NEWSLETTER
April 19 reading features regional poets responding to All These Growing Things
Saratoga Springs, NY — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College announces Poets in the Museum, a poetry reading on Sunday, April 19, at 3 pm in the galleries of the Malloy Wing. Organized and hosted by Saratoga Springs Poet Laureate Jay Rogoff, the program brings together regional poets responding to artwork in the Tang exhibition All These Growing Things.
Presenting poets are Nicola Marae Allain, Peg Boyers, Joe Bruchac, Catherine Clarke, David Graham, Mary Kathryn Jablonski, Susan Jefts, Marilyn McCabe, Lucyna Prostko, Krista Rivera, Jay Rogoff, Mary Sanders Shartle, and Melora Wolff.
Together, these writers bring a wide range of voices and perspectives to the museum, including poets, essayists, editors, teachers, and artists whose work is rooted in the Capital Region and beyond. Their readings will offer audiences new ways of experiencing the ideas, images, and questions raised by All These Growing Things, an exhibition that explore questions of becoming and belonging through work from the Tang collection.
Rogoff, whose two-year term as Saratoga Springs Poet Laureate began January 1, 2026, has organized the program as an invitation to look closely and respond through language. The event continues the Tang’s spring exploration of poetry. It follows the museum’s February 1 reading with April Bernard, Peg Boyers, and Chase Twichell, as well as the April 2 reading by Jacob Shores-Argüello in Sheila Pepe: When & Where We Rest.
The event is free and open to the public. For information on planning your visit and accessibility, visit tang.skidmore.edu or call the Tang Visitor Services Desk at 518-580-8080.
About Skidmore College
Founded in 1903, Skidmore College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college of about 2,700 students located in the dynamic town of Saratoga Springs, New York. Consistently ranked as a top liberal arts college by U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Forbes, and more, Skidmore has also been recognized for its innovation, value, and sustainability efforts. Skidmore fosters academic and personal excellence — all driven by a belief that Creative Thought Matters. Its comprehensive array of opportunities encompasses more than 40 bachelor’s degree programs, including popular offerings in business, psychology, and the creative and performing arts; competitive NCAA Division III athletics; world-class facilities; and hands-on civic engagement and career development resources.
About the Tang Teaching Museum
The Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College is a pioneer of interdisciplinary exploration and learning. A cultural anchor of New York’s Capital Region, the Tang’s approach has become a model for college and university art museums across the country—with exhibition programs that bring together visual and performing arts with interdisciplinary ideas from history, economics, biology, dance, and physics, to name just a few. The Tang has one of the most rigorous faculty-engagement initiatives in the nation, and a robust publication and touring exhibition program that extends the museum’s reach far beyond its walls. The Tang Teaching Museum’s award-winning building, designed by architect Antoine Predock, serves as a visual metaphor for the convergence of art and ideas. The Museum is open to the public on Tuesday–Sunday, noon–5 pm, with extended hours until 9 pm Thursdays. tang.skidmore.edu
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Image: Installation view, All These Growing Things, Tang Teaching Museum, 2025, photo by Mindy McDaniel.