in partnership with Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA). Quilt traditions abound in all cultures, and this exhibition is a testament to the complexity and beauty of this important art form. Thirty SAQA fiber artists created work exploring contrasts found in everyday expressions.
Meet the artists! Join us for a walk and talk of the quilt exhibition byCONTRAST. Artist reception to follow.
Last opportunity to view and purchase work from the quilt exhibition byCONTRAST
Quilt traditions abound in all cultures, and this exhibition is a testament to the complexity and beauty of this important art form. With vibrant, varied fabrics and small stitches, an exhibition of contemporary artist quilts comes to Byrdcliffe in partnership with Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA).
This class is designed for beginners, novice potters, and self-guided learners. If you’re new to the potter’s wheel, you’ll learn to center clay and master the basics of throwing pottery.
Soda firing is an atmospheric process that creates unique and unpredictable effects as soda ash vapors react with the clay and glaze at high temperatures. This class will cover the materials and techniques required to prepare for a soda firing.
This class will teach new students the basic skills to make pottery and reenforce skills to people who have had some experience and are looking to gain the confidence to make larger more complex pottery.
This class is designed for beginners, novice potters, and self-guided learners. If you’re new to the potter’s wheel, you’ll learn to center clay and master the basics of throwing pottery.
This exhibition and Showcase presents work representing a wide variety of creative practices of visual, literary and performing arts inspired by their 2025 Residency season.
The 2025 Artists-in-Residence Literary Artists & Performers Presentation will feature literary artists, musicians, and performance artists who attended Byrdcliffe's Artists-in-Residence program during the 2025 season.
Step inside White Pines, the original home of Byrdcliffe’s founders, Ralph and Jane Whitehead, and discover how this 1902 utopian Arts and Crafts colony began.
Celebrate the creative work of our artists-in-residence. With map in hand, meet the artists, see their studios, and experience work in painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, writing, sound, and more, all amidst Byrdcliffe’s historic campus nestled in the Catskill mountains. Some artist woks will be available for sale.
A pair of filthy rich and disgruntled husbands escape for a romantic getaway in a remote mountain cabin unaware that each has hatched a plot to murder the other. If you’ve ever loved someone so much but still thought, “I could murder him”—welcome home.
