Join Us in Celebrating Our 30th Anniversary in 2025

Gallery of Artists Joe Baker

In the Gallery Joe Baker: Paintings and Pastels Opening Reception : 6th Aug 2016 02:00 PM Date of Show : 6th Aug 2016 - 28th Aug 2016 Primarily a plein air landscape painter, Joe Baker works in oils and pastels with occasional pieces in watercolor, acrylics, conte, charcoal,  as well as sculpture. Recent paintings exhibited [...]

From Madness to Music: Documentary and Discussion

From Madness To Music is a documentary short produced by Music in Common (MiC) and Beansprout Productions in association with the Pumpkin Foundation. The film follows the progression of Music in Common's roots as a backyard music jam honoring the life of slain journalist Daniel Pearl to its current work as a non-profit organization engaging youth [...]

Eric Martin and Karen Axelrod

Eric Martin (violin, viola, voice) and Karen Axelrod (piano, accordion) are a dynamic duo who love to bring the vibrancy of traditional dance music and song to the concert stage.  Listeners can expect to be swept away on a musical journey to various lands including Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Germany, Argentina, Quebec, Appalachia, and New [...]

Gallery of Artists Michelle Arnot

In the Gallery Sept 3-25: Shodou: Traveling Along the Long Path of Writing Japanese Calligraphy Opening Reception : 3rd Sep 2016 02:00 PM Date of Show : 3rd Sep 2016 - 26th Sep 2016 The opening reception for the exhibit is Saturday, Sept 3 from 2-4PM The ancient art of Japanese calligraphy (shodou) originated from [...]

Evening of 20th Century Song

From a stroll down Tin Pan Alley to a “Walk in the Woods”, an evening of 20th century songs will feature the variety that is the American songbook--ballads, jazz, and popular music sung by the beautiful voices of Laura Danehower Whyte (soprano), Linda Mironti (soprano), Brian De Lorenzo (tenor). The evening of song includes a dessert interlude [...]

BNRC Clam River Lecture and Hike

Join staff of the Berkshire Natural Resources Council for a tour of their Clam River Reserve.  Topics of discussion during the tour will include today’s plant and animal communities and the influence that Sandisfield’s human history has on the composition of those communities.  We will gather at the Arts Center for a brief talk augmented by [...]

Cancelled–An Evening with Award-Winning Filmmaker Anjali Sundaram

This event has been cancelled. NEW Program – Film Series Film screening and discussion with Anjali Sundaram. Award winning filmmaker  Anjali Sundaram will  treat us to her vision of the intersections of culture, identity and globalization within frameworks of memory, autobiography, imagined futures and pseudo-science through her films. A lecture and  discussion about her innovative [...]

The Art of Translation with Patty Crane A Reading and Discussion of “Bright Scythe: Selected Poems by Tomas Transtromer

Introduced by Sandisfield poet Hannah Fries, Patty Crane reads from and discusses Bright Scythe, her acclaimed translation of the poetry of Nobel Prize winner Tomas Tranströmer. In addition to reading from the book, Crane will talk with Fries about Tranströmer's life and work, Crane’s relationship with the Tranströmers during her time living in Sweden, and her [...]

Forum on American History Culture And Politics: The 2016 Presidential Election

Is the Republic in danger?  Does American Democracy have a future?   Is the American constitutional system endangered by the politics of extremism?  Will partisan wrangling end and political compromise become a possibility?   Will Democratic talk or Republican talk capture the imagination of the American voter in the general election? Bill Cohn and Val Coleman will [...]

An Evening with Alison Larkin

 We regret to report this event has been postponed.  It will be rescheduled in 2017. Tickets for events at the Sandisfield Arts Center are available online or may be purchased at the door on the night of the performance on a first come-first served basis. ONLINE TICKETS ARE RECOMMENDED TO INSURE A SEAT. Children 12 [...]