Upcoming Programs & Events
The Earth Of: Ruptures & Reckonings
On-Site
08/07–12/07 2024
The Earth Of: Ruptures and Reckonings is a collective space of inquiry. Through writing and discourse we investigate how to manifest and inhabit the fractures that pervade our lives, allowing for the creative space to grow organically through digressions, tangents, musings, and synchronistic linkages.
A Confidence in Things
On-Line
25/03–20/04 2024
In this 4 week workshop you will be assigned an object to write through/from/into. This will not be an exercise in writing or creating the story of an object, but rather, how an experience or relationship with an object informs your world and the direction of your creativity. Whether it’s the act of communion in Christianity, …
Craft 1o1
On-Site
01/07–30/08 2024
Arts Letters and Numbers is excited to introduce Craft 1o1, a new model of education grounded in an ethos defined by listening, mentorship and collaboration. Craft 1o1 brings a wide spectrum of practices —material, spatial, and poetic— into close proximity, with the hope of deepening experiences, relationships, …
How We Shape - Workshop & Exhibition
On-Site
31/05 - 02/06
The workshops are geared towards queer identified people and queer artists who wish to participate in the creation of an on-site installation at Arts Letters & Numbers. These workshops explore what it means to separate from predetermined ideals of gender with the understanding that to play with gender is to play with power.
Writing the Land
On-Site & On-line
May – September 2024
Residency August 24 – 31
Writing the Land is a nationwide project with over 350 poets and 150 land trust partners. We pair poets with conserved lands and create anthologies sold to support land conservation.The Rensselaer Plateau Alliance (RPA) works with the …
Symbiosis in Love - Qi Ming
On-Site
May 18 5pm-7pm & May 19 10am-12pm
In "Symbiosis in Love," participants delve into a sensory experience that deepens their understanding of the interconnectedness of all living beings. Through multimedia installations, interactive experiences, and live performances, participants have the opportunity to listen to the amplified voices of the…
Creative Music Intensive 2024
On-Site & On-Line
03-18.08.2024
Creative Music Intensive is a two-week hybrid ( in-person & online ) program which will be held from July 15th – 30th at Arts Letters & Numbers in 2023. The program is open to musicians working in any genre. Participants will be immersed in the creative process of making and performing music, exploring new approaches and developing individual and collaborative works as creative artists.
Indian Ragas with Michael Harrison
On-Line
27.03-03.06.2024
Musicians in any genre, working at any level from amateur to professional, are invited to join this welcoming community where we'll learn by doing. Join in with your voice or your instrument as Michael Harrison shares the Kirana lineage of Khayal singing he learned from his Gurus Pandit Pran Nath, Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan, Terry Riley and La Monte Young.
Poetry Workshop Series - St. Rocco’s
On-Site & On-line
TBA
The Earth Of: Ruptures and Reckonings is a collective space of inquiry. Through writing and discourse we investigate how to manifest and inhabit the fractures that pervade our lives, allowing for the creative space to grow organically through digressions, tangents, musings, and synchronistic linkages.
Past Programs
Future UnKnown Summit
CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts)
2017
Music, Film, Screening, Lecture, Collaboration, Workshop, Spotlight, Seminar, Conference, Performance
Unlocking the Creativity of Youth
UNICEF (Office of Innovation) EXPO Astana
2017
Music, Film, Screening, Lecture, Collaboration, Workshop, Spotlight, Seminar, Conference, Performance
Spatial Literacy: Where do we know what we know?
TEDxCooperUnion
2017
Music, Film, Screening, Lecture, Collaboration, Workshop, Spotlight, Seminar, Conference, Performance
Beijing Barn Bibliotheca
CAFA x Arts Letters & Numbers
2018
Music, Film, Screening, Lecture, Collaboration, Workshop, Spotlight, Seminar, Conference, Performance
Youth-FX : Finding Home
Albany High-school x Arts Letters & Numbers
2019
Music, Film, Screening, Lecture, Collaboration, Workshop, Spotlight, Seminar, Conference, Performance
Information Poverty
UNICEF (Office of Innovation)
2017
Music, Film, Screening, Lecture, Collaboration, Workshop, Spotlight, Seminar, Conference, Performance
Aarhus Arc
Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
2012
Music, Film, Screening, Lecture, Collaboration, Workshop, Spotlight, Seminar, Conference, Performance
Chancellor’s Summit
Central Academy of Fine Arts CAFA, Beijing, China
2017
Music, Film, Screening, Lecture, Collaboration, Workshop, Spotlight, Seminar, Conference, Performance
The Alternative Art School Fair
Pioneer Works
2018
Music, Film, Screening, Lecture, Collaboration, Workshop, Spotlight, Seminar, Conference, Performance
Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy
Arts Letters & Numbers
2019
Music, Film, Screening, Lecture, Collaboration, Workshop, Spotlight, Seminar, Conference, Performance
Deciding to See
Arts Letters & Numbers
2018
Music, Film, Screening, Lecture, Collaboration, Workshop, Spotlight, Seminar, Conference, Performance
Past Summers
Revolution: Thesis at ALN
Arts Letters & Numbers
Summer 2019
Thesis at ALN was led by David Gersten, to give artists, makers and thinkers of any discipline the time and space to explore their questions and to develop their personal works. The four week program included a regular schedule of, one-on-one, studio visits, as well as, weekly seminars and listening critiques. The creative intensity that people brought to their works was incredible, the studios were bubbling …
Hinges Mirrors & Eclipses
Arts Letters & Numbers
Summer 2018
In the Summer of 2018, Our 7th Summer Workshop gathered over 40 people from over 20 countries, creating and sharing works: artists, filmmakers, musicians, composers, physicists, activists, poets, mathematicians, photographers, actors, architects, sound artists, policy makers, mimes, chefs, scientists and more!
Constitution
Arts Letters & Numbers
Summer 2017
The demands of our time are urgent: our present and emerging challenges, and the very real possibilities for a better world, calls for new modes of comprehension and action, new questions, and new forms of knowledge.With CONSTITUTION, Arts Letters & Numbers proposed a dynamic crucible of free thought, a space where the widest spectrum of who we are could ask the questions of our time and create …
Zoëtrope Sun
Arts Letters & Numbers
Summer 2016
In the Summer of 2018, Our 7th Summer Workshop gathered over 40 people from over 20 countries, creating and sharing works: artists, filmmakers, musicians, composers, physicists, activists, poets, mathematicians, photographers, actors, architects, sound artists, policy makers, mimes, chefs, scientists and more!
Galapagos Now:
Arts Letters & Numbers
Summer 2015
Today, education in the broadest sense holds the capacity of developing new pathways of interaction and forms of knowledge that address the challenges of our increasingly complex world. Arts Letters & Numbers is a space to understand, withstand and ultimately create transformation that embodies our best hopes and aspirations …
Circling Towards a Disciplinary Chora
Arts Letters & Numbers
Summer 2014
Today, education in the broadest sense holds the capacity of developing new pathways of interaction and forms of knowledge that address the challenges of our increasingly complex world. Arts Letters & Numbers is a space to understand, withstand and ultimately create transformation that embodies our best hopes and aspirations…
Exquisite Broken Circle: Suddenly a Chora
Arts Letters & Numbers
Summer 2013
The 2013 summer's workshop grew out of the perfect combination of planning and poetry. Building from the experiences of our first summer workshop, and incorporating discoveries found through our recent work, we developed this summer’s workshop titled ‘Exquisite Broken Circle; Suddenly a Chora’. Structured through six…
Circles: Drawing on Friendship
Arts Letters & Numbers
Summer 2012