3 Generations Third Annual Youth Video Contest

“Intergenerational Activism” From climate change and racial justice to reproductive rights, youth activists have been at the forefront of our social movements for decades. We want to know how you make your voice heard on the issues that matter to you, and what you’ve learned from experienced activists who came before you. Create a fiction…

Joseph Squillante’s Horizon 11 by Natalie Gifford

Joseph Squillante’s Horizon 11, August 2001, is a black and white photograph of theNew York City twin towers from across the Hudson. Squillante spent close to half a centurytraveling the length of the Hudson River starting in the Adirondacks and ending at the mouth ofthe New York Harbor. He found most of his inspiration in…

Marking and Communications Coordinator Position Opening

Indigo Arts Alliance (IAA) seeks a Marketing and Communications Coordinator. This position will report to the Executive Director. Indigo Arts Alliance (IAA) is located in the heart of the vibrant East Bayside community of Portland, Maine. The Marketing and Communications Coordinator is responsible for successfully overseeing our marketing, public relations, and community outreach efforts to ensure…

Sean K. Clancy – Affine Nelson’s The Researcher’s Wall

Affine Nelson, The Researchers Wall, 2018, From the Museum of Biological Diversity, the Ohio State University, Color prints, with giant push pins. The Researcher’s Wall is a photographic installation created by Affine Nelson. The installation features agrid of nine life-sized color prints of bird specimens from the Ohio State University’s Museum ofBiological Diversity. The specimens…

What’s New at the Arts Center

Next Week! Join us and celebrate the sparkle in our lives while we help you get ready for the holiday season! Back for our fifth(!!) year, come and let us help you get ready for your holiday events. Whether you’re a guest or the host, we’ve got you covered this holiday season.  Peruse the second…

Thank You, Chet & Karen Opalka!

THANK YOU to all of our collaborators over the last 20 years! We especially want to acknowledge our founding and sustaining supporters,Chet & Karen Opalka In case you missed it, please enjoy this tribute to the Opalkas, made in collaboration with Russell Sage College, YouthFX, and Opalka Gallery. We’re excited for the next 20 years!

History May Absolve the Soup Throwers

Written By Andreas Malm, Published by The New York Times Vincent van Gogh is not responsible for our climate breakdown. He was not the C.E.O. of an oil and gas company or a coal merchant. In fact, van Gogh started drawing and painting while living amid the smoke and cinder in a Belgian coal district. Besides “Sunflowers,”…