A small church with blue siding and white trim, illuminated from inside, with a red door, front porch, and steeple, surrounded by trees at dusk.

THE CHURCH

The former sanctuary is a spacious yet cozy living room with wooden floors, large arched windows, a ceiling fan, and various chairs and couches arranged around a central table.

ART & MUSIC

  • RESIDENCY

    The acoustics at The Church are superb. We offer residencies to musicians, writers, and artists in collaboration with non-profits.

  • EXHIBITIONS

    We host exhibitions, workshops, and public programs, primarily focused on art, 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  

‘Artist Books of Loss and Healing’
exhibition and public programming at the Church in Staatsburg
Summer 2026

Opening: Upstate Art Weekend: June 25th to 29th, 12:00 to 6:00 pm
Reception: Saturday, June 27, 4:00 to 7;00 pm

Open by appointment and
Weekends: July to August 2nd, 12:00 to 6:00 pm
Closing Reception: Sunday, August 2nd, 1:00 to 4:00 pm

The Church in Staatsburg presents 'Artist Books of Loss and Healing’. The exhibition brings together artist books centered on love, loss, grief, healing, and the many ways these experiences ask us to process. They represent the full range of what that territory contains - not only sorrow, but tenderness; not only grief, but the love that makes grief possible. A book might be an elegy, a love letter, or a record of moving through illness. It might be an homage to someone whose life and legacy deserve a better understanding. It might document recovery, or the slow, uneven work of learning to carry what cannot be put down. The work engages this terrain with care, intention, and the particular intimacy that the artist’s book form makes possible.

Included are photo books, embroidered books, pop-up books, editioned books, unique objects, and works available as reading copies.

Join us for transformative free events that connect art to action: poetry reading and writing, an art-book workshop, and surrender to the restorative power of sound.

LIST IN-PROGRESS The exhibition features work by Alex Callendar, Alison Cornyn, Maureen Cummins, Yolanda Cuomo, Ann Burke Daly, Linda Duvall, Donna Ferrato, Dietrich Gerstel, Heather Greer, Raj Harihan, Sandra Harper, Ofelia Mangen, Tanya Marcuse, Jillian McDonald, Stella Nall, Marianne Petit, Sylvia Plachy, Norma Quintana, Nina Sobell, Beth Theilin, Diana Weymar, and Marina Zurkow.

It encompasses photographs, works on paper, paintings, sculpture, video, embroidery, and plant works.

ARTISTS

EVENTS

  • typewriter text of partial poem

    Poetry Reading

  • White fern leaves pressed on a blue background with a signature at the bottom.

    Attention Workshop

  • Old black-and-white photographs scattered on grass, with a yellow dandelion flower nearby.

    Bookmaking Workshop

  • image of sound waves

    Sound Works

EVENT INFO

RESIDENCY

JANUARY 2026

The Church in Staatsburg and the Parsonage next door become a creative haven for four writers exploring labor and social justice. We're honored to host Alissa Quart, Celina Su, Caroline Crumpacker, and Kavitha Rajagopalan, who will use their awarded artist residency for a weekend collaborative writing retreat.

They will be working on their non-profit discussion project ‘Debunker Mentality’ as well as their collaborative poetry project, ‘Attention, Economy’.

We can't wait to see what emerges!

ECONOMIC HARDSHIP REPORTING PROJECT

A blue wooden church with white trim and a red front door, surrounded by green trees and flower pots, on a sunny day.

OUR SPACE

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An antique wooden harmonium with a small musical stand on top, set in a vintage room with wooden floors, a black and beige rug, a large oval mirror above, and a window on each side. Sheet Music titled 'Let's go to Church' is placed on the harmonium.