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Tama Hamilton Wray

Artist in Residence: Tama Hamilton-Wray – “Eclipse” and Black Liberation Workshop

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

REGISTER The interactive workshop invites members of the Bethany Arts Community along with members of the Ossining Black community to participate in a table read of excepts from a work-in-progress screenplay “Eclipse” and engage in a dialogue about the script and the central questions it raises. Set 1964, “Eclipse” tells the coming-of-age story of a […]

Lindy Fines

Artist in Residence: Lindy Fines – GREYZONE Work-In-Progress Showing and Talkback

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

REGISTER Choreographer Lindy Fines, and her company GREYZONE, will take you inside the creative process for a new duet-in-progress that they have been developing at BAC. After performing the duet, Lindy and the dancers will then demonstrate aspects of the choreographic systems used to create the work. With the same methodology utilized in their rehearsals, […]

Samantha Figgins Work in Progress Showing

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

REGISTER Choreographer Samantha Figgins in a Works & Process LaunchPAD “Process as Destination” at Bethany Arts Community residency, is joined by 3 dancers and an interpreter. While in residence, Samantha is working on a new piece that will examine communication in its original form, when language required no spoken words. It will display how every […]

Show and Tell: A Work in Progress Showing by Francesca Harper

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Join us at Bethany Arts Community on July 3 @ 7pm for a Show and Tell: A Francesca Harper Work & Process REGISTER In Francesca Harper’s new work in progress, Harper explores how media and entertainment commodifies and profits off of the erasure and harm of others while catapulting some into celebrity culture. How does […]

Artist In Residence: Katarina Hoeger Generated Images of Ossining Workshop

Joseph Caputo Community Center 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY, United States

Note location: Joseph G. Caputo Community Center (95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562) -- Music Room  Katarina Hoeger will walk participants of this workshop through the process of generating an image that looks almost painted from code. She will discuss creative coding, pointillism, the basics of the process, and some of the steps she takes to […]

Artist in Residence: L Feldman M13: Excerpt Sharing and Talkback

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

L M Feldman will share excerpts and questions from her audacious – and timely – play-in-progress, THE MERCURY 13 GUIDE TO GETTING OFF THE GROUND. An epic and muscular theatrical shakedown, THE MERCURY 13 intertwines historical events, imagined scenes, fantastical moments, physical feats, and text plucked straight from the Congressional archive, to unearth the story […]

Artist in Residence: Admiral Grey, Dream Illustration Workshop

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Join us Saturday, September 17th 4-5PM as Artist in Residence Admiral Grey leads this workshop.  Dream Illustration helps people to hone in on creative elements in dreams to find a way to create performative art. We will discuss simple dreams we have had, and hone in on 3-5 key elements in that dream that we […]

Artist in Residence: Sandra Jackson-Opoku Black Rice: A Sino-Black Diaspora Presentation & Reading

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Sinologist, Keisha Brown originated the term "Sino-Black relations" to describe historical connections between China and people of African descent. This presentation will explore some of the global contact zones and cultural experiences where China and Africa have intersected. This slide presentation will be followed by a reading from the novel-in-progress, Black Rice and a brief […]

Artist in Residence: Sarah Gancher and Jared Mezzocchi Staging History Workshop

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Participants will be guided in writing scenes about their family history and/or ghosts. How does the past influence the present? How does the present echo and iterate the past? Prompts will be sent to workshop participants ahead of time. Then, we will experiment with staging these scenes using zoom, Isadora, and live projection. REGISTER Residency […]

Webinar: Social Activism and Restorative Justice – A conversation with Jo Kreiter and Partners

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Join us September 21, 2022 at 7pm for a conversation about the importance of restorative justice and the creative process as they contribute to alternatives to the prison system. We’ll also explore Ms. Kreiter’s process of integrating personal narratives and lived human experience into the choreography and presentation of Apparatus of Repair. We will hear […]

Artist in Residence: Tali Margolin Preserving Memories Workshop

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

In this workshop participants are encouraged to explore technique of creating artwork using cardboard, paper, ordinary objects and photographs. With the help of these simple materials we will make mixed media installation where ordinary objects become transformed into precious carriers of experience and memories. The workshop doesn’t require previous experience in this technique. It is […]

Artist In Residence: Jamison Curcio and Sarah Foucher Anthology of Us Work-in-Progress Showing

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Artists Jamison Curcio and Sarah Foucher plan to engage visiting artists and local community members through a work-in-progress and audience feedback community potluck dinner. They hope to create an interactive and welcoming space for all. In this, they want to invite community members to dive into each other’s meals and deepen conversation with us and […]

Artist in Residence: Francesca Montanile Self(ie) Workshop

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

This workshop will use artmaking as a catalyst for storytelling and connection between participants around the themes of pleasure and sensuality, and connection to self-image. Selfies taken with a phone are a super common way of representing ourselves these days, and this workshop asks us to get back to the tactile and create a selfie […]

Artist in Residence: Monalisa Gharavi Language Pieces Workshop

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Participants are invited to grapple with language as matter and material, and in sustained artistic lineages. How does language fizz, slip, crack, and sparkle with material presence? Beyond traditional genres of creative writing, how do language forms vex the ways we have taken authorship and audience as understood positions? Our explorations will open toward ways […]

Artist in Residence: Amber Ray Snyder Create for Star Stuff Stories Workshop

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Join Amber in the creation of a Star Stuff Story. The microphone is your mask and you are a player! Share your voice into the microphone OR just witness how audio storytelling works. With some creative play and collaborative writing, we will cast some characters and record your voice for the Star Stuff Stories podcast.  […]

Artist in Residence: Marcie LaCerte Artist Talk and Work-in-Progress Screening

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Animator Marcie LaCerte will be sharing work-in-progress material of her upcoming animated short film, The Pleasure-Dome, and will be delivering an artist's talk about her work.  REGISTER Residency Plan: I will be making progress on my upcoming independent animated short titled "The Pleasure-Dome." I am combining digital character animation with hand-drawn, colored pencil backgrounds. I […]

Artist in Residence: Sarah Krohn Play Reading and Talkback (MATURE)

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Join Artist-in-Residence Sarah Krohn and reading volunteers as they read excerpts from Sarah's recent work. Following the reading there will be time for feedback regarding the play and Q&A REGISTER Residency Plan: During her BAC residency, Sarah Krohn will research and write TMI: A Play for Eight Actors and a High School Orchestra. Set in […]

The Apparatus of Repair, Flyaway Productions

Jo Kreiter – Flyaway Productions Performance of Apparatus of Repair

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

As part of BAC’s Season of Justice, Jo Kreiter joins us in October to develop and present “Apparatus of Repair”, the culminating work in her Decarceration Series. REPAIR brings focus to the concept of restorative justice and is grounded in the experiences of people who have been harmed or caused harm. A restorative justice process […]

The Apparatus of Repair, Flyaway Productions

Jo Kreiter – Flyaway Productions Performance of Apparatus of Repair

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

As part of BAC’s Season of Justice, Jo Kreiter joins us in October to develop and present “Apparatus of Repair”, the culminating work in her Decarceration Series. REPAIR brings focus to the concept of restorative justice and is grounded in the experiences of people who have been harmed or caused harm. A restorative justice process […]

The Apparatus of Repair, Flyaway Productions

SOLD OUT – Jo Kreiter – Flyaway Productions Performance of Apparatus of Repair

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT As part of BAC’s Season of Justice, Jo Kreiter joins us in October to develop and present “Apparatus of Repair”, the culminating work in her Decarceration Series. REPAIR brings focus to the concept of restorative justice and is grounded in the experiences of people who have been harmed or caused […]

Artist in Residence: Sarah Heady On Found Texts and the Poetics of Place Reading & Talk

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Sarah Heady will read from her newest book of poems, COMFORT (Spuyten Duyvil Publishing, 2022), a meditation on female solitude, agency, and relationship set on the prairies of the American West. COMFORT braids together found language from historical texts, including rural women’s magazines of the 1910s and 1920s and “booster” documents extolling the virtues of […]

Artist in Residence: Artist Talk with Ben Cuevas

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Ben Cuevas speaks on his interdisciplinary art practice and how identity intersects with medium and process. As a queer, latinx, nonbinary, HIV-positive artist, identity directly influences Cuevas's multifaceted artwork and choice of mediums. Working between textiles, sculpture, photography, performance, video, and installation, Cuevas investigates questions about the body, the self, and what it means to […]

Artist in Residence: Karin Falcone Poems While You Wait Booth at ARToberfest

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Residency Plan: Karin Falcone Krieger is a writer working in both experimental and traditional forms. She is completing a book length manuscript of memoir in essays entitled "Rescue Attempts" and a series of visual arts & poetic works entitled "Destroyed Notebooks" She thrives on creating community through writing journalism and reviews.  Bio: Karin Falcone Krieger […]

Artist in Residence: Emily Bate Wig Wag Workshop

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Led by composer, theater maker, and choral music conductor Emily Bate, this workshop offers participants new ways to engage with voice, digging into the physical sensations produced by singing, and exploring the sensations produced by singing as a group. Designed for every voice—from the seasoned choir member to enthusiastic shower singers and those who’ve been […]

Artist in Residence: Margaret Liston Cooking with my Ancestors Reading/Cooking Demo

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

A Work in Progress adaptation of my book, "Basic: The Ammaccapane Family Cookbook", brought to life in the kitchen of Bethany where the audience comes to the kitchen with me as I tell my Family stories and make the food of my ancestors.  REGISTER Residency Plan: As a dancer/actor/choreographer I plan to work on adapting […]

Artist in Residence: AriDy Nox – At The Bayou’s Mouth Reading and Talk

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

AriDy Nox will present a reading of excerpts from her triptych At The Bayou’s Mouth (working title). Afterward there will be a facilitated discussion about triptychs, nonlinear playwriting, and creativity rooted in black femme identity. AriDy will receive feedback and reactions to the works-in-progress and discuss the opportunities afforded us as creative thinkers when we […]

Artist in Residence: Haemee Han Workshop and Community Performance

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Experience small balloon sculpture fabrication, engaging with the “Missing Project,” centering animals that are extinct or about to be. Witness Haemee Han’s large balloon sculpture fabrication that she will be focused on during her residency at BAC. At the end of the workshop will be a community performance of balloon popping, displaying the loss of […]

Artist in Residence: Lauren Camp (16+) Writing a Pantoum Workshop

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

The ancient pantoum is the ideal form for writing about the past. With a little direction, even uncertain writers are eased into shaping their crystalline memories, and more experienced writers will have the chance to delve into subjects that might not have opened up for them before. In this workshop, Lauren will offer brief historical […]

Artist in Residence: Kyle Marshall and Company – Poetry, Sound and Motion Showing and Q&A

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Kyle Marshall Choreography will be doing a showing of the Alice Coltrane/poetry project and initial ideas for the body rhythm/sound technology collaboration with the greater community. After the showing, there will be Q & A for the audience to offer them time to learn more about the work they are developing and express their thoughts […]

Call for Poets! 

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Call for Poets! Submit an Application: SUBMIT Application Deadline: January 3, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST Notifications: February 3, 2023 In recognition of the 27th anniversary of National Poetry Month in April 2023, Bethany Arts Community (BAC) in Ossining, NY is offering its third annual residency focused on poetry.   Bethany Arts Community designs its residencies […]

Courtney ToPanga: ALL INCLUSIVE AND MORE Work-In-Progress Showing

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Join us at Bethany Arts Community on November 12th @ 2pm for a work in progress showing with Courtney ToPanga – Masterz at Work Bio: A legend within the ballroom community, founder of the Kiki House of Juicy Couture, leader of The House of Balenciaga, and this year’s Latex Ball Avis Penda’vis Angel Award winner, […]

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Ladies of Hip Hop Work-In-Progress Showing – School event only (not open to the public)

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

This event is through Arts10566 in collaboration with OUFSD + Peekskill schools (not open to the public) “Each woman’s voice stands powerfully on its own.” —Dance Enthusiast  Performed by the all-female intergenerational Ladies of Hip-Hop Dance Collective (LDC), the Black Dancing Bodies Project is an ongoing journey through layers of identity and existence for Black […]

“Fact or Fiction?” Work-In-Progress Showing by Trainor Dance

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

"Fact or Fiction" is a collaborative creation by the artists of Trainor Dance in which the performers tell stories through language and movement, and the audience votes on the veracity of each. The work is motion and emotion; a joyous and irreverent romp motivated by concern for truth in an age of alternative facts. Please […]

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Call for Artists: 2023 Young Artist Residency

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

APPLY HERE In 2022, Bethany Arts Community identified the need and opportunity to support a longer-term residency specifically for emerging artists from 21-30 years old. In 2023, BAC welcomes their second annual Young Artist Residency, running from July 24 to October 20, 2023.  This residency is designed to offer a creative home to promising artists as […]

Call for Artists: Fall 2023 Multidisciplinary Residency

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

APPLY HERE Bethany Arts Community offers residencies to emerging and established artists for the development of both new works and works-in-progress. BAC welcomes artists working across many disciplines and mediums, including visual artists, sculptors, writers, playwrights, choreographers, musicians, composers, performance artists, filmmakers, and more. Enjoy an environment where artists from different disciplines and walks of […]

Student Event: An Interactive Poetry Reading with Pace University Writing & Cultural Studies students 

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

An Interactive Poetry Reading with Pace University Writing & Cultural Studies students  Tuesday, April 4th 4-6pm (not open to the public) As the Community Program component of their residency, BAC's poets-in-residence will facilitate an interactive poetry reading with Pace University students from the Writing & Cultural Studies Department at the Dyson College of Arts and […]

Public Event: Where are you tender?: An Interactive Poetry Reading

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

We invite you to listen and respond, to explore your own tenderness through writing and play. Join BAC’s 2023 poets-in-residence for an interactive poetry reading on Friday, April 7th at 7pm. The evening will include poetry readings, an interactive activity, and a Q&A. Date and Time: Friday, April 7, 2023 7-9:00 PM Tickets: Free with registration

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John Jarboe (she/her) standing in front of a wooded, green scene holding red roses and a red covering over her hair.

Rose: You Are Who You Eat, a work in progress installation of films

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Installation open hours, 10am-4pm (Open as a part of WoodFest 2023) Come by anytime between 10am-4pm! Registration not required. Rose: You Are Who You Eat  is a work in progress installation of films made at Bethany Arts Community following the gender journey of artist John Jarboe.   Viewers will walk through the domestic spaces of Bethany […]

John Jarboe (she/her) standing in front of a wooded, green scene holding red roses and a red covering over her hair.

Rose: You Are Who You Eat, a work in progress installation of films

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Installation open hours, May 12, 2023 5-9PM Open to the public, come by anytime between 5-9PM! Registration not required. Rose: You Are Who You Eat  is a work in progress installation of films made at Bethany Arts Community following the gender journey of artist John Jarboe.   Viewers will walk through the domestic spaces of Bethany Arts […]

John Jarboe (she/her) standing in front of a wooded, green scene holding red roses and a red covering over her hair.

Rose: You Are Who You Eat, a work in progress installation of films

Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

Installation showing & post chat open to the public, May 13, 2023 7-9pm. Registration Encouraged. Attendees must arrive by 7pm. Installation showing will begin at 7pm and will be followed by post-chat with John Jarboe. Rose: You Are Who You Eat is a work in progress installation of films made at Bethany Arts Community following the […]

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