From Italian theatermaker Alessandro Sciarroni, recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Dance at the 2019 Venice Biennale, an inventive revival of the polka chinata, a nearly lost Bolognese courtship dance from the last century. The polka chinata (crouched polka) is a rarity in ballroom dancing: it was performed exclusively by pairs of…
Tag: nature
Intro Navigation Workshop
Celebrate Earth Day by adding basic navigation skills to your toolkit before heading out on your next outdoor adventure. During this 90-min workshop, participants will be introduced to the wealth of information that maps contain, how to use a compass, and the 6 Ds of navigation while exploring the beauty of Schor Conservation Area in…
Smokey Bear & His Wildlife Friends
Join us on April 15th, 2023 at 10:30 am for a FREE IN-PERSON event: Smokey Bear & His Wildlife Friends! Back by popular demand, Smokey Bear will be returning to the Museum with some of his wildlife friends! First, we will meet live birds of prey, and learn how we can all protect these regal…
Opening Reception for Why Look? by Xan Peters
In Why Look?, Xan Peters asks the viewer what we can learn about our natural world when it comes to us as an artistic expression, free from the detachment of science.
D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Why Look? by Xan Peters
In Why Look?, Xan Peters asks the viewer what we can learn about our natural world when it comes to us as an artistic expression, free from the detachment of science. ****** Xan Peters started studying paleontology as an undergrad, which influences their art. Peters switched their degree to art after three years and…
Opening Reception for “Elements of a View” by Zach Neven
Zach Neven’s minimalist landscapes are informed by place. He grew up and still lives in Columbia County and spends much of his time exploring and photographing back roads and mountain trails searching for new views and vistas of this beautiful countryside. The mountains, fields, forests and skies are starting points for his interpretations, which are…
D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Elements of a View by Zach Neven
Zach Neven’s minimalist landscapes are informed by place. He grew up and still lives in Columbia County and spends much of his time exploring and photographing back roads and mountain trails searching for new views and vistas of this beautiful countryside. The mountains, fields, forests and skies are starting points for his interpretations, which are…
Smokey Bear & His Forest Friends
Join us on November 19th, 2022 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm for a FREE IN-PERSON event: Smokey Bear & His Forest Friends! First, we will meet live birds of prey and learn how we can all protect these regal birds by being fire-safe. Then the big man himself, Smokey Bear, will visit the Museum…
LAB Biennial – thematic festival
This fall marks the return of the Fisher Center LAB Biennial—a thematic festival that invites and commissions artists to create new works that grapple with some of the most pressing questions of our time. The 2022–23 edition, Common Ground, is a year-long international program focusing on the politics of land and food and taking place…
And-Hof Animal Sanctuary Community Farm Day/Benefit, Catskill NY
And-Hof Animals Farm Day Celebration, a community gathering and benefit for And-Hof Animal Sanctuary, Sat. Aug. 27, Catskill NY, 11am – 6pm. Rain-date: Sun Aug. 28, 11-6 https://www.and-hof-animals.org/ On Saturday August 27 the public is invited for a special farm day celebration and open house at And-Hof Animal Sanctuary, located on the outskirts of Catskill…