Artist Talk and Slideshow Oct 6th @ 6pm via Facebook LIVE: Photographer, Julia Forrest will discuss her work, her inspirations, and her tools, including her camera, mirrors, and props. During her second residency at Bethany, Julia will photograph the local landscape to create illusions with mirrors and forced perspective. In the studio, she will be […]
A discussion with arts educators Sharon Ciccone, Marty Merchant and Cathy Ibanez about the importance of art education, especially in the days of Covid, and the work in the NY State Art Teachers Association Annual Art Show. Join Zoom Meeting View Online Exhibit About the Show The 2020 gallery show of New York State Art […]
Join us Oct 10th @ 11:00am via Facebook LIVE Go to Facebook LIVE Playwright, Susan Jennifer Polese, presents a 20 minute excerpt stage reading of monologues from her play in development, Secret Sundays. Susan will use her residency to continue to write the script. The public performance will feature local actor, Michelle Concha Herko. As a playwright inspired by different forms of […]
Join us for this fascinating 5-week Pablo PIcasso online art history class lead by Jill Kiefer, Ph.D. and Bethany Arts Community. Tuesdays, 10am – 11am September 15th – October 13th. Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer Pablo Picasso remains the most influential artist of the twentieth century, and is regarded as one […]
Artist Talk via Zoom: Karen Allen, visual artist, will share her inspirations and process for creating her works “Ark, Totems and Vessels” and the “Under and Over the Allowable Limit” Zoom Link About the Artist Karen Allen paintings and drawings in acrylic, oils and pastels are figurative abstractions. The inner feeling and meaning of what has inspired me visually is more important […]
Artist Talk via Facebook LIVE: Tacie Jones Artist Talk: Mending View Facebook LIVE We store the imprint of memory in our bodies. Some of this memory comes from personal experience, and some we inherit from our ancestors. This online artist talk will discuss Mending, a growing body of work consisting of video, media installation, sculpture, performance […]
Artist Talk via Facebook LIVE: Erika Meitner and Sarah Heady View Facebook LIVE Erika Meitner will be sharing poems and photos from her latest project in progress, tentatively titled Miami : Elegy, which uses documentary and eco-poetic modes of verse and lyric essay to explore issues of global warming and sea-level rise in Miami, Florida—an epicenter of urban […]
Short Film Presentation and Artist Talk via Zoom & Facebook LIVE View on Facebook LIVE Join Zoom Meeting A film by George Gavin, with poetry by Cheryl Moskowitz and sound by Alastair Gavin. Cheryl, George and Alastair will present their short film provisionally titled ‘Fixed in Place’ (approx 7.5 mins) to the Bethany Community on […]
Work in Progress Reading via Facebook LIVE: "I'm so Hot" by Playwright, Catherine Weingarten View Facebook LIVE Who cheats first? Men or women? What if they’re both insanely hot? In this adaptation of "La Dispute" by Marivaux, a Prince captures hot people to see who cheats first!! It’s like olden day French reality TV. About […]
Artist Performance and Q&A via Facebook LIVE: View event on Facebook LIVE View Video Performance Choreographer, Anna Mayta is premiering her new dance - “The world of humanity has two wings” - inspired by a quote from the Writings of Abdul’-Baha, Baha’i writings: "Humanity Has Two Wings": “The world of humanity has two wings – one is […]
Artist Talk via Facebook LIVE: View Facebook LIVE Writer, Daniel Tamulonis will give us a peek into his writing process, sharing his inspirations, and his journey as a writer, from writing marionette plays, to essays on teaching, to the fiction writing that, years and years later, he felt he had to get out into the world. Daniel will share how he makes room for writing […]
Artist Talk via Facebook LIVE: View Facebook LIVE Santina Amato, sculptor and painter, will share her process for making ephemeral sculptures that decompose overtime. While at Bethany she is designing sculptures that will exist in the gardens of Bethany before decomposing. While in residency at Bethany, Santina is looking forward to being able to create her ephemeral nature sculptures using a new method […]
Artist talk via Facebook LIVE: View Facebook LIVE Andrea will share an insider's view of her process and show her works in progress. Andrea’s work includes colorful, geometric and whimsical sculptures that are fabricated from wood, cardboard, wire, clay and acrylic plastic. Many of Andrea’s pieces are interactive, such as, benches, arches and 3-dimensional words. As an artist who works in the […]
Modern Art, in general, was a reaction against the traditions of the past. European modernism started to take shape toward the end of the nineteenth century. “American Modernism” refers to an artistic and cultural movement in the United States that began at the turn of the twentieth century, with a core period between World War […]
Artist Talk with Visual Artist, Cherie Lee, via Facebook LIVE View Facebook LIVE After introducing us briefly to her work in a most unusual medium, and revealing a meticulously detailed, hand-carved ostrich eggshell Cherie completed during her time with Bethany Arts Community in October 2020, she delves into how her residency was nearly derailed by […]
Artist Talk with Visual Artist, Chigozie Obi, via Facebook LIVE View Facebook LIVE Chigozie Obi talks about the process and inspiration behind her general/residency work and how creating during the protests happening in her country was an escape, activism and emotional dump for her. The virtual residency helped Chigozie take her mind off the protests […]
Artist in Residence: "Object Stories" Talk with Visual Artist Brice Garrett via Facebook LIVE View Facebook LIVE View "Object Stories" Brice used his time at the Bethany Arts residency this fall to develop ideas of community and participatory artworks. Inspired by dozens of images of objects submitted by community members, “Object Stories” documents people’s relationships […]
Students from the Westchester County Safe Harbor program use photography to tell their stories in a way that impacts how they view themselves and their communities. Images on display are a selection of photographs taken by eight students during their six-week 100cameras Snapshot Project at Bethany Arts Community. Local artists Christine Wexler and Anne Carpenter, […]
Schedule an Exhibit Appointment Ossining Black History & Culture: RESILIENCE. DEDICATION. EXCELLENCE. Exhibit on display February 6 – March 5 Curated by Joyce Sharrock Cole, Ossining Village Historian To commemorate Black History Month, Ossining Black History & Culture will honor over 190 years of economic, social, spiritual, political and education contributions made by the African American community […]
Join us Feb 6th @ 2pm for our exhibit Opening: Ossining Black History & Culture: RESILIENCE. DEDICATION. EXCELLENCE. Curated by Joyce Sharrock Cole, Ossining Village Historian Watch the Exhibit Opening Replay View More Events To commemorate Black History Month, Ossining Black History & Culture will honor over 190 years of economic, social, spiritual, political and education […]
Join us on February 13th at 5pm for an Artist Talk: Table Wizard Spinny Spin and the Separate 5 Mcs: The Untold Story of the beginning of Ossining Hip Hop Culture with Spencer Thomas Register for Webinar After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. The year was 1979 […]
Students will build their castles as they learn about the architecture and evolution of castles in this interactive virtual workshop, conducted over Zoom. Register Date: February 17, 3:30pm Cost: $10 per student Number of Students: Max of 20 Materials: Students will be provided a materials list or may elect to pick-up a kit of materials. […]
The Harlem Renaissance holds the distinction of being the longest running movement in the history of art! Join us on Friday, February 19th – 7:30 PM (1 hour) to celebrate its remarkable achievements with this Online Course facilitated by JILL KIEFER, Ph.D. Register The term Harlem Renaissance refers to the prolific flowering of literary, visual, and […]
Join us Feb. 20 at 5pm for an evening of music and talk with Ted Daniel, acclaimed American jazz musician and composer. Register for Webinar After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. FREE - Donations Welcome Make a donation Ted Daniel is an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He studied […]
Join us February 21st @ 2 pm - 3 pm for a talk with Hip Hop Artist, Diana "Princess" Lemon Register for Webinar After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. As a teenager Diana Lemon had been headed down the wrong path when she entered a music program […]
Join us February 24 at 12pm via Facebook LIVE: Artist in Residence: Oluwadamilare (Dare) Ayorinde - Choreographer's Talk View on Facebook LIVE Performing Artists Choreographer Oluwadamilare (Dare) Ayorinde shares his creative process. While in residence, Dare is beginning a new process, "exploring themes of intimacy. That word feels poignant with the new norm of quarantine. […]
Join us Feb. 27 at 5pm for an evening of music with KJ Denhert, award-winning songwriter, guitarist, vocalist and bandleader. Register for Webinar After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. FREE - Donations Welcome Make a donation Sister Songs Pandemic Reflections When the world locked down, life's day to day […]
Join us March 10th at 4pm via Facebook LIVE for Open Rehearsal and Talk with Pilobolus Dance Company Facebook LIVE Artistic Directors and Choreographers RENÉE JAWORSKI and MATT KENT, along with dancers Quincy Ellis, Marlon Feliz, Casey Howes and Paul Liu give us a glimpse behind the curtain into their rehearsal space and creative process. […]
Every generation of artists wants to express its own ideas, address its own issues, and develop its own innovations. Modernists, in particular, felt that the great masterworks which had preceded them no longer “spoke” to the world in which they lived. Scholars often reinforce this idea by illustrating the differences between art eras and movements […]
Students will blend together photography and street art using the guerrilla style art form known as wheat pasting. Using printed photographs from home, students will learn how to make their own glue out of household materials. This practice is still used by street artists today as a way to cheaply and effectively put-up paper posters […]
Students will learn the basics of how to use a camera for this 101 beginner’s course. Bring in your camera that you’ve been meaning to learn the ins and outs of, and we will go over important settings that help create the best images possible. We will go over composition, ISO, F-stop, Shutter Speed, and […]
Students will build their own pinhole cameras out of random boxes of all shapes and sizes. Using light sensitive paper and a makeshift darkroom, they will create their own images using no technology whatsoever. They will familiarize themselves with the history of photography and the original printing processes. REGISTER March 29th, 30th and 31st (3 […]
Lado a Lado: Side by Side A Celebration of Literature and Art Presented by Ossining Children’s Center and BAC Exhibit on Display: April 1 - April 28 Exhibit Event: April 9 @ 6pm Virtual Hang with Art talk featuring the teachers and kids of OCC View Exhibit Bethany Arts Community and Ossining Children’s Center partner […]
To Pablo Neruda With Gratitude - Rochelle Udell, Artist Exhibit on display: April 1 - April 28 Exhibit Event: April 6th @ 2pm via Zoom Artist Talk: Where Do You Sit in Life? With Rochelle Udell View Exhibit Las Odas / The Odes The Chilean Poet and Diplomat, Pablo Neruda, brought us an appreciation of […]
Artist Talk: Where Do You Sit in Life? With Rochelle Udell Apr 6, 2021 @ 2:00 PM via Zoom Register Inspired by Pablo Neruda’s Ode To A Chair, I have focused on the chairs that have stories. I believe everyone has a chair story. Chairs hold us, and they hold meaning and our imaginations. Chairs […]
April 9th at 6PM - Virtual Hang with Art talk featuring the teachers and kids of Ossining Children's Center. Register for Webinar With Thanks and Acknowledgement Poetry Month programs at Bethany Arts Community are sponsored by Theater O. https://youtu.be/LBu2VETCOc0
Join us Friday, April 9th at 7:30 PM via Zoom for "Collaborations: Words & Images" – an Online Talk with JILL KIEFER, Ph.D. Register During this talk we’ll be taking a look at some significant collaborations between wordsmiths and painters—from medieval times to the present day. In addition to illuminated manuscripts and bestiaries, we’ll have […]
Poetry Reading & Talk: An Interpretation of the Real: Poetry & Photography Register for Webinar April 18th from 1:00pm - 2:30pm "Photography is the art of the image while the work of many poems is to render images from the raw material of language. Both forms can also seek to find the essence of a […]
Generative Poetry Workshop: Poetry & Photography April 18 from 3pm – 5pm Register Registration Required. 12 Spaces available. $20 Following the discussion and presentation, Griffiths, Jackson, and Pollock will run a workshop that uses photographic images to help generate poems & poetic images. Pollock will present “mentor texts”—examples of ekphrastic poems that seek to […]
Generative ars poetica workshop with Poet in Residence, Pichchenda Bao April 28, 6 - 8 PM 8 Seats (registrants) Location: Bethany Arts Community – Performance Space (back-up plan will be virtual using Zoom) Masks, social distancing and healthcheck all required) Register Recommended Donation $20 Donate In this workshop we will explore the impulse to create and the ways in which we may recognize and […]