Exhibition Case Program
The Albany International Airport is committed to promoting the rich cultural heritage and artistic traditions of the Capital Region through its Art & Culture Program. Local museums and cultural institutions have the opportunity to showcase their collections, programs and services via our exhibition case installations located throughout the terminal. Featured organizations are rotated annually.
For more information about the Art & Culture Program's Exhibition Case Program, please call 518.242.2241 or email arts@albanyairport.com.
Current Participants
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The Tang Teaching Museum Art Gallery at Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
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The Tang Museum is a resource for the communities of the Capital District of upstate New York and beyond. With an annual visitorship of 40,000 in an area celebrated for tourism since the 19th century, the Tang is a favorite destination of museum-goers of all ages, including school groups, families, teachers and art lovers. For adults, there are summer concerts, year-round lectures and talks, special events and of course a constantly changing program of special exhibitions of national caliber. Family programs on Saturdays offer hands-on learning for children and parents, and each year more than four thousand school children experience personalized tours of exhibitions at the Tang. Ultimately, the Tang is about forging connections between people and ideas.
Contact Information:The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College815 North BroadwaySaratoga Springs, NY 12866518.580.5539www.tang.skidmore.edu
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EMPAC
Troy, NY
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The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), founded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is an international hub for art, performance, science and technology - offering adventurous interdisciplinary public events, support for artists and scholars engaged in creative research, and the resources of a state-of-the-art facility for digital media production, research and performance situated on a college campus. EMPAC's building is a showcase work of architecture that spans the physical and digital worlds. With a 1,200 seat concert hall, a 400 seat theater, two flexible black box studios, audio and video production rooms and residency studios, EMPAC is a unique environment where digital technology and human experience can meet.
Contact Information:
EMPAC
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180
www.empac.rpi.edu |
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MASS MoCA
North Adams, MA |
 
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Since opening in 1999, MASS MoCA has become one of the world's premier centers for making and showing the best art of our time. With annual attendance of 120,000, it ranks among the most visited institutions in the United States dedicated to new art. More than 80 major new works of art and more than 50 performances have been created through fabrication and rehearsal residencies in North Adam, making MASS MoCA perhaps the most fertile site in the country for new art. The museum thrives on making and presenting work that is fresh, surprising and challenging.
Contact Information:
MASS MoCA
87 Marshall Street
North Adams, MA
413.MoCA.111
www.massmoca.org |
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The Shaker Heritage Society, Shaker Museum / Mount Lebanon, Hancock Shaker Village
Albany, NY
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The Shakers were passionate believers in the principle of creating "heaven on earth" through the practice of celibacy, pacifism, communal ownership of goods, and cofession of sin. They also believed that the Christ spirit was dual in nature, being both male and female. The three earliest Shaker communities in the US were formed in Albany and New Lebanon, NY and in Pittsfield, MA.These historic sites are now three distince Shaker museums, each offering unique opportunities to learn about American history through Shaker studies.
Contact Information:
The Shaker Heritage Society Hancock Shaker Village Shaker Museum / Mount Lebanon
25 Meeting House Rd. 1843 West Housatonic St. 202 Shaker Rd.
Albany, NY 12211 Pittsfield, MA 01201 New Lebanon, NY 12125
518.456.7890 413.443.0188 518.794.9100
http://www.shakerheritage.org www.hancockshakervillage.org www.shakermuseumandlibrary.org
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Bennington Museum
Bennington, VT
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The mission of the Bennington Museum is to celebrate the heritage of the Southern Vermont region and serve as a venue for visual and performing arts that enrich our community and our world. Situated on over seven acres, the Museum has eleven galleries in 28,000 square feet of space housing over 60,000 items. It is home to the Grandma Moses Schoolhouse (1834) which was moved from Eagle Bridge, NY, and was attached to the museum in 1972. It also houses the largest public collection of Grandma Moses paintings and memorabilia in the world. It boasts a non-circulating genealogical research library with over 7,000 sources, a Visitors' Center and Gift Shop, plus meeting and event space. The Museum is complimented by the Hadwen Woods and George Aiken Wildflower Trail.
Contact Information:
Bennington Museum
75 Main Street
Bennington, VT 05201
802.447.1571
www.benningtonmuseum.org
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Chesterwood
Stockbridge, MA
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Some 40 minutes drive from Albany - and a world away - is Chesterwood, the Berkshire estate of Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) the American artist who created the iconic sculpture of the Minute Man, for Concord, MA, and the figure of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. The only artist's residence and studio owned and operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Chesterwood's glorious 122-acre site features French's home, studio and gardens. It remains much as Daniel Chester French knew it, and is home to myriad public programs and events, inlcuding a summer-long exhibition of contemporary outdoor sculpture.
Contact Information:
Chesterwood
A National Trust Historic Site
4 Williamsville Rd.
Stockbridge, MA 01262
413.298.3579
www.chesterwood.org
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Sharon Bates, Director
Art & Culture Program
Albany International Airport Gallery hours:
7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. daily.
For additional information phone: 518.242.2241 or email arts@albanyairport.com
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