THE CHURCH

ART & MUSIC

  • RESIDENCY

    The acoustics at The Church are superb which is why we offer residencies to musicians in collaboration with non-profits.

  • EXHIBITIONS

    We host exhbitions, workshops, and public programs, primarily focused on social justice and healing.

  • EVENT SPACE

    Our space can be rented for thoughtful private events - meetings, team retreats, off-sites, performances, and seminars.

  UPCOMING EXHIBITION  

‘Unearthing the Light’, exhibition and public programming at the Church in Staatsburg, Summer 2025

ON VIEW

Upstate Art Weekend: July 17 to July 21, 12pm to 6pm

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 19

On View: July 17 to early September, by appointment after Upstate Art Weekend

The Church in Staatsburg presents 'Unearthing the Light', an exhibition and related programming that reveals and reclaims hidden histories and erasures. The exhibition brings together artworks that address the neglect and erasure of bodies because of gender, race, and poverty. It also considers the body of the earth as a site of harm as well as growth. 

The exhibition was inspired by a little-known cemetery located on prison grounds in the Hudson Valley, where girls and infants who died at the institution were buried and largely forgotten until the transmedia art project 'Incorrigibles' commemorated them last summer.

Join us for transformative free events that connect art to action: craft seed balls to heal the earth, create photograms that capture light and shadow, and surrender to the restorative power of sound.

The exhibition features work by Nancy Burson, Alison Cornyn, Yolanda Cuomo, Elena del Rivero, Sandra Harper, Jillian MacDonald, Ofelia Mangen, Rita Peress, NNegin Sharifzadeh, Maggie Simonelli, Diana Weymar, and Marina Zurkow.

It encompasses photographs, works on paper, painting, sculpture, video, embroidery, and plantworks.

ARTISTS

EVENTS

  • Seedball Workshop

  • Photogram Workshop

  • Wand Making

  • Reading and Poetry Workshop

EVENT INFO

RESIDENCY

JUNE/JULY 2024

Chris Pattishall is a pianist and composer known for his wide stylistic breadth, meticulous sense of detail, empathy, and an inclination towards the surreal.

Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes is a composer, pianist, and vocalist known for his large multidisciplinary projects and for using music to examine sociopolitical issues.

Samora and Chris will work on music for a film score during their residency.

PATTISHALL / PINDERHUGHES

OUR SPACE

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