Join us at Bethany Arts Community for Steffi Nossen's FREE movement class based on the internationally acclaimed Mark Morris Group Dance for PD program with our teachers who are professionally trained in the Dance for PD Method. Come solo or bring a partner, friend or caregiver. No dance experience necessary. Stand up or sit down […]
A discussion and Q&A on European synagogues destroyed by the Nazis. Discussion of how Andrea got into the work and how she does it. Additionally, she will share details of several synagogues and the communities that built them. REGISTER Name of Artist: Andrea Strongwater Dates of Residency: May 2 – May 15 Residency Plan: Andrea […]
Listen... Can You Hear Me Now? A CODA Tale REGISTER During this public reading Gloria will be sharing selections from Listen…Can You Hear Me Now?, her personal memoir-in-progress of being a hearing child raised in the Deaf community. Afterwards she will take us through the ongoing process of transforming her award winning solo show into book […]
Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán will be reading, outdoors, excerpts-in-progress from _Yerbabuena_, a multi-genre book and multimedia project. This womanist, queer, transgender, multiracial remapping New York/California, the East/West Coasts, and Atlantic/Pacific worlds is resulting in multimedia: a website, book, performance, and installation. Bodhrán will be sharing work from two intersecting sequences of the collection. The first series […]
Orlando Jacinto Garcia will be presenting a discussion on how composers over the past 50 years have approached social and political themes in their work from very abstract approaches to the more literal and concrete. The presentation will reference a selection of works from composers such as Fredric Rzewski, Louis Andriessen, Raven Chacon, Anthony Davis, […]
Workshop for Residents + Studio Artists + Staff Geared towards exploring the ways in which we are haunted by the person we were before March 2020, we will discuss how can we use memories of pre-Covid times to help us grieve our losses, as well as lessons learned about our values in order to map […]
REGISTER Ting will be performing a few selections from ‘Green’, a piano suite work-in-progress coming from the concept of healing. While people are in various circumstances in everyday life, facing struggles in situations such as stress, isolation, and loss… 'Green' seeks to give people a space to meditate, refresh, and connect to their inner selves. […]
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 […]
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, […]
MAGIC, MYTH AND MONSTERS: THE MIDDLE AGES (and its influences on modernism) with Instructor: Dr. Jill Kiefer ONLINE ZOOM CLASS - Six Weeks Tuesdays, April 12 - May 17 - 10:00 - 11:00 AM The Middle Ages was a remarkable thousand-year-long civilization—underscored by a wholly unique culture and artistic tradition. The art of the era was […]
Exhibit: May 20 – June 30, 2022 Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 10am - 4pm Wed. May 25, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 10:00am-7:30pm Sat. May 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25, 10am-3pm Opening Reception: Friday May 20, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture: Wednesday June 8, 6:30pm-8:00pm (WHEN ARTISTS SHOUT: Social and Political Commentary in Western Art A […]
Exhibit: May 20 – June 30, 2022 Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 10am - 4pm Wed. May 25, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 10:00am-7:30pm Sat. May 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25, 10am-3pm Opening Reception: Friday May 20, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Lecture: Wednesday June 8, 6:30pm-8:00pm (WHEN ARTISTS SHOUT: Social and Political Commentary in Western Art A […]
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 […]
May 21, 2022 10am-4pm Bethany's first wood festival! A celebration of the beauty of wood and art! 85 tickets per time block Two (2) time blocks to choose from (choose one): 10:00am-12:45pm | 1:15pm-4:00pm 1) BUY PARKING: ($10 Parking Reservation required in advance per car) 2) REGISTER-FREE ADMISSION: (Select # of people attending in your […]
“An Imperial Message” work-in-progress - Presented by New Rising Sun Dance Project (FREE EVENT) REGISTER The piece is based on a short story by Franz Kafka, idea conceived by New Rising Sun Dance Project director Tomiko Magario. This performance employs three actors and a dancer to further develop this multidisciplinary work and will be followed […]
Friday, June 3rd 7pm-9pm Saturday, June 4th 9am - 4pm Sunday, June 5th 9am – 4pm Register as a Day Student for $385 DAY STUDENT Register as a Room & Board Student for $585 ROOM & BOARD STUDENT Room & Board Students will stay at Bethany Arts Community in comfortable accommodations, in a bucolic, peaceful […]
The Chicago Mosaic School brings large scale mosaics to BAC! Take part in creating and installing a community mosaic during this 5 day workshop. Large scale outdoor mosaics can be made well and durably by learning professional approaches in this 5 day intensive, hands on workshop. Students will learn the skills/techniques for creating a sustainable […]
Join us Wednesday, June 8, 2022 for light refreshments at 6:30pm and Lecture by Marcy B. Freedman at 7pm REGISTER For centuries, art has been used for a multitude of purposes, often serving the needs of powerful religious and political institutions. But it has also been used to express the thoughts and feelings of artists […]
This favorite puppet story gets a modern renovation, updated with lots of slapstick humor and clever wordplay. Carl, an angry and lonely teenager, has left home and seeks out work with the enigmatic Professor Pinecone and his marionette troupe. Carl becomes Pinocchio in this play-within-a-play and encounters our familiar cast of characters along his travels. […]
It’s summer break and a new group of tween girls is about to face their fears and insecurities as they learn to cope at Camp Libertas, where they’ll find only tough love, not loveys. While Major Marjorie and Miss Angie aim to lay down the law and turn another group of girls into young women, […]
A talent showcase and fashion show will close out the Ossining Black History Month Celebration at Bethany under the direction of Gwenveria Sargeant. Organized by the Ossining Branch of the NAACP, their youth group will put on a showcase of talent including dance, singing, rap and fashion. Register Now
REGISTER 5 week course, May 25 (6-8PM on first class, all other nights 6-7:30PM), June 1, 8, 15, 22 Class Fee: $175 Whether you are new to inking or an old pro, this class will help you to expand your inking skills to new heights, as well as further your comfort with the medium itself. […]
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 […]
REGISTER Theater O is back at Bethany in the Summer of 2022 with our much loved Harry Potter-themed, arts-based camp. Participants will be sorted into houses, participate in a House Cup competition. Each day participants will do a creative writing assignment with their house, play Harry Potter improv games, create a work of art, and play […]
Exhibit Dates: July 15 – August 19, 2022 Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri: 10AM-4PM Wednesdays: 10AM-7:30PM Saturday July 23 & Aug 6th only: 10AM-3PM Opening Reception: Friday, July 15, 2022 6-8 PM Location: Bethany Arts Community Galleries Let There Be Art reflects the individual artist’s creativity and expression, without boundaries. Artists were given the prompt to explore […]
Exhibit Dates: July 15 – August 13,2022 Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri: 10AM-4PM Wednesdays: 10AM-7:30PM Saturday July 23 & Aug 6th only: 10AM-3PM Opening Reception: Friday, July 15, 2022 6-8 PM Location: Bethany Arts Community Galleries Let There Be Art reflects the individual artist’s creativity and expression, without boundaries. Artists were given the prompt to explore their […]
2 TRUTHS AND A LIE (AN INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING EXPERIENCE) July 16th at 7pm (Come early to explore Bethany Arts Community) TICKETS Tickets $20 (10% of ticket sales go to the Innocence Project) River’s Edge Theatre Company's signature storytelling event is back in-person with all new stories. Witness people telling their stories live, and then test your […]
DATE: Saturday, July 23, 2022 TIME: 7:00pm-8:30pm WHERE: Bethany Arts Community, 40 Somerstown Rd, Ossining, NY 10562 Celebrate the bonds of music and dance with two multi-generational family ensembles as they explore the connections between kinship, tradition and the arts. GET TICKETS FREE EVENT! Bring your lawn chair or picnic blanket! Co-presented […]
We invite you to come explore the boundless creativity and endless discovery that is art! Whether we’re experimenting with new mediums, or inventing creative new methods for old ones, we aim to look at everything in wondrous new ways. Camp Weird is an Art Camp with the goal of fostering curiosity, welcoming discovery, and doing […]
ArtsWestchester and Amanda Browder are thrilled to announce the unveiling of Metropolis Sunrise in the Fall of 2022. After two years of collectively enduring the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to invite everyone in the community to reconnect with us. Let’s come together to complete this monumental work of public art! Together, we have so far sewn […]
Join us this summer for an art and nature adventure inspired by Bethany’s beautiful campus! Explore a variety of creative techniques and materials. Engage with Bethany studio artists as well as guest artists from NYC and the greater Hudson Valley. Embrace your collaborative spirit and build community. Look forward to a special art showcase on […]
O Camps REGISTER Hey Kids, Let's put on a Show! In a single week, participants put on a show! Soup to Nuts. Sets, costumes, rehearsals, and more. Production is TBA and based on participants. Show will be chosen, cast before camp starts, and participants will be expected to be off-book on the first day. There […]
Join us this summer for an art and nature adventure inspired by Bethany’s beautiful campus! Explore a variety of creative techniques and materials. Engage with Bethany studio artists as well as guest artists from NYC and the greater Hudson Valley. Embrace your collaborative spirit and build community. Look forward to a special art showcase on […]
Visual artists explore the relationship between truth and illusion through observation and interpretation. They create illusions that mirror truths in ways that reveal and conceal. Art Educators work to guide their students through the process of exploration and discovery: observing, reflecting, and expressing ways to explore the relationships between truth and illusion. Exhibit Dates: September […]
Join us Saturday, September 10, 2022 5-7PM for a competitive arts event in the Garden of Peace & Love at Bethany Arts Community in Ossining, NY. Enjoy beautiful nature scenes and art with contemporary poets in heated elimination rounds of spoken word. REGISTER This program is a collaboration between Bethany Arts Community and Art In […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join us Saturday, September 17th, 2022 11AM-2PM and learn to make cyanotype art prints for your home, or to create greeting cards using plants from your own garden. Ages: 8 years old and up Cost: $50 REGISTER The fairly simple, traditional blueprint process is easily accessible for anyone, including children. No artistic skills are necessary […]
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 […]
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 […]