NEWSLETTER
Sunday, August 3, from 10 AM to 4 PM
Glens Falls, NY – Community Day is an annual tradition at The Hyde Collection! The Museum opens its doors to the community free of charge, and everyone is invited to explore the current exhibitions, take a guided tour with a trained docent, create your own work of art in a variety of hands-on art activities, enjoy live music, and more. Guests are encouraged to pick up an interactive adult or family guide and engage with kinetic sculptures in the new exhibition George Rickey Across Time throughout the Museum campus. Don’t miss The Hyde’s additional premier summer exhibitions on view, Architect[ural] and Prosperity and Exclusion: European Prints from 1500-1850 featuring modern art and master works from the permanent collection.
Guided tours of Hyde House and current exhibitions will be available in the morning and afternoon. A new event taking place this year is the Community Partners Showcase, an opportunity for community organizations to share more about their mission and offer an activity for participants from 10 am to 2 pm, featuring Willow Counseling, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Café Lena, Glens Falls Arts District organizations and more. Get moving with instructors from Fit4Mom during a family friendly movement moment at 10:30 am, then at 11 am join local author and illustrator Anthony Richichi for a reading of his book, Colorworld: The Adirondack Adventure. Food will be available for purchase courtesy of Neighborhood Kitchen between 11 am and 2 pm, and live music will be enjoyed on the lawn with a special performance by Girl Blue. All activities apart from Museum tours will take place outside, weather permitting, and move inside the Museum in the event of rain. Visit hydecollection.org to learn more about the exhibitions and upcoming programs.
Schedule of Community Day Events
10 am – 4 pm Hyde House and Special Exhibitions Open
10 am – 12 pm Guided Museum & Exhibition Tours
10 am – 2 pm Community Partners Showcase: Willow Counseling, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Café Lena, Glens Falls Arts District organizations and more
10:30 am Fit4Mom Mini Movers family activity
11 am Story time with author and illustrator Anthony Richichi
11 am – 2 pm Art activities & food available for purchase by Neighborhood Kitchen
12 pm – 2 pm Live music by Girl Blue
1 pm – 3 pm Guided Museum & Exhibition Tours
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Thank You Sponsors
2025 Presenting Education Sponsors: Francine and Robert Nemer
2025 Signature Education Sponsors: Stewart’s Shops and The Dake Family Foundation, and Leo Cox Beach Philanthropic Foundation
Generous support for Community Day: Hudson Headwaters Health Network
Additional support for education programs is provided by: The Touba Family Foundation, Stewart’s Shops Holiday Match, India and Benjamin Adams, Michael Bucek, Ellen-Deane Cummins, Robert & Susan Hahm, and Gary Siepser
About The Hyde Collection
The Hyde is one of the Northeast's exceptional art museums with distinguished European and American art collections. The core collection, acquired by Museum founders Charlotte and Louis Hyde, includes works by such artists as Sandro Botticelli, Tintoretto, El Greco, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, and Pablo Picasso and American artists Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, and Anna Hyatt Huntington. Throughout the years, the Museum has expanded considerably from the historic Hyde home. It includes a modern museum complex with an auditorium, classroom, five galleries, and a state-of-the-art storage facility. The Museum's Modern and Contemporary art collection features work by artists including Josef Albers, Dorothy Dehner, Sam Gilliam, Adolph Gottlieb, Grace Hartigan, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Robert Motherwell, Ben Nicholson, Robert Rauschenberg, and Bridget Riley. Today, The Hyde offers significant national and international exhibitions and a packed schedule of events that encourage visitors to experience art in new ways. Visit www.hydecollection.org
Press Contact
Gina Fisk, Creative Director, The Hyde Collection
Phone: 518.792.1761 | Email: gfisk@hydecollection.org
Program Contact
Katelyn Foley, Curator of Education & Engagement, The Hyde Collection
Phone: 518.792.1761 | Email: kfoley@hydecollection.org