Free and open to the public, on view through the fall Museum of Art | 1 West Gallery Views of New York: Wilderness and Waters, a collection of works depicting the areas around the Hudson and Mohawk River valleys, was created from the Museum’s collections of both recent additions and art purc...

Free and open to the public, on view through Oct. 27 Museum of Art | 1 North and Cardamone Galleries Trenton Falls: Stilled Waters | Still Here brings focus to Native relationships with our local landscape through a focus on the art of Trenton Falls. Trenton Falls was a major tourist dest...

In the early to mid-1800s, the expansive landscapes of New York State’s Hudson River Valley and adjacent areas, such as the Catskill, Adirondack, and White Mountains, inspired a remarkably talented group of American artists, who came to be known as the Hudson River School. Thomas Cole (...

Public Guided Tours Starting June 21: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 1 p.m. July, August, and September tours will be offered Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 1 AND 2 p.m. During the Arts Festival (July 13 through 21), tours will be offered daily at 1 AND 2 p.m. Free with exhibition admiss...

Aug. 20–Sept. 21 Closing Reception: Friday, Sept. 20, 3–5 p.m. ...

Sat., Sept. 7, 2024, 7:30 p.m. Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium $30 | $24 | $15 Join acclaimed concert pianist Jeffrey Siegel as he guides the audience through the lively, rhythmic music of Bach, Chopin, and Spanish composers Enrique Granados and Manuel de Falla. Seamlessly blending...

Thursday, Sept. 12, 6:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Tickets: $150 members | $175 general public Experience the homes and studios of Hudson River School giants Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, and witness the amazing vistas at each site. Olana, home of Frederic Church, sits on the opposite side of t...

MINI-COURSE | Intro to Relief Printmaking With Andrew Mullally, Pratt Munson Assistant Professor of Printmaking | Beginners | 18 + Merge imagination with craftsmanship and learn the technique of linocut printmaking in this immersive course. Over six weeks, explore essential concepts, from how ...

Breathe, relax, enjoy! Each class begins with a 15-minute introduction to a work of art followed by one hour of yoga and meditation. Participants at all levels of ability are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat. There will be no class Saturday, September 7 and 21. Saturda...

Breathe, relax, enjoy! Each class begins with a 15-minute introduction to a work of art followed by one hour of yoga and meditation. Participants at all levels of ability are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat. There will be no class Saturday, September 7 and 21. Saturda...

Breathe, relax, enjoy! Each class begins with a 15-minute introduction to a work of art followed by one hour of yoga and meditation. Participants at all levels of ability are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat. There will be no class Saturday, September 7 and 21. Saturda...

Breathe, relax, enjoy! Each class begins with a 15-minute introduction to a work of art followed by one hour of yoga and meditation. Participants at all levels of ability are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat. There will be no class Saturday, September 7 and 21. Saturda...

Beginning Pottery | MORNINGS with Matt Saunders | Beginners Learn skill, dexterity, and coordination using the potter’s wheel as a tool of the ceramic-forming process as you are introduced to hand-building and throwing techniques. Develop aesthetics in a contemporary, social, and historical ...

Beginning Jewelry | AFTERNOONS with Luke Towne | Beginners | Adults and 16 + Learn creative fine metalworking through demonstrations and projects geared toward the beginning jeweler. Techniques include sawing, piercing, texturing, riveting, chain making, soldering, and bezel-setting cabochon...

Teen Drawing Portfolio Development Ages 13 - 17 | Rising Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors With Christina Hopkins A strong portfolio is essential for art students applying to colleges. Learn the drawing skills essential to translate the 3D world onto a 2D surface, covering projects from still-li...

Beginning Pottery | Evenings with Ron Miller | Beginners Learn skill, dexterity, and coordination using the potter’s wheel as a tool of the ceramic-forming process as you are introduced to hand-building and throwing techniques. Develop aesthetics in a contemporary, social, and historical con...

Beginning Jewelry | Evenings with Luke Towne | Beginners | Adults and 16 + Learn creative fine metalworking through demonstrations and projects geared toward the beginning jeweler. Techniques include sawing, piercing, texturing, riveting, chain making, soldering, and bezel-setting cabochon s...

Intermediate Painting With Joseph Murphy | Intermediate | 18 + Expand acrylic painting skills and techniques for illustration and atmosphere in this chill Monday-evening course. Projects encourage explorations of composition, color theory, and techniques to for creating atmosphere and light ...

Fashion Sewing for Beginners with Niki English | Beginners | Adults and Ages 16+ Fashion for the absolute beginner! Discover all the basics of operating a sewing machine, how to read a paper pattern, and to properly prepare and cut fabric. Learn basic construction techniques for garments such ...

Beginning Watercolor Painting with Annette Gurdo | Beginners | 18 + Beginners gain a foundation in watercolor painting through step-by-step techniques including washes, wet-on-wet, dry brush, blotting, lifting, glazing, and more in a full semester format and a welcoming group studio. Require...

Ceramic Sculpture With Veronica Byun | Intermediate/Advanced | 18 + Engage in sculpture focused on spatial relationships and ideas as they exist in architectural settings. The processes of hand building for tile patterning and press molding for multiple repetitive pattern making are the prim...

Intermediate/Advanced Jewelry Open Studio with Luke Towne | Intermediate | 18 + This studio class is designed for students who have successfully completed the Beginning Jewelry class and are ready to practice the skills they have learned in independent projects with instructor support. Tues...

Studio Landscape Painting with Annette Gurdo | Intermediate - Advanced | 18 + Celebrate the outdoors....indoors! Paint landscapes this fall in a group studio setting. Students work from landscape photos and studies in the studio. Painting demonstrations and individualized instruction in acry...

Beginning Digital Animation with Ashley Peretin | Beginners | Adults and Ages 16+ Bring characters to life by learning the fundamental principles of basic 2D animation. Students become familiar with programs such as Adobe Animate and Photoshop to create short, personalized animations and trans...

Intro to Multimedia Abstract Expressionism With Tina Mitchell, 2024-25 Artist-in-Residence | All Levels | 18+ This limited edition painting and drawing class invites students to explore the world of abstract art, through exploration of color, composition, and mark-making. Guided by the experim...

Intermediate/Advanced Pottery | EVENINGS with Veronica Byun | Intermediate - Advanced Learn various throwing techniques, functional design, and surface treatments through demonstrations and personalized instruction. Advanced students may pursue projects of their own choosing with instr...

Fall Sewing Studio with Niki English | Intermediate - Advanced | 18 + Continue previous fashion sewing projects or work on an independent project with the guidance of a knowledgeable instructor and practicing designer. Learn techniques for sewing difficult fabrics, knits, and novelty s...

Painting for Beginners With Chad Smith | Beginner | 18 + If you’ve always wanted to learn how to paint but don’t know where to start, this class is for you. Through hands-on instruction, students build a solid painting foundation, from organizing a palette to the final brush stroke. Informat...

Throwing + Handbuilding with Veronica Byun | Intermediate - Advanced Focus on creating functional, sculptural, decorative pieces. Explore form, size, refinement, and surface both on the wheel and through hand building techniques like slab, extruding, using hump/slump molds, and more. Special...

Intro to Drawing: The Art of Observation (NEW!) With Chad Smith | Beginners | 18 + Intro to Drawing with Chad Smith is designed to empower new students with a structured approach to learning how to draw. Understand basic design principles, concepts, media and formats like drawing from obser...

Just a moment while we redirect you to the film page, My Penguin Friend… ...

Rated PG, 97 minutes Directed by David Schurmann, 2024, United States/Brazil A sweeping family adventure, My Penguin Friend is a triumphant tale of friendship between a lonely father and a little lost penguin who recharges his spirit and heals his family with an unshakable, ocean-crossing loya...

Mini-Course | Salt Fired Ceramics with Veronica Byun | Intermediate | 18 + Salt firing is embraced by ceramic artists and potters because of the beautiful and unanticipated results that come from a salt-fired kiln. These six-week courses will explore form, function, aesthetic values, texture...

Fashion Pattern Making 101 with Niki English | Intermediate | 18 + Get your designs ready to wear! Learn the art of flat pattern drafting for apparel. Students will walk away with basic pattern concepts such as flat pattern manipulation, draping, adding ease, methods for adding volume, t...

Rated PG, 97 minutes Directed by David Schurmann, 2024, United States/Brazil A sweeping family adventure, My Penguin Friend is a triumphant tale of friendship between a lonely father and a little lost penguin who recharges his spirit and heals his family with an unshakable, ocean-crossing loya...

Studio Painting | MORNINGS with Chris Cirillo, Associate Professor of Drawing and Painting | Intermediate - Advanced | 18 + Whether you're taking your first steps into painting or already possess a wealth of experience, this class caters to all skill levels, from beginners to the advanced. C...

Intermediate/Advanced Pottery | AFTERNOONS with Veronica Byun | Intermediate - Advanced Learn various throwing techniques, functional design, and surface treatments through demonstrations and personalized instruction. Advanced students may pursue projects of their own choosing with ins...

OIL PAINTING PORTRAITURE with Yulia Levkovich | All Levels | 18 + Beginners and experienced painters delve into portrait painting by working from a live model, learning basic drawing techniques for a preparatory sketch, and essential transferring techniques. Explore a classical oil painting ...

Studio Painting | EVENINGS with Yulia Levkovich | Beginners - Intermediate | 18 + Boost and learn painting skills in acrylic or oil during this evening studio class. Students complete projects from still-lifes and photographs in techniques such as grisaille (a limited color or grey palette s...

Painting + Drawing Open Studio Self-Directed | Intermediate | Ages 18+ This self-directed studio is the perfect opportunity for artists of all levels who have previously taken a painting or drawing class at Munson to hone their skills, explore their creativity, and work in a supportive g...

VISIBLE STUDIO | Munson Museum Master Copies With Yulia Levkovich | Intermediate | 18+ This class celebrates intensive technical study, problem solving, and dialogue with artists and artworks of the past. It builds on a long-standing tradition of working from close observation of a masterpiece...

Rated PG, 97 minutes Directed by David Schurmann, 2024, United States/Brazil A sweeping family adventure, My Penguin Friend is a triumphant tale of friendship between a lonely father and a little lost penguin who recharges his spirit and heals his family with an unshakable, ocean-crossing loya...

Rated PG, 97 minutes Directed by David Schurmann, 2024, United States/Brazil A sweeping family adventure, My Penguin Friend is a triumphant tale of friendship between a lonely father and a little lost penguin who recharges his spirit and heals his family with an unshakable, ocean-crossing loya...

ART EXPLORATIONS I Ages 4 + 5 | With Abbie Cianfrocco This hands-on exploration of art processes helps our youngest artists discover vibrant compositions through a playful understanding of color, collage, painting, and sculpture. Kids enjoy social interactions through activities surrounding ...

ART EXPLORATIONS II, Drawing + Painting Ages 6 - 8 | With Kayla Kent Children develop drawing skills using a wide variety of media and tools. They learn to work from observation, memory, and imagination while experimenting with forms of drawing and painting. Students learn about famous and c...

ART EXPLORATIONS II, Drawing + Painting Ages 6 - 8 | With Kayla Kent Children develop drawing skills using a wide variety of media and tools. They learn to work from observation, memory, and imagination while experimenting with forms of drawing and painting. Students learn about famous and c...

ART EXPLORATIONS II, Clay + Sculpture Ages 6 - 8 | With Shayna Crandall Kids create and build sculptures with clay and glaze, recyclables, fibers, plaster, wire and more. Students learn about famous sculptors and ceramists while making art in the School of Art’s historic Ceramics Studio. Ma...

Ages 9-12 | Young Artists Drawing + Painting Ages 9 - 12 | With Sarah Kilian Develop and expand drawing and painting skills using a wide variety of media while working from observation, memory, and imagination. Visits to the Museum of Art give students the opportunity to connect with works of ...

YOUNG ARTISTS Clay + Sculpture Ages 9 - 12 | With Paula Caruana In this clay exploration for the creative preteen, projects range from hand-built functional pottery to ceramic sculpture inspired by famous artists. Lessons focus on popular and historic artists, sculptors, ceramicists, and cul...

Young Artists Stop-Motion Animation With Meghan Pagano | Ages 9 - 12 Action! Create your own stop-motion animations while learning a wide range of skills including operating a camera and tripod, how the stop-motion process works, creating characters, props, scenery and sound effects. Student...

Teen Drawing + Painting With Marianne Ogden | Ages 13 - 17 Develop and improve drawing and painting skills while working alongside other young artists. Perspective, proportion, and color theory are utilized to develop drawings and paintings from observation. The perfect class for teens who wan...

Munson is thrilled to welcome 2024-25 Artist-in-Residence Tina Mitchell! Mitchell has just completed her MFA at the School of Visual Arts, New York City and holds a BFA in studio arts from Syracuse University. Mitchell’s artistic practice is inspired by her passion for art education and experienc...

Rated R, 89 minutes Directed by Thomas Q. Napper, 2024, United States After her husband's untimely death, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and finan...

Just a moment while we redirect you to the film page, Widow Clicquot… ...

Rated R, 89 minutes Directed by Thomas Q. Napper, 2024, United States After her husband's untimely death, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and finan...

Presented in partnership with Center for Family Life and Recovery Discover the soothing power of music with acclaimed pianist Robin Spielberg. Her outreach program focuses on music, mental health, and wellness. Music has been proven to elevate mood, improve focus, sleep, and physical and mental...

Rated R, 89 minutes Directed by Thomas Q. Napper, 2024, United States After her husband's untimely death, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and finan...

Rated R, 89 minutes Directed by Thomas Q. Napper, 2024, United States After her husband's untimely death, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and finan...

WORKSHOP | Eco Fabric Dyeing with Niki English | All Levels | 16 + Celebrate spring and learn to how to dye with easy-to-find plants! This workshop teaches you the basics of bundle dyeing using foraged or homegrown plant materials as well as plant-based kitchen remnants. Learn about crea...

Breathe, relax, enjoy! Each class begins with a 15-minute introduction to a work of art followed by one hour of yoga and meditation. Participants at all levels of ability are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat. There will be no class Saturday, September 7 and 21. Saturda...

Discover the soothing power of music with acclaimed pianist Robin Spielberg in her transformative concert program dedicated to wellness and anxiety relief. Renowned for her emotive and graceful performances, Robin Spielberg seamlessly blends her musical artistry with a deep understanding of the ther...