago\, including at the Poetry Foundation\, the Chicago Cultural Center\, and Millennium Park. She is the creator and executive producer of The Real Hoodwives of Chicago\, a podcast and talk show centering Black femme voices. Her work is rooted in hood womanism\, a framework that centers Black femme life on Chicago’s West and South Sides. Her debut full-length collection\, Finesse\, is forthcoming.\n \nThis Community Program “A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words\,” is a part of BAC’s Annual Fall Multidisciplinary Residency. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partners.  \nLearn more about this year’s Fall Multidisciplinary Residency here! \nBAC’s 2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency is made possible with support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, Westchester County Board of Legislators\, ArtsWestchester and Westchester County Government. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/1000words2026/
LOCATION:Hudson Valley Writers Center\, 300 Riverside Drive\, Sleepy Hollow\, NY\, 10591\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 Residencies,Community Program,Fall Multidisciplinary 2026,Poetry,Visual Art,Workshop,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Getting your process unstuck: Embodied practices for creative blocks with BAC Artist-In-Residence Laura Perovich
DESCRIPTION:Getting your process unstuck: Embodied practices for creative blocks\nwith BAC Artist-in-Residence Laura Perovich \nDate & Time: Thursday\, September 24\, 2026 7-8:30PM\nFREE Community Program. Registration encouraged\, walk-ins welcome until we reach capacity. \nThis workshop explores the creative blocks that are part of many artistic practices. When there’s no way forward on a project\, how can we find a way over\, under\, and around?  \nParticipants should bring a project they’re feeling creatively stuck on. All media are welcome\, including visual arts\, writing\, music\, movement\, and craft\, among others.   \nDuring the workshop\, we will find our way through our stuckness through individual and group explorations. Activities will include structured reflection\, experimentation\, and embodied movement practices\, and will be adaptable to individual needs\, interests\, and concerns. Optional hands-on work may be offered. \nABOUT LAURA\nLaura Perovich is an interdisciplinary artist and designer. Her practice explores the push and pull between people and technologies through the lenses of craft\, community\, and corporality. She creates textile art and embodied experiences that aim to help us find something interesting about who we are\, alone and together. Perovich received her PhD from MIT and is an associate professor at Northeastern University. Her work also draws on her experience as a dancer\, somatic practitioner in training\, environmentalist\, and maker.  \nThis Community Program is a part of BAC’s Annual Fall Multidisciplinary Residency. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partners.  \nLearn more about this year’s Fall Multidisciplinary Residency here! \nBAC’s 2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency is made possible with support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor’s office and the New York State Legislature\, Westchester County Board of Legislators\, ArtsWestchester and Westchester County Government. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/processunstuck/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 Residencies,Community Program,Fall Multidisciplinary 2026,Program,Workshop,Workshops
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT! The Power of Process with Emerging Artist Fellow Jayna Dias
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is sold out. If you’re interested in being on the waitlist for this workshop\, please email julias@bethanyarts.org. \nThe Power of Process with Emerging Artist Fellow Jayna Dias\nDate & Time: Thursday\, August 13\, 2026 6:30-9PM\nFREE Community Program. Registration required.  \nMaintaining an artistic practice that dedicates substantial time to think ahead of making is a valuable skill that assists in enhancing art’s content. Join us for a detailed workshop designed to develop this skill by focusing on the importance of intention and planning before creating an artwork.  \nParticipants will be guided through a series of group breathing\, writing and sketching exercises created to develop finding inspiration\, and reconnecting with the self. For those with artistic experience\, this workshop will aid in sharpening your voice\, and for those with a desire to make art\, this workshop will serve as a launching point to discover it. Everyone will walk away with a deeper understanding of their drive to make and a framework for how to tap into it. Be prepared for a relaxing evening devoted to The Power of Process!  \nAll artists are welcome\, ages 16+ — any experience level\, background\, or discipline. The workshop will include a dedicated time for hands-on “making\,” so we encourage you to bring your own art supplies related to your artistic discipline and/or what you’d like to explore during this workshop. Writing materials will be provided.  \nFor questions\, accessibility requests\, or assistance with registration\, email julias@bethanyarts.org or call BAC at 914-944-4278.   \nThis event is an Artist Residency Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partner.  \nAbout Jayna\nJayna Dias is a Senegalese-American visual artist and performer that creates works rooted in the complexity of the Black diaspora. Through drawings\, paintings\, and the body\, Dias creates visual exemplifications of the intricacy of Black identity\, Western colonialism’s intervention on it\, and how deconstruction can be a powerful tool in reasserting it. Her work investigates themes of misogynoir\, cultural hybridity\, and fetishization channeled through lived experiences\, family lineage\, and academic research. Unstable compositions\, expressionistic figures\, boisterous colors\, and found materials are all utilized in her practice to stage invitations for viewers to engage with the underrepresented themes she depicts. Above all\, Dias’ practice is about visibility. \nDias earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Art from the University of Southern California in 2024. She has exhibited around Los Angeles\, shown in Venice\, Italy during the 2024 Biennale\, and has work in the Newport Historical Society’s collection for their Center of Black History. She completed an academic research fellowship through the Frank C. Munson Institute at the Mystic Seaport Museum in 2025 and was a visiting resident at Real Time & Space in Oakland during February of 2026. Currently practicing in Los Angeles\, Dias also works as a Visitor Experience and Community Engagement Associate at the California African American Museum. \nThis fellowship is generously supported by
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/thepowerofprocess/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 Residencies,Community Program,Creative Writing,Emerging Artist Fellowship 2026,Program
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SUMMARY:Work-In-Progress Showing: A Side Of The World For A Canvas with SLMDances 
DESCRIPTION:Work-In-Progress Showing: A Side Of The World For A Canvas \nBased on the work of Zora Neale Hurston\nwith SLMDances\nSaturday May 16\, 2026\, 2-4PM\nOpen to all ages \nWHAT TO EXPECT: \nJoin SLMDances for a public offering as the culmination of their Works & Process Residency at Bethany Arts Community for their new work in development\, A Side Of The World For A Canvas\, based on the work of Zora Neale Hurston.   \nThis informal sharing will include a performance of their work-in-progress developed during their residency week\, and invite participation and feedback from witnesses. Open to all ages.   \nThis program will be hosted outside with masking encouraged. In the case of inclement weather\, we will move inside\, and masks will be required for attendees. Please bring a mask of your own; we will have masks available onsite.  \nA SIDE OF THE WORLD FOR A CANVAS: \nThe primary focus of this residency is to develop A Side of the World For A Canvas through rehearsal\, dramaturgy\, embodied research\, collective practice\, and reflection. A Side Of The World For A Canvas is a site-responsive dance-theater work crafted to highlight Zora Neale Hurston’s legacy as a dance and theater maker\, a foremother of Black feminism\, and an artist whose work across media amplified the stories of everyday Black folks. The title is a quote drawn from her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God that describes the ease with which men could shoot the breeze and tell stories to one another crafting their own version of reality. In this work\, women and femmes assume this agency through story telling creating their own possibilities.  \nKey questions the artists will investigate include: How do we continue to honor Zora throughout the creative process? How does each place inform the performance work?  \nHow does ethnography live in this creative process and work?  \nSYDNIE L. MOSLEY \nSydnie L. Mosley is an award-winning choreographer and writer renowned for socially aware creative work with her collective SLMDances. Her repertoire including her critically acclaimed evening length dances PURPLE: A Ritual In Nine Spells (world premiere Lincoln Center 2023\, two-time Bessie nominated)\, The Window Sex Project\, and BodyBusiness—as well as their creative processes—are a model for dance-activism. She was one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2024 and recognized by former NYC Mayor de Blasio in 2017 for using dance to fuel social change. Sydnie was part of the Bessie Award-winning skeleton architecture\, the future of our worlds\, curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa. In addition to her own work—which she has performed from Lincoln Center to the legendary Apollo Theater—she performed with Christal Brown’s INSPIRIT (2010-2013) and Brooklyn Ballet (2009-2019). She has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University. Her writing has appeared in ESSENCE\, Dance Magazine\, and The Washington Post. SLMDances has danced across the US\, including the Brooklyn Museum\, Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State\, Dance Brigade (San Francisco)\, Dance Place (Washington DC)\, Joyce Soho\, Harlem Stage\, Judson Church\, and many more. She recently served as Assistant Choreographer for the first-ever full staging of Zora Neale Hurston’s Spunk presented by Yale Repertory Theatre\, a play that was lost to time until the Library of Congress uncovered the drama in 1997.  \nFind SLMDances: https://www.sydnielmosley.com/  \n—————   \nThis event is an Artist Residency Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partner.  \nThis Residency and Community Program are made possible through BAC’s partnership with Works & Process at the Guggenheim. BAC is proud to partner with Works & Process\, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim to support creators of the performing arts and incubate new works. As two organizations committed to supporting artists across disciplines and in various stages of their artistic process\, the partnership is a natural fit.  \nImage Credit: Courtesy of SLMDances; Photograph by Effy Grey
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/wipslmdances/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open Rehearsal & Open Conversation with Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance  
DESCRIPTION:Open Rehearsal & Open Conversation\nwith Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance \nSaturday May 9\, 2-3:30PM\n*Content Transparency: This program contains mature themes and topics. Parental discretion advised.*\n \nThe open rehearsal format allows the choreographer and dancers to simply exist in the space while audiences witness how the work is created. I invite viewers to keep an open mind\, not just observing rehearsal\, but also how we relate to one another.  \nThis cast of Black W*ackers/Punkers is here to express our contemporary movement within this culture. The conversation centers on sharing process and exchanging what the audience perceives\, understands\, or questions. This is not a performance.  \nWe invite you into our space of Punkness—to witness\, be inspired\, and see how W*acking/Punking has shaped us. We hope to encourage more Black bodies\, especially younger generations\, to find themselves in this practice.  \nWacking/Punking is activism: a tool against oppression\, and a force of resistance. Dare to Wack. Dare to fight back. Dare to be a Punk. Dare to protect one another.  \nThis event is open to all\, and we intentionally invite Black bodies to be present —Queer\, Cis\, Women\, Men\, Trans\, teenagers\, and multiple generations. This is not exclusionary\, but about being both the representation and the represented.    \nhttps://bethanyarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Black-Waackers-Promo-BAC.mp4\n  \nInitial Ideation [circa 2024]\nW*acking/Punking\, an American social justice dance form\, emerged in the gay clubs of Los Angeles during the disco era and was predominantly expressed by Black bodies. The DJ Michelangelo\, a central force in its formation\, cultivated it as something shared among those who needed it—never for sale. Today\, the erasure of Black bodies within this dance form is both flagrant and violent. Its global evolution has created space for expression\, visibility\, and livelihood elsewhere—opportunities that remain largely unseen and under-supported in the United States.  \nWith this work\, I’m interested in exploring how different Black bodies connect with W*acking—what it means to us now\, more than 40 years after its inception. I ask: what is the Queer\, Black\, American evolution of this movement today? How can this dance form help us confront the challenges we face as Black Queer bodies? How do we reclaim its power and have it recognized and celebrated on American soil?  \nAt its core\, this work is about visibility—centering Black bodies\, and in particular Black Queer bodies\, while holding space for Black women and non-queer Black bodies whose contributions and presence remain essential. It is about how we use W*acking to express\, to take up space\, and to empower. There is also an opportunity to reach both teens and adults—to use this movement as a force against prejudice\, queerphobia\, racism\, and more.  \nThrough dance and conversation\, this work unfolds in three parts: a performance\, a film\, and a graphic novel. At its center is the question: what happens when W*ackers and Punkers are imagined as super-humans? What are the superpowers we carry that allow us to express\, activate\, and empower? And how can this dance form support us in meeting the challenges of the present moment?  \nPresent Day Flow [circa April 2026]\nNow that the residency process has begun\, the exploration is taking shape through the imagining of W*ackers and Punkers as super-humans.  \nThe quest: to find personal and collective freedom. To build an army of Black W*ackers and Punkers. To examine our specific strengths—how they have been used\, misused\, or exploited—and how they can live fully in our expression of W*acking/Punking. What defines our personal and collective arsenal of superpowers within this culture?  \nTheir powers emerge from the elements of our culture. Poses and stances become sites of protection\, confidence\, and armor. We are Punking our way through—digging deeper to understand what we give to the culture\, and what it has given to us.  \nWe invoke our ancestors in the way we walk; the vibration of our weight meeting the earth. A return to self unfolds through 360-degree motion: spinning\, turning\, pivoting\, pirouetting. The W*acks call us to strike with force\, these are our weapons\, a vital part of our arsenal.  \nThe villain remains uncertain. Is it erasure? Internalized belief—buying into the hype? Is it the tension of yin and yang\, or the imbalance between them? Can a world of super-humans\, of super W*ackers and super Punkers\, exist without a villain\, or is oppression an ever-present force we must continually name and resist?  \nAlongside this\, we are developing a film with filmmaker Kristina Moorer\, and envisioning a graphic novel as a lookbook\, featuring Punkers posed in bold\, fashionably outrageous forms.  \nThis is the flow we stepped into just days ago. By the time we arrive at Bethany in May\, more questions will emerge; some answered\, some abandoned\, some tested\, failed\, or held for another time.  \n——–  \nThis event is an Artist Residency Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partner. \nThis Residency and Community Program are made possible through BAC’s partnership with Works & Process at the Guggenheim. BAC is proud to partner with Works & Process\, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim to support creators of the performing arts and incubate new works. As two organizations committed to supporting artists across disciplines and in various stages of their artistic process\, the partnership is a natural fit.  \nImage Credit: Courtesy of Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance\, Credit: Jerick ‘Anyo’ Collantes  \nVideo Credit: Courtesy of Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance\, Video credit: The Nubian Dancers: Cruella\, Jennuine\, NYX\, Amethyst at Queens College through the CUNY Dance Initiative 
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LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:On Set with Reyna Núñez 
DESCRIPTION:On Set with Reyna Núñez\nFriday May 8\, 6-8PM\n*Content Transparency: This program contains mature themes and topics. Parental discretion advised.* \nAn open rehearsal with Reyna Núñez while she captures vignettes centered around the layered themes of freedom\, love\, sensuality and intimacy on film. Reyna will explore how emotion\, humanity\, connection and movement translates through digital film recordings. A deep dive into a different art of storytelling.   \nThis is an open rehearsal format\, audience members are welcome to join us anytime throughout the 2-hour rehearsal. \nAbout Reyna Núñez\n2025 Dance Lab NY Choreographer and 2023 Frankie Manning Foundation Fellow\, Reyna Núñez\, is a New York City–raised dancer\, choreographer\, international educator\, and visionary shaped by the city’s rich cultural tapestry. Her movement is rooted in the freedom of feminine expression\, spanning street and club forms\, partnered social dance\, and contemporary practices.  \nHer expansive career includes work with Janet Jackson\, Lizzo\, Karol G\, and Louie Vega\, with appearances in In The Heights and campaigns for Adidas\, Aldo\, and Amazon Audible. Reyna moves fluidly between performance\, direction\, and administration\, having served as Rehearsal Director for The Jazz Continuum and the Ladies of Hip-Hop Dance Collective.  \nReyna continues to build her own work and cultivate an authentic artistic community at home in NYC\, recently making her directorial debut with Spilata’s The Cuntiest short film. Along the way\, Reyna supports fellow artists in bringing their visions to life while continuing to shape and share stories of her own.   \n@queeendelsol  \n——–  \nThis event is an Artist Residency Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partner. \nThis Residency and Community Program are made possible through BAC’s partnership with Works & Process at the Guggenheim. BAC is proud to partner with Works & Process\, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim to support creators of the performing arts and incubate new works. As two organizations committed to supporting artists across disciplines and in various stages of their artistic process\, the partnership is a natural fit. 
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SUMMARY:Work-In-Progress Showing of Doomscrollers: A Body of Dangerous Ideas: Part 3 with Raja Feather Kelly & the feath3r theory
DESCRIPTION:Work-In-Progress Showing of Doomscrollers: A Body of Dangerous Ideas: Part 3\nwith Raja Feather Kelly & the feath3r theory \n@ BAC Open House 2026\nDate & Time: Saturday\, April 4\, 2026 1-2PM \nDoomscrollers: A Body of Dangerous Ideas: Part 3 is a danced-theater investigation of danger as both threat and threshold: how it lives in the body\, how in search for connection intimacy itself can be perilous\, and how media shapes our sympathies for violence and collapse. Inspired by Claire Bishop’s Disordered Attention and Daniel Sherrell’s Warmth\, the work asks what it means to live at the hinge between digital saturation and planetary crisis\, between the infinite scroll and the finite planet. In this space\, the body becomes a site of translation\, distortion\, and possibility. This performance will not offer escape or easy answers; instead\, it asks you to sit inside the uncertainty and risk of our moment\, to witness danger not as spectacle but as a condition we share. \nAbout the feath3r theory\nthe feath3r theory (TF3T) is a New York City based dance-theatre-media company that produces the work of Artistic Director and Choreographer Raja Feather Kelly. As a collaboration of dancers\, actors\, filmmakers\, musicians\, photographers\, and designers\, our mission is to broaden the space for unheard voices and repressed histories\, to bring into the theatre those sometimes left out\, and to use theatre to provoke much-needed public conversations. the feath3r theory does this by challenging its audience and its creators to collectively interrogate – and celebrate – its shared relationship to human empathy and personal ethics as expressed in and distorted by popular media. By unabashedly appropriating the structures\, themes\, and aesthetics of reality television\, celebrity culture\, social media and the internet\, the work of TF3T synthesizes dance\, visual media\, and narrative theatre into virtuosic and expansive\, productions in which artists and audience alike experience their shared humanity. \nMain image courtesy of the feath3r theory
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/feath3r2026/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:Call for Artists! 2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency Applications Open
DESCRIPTION:Please read all guidelines and application instructions carefully\, incomplete applications or submissions that exceed outlined content limits will not be considered. Please only apply to this residency if you can stay in residence from date start to date end. \nApply Here!  \nBethany Arts Community (BAC) offers residencies to emerging and established artists for the development of both new works and works-in-progress. BAC welcomes artists working across any discipline and medium\, including visual artists\, sculptors\, writers\, playwrights\, choreographers\, musicians\, composers\, performance artists\, filmmakers\, and more to our Fall Multidisciplinary Residency. Any and all artistic mediums are encouraged to apply. Enjoy an environment where artists from different disciplines and walks of life can work in community and near each other\, creating opportunities for generative collaboration and cross-pollination. \nResidents will be surrounded by uninhibited creativity during their time at BAC\, in the form of other Multidisciplinary Residents\, local studio artists\, BAC staff and board members\, those presenting programs on campus\, and more! \nA unique component of residencies at BAC is Community Programming. As part of a residency\, we ask each artist to develop and facilitate a Community Program related to their residency plan. This part of the residency is an opportunity for artists to engage with the local community in Ossining and Westchester County\, and for the local community to engage with artists through their work. \nThe Fall Multidisciplinary Residency runs for one\, two-week session of 12 artists from September 22 – October 6\, 2026. Artists are provided room & board\, a private studio conducive to artists’ medium and/or project\, 3 basic meals a day*\, and a $225 stipend per week upon completion of the residency. Artist is responsible for transportation to and from BAC and any supplies or materials needed for their practice. We ask that you only apply if you can stay for the entire length of this residency and are 21 years or older. \n*Please note for the 3 meals a day included during the residency\, Bethany Arts Community is only able to accommodate for vegan\, plant-based\, vegetarian\, dairy-free\, and/or gluten-free diets. Please contact submit@bethanyarts.org with any questions or if you have any further allergies/dietary needs not listed. \nRegarding Artist Teams/Groups/Collaborations: Artist team applications will only be considered for groups up to 3 members. \nApplications Open: February 5\, 2026\nApplication Deadline: May 6\, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST\nLetters of Recommendation Deadline: May 13\, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST \nAs letters of recommendation (LORs) requests are sent out at the time of application submission\, we give applicants another week to ensure that their LORs are in. The person you request your LOR from will receive an email from Submittable\, prompting them to upload your letter of recommendation. Please ensure your LOR is submitted by this deadline to be considered for this residency.  \nThere is one letter of recommendation and one reference (not the same person who wrote the LOR) are required to be considered. \nYour LOR and your reference should come from someone who can speak to your artistry\, character\, and integrity. This recommender should be a non-familial related person. \nNotifications: June 26\, 2026 \nWe will be hosting four office-hour style Q&A sessions for this residency application on\nThursday\, February 26\, 2026 4:30-5:30PM EST\nThursday\, March 26\, 2026 1-2PM EST\nThursday\, April 16\, 2026 3-4PM EST\nThursday\, April 23\, 2026 7-8PM EST \nIf you’re interested in attending any of these sessions\, please email submit@bethanyarts.org for the Zoom link with your name and the session you would like to attend. Attending these sessions will not impact the selection process for residency. It is recommended prior to attending these sessions\, the artist opens a Submittable account and reads through the application– some questions may be answered! Bring questions pertaining to the application\, work guidelines\, or residency stay to these office-hour style Q&A sessions! \nTo check out our grounds\, other residency programs\, and more visit our website at www.bethanyarts.org. \nIf you have concerns about accommodations for your artistic practice\, please email: submit@bethanyarts.org \nIf you have issues using the submission form\, please contact Submittable. \nBethany Arts Community residency programs are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts\, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature\, Westchester County Board of Legislators\, The New York Community Trust Westchester\, ArtsWestchester\, and the Westchester County Government.
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/2026fallmultiopen/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:Call for Teen Artists! BAC + ENU Builds Teen Arts Residency 2026-2027 - Application Open
DESCRIPTION:Call for Teen Artists!\nOur applications are open for the BAC & ENU Builds 2026-27 Teen Arts Residency open to rising high school juniors and seniors in the NY-NJ-CT tri-state area.\n\n\nBethany Arts Community (BAC) offers residencies to emerging and established artists for the development of both new works and works-in-progress. In partnership with ENU Builds\, we identified a need across our communities to build a residency for the most emerging artists: high school artists of all mediums. \nENUBuilds and the Bethany Arts Community are thrilled to be hosting the 4th Annual Teen Arts Residency. The 1st Teen Arts Residency in February 2024 welcomed seven local students to Bethany for three days. Over the course of three days\, students had time and space to work on their craft\, collaborate with one another\, and learn from a mentor. From this original cohort\, our Annual Teen Arts Residency continues to grow. Currently\, the program is split up over two 4-day portions of the residency over the academic year\, taking on up to seven high school Juniors and Seniors. \nThe 4th Annual Teen Arts Residency will take place in both Fall 2026 and Spring 2027. One cohort will be selected to participate in both the Fall and Spring portions of the residency. During the Fall portion of the residency\, artists will be encouraged to explore their discipline\, while brainstorming and settling on a project idea. During the Spring portion of the residency\, students will continue to work on and eventually share their project(s). \n\nIn applying\, students must be able to commit to attending both portions of the residency. \nELIGIBILITY: This residency is open only to rising high school juniors and seniors (Class of 2027 & 2028) in the NY\, NJ\, CT tri-state area.  \nArtists are provided room & board and a studio conducive to their artistic medium and/or project. \nThere is no cost to apply or to participate.  \nResidency Dates: November 5-8\, 2026 & March 11-14\, 2027\nApplication Open: January 22\, 2026\nApplication Due: May 26\, 2026 by 11:59PM EST\nNotifications: June 16\, 2026 \nTo check out our grounds and more\, visit our website at www.bethanyarts.org.  \nIf you have questions or concerns about accommodations for your artistic practice\, please email: submit@bethanyarts.org. \nClick Here to Apply!
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SUMMARY:Call for Emerging Artists! Emerging Artist Fellowship 2026 Applications Open
DESCRIPTION:Call for Emerging Artists! \nIn 2022\, Bethany Arts Community (BAC) identified the need and opportunity to support a longer-term fellowship specifically for emerging artists ages 21+. In 2026\, BAC welcomes its fourth Emerging Artist Fellowship\, running in two cohorts with two fellows in each cohort\, from May 21 – September 3\, 2026 and July 23 – November 5\, 2026.  \nThis fellowship is designed to offer a creative home to emerging artists as they transition into and deepen their professional careers and artistic practices. With support provided by BAC\, Emerging Artist Fellows will be able to devote uninhibited energy toward their creative work.  \nEmerging Artist Fellows will join a community of artists and culture workers from a broad range of disciplines\, including Fall Multidisciplinary residents\, local studio artists\, BAC staff and board members\, and artists presenting programs on campus. In addition\, Emerging Artist Fellows will be encouraged to participate in education and enrichment programs\, curatorial planning\, and gain insight into the “back-end” operations of arts institutions.  \nBethany Arts Community strives to empower the voices of emerging artists in shaping their own careers and future programs at BAC and beyond.  \nThe Emerging Artist Fellowship cohorts run for approximately fifteen weeks each: May 21 – September 3\, 2026 and July 23 – November 5\, 2026. Emerging Artist Fellows are provided with boarding\, a private studio\, and a $250 weekly stipend. Emerging Artist Fellows are responsible for their own transportation to and from BAC\, any supplies or materials needed for their practice\, and meals (Emerging Artist Fellows will have access to a communal kitchen area).  \nApply Here!  \nEMERGING ARTIST FELLOW REQUIREMENTS \n– 15-week commitment\, living on BAC’s bucolic suburban campus \n– 10 hours per week on average supporting Bethany program development \n            – This may include\, but is not limited to camp help\, administrative tasks\, meal prep\, kitchen\, and cleaning support during other programs and residencies. \n– Community Program: Each Emerging Artist Fellow will design and present one free\, public-facing program with support from BAC.\n– Support and interact with other artists-in-residence\, studio artists\, and BAC staff   \nELIGIBILITY \n– 21+ years of age\n– Active artistic practice and goals \n– Interest in community building and engagement \n– Potential to benefit from the fellowship as an emerging artist \n– Due to the length of this Fellowship\, we are only able to accept US-based artists. \nAPPLICATION PROCESS \n– Applications must be submitted through Submittable\n– One Letter of Recommendation is required and must be submitted by the deadline listed below; this letter also serves as Reference #1\n– One additional reference is required\nApplicants selected for final consideration will be notified on March 4\, 2026 and invited to interview with a Bethany Arts Community panel.  \nSELECTION PROCESS \n– All applications will be reviewed by the Emerging Artist Fellowship Selection Committee. \n– Applications may be submitted between January 5\, 2026 to February 20\, 2026. \n– Letter of Recommendation is due by February 24\, 2026 for your application to be considered.  \nIMPORTANT DATES\nApplications Open: January 5\, 2026  \nApplication Deadline: February 20\, 2026 at 11:59PM EST \nLOR Deadline: February 24\, 2026 at 11:59 EST \nInterview Notifications: March 4\, 2026 \nInterview Period: March 5-6\, 10-11\, 2026 \nFinal Notifications: March 21\, 2026  \nQ&A SESSIONS\nWe are hosting four office-hours style Q&A sessions for this fellowship application on \nThursday\, January 15\, 2026 3-4PM EST \nFriday\, January 23\, 2026 7-8PM EST\nTuesday\, February 3\, 2026 3-4PM EST\nThursday\, February 12\, 2026 7:30-8:30PM EST  \nIf you’re interested in attending any of these sessions\, please email submit@bethanyarts.org with your name and chosen date/time for the Zoom link. Attending these sessions will not impact the selection process for residency.  \nTo check out our grounds\, other residency and fellowship programs\, and more visit our website at www.bethanyarts.org. If you have issues using the submission form\, please contact Submittable.   \nThe Bethany Arts Community Emerging Artist Fellowship is made possible by the New York Community Trust. 
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