WORKSHOPS AT CAPACITY! JOIN THE WAITLIST

Closing reception for Erin Besler, Staging Area: A Barn Raising in Two Parts (Part One)

Join us for a hands-on, how-to carpentry workshop and educational event presented in collaboration with Build Hudson. Participants will work alongside carpenters to assemble structural trusses—frameworks of interconnected components commonly used in barn construction. Open to all skill levels, the workshop introduces basic construction tools and terminology while offering insight into the collaborative efforts of building.

This program marks the closing of Staging Area: A Barn Raising in Two Parts (Part One), an exhibition by Erin Besler that explores the social choreography of the construction site, focusing on collective labor through the model of a barn building.

This workshop is recommended for individuals ages 8 and up. Parental supervision of children is required at all times.

Both workshops are now at capacity! To join the waitlist please sign up below. Please note, registrants will only be moved off the waitlist in the event of cancellations.

Participants may sign up for either a morning (10AM–12PM) or afternoon (2PM–4PM) session. Workshop slots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Advanced registration is required.

BUILD HUDSON

Build Hudson LLC is a design-build firm with an integrated workforce development program for teenagers and young adults based in Hudson NY. Build Hudson offers on-site training in the construction trades to youth in Columbia and Greene counties. Through partnerships with local school districts, Columbia Greene Community College and other community organizations, Build Hudson offers both full time apprenticeship and short term learning experiences for young people to enter the trades. Build Hudson focuses on social justice, housing,and climate smart building principles. Build Hudson aims to address inequity in our community through an intersectional approach to workforce training; building trust and community strength through teamwork and training. 

SUPPORT

Art Omi’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support for Staging Area: A Barn Raising in Two Parts is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Additional support provided by the Princeton University School of Architecture.