Bethany Arts Community

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  • ReWritten, Work in Progress Showing with Artists in Residence Matthew Cumbie, Tom Truss and Diane Samuels

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

    Join dancemakers Tom Truss and Matthew Cumbie and visual artist Diane Samuels for "ReWritten, a works-in-progress" showing that shares aspects of their performance and community engagement project. ReWritten uses the often silenced intimate relationship between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne as a portal to reflect on friendship, writing, social morés, and notions of queerness. As […]

  • Anna Adler-Small Assemblage with Horse

    Surrealist Sculpture Class for Kids

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

    Teaching Artist, Anna Adler, leads this found object sculpture class using salvaged materials, basic hand tools, and elementary sculpture techniques, including assemblage and bricolage. Students strengthen their creative problem-solving skills and engage their imagination in making unique hybrid objects inspired by work in the galleries, explorations of the beautiful Bethany grounds, as well as modern […]

  • Exhibit: Transitions – The 2021 gallery show of New York State Art Teachers Association Region 7 members

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

    Transitions The 2021 gallery show of New York State Art Teachers Association Region 7 members. Art teachers bear witness to many kinds of changes and transformations – in their students, in their thinking, and in their own work. Investigating these passages is a work of confrontation, reflection and observation. In this show, the artists reveal […]

  • Carol Bonicelli

    Storytelling using Silk paintings with Artist in Residence, Carole Bonicelli

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

    During this talk and hands-on demonstration, Carole will share her artistic process from the beginning of an idea for a story – or a painting - through to final completion of a project. After explaining her process, she will invite workshop participants to join her in a hands-on demonstration. Each participant will go home with […]

  • Jenny Browne

    “Here To See You” Reading and Generative Poetry Workshop with Poet, Jenny Browne

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

    Jenny Browne will be reading an excerpt of from her sequence of experimental ekphrastic poems “Here To See You”. Jenny will then be conducting a generative poetry workshop is open to all experience levels and will introduce participants to ekphrasis (writing in response to other works of art) as well as provide some hands-on tips […]

  • Seong Ae Kim

    Artist Talk and Performance with Composer in Residence, Seong Ae Kim

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

    Composer Seong Ae Kim will talk about her aesthetic and her composition with the performance of her work. The content based on Seong Ae Kim’s work will revolve around raising awareness about racial discrimination, immigrant issues, and to empower people in the community to speak against AAPI hate crime. REGISTER NOW This event is being […]

  • AJ Bermudez

    Reading & Artist Talk with author AJ Bermudez

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

    In this public program, award-winning writer and director AJ Bermudez will share a reading from her new collection of short stories, centered on themes of privilege, place, and the convergence of industry and evolution. She will discuss the power of cross-disciplinary writing, the significance of merging intellect with artistry, and how stories can be leveraged […]

  • Martinez E-B

    Work in Progress Performance and Talk Back: It Follows by Martinez E-B

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

    Martinez E-B will perform “It Follows”, a work in progress storytelling piece that is based on his grandfather's decision to change his family name and explores how that past decision impacted the events of his life. The performance includes work created during his residency. The audience is invited to comment, discuss, and to share their personal experiences […]

  • Andre Veloux

    Consent Live with Artist in Residence Andre Veloux

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

    Participants form a group open to collaborating on the theme of artistic representation and discussion around consent. Participants will be asked to work in a consensual way to build an artwork from Lego bricks and then discuss issues around the topic of sexuality and consent. Those who would like to contribute to the project are […]

  • Rebecca Gual

    Work in Progress Showing and Artist Talk with Rebecca Gual

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

    During this informal showing of new dance work created by Rebecca Gual the artist will share works in progress and offer an artist talk with Q&A about her process, how she has been making work in these challenging times, as well as ideal next steps for their works.  Rebecca is performing a piece that addresses […]

  • Michael Feinberg

    llustrations with Artist in Residence Michael Feinberg

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

    Michael Feinberg’s public program will offer live performances of his new works and as well as reworkings of traditional pieces. The music will feature solo bass, as well as accompanied pieces, and improvisations. The acoustic and electric bass will be the main component of this performance REGISTER HERE This event is being held in-person at […]

  • Keith Heinz Macabre Molding

    Macabre Molding Workshop with Keith Heinz

    Macabre Molding Workshop with Keith Heinz
    Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

    Keith Heinz wants you to pull his finger - right out of his hand! Come join this ghoulish two-day class and make a piece worthy of any Halloweeny household: make a mold of your very own finger and produce a macabre one-of-a-kind severed finger art piece! Using simple techniques, you will produce an intricate project […]

  • Cherie Lee metal emboss skulls masks

    Metal Embossing 101.5 “Sugar Skulls and Masquerade Masks”

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

    Create your own 'Day of the Dead Sugar Skull 'or 'Harlequin Masquerade Mask' wall plaque. The fine art of metal embossing or metal relief, known as repouss. or repujado, is the working of metal to give volume and depth to a decorative design engraved on metal, and is always crafted by hand. You’ll be embossing […]

  • Kandinsky: A Transcendent Experience – Instructor: Dr. Jill Kiefer

    Kandinsky: A Transcendent Experience – Instructor: Dr. Jill Kiefer
    Bethany Arts Community 40 Somerstown Rd., Ossining, NY, United States

    One of the pioneers of abstract modern art, Wassily Kandinsky exploited the evocative interrelation between color and form to create an aesthetic experience that engaged the sight, sound, and emotions of the public. He believed that total abstraction offered the possibility for profound, transcendental expression. Kandinsky’s visual vocabulary developed from early representational works to rapturous […]

  • Creative Tools with Liz Lerman

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

    What happens when we cross borders, cross disciplines, and cross domains? How can that serve our personal inquiry, our professional development, and the building of knowledge? Liz will lead participants in a movement workshop based in her own creative tools which can be applied in rehearsals and beyond. REGISTER During the residency, Liz will work […]

  • Metal Embossing 101 – Tools and Techniques: “Endless Embossabilities!”

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

    Mark your calendar and join us for an evening of "Endless Embossabilities!”- learning, creating and exploring this centuries-old craft-of-many-names. The fine art of metal embossing or metal relief, known as repouss or repujado, is the working of metal to give volume and depth to a decorative design engraved on metal and is always crafted by […]

  • Liz Lerman

    Artist Talk with Liz Lerman, Sustaining a work over time: the phases of making together

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

    Join a discussion among the creators of Wicked Bodies about how personal lives and art making collide and come together, how works change within the context of the times, and how a group of artists continue to meet and try to make something. REGISTER During the residency, Liz Lerman will work with her creative team […]

  • Artist in Residence: Wicked Bodies, a work in process and talkback, with Choreographer Liz Lerman

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

    Liz Lerman and her cast will share excerpts of Wicked Bodies, a new dance-theater piece, from their two-week residency at Bethany. The piece asks why is some knowledge celebrated, some criminalized, and some erased altogether? And who gets to document, describe and save the remnants? In the presence of magic both old and new, and […]

  • Hudson River Potters Annual Holiday Show

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

    Join the Hudson River Potters for their 2021 Annual Holiday Show! Purchase unique gifts for friends and family! Hudson River Potters will offer their decorative and functional art for sale! Admission is free. Please wear a mask inside.

  • Hudson River Potters Annual Holiday Show

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

    Join the Hudson River Potters for their 2021 Annual Holiday Show! Purchase unique gifts for friends and family! Hudson River Potters will offer their decorative and functional art for sale! Admission is free. Please wear a mask inside.

  • Bethany Arts Community 3rd Annual Fundraiser

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

    Enjoy an evening of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, music, exhibit, art auction, silent auction and more! Join Bethany Arts Community for our 3rd Annual Fundraiser! BUY TICKETS As a community organization, we are committed to doing our part to help protect everyone and making Bethany a welcoming, safe space. For this reason, all guests at the Fundraiser […]

  • Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation Presents Fall Showcase

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

    Saturday, December 4th, 2021 at Bethany Arts Community in Ossining, New York Six Performances: 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 5:00 pm, 6:00 pm, 7:00 pm PURCHASE TICKETS The Fall Event is an Immersive Dance Experience presented by the Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation at Bethany Arts Community in Ossining. Highlighting choreography by 6 diverse artists and […]

  • Theater O Presents: Girl With The Golden Locks

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

    TICKETS December 9, 10, 11 at 7:30pm Enter the world of fairy-tale espionage and intrigue, where top-level spies take on the kingdom's worst criminal masterminds.  Agent Gold is the girl with the golden locks and the top agent at the FBI, that is, the Fairytale Bureau of Intelligence.    Her partners are a pair of […]

  • Theater O Presents: One Stoplight Town by Tracy Wells

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

    TICKETS December 16-18 at 8 PM One Stoplight Town is a story about people from a town so small that you might drive through without taking a second look. But if you stopped for just a moment, you might see a young boy and girl fall in love, a cantankerous grocery store owner coping with […]

  • ARTIST CALL: BAC April 2022 Poetry Residency

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

    Bethany Arts Community offers residencies to emerging and established artists for the development of both new works and works in progress. APPLY NOW! For the Poetry Residency we encourage applications from individual poets as well as poet/artist pairs. Poet/Artist pairs must consist of one poet and another artist in any medium. Poet/Artist pairs must apply […]

  • This Far and No Further

    Exhibit: “This Far and No Further”, an exhibition of powerful photographs by William Abranowicz

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

    As part of The Capa Space mission to foster and advance the belief that the community can use photography to advance concepts of peace and equality, ​Capa Space is proud to present “This Far and No Further"  on display January 7th - January 29th at Bethany Arts Community . “This Far and No Further” is […]

  • This Far and No Further

    Opening Reception: “This Far and No Further”, an exhibition of powerful photographs by William Abranowicz

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

    As part of The Capa Space mission to foster and advance the belief that the community can use photography to advance concepts of peace and equality, ​Capa Space is proud to present “This Far and No Further"  on display January 7th - January 29th at Bethany Arts Community . “This Far and No Further” is […]

  • Artist Talk: “This Far and No Further”, with photographer William Abranowicz and Joyce Cole

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

    Artist Talk:  Jan 12th @ 7:00pm-8:00pm A talk with William Abranowitz moderated by Joyce Sharrock Cole, Bethany Arts Community Board Member, and Ossining Village Historian. Autographed copies of his book “This Far and No Further” will be available to purchase. REGISTER As part of The Capa Space mission to foster and advance the belief that […]

  • ARTIST CALL: BAC Spring 2022 Multidisciplinary Residency

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

    APPLY NOW! 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 most disciplines, including visual artists in any medium, writers, playwrights, choreographers, musicians, composers, performance artists, filmmakers, and lighting, projection, costume and sound designers. Enjoy an environment where […]

  • Got My Wings

    Performance and Talk: Got My Wings, Original score by Dan Blake and Choreography by Todd Hall

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

    Join us Jan 22 @ 4pm for Got My Wings, a dance triptych exploring the metaphor of light, freedom, and hope. Original score by Dan Blake and Choreography by Todd Hall. This talk and performance will be virtual. REGISTER FOR WEBINAR View Program: GOT MY WINGS PROGRAM This event begins with a talk by Daniel […]

  • Exhibit: Ossining Black History & Culture: RESILIENCE. DEDICATION. EXCELLENCE.

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

    Ossining Black History & Culture: RESILIENCE. DEDICATION. EXCELLENCE. Exhibit on display February 6 – March 12 Curated by Joyce Sharrock Cole, Ossining Village Historian In February 2021, Ossining was gifted a welcomed treat. The “Ossining Black History & Culture: RESILIENCE. DEDICATION. EXCELLENCE,” an ode to the African American community and its contributions. While still living […]

  • Sticks and Stones Art Quilt by Donna Chambers

    2022 Bethany Connects Raffle

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

    “Community” is core to Bethany Arts Community. This year, thanks to our committed Board members and the participation of designer and artist, Donna Chambers, we are launching our 2022 Bethany Connects Raffle, an opportunity for our Bethany community to acquire a one-of-a kind Donna Chambers quilt. Donna’s quilts were included in the Bethany Arts Community […]

  • Exhibit Opening Reception: Ossining Black History & Culture: RESILIENCE. DEDICATION. EXCELLENCE.

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

    Opening Reception Feb 6th 4pm-6pm Ossining Black History & Culture: RESILIENCE. DEDICATION. EXCELLENCE. Exhibit on display February 6 – March 12 Curated by Joyce Sharrock Cole, Ossining Village Historian In February 2021, Ossining was gifted a welcomed treat. The “Ossining Black History & Culture: RESILIENCE. DEDICATION. EXCELLENCE,” an ode to the African American community and […]

  • ARTIST CALL: Impact 2022: Art that Bears Witness

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

    Impact 2022: Art that Bears Witness APPLY NOW Throughout history, artists have played a vital role to bear witness to society’s injustices. As a democracy we have the right to create and exhibit protest art. Whether it is about racism, sexism, human rights, immigration, LGBTQ, food insecurity, housing, health care, criminal justice, or the environment, […]

  • Gallery Tour

    Guided tour and talk with the curator

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

    Join us for a small guided tour and talks in the Bethany Arts Community Galleries with our curator on Wednesday February 16, 23, March 2, 9 at 6pm Wednesday February 16 at 6pm Register Here: https://bethanyarts.org/product/guided-talk-wed-feb-16th/ Capacity: 10 per tour Fee: $25/ticket Visitor Requirements: All ticket holders must be fully vaccinated, present proof of vaccination […]

  • BASECAMP

    Base Camp Black History Month Concert

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

    R&B band BaseCamp will give a 90 min (in person) concert in celebration of Black History Month at Bethany Arts Community on Sat, Feb 19. 7pm BaseCamp is a seven piece R&B band that has been in existence for the past 20 years. Buy Ticket Based in Poughkeepsie, NY. They are a seven piece unit […]

  • Joe Chambers aka Future, 21 Savage, KSI

    Artist Talk with Joe Chambers

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

    Join us for a webinar conversation and some beats by Ossining’s own Joe Chambers. Based in Ossining, New York, Joe Chambers first began producing, recording, mixing and mastering music in 2016. Now working with the top artists in the world, he has experience from Hip-Hop to R&B to movie scores. The 19-year-old has developed an […]

  • Gallery Tour

    Guided tour and talk with the curator

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

    Join us for a small guided tour and talks in the Bethany Arts Community Galleries with our curator on Wednesday February 16, 23, March 2, 9 at 6pm Wednesday February 23 at 6pm Register Here: https://bethanyarts.org/product/guided-talk-wed-feb-23rd Capacity: 10 per tour Fee: $25/ticket Visitor Requirements: All ticket holders must be fully vaccinated, present proof of vaccination […]

  • Paint and Poetry Exhibit

    Paint and Poetry Jam

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

    Join us as we witness two artists bring each other’s works to life. Spoken word artists will share their work while the paint artist creates a piece inspired by the works of the Spoken Word Artist. Artists: Terrie Bentley, Paint Artist, Tamarah Bridgewater, Paint Artist; Andrew Bazemore, Spoken Word Artist; Tanai Goldwire, Spoken Word Artist; […]

  • Brian Henry

    Brian “HallowDreamz” Henry Public Show & Tell and Workshop

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

    REGISTER Let's explore the road less traveled through dance! Learn the fundamentals of Krump-- stomps, chest pops, placements, jabs, arm swings, focus points, head snaps, grooves, buck hops, concepts and combos. Emphasis is placed on developing strength, stamina, creativity, understanding, coordination and having FUN! Class also includes drills that are focused on developing comfort, the […]