Indoors and out, there’s fun for all ages at Audubon Community Nature Center’s 40th annual Snowflake Festival. Outdoors you can snowshoe, cross-country ski, hike with a naturalist, and sample outdoor cooking. Indoors you’ll find exhibits, demonstrations, live animals, crafts. And don’t forget the food and hot drinks!
Makers on Main Street – a celebration of the artists, crafters, growers, farmers, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, authors, students, and entrepreneurs in our community. You are welcomed to join us as a demonstrator, seller, or a combination! Demonstrations: This is an opportunity to share the “how” of what you do. Bring a piece of your […]
Support Local Artists in a celebration of the artists, artisans, crafters, growers, farmers, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, authors, students, and entrepreneurs in our community. Free and Open to the public! Enjoy family friendly hands-on activities! Main Street and Village Bandstand
WORKSHOPS SESSION 1: JUNE 26 - JULY 1 -Augustine Uzor // Figure Painting -Patsy Rausch // From Rag to Relevance, Hand Papermaking -Rachel Davis // Shades of Blue: Indigo Dye, Shibori and Other Methods Alfred Summer Arts features four weeks of week-long arts workshops for all levels; artists, teachers, community members and anyone seeking hands-on […]
Alfred University invites you into an immersive five-day festival designed to embrace the creativity of the community in collaboration with local and international visiting artists, July 10th through 16th. FESTIVAL WEEK WORKSHOPS MORNING WORKSHOPS -Sandy Silva // Rhythm, Movement, and Voice -Kathy Kennedy // Low-Watt Radio & Echolocation -George Ferrandi // Still A Ray sculpture […]
Hosted at the Cohen Center for the Arts and the “Cohen Barn” in Alfred, NY, this evening will kick off our festival week of workshops and events. Come have a bite to eat, grab a drink, and mingle with the visiting and emerging artists. For your entertainment there will be live jazz and music by […]
This event is an informal opportunity to learn more about the creative methods of this years visiting and emerging artists. Expect a variety show format which will offer you the chance to peak inside the processes of these artists. From projected work, to musical interludes, to readings, to creative invitations you are invited to participate […]
Inspired by early Italian comedy known for the variety of improvised sketches and exaggerated characters, this evening of Commedia Dell’arte and other Influences will introduce us to scenes from commedia as well as folk inspired imagery. Join us for an evening of music including Beethoven, Debussy, Britten, and Schumann. Pianist Jasmine Nagano and cellist Ana […]
Bring your chair and blanket tor an evening of film at the Alfred Village Bandstand This program will feature 13 shorts films (all under 10 minutes!) that were showcased at the inaugural Light Matter Film Festival in November 2021. Light Matter will return with a second edition in Fall 2022. The program is representative of […]
Writing, Dance, Live Music, Performance Miller Performing Arts Center About this event Joined by the writer of The Slow Thought Manifesto, Vincenzo Di Niccola will serve as our “MC” for this event which will offer us a variety of disciplinary methods for…slowing down. Taking on the big questions: “what makes new things possible?” and “how […]
Live music, performance, music, dance, party About this event Join us for this special evening with Jessie Chandler where he will perform new work from his solo album “A Letter from the Treetops”. When Chandler is not working on his own albums you can find him performing with Midlake and Mercury Rev. This event was […]
How do we be come birds? It all starts with paper and a method called Nebuta. Leading into the festival week artist George Ferrandi will teach participants this handmade process. On the evening of July 15th these creatures will take flight in a parade down Main Street accompanied by low-fi radio music orchestrated by Kathy […]