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 […]

Join teaching Artist Anna Adler for this outdoor sculpture class using found natural/recycled materials, and basic hand tools, with inspiration from Bethany’s beautiful landscape and outdoor sculpture park, as well as modern and contemporary earthworks and monuments. Students will work together to create temporary site-specific sculptures and engage in the playful nature of outdoor work. […]

REGISTER NOW Join us to experience the thrill of Sculpture in the Round! Tuesdays - 9/20 - 10/25 (10am - 11am)  From the The Löwenmensch figurine and the Venus of Willlendorf (both made approximately 40,000 years ago) to the contemporary works of such figures as Paige Bradley and Damien Hirst lies a vast and remarkable […]

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.  […]

Shadowing, toning, color relationships, cool and warm tones; and the fun vibrations of colors when placed against each other. Learn to build forms from shapes. Learn to draw through a series of measurements. Grab your favorite item from home and let’s create a fun and inspiring painting from it. REGISTER Dates: 8, Recurring Tuesdays: Sept. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

REGISTER NOW Saturdays - 9/24 - 10/29 (10am - 11am)  Women have been making art since the dawn of time. Yet their work, when compared to that of their male counterparts, has been often overlooked and remains undervalued. In this six-week online course, we’ll examine the contributions of women to the history of art, focusing […]

From Love* is an exhibition focused on human relationships (familial, romantic, and other) through the lens of incarceration. Anchored in family portraiture (photographs, drawings, paintings, and text/audio), created by currently/formerly incarcerated artists and their families, as well as several guest collaborators, the work tells a story about the power of human connection; revealing love as […]

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 […]