The Earth Of: Aggregate in Repose is an exercise in the potential for the erasure of both the document and the ability to document. That is to say, the convergent and divergent boundaries between knowing and forgetting: the tectonic shift that creates new landscapes with old scars. Where does this narrative happen…

Mr. Gaspar is the author of six collections of poetry and two novels, and his work has appeared widely in magazines and literary journals, including The New Yorker, The Nation, The Harvard Review, The Hudson Review, The Kenyon Review, The Georgia Review, The American Poetry Review, The Southern Review, Prairie Schooner, The Tampa Review, Miramar, among others.

We were excited to host an onsite concert, a gift from Creative Music Intensive faculty and visiting artists Michael Harrison, Elliot Cole, Ritvik Yaparpalvi and Payton MacDonald. The concert was opened to all ALN onsite residents, local community and everyone came to ALN on the 21st, as well as all online participants of CMI 2022.

As a living legend, Terry Riley’s career as composer / performer has spanned over 6 decades starting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 50’s up to the present time in Japan. On Friday August 26th, 2022, Terry Riley and Sara Miyamoto offered an online zoom live concert from Japan. The concert was free and open to all thanks to Terry Riley's graciously offering!

We are excited to share an artist in residence show titled Under Table from our resident Jie Shou.

by Ghost Tickle
Live art you can cut bread with in eleven acts
A progressive feast of in-situ performance pieces

The 2022 Summer Creative Music Intensive was a two-week hybrid program ( In-person & Online ) held from August 14th – 28th at Arts Letters & Numbers. Participants were immersed in the creative process of making and performing music, exploring new approaches and developing individual and collaborative works as creative artists.

The 2022 Summer SunShip Thesis was a three-week hybrid program ( in-person & online ) held from July 23rd to August 14th 2022 with both in-person participants at ALN campus and online participants from different places of the world. This unique multi-disciplinary thesis program was led by ALN founding director David Gersten and ALN recurring visiting artist Homa Shojaie.

Over the fall and winter of 2019, we invited a few talented artists, musicians and writers to create their work here on the Arts Letters & Numbers campus. With safety procedures in place, we offered the space and support to explore and expand creative practice. Today we present a small collection of their works made during the Pilot Light Residency.

Over 8 weeks Breaking Barriers through Movement and Dance explored the how to use the principles of modern dance to create and explore pathways toward combatting crisis. The program director Omonike Akinyemi focused particularly on movement stemming from Yoruba African dance, Martha Graham, and Katherine Dunham dance techniques.

During the academic year of 2019/2020 Arts Letters & Numbers brought the Harbor Freight Fellowship Initiative to the Capital Region. This nationwide apprenticeship program, designed by Big Picture Learning and Harbor Freight Tools, is an alternative pathway for students whom show significant interest in the trades…

Over the course of 7 weeks, Eating Together offered bi-weekly virtually shared meals, inviting individuals to come together while safely remaining in their own environment. These gatherings were hosted by Frida Foberg as a direct response to the social constraints of the spring and summer of 2020.

Letters for Others is a platform for artists to share experiences, creative and inventive ways to contribute to this worldwide crisis with love and care.

Thanks to all the support and participation of artists and community, the 14th edition of 3RD-THURSDAY was successfully held an enlightening and inspiring exchange at Arts Letters & Numbers. We express great gratitude to the following presented artists along with visitors and supporters.

We are excited to share an artist in residence show featuring works from our current residents Geuryung Lee & Hojin Lee.

Thanks to all the support and participation of artists and community, the 13th edition of 3RD-THURSDAY was successfully held an enlightening and inspiring exchange at Arts Letters & Numbers. We express great gratitude to the following presented artists along with visitors and supporters.

Spillage is a sculptural interpretation of Yixuan’s album “two breaths forward, one breath back,” exploring the effect of displacement of sound and the impermanence of materiality. Using sound, light, found objects, fabrics, and ink, it invites conversations and reinterpretations of preexisting surroundings, realigning the tension of contemporary politics and history. 

Thanks to all the support and participation of artists and community, the 12th edition of 3RD-THURSDAY was successfully held an enlightening and inspiring exchange at Arts Letters & Numbers. We express great gratitude to the following presented artists along with visitors and supporters.

On Saturday, December 7th, our house on the hill was filled with performance, the second St. Rocco’s Electronic Art and Music (STREAM) salon, by Jack Wright + Zach Darrup (Philadelphia), Michael Peters (Oneonta), Matt Weston (Albany) and Alexis Bhagat (Albany).