Something magical is coming back to Margaret Street! 

3-6pm, Merry Mug Fundraiser in the Strand Center Gallery, mugs are $20/each

3-5pm, Holiday Art Activities in the Strand Center Visual Arts Studio, brought to you by our Art Club!

3-5pm, Photos with Santa Fundraiser in the Strand Center Gallery, photos are $10/each, photos will be emailed to you

3-6pm, Pick up your 25th Anniversary Commemorative Ornament, Make a $10 donation to our “Cucumber Tree” Fund to reserve your ornament >>

5pm, Pre-Parade Holiday Warm Up Show

5:30pm, 9th Annual Holiday Parade in Downtown Plattsburgh

~6pm (following the parade), Tree Lighting on The Strand Center front lawn!

Handmade ornaments add the perfect charm to any tree during the holiday season! Decorate your own clay ornament with us and bring home a new family heirloom to keep for years to come; join us on Wednesday, December 3, 5-7pm, downstairs in our clay studio!

FREE while supplies last! First come, first served. Ornaments will be ready for pickup after approximately 2 weeks.

Join us on December 3rd from 5-9pm for a magical evening full of Christmas AND collage! Make a fun holiday inspired collage and hang out in the gallery with some festive tunes to go along with the event!

Come one, come all to have some collage fun! This is a FREE event for anyone to attend! All supplies will be provided upon arrival unless you want to bring anything extra, and there will of course be music to set the vibes!

Hope to see you here!

Join Plattsburgh Public Library for a FREE screening of the 2025 PBS documentary film Free for ALL: The Public Library! The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with local library staff.

Where: Strand Center Theatre (25 Brinkerhoff St)
When: Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 6:00pm

This is a FREE screening, but seating is limited, so please reserve your ticket! Secure your FREE ticket here >>

"Free for All: Inside the Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the 'Free Library Movement' to today’s librarians who serve the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all."

Show & Tell is a newer series of artist and maker talks coming to the Strand Center for the Arts!

Playing off of our previous Artist Salon series, we are now introducing something a little bit different. Show & Tell is a FREE to attend event that will be hosted by Gallery & Events Manager, Elsa Koop-Angelicola. 

Artists and makers of all kinds are invited to show and tell with the rest of the group in a quick 5-10 minute talk where they will have the chance to share their work with the group and answer questions. Once everyone has had their chance to speak, everyone is encouraged to mingle and share more about themselves and their work. There will be a table set up for people to display some of their work for the group to observe as the artist speaks. Artists may bring several pieces or a small group of work to show.

The event is meant to be informal and casual, and it is meant to give people the opportunity to showcase their artwork in a fun and exciting way! Another key aspect of this event is to hopefully inspire people by being around other artists and the artwork that is in the gallery. 

Show & Tell will be held every other month on a Wednesday between 6-8pm and is FREE to attend for artists and viewers.  

Show & Tell is meant to present physical artwork to the viewer, there will NOT be any digital projector set-up. 

For any questions, please contact Elsa Koop-Angelicola, Gallery & Events Manager, gallery@strandcenter.org

The Strand Center for the Arts is excited to host Off The Wall, with the opening of the exhibition on Friday, November 14th from 5-8pm.

There will be an open call for work for members of the community to submit up to 5 pieces of their choosing with a max price of $500. Guests are invited and encouraged to not only come to this exhibition to browse the gallery but buy artwork and take it home the SAME day! 

With the exhibition starting Nov. 14th and ending Dec. 15th, this gives people the opportunity to find the perfect holiday gift for a loved one, a friend, or yourself! We are treating this exhibition more as a fundraiser, with proceeds going towards the gallery for repairs including new lighting and new paint. 

Join us on Friday, Nov. 14th from 5-8 and see what catches your eye! Remember, if you buy it, you bring it home! 

Find more submission information, artist contracts, and artwork labels here!

Join us for our Halloween Artisan Market on the front lawn at The Strand Center for the Arts on October 25th from 10am - 3pm!

Participating vendors:

Designs By Renee, Half Moon Tarot Readings, Vikki's Suds & Such, Bit Sized Builds, Upstate Emporium, As You Wish Signs & Gifts by Dina, Marilyn Kretser, SEW Surprised ADK, Molly's Quilting Blocks, Montana Fancy Jewelry, Mel's Cakes, Simply Adirondack, Greg Badger Art, Melted Moon Creations, M&S Crafts, JC Textiles, Found and Fiber, Büdév Designs, GD Turnings, Duquette Designs, Sips and Chips, Guynup Family Crafts, Adirondack Food Therapy, AshLeta Designs, Dead Realm Archive, Hardscrabble Heart, Keramik by AC, Winnie’s Whimsies, Black Rabbit Designs, Black Heart Creations, MILA Studio, Kenny’s Tasty Treasures, Silver’s Bakeshop, Made with Love by Bridget, Goodies' Goodies, The Chickadee Workshop, Dusty Pine Wood Design, Dragonfly Studio, and Maggie’s Mystic Makes & Co.

Interested in becoming a vendor? Learn more >>

We’re so excited to host the 2nd annual North Country Zine Fest this fall on October 18th from Noon-5pm. This event is co-produced by local zinesters Erin Dorney & our very own Megan Charland. This is an event not to be missed!

Do you create zines? Join us in Plattsburgh, New York to bring your work to a new audience! Attendees will be coming from all over the northeast including: NY, VT, PA, and Canada!

Readers here in the North Country are eager to experience perspectives from outside our rural environment! Diverse voices are welcome!

We look forward to having you joining us! If you have any questions, please reach out to us: zinefest@strandcenter.org

For more info & to apply >>

The Arts in Plattsburgh: Past and Present is the artist’s (Roscoe Duquette) love letter to the artistic talent found in his hometown. This exhibition highlights local theatre productions and the impressive collection of portraiture found at the Kent-Delord House Museum through the mediums of painting and drawing. Roscoe hopes his work will encourage viewers’ active participation within Plattsburgh’s growing arts scene!”

”My vision for this project is to produce a body of works that are united by the celebration and appreciation of the arts in Plattsburgh that also share a visual language. Stylistically, my work heavily relies on the use of arbitrary color, expressive mark making, and warping the space to capture the feeling of the subject matter rather than just a likeness of it. My work showcases a variety of expressive techniques like use of impasto, allowing media to drip down the composition, and even warping ink drawings with isopropyl alcohol. Beyond the obvious primary theme of the arts in Plattsburgh, an underlying theme of diversity is present in both the variety of artworks and artists celebrated. I would like to further draw on this secondary theme by focusing on depicting fellow LGBT+ individuals in the portraiture section of the project. There is a long history of artworks that draw on other works for inspiration. In fact, some of the most celebrated and studied works are in direct conversation with other artwork. By building on this tradition with the arts within Plattsburgh as the basis, I will build a space for my hometown in the art history canon. By doing so I hope to not only shine a spotlight onto the massive amount of skill and talent from the area, but to also encourage other artists to engage with Plattsburgh’s arts scene in a similar manner.”

- Roscoe Duquette, Artist

This exhibition will be on display from Oct. 10th - Nov. 1st and is FREE ton the public.

Join us on October 8th in the Community Corner in the gallery for Spooky Collage Night! Halloween is fast approaching, what sorts of creepy concoctions can you create??

Come one, come all to have some collage fun! This is a FREE event for anyone to attend! All supplies will be provided upon arrival unless you want to bring anything extra, and there will of course be music to set the vibes!

Hope to see you here!

Join us on Thursday, October 2nd at 6pm in the Strand Center Theatre for the screening of Art 21's Artists & the Unknown followed by an art workshop and community discussion. This is a FREE event.

"What does the “unknown” mean to you? How do the artists in this program engage the “unknown”? In what ways are their practices the same? How are they different?" These are just some of the questions we will answer together. Join the conversation and let's create together!

This event is presented in collaboration with Art21. For more information, visit art21.org.

Join us on Saturday, Sept. 20th from 10am - 3pm for Fall Fest!

This year we have decided to approach this event a bit differently by combining our yearly Open House with the Fall Fest event. We will have an array of activities and happenings throughout the day that includes pumpkin carving, a chalk challenge, kids activities, art demos, Art Center and Theatre tours, and of course, MORE! Our gallery will also be open from 10-3 with free entry as always!

Fall Fest is a FREE to attend event for everyone of all ages, we hope to see you here!

Show & Tell is a new series of artist and maker talks coming to the Strand Center for the Arts!

Playing off of our previous Artist Salon series, we are now introducing something a little bit different. Show & Tell is a FREE to attend event that will be hosted by Gallery & Events Manager, Elsa Koop-Angelicola. 

Artists and makers of all kinds are invited to show and tell with the rest of the group in a quick 5-10 minute talk where they will have the chance to share their work with the group and answer questions. Once everyone has had their chance to speak, everyone is encouraged to mingle and share more about themselves and their work. There will be a table set up for people to display some of their work for the group to observe as the artist speaks. 

The event is meant to be informal and casual, and it is meant to give people the opportunity to showcase their artwork in a fun and exciting way! Another key aspect of this event is to hopefully inspire people by being around other artists and the artwork that is in the gallery. 

Show & Tell will be held every other month on a Wednesday between 6-8pm and is FREE to attend for artists and viewers. 

Please see the Google registration form if interested in attending. 

Show & Tell is meant to present physical artwork to the viewer, there will NOT be any digital projector set-up. 

If you are a video artist, make sure to select Video Art in the form, and I will provide a projector. 

For any questions, please contact Elsa Koop-Angelicola, Gallery & Events Manager, gallery@strandcenter.org

Register here:

Join us for our Battle of Plattsburgh Artisan Market on the front lawn at The Strand Center for the Arts on September 13th from 10am - 3pm!

Participating vendors:

Coming soon.

Interested in becoming a vendor? Learn more >>

Please join us on Friday, September 5th at 5pm for the opening of Primary Source, a solo exhibition featuring the works of Fiber Artist, Patricia Downs.

Patricia creates sculptural forms and art objects using primarily repurposed fibers. With her process and practice rooted in traditions that have been passed down from many generations, she uses a mix of traditional fiber art techniques, such as crocheting, floor loom weaving, frame weaving, knot-tying, basket weaving, beading, and sewing while interrogating the historical and contemporary notions of what defines “fine art” vs. “craft” objects.

“In my work, I deal with loaded concepts surrounding gender and femininity; the nature of living inside a human bodily form; and the links between one’s emotional, mental, and physical health. My work reflects my experiences in the body of a queer woman in contemporary American culture and society, and though my experiences are filtered through a present-day lens, my work is in conversation with the work of every queer woman artist and maker that came before me.

My work unapologetically takes up physical space, claiming space for myself, for queer and non-cis-male artists, and for the traditions of fiber arts and “craft” objects in venues like fine art galleries.”

- Patricia Downs, Artist

This project is 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.

This exhibition opening is FREE and open to the public! Hope to see you here!

Our artist community is once again taking over Downtown Plattsburgh with music & art in the streets, art for kids, local food & drink, and more!

View full list of activities on the event website: www.lakecityartsfest.com

Join us on August 20th in the Community Corner in the gallery for Collage Night!

Come one, come all to have some collage fun! This is a FREE event for anyone to attend! All supplies will be provided upon arrival unless you want to bring anything extra.

Hope to see you here!

Join us for our Summer Artisan Market on the front lawn at The Strand Center for the Arts on August 9th from 10am - 3pm!

Participating vendors:

Designs By Renee, Half Moon Tarot, Vikki's Suds & Such, Bit Sized Builds, Upstate Emporium, As You Wish Signs & Gifts by Dina, SEW Surprised ADK, Molly's Quilting Blocks, Montana Fancy Jewelry, Mel's Cakes, Simply Adirondack, Greg Badger Art, Chaos Coven, SANTA Fe Coin Rings and Jewelry, Hardscrabble Heart, Elizabeth Marques, Winnie’s Whimsies, MILA Studio, A Novel Idea, Kenny’s Tasty Treasures, Bea’s Crafts, Raquette River Roasters, and Luria & Co. Permanent Jewelry.

Interested in becoming a vendor? Learn more >>

Show & Tell is a new series of artist and maker talks coming to the Strand Center for the Arts!

Playing off of our previous Artist Salon series, we are now introducing something a little bit different. Show & Tell is a FREE to attend event that will be hosted by Gallery & Events Manager, Elsa Koop-Angelicola. 

Artists and makers of all kinds are invited to show and tell with the rest of the group in a quick 5-10 minute talk where they will have the chance to share their work with the group and answer questions. Once everyone has had their chance to speak, everyone is encouraged to mingle and share more about themselves and their work. There will be a table set up for people to display some of their work for the group to observe as the artist speaks. 

The event is meant to be informal and casual, and it is meant to give people the opportunity to showcase their artwork in a fun and exciting way! Another key aspect of this event is to hopefully inspire people by being around other artists and the artwork that is in the gallery. 

Show & Tell will be held once a month on a Wednesday between 6-8pm and is FREE to attend for artists and viewers. 

Please see the Google registration form if interested in attending. 

Show & Tell is meant to present physical artwork to the viewer, there will NOT be any digital projector set-up. 

If you are a video artist, make sure to select Video Art in the form, and I will provide a projector. 

For any questions, please contact Elsa Koop-Angelicola, Gallery & Events Manager, gallery@strandcenter.org

Please see event page for the registration form.

Join us for our SUNsational Artisan Market on the front lawn at The Strand Center for the Arts on July 19th from 10am - 3pm!

Participating vendors:

Designs By Renee, Half Moon Tarot, Vikki's Suds & Such, Bit Sized Builds, Upstate Emporium, As You Wish Signs & Gifts by Dina, Marilyn Kretser, SEW Surprised ADK, Molly's Quilting Blocks, Montana Fancy Jewelry, Mel's Cakes, Simply Adirondack, Chaos Coven, SANTA Fe Coin Rings and Jewelry, Luria & Co. Permanent Jewelry, Büdév Designs, CC Metal Art by Corky Corrado, Hardscrabble Heart, Winnie’s Whimsies, A Novel Idea, Get Linked 5 1 8, Kenny’s Tasty Treasures, Bea’s Crafts, Hippie Chic, Andrea Connor, Beautiful Sketch, and MORE!

Interested in becoming a vendor? Learn more >>

Join us on July 11th from 5-8pm for the 25th Annual Members Exhibition! This special exhibition marks twenty-five years that the Strand has dedicated shows to display the artwork of our talented member artists. Through the years, we have artists that have been with us for a long time, as well as many new faces, all of which are deeply appreciated and we are excited to have them in the gallery!

From a wide range of work from painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, fiber arts, 3D arts, photography, digital art and more, we hope you will stop by to this FREE event to support the work of so many talented people that make the organization what it is!

Participating Artists:
Gray Adkins, Beth Barnes, Chelsea Brandau, Roy Brinker, Richard Brogowski, Ian Burcroff, Rebecca Conklin, William Crosby, Jessica Davis, Steven Engelhart, Dennis Fowler, Gerald Gardner, Renee Gifford, Susan Granfors, Amy Guglielmo, Judy Guglielmo, Gisele Hanson, Suzanne Work Hokanson, Mark Holden, Elizabeth Jent, Sarah Johnson-Brown, John Kokoszka, Bob Lange, June Levenson, Katherine A. Lewis, Mac MacDevitt, Elizabeth Marques, Mary Michelfelder, Lynda Mussen, Ron Nolland, Riley Rock-LaVarnway, Cynthia Root, Kasey Rosselli, Wind Sop, Norman Taber, Dan Wagoner, Michelle Whitford, Steffaney Wilcox, Jennifer Winternitz, Douglas Wooster

Join us for our Father’s Day Artisan Market on the front lawn at The Strand Center for the Arts on June 14th from 10am - 3pm!

Participating vendors:

Designs By Renee, Half Moon Tarot, Vikki's Suds & Such, Bit Sized Builds, Upstate Emporium, As You Wish Signs & Gifts by Dina, Marilyn Kretser, SEW Surprised ADK, Molly's Quilting Blocks, Montana Fancy Jewelry, Mel's Cakes, Simply Adirondack, The Confectwinery, Chaos Coven, Artistic Visions, Found and Fiber, Luria & Co. Permanent Jewelry, Just Wandering Co., CC Metal Art by Corky Corrado, Broken Horn Relics, Adirondack Food Therapy, KOKOTALLOW, Keramik by AC, Winnie’s Whimsies, MILA Studio, Pushin Wood, Kenny’s Tasty Treasures, Bea’s Crafts, Hippie Chic, Made with Love by Bridget, Fountain Family Maple, Jordace’s Crocheted Creations, and more!

Interested in becoming a vendor? Learn more >>

Strand Center for the Arts is proud to hold PPNCNY & Plattsburgh Pride Committee’s Pride Fest event AGAIN on our front lawn from 3 to 6 p.m.!

Join us in celebrating Pride Month with a full list of activities on our campus, including:

• Art Activities

• Lawn Games

• LGBTQ+ Resources

• Vendors

• Music

• Mocktails

• More!

The Pride Flag Raising Ceremony will commence at 5pm.

This event is FREE and open to the public to attend.

Attention local Fiber Artists:

We invite you to join us at the Strand on the 2nd Wednesdays of the month from 2 to 5pm. Come for the entire time or to drop in to see what we are doing!

This group will consist of makers who create in fiber (yarn, fabric, thread, spinning fibers, cane, etc, etc, etc) and strive to be not just makers but more. By sharing what they are creating, they can learn so much from each other and be inspired to try new things. Weavers may knit into their handwoven fabrics,  quilters might stitch into their quilted pieces, knitters might add hands-spun fibers into their hand knitted items, spinners can explore different fibers to knit or weave… there are so many possibilities of ways weaving might cross pollinate. Artists can learn to use patterns by viewing them as starting points and explore how to make them our own. By thinking “outside the box” fiber artists can create something special, something unique, something no one else has ever made in the same way.  

Each session will start with introductions and then move into sharing what the fiber artists have made either recently or in the past - a show and tell - that might last 30 seconds or 5 minutes. This type of informal setting can harbor a safe space for learning from each other and nurture creative souls. The group encourages you to bring what you’re are working on and eventually break into small interest groups as time allows to further discuss the works.

Looking forward to meeting you and starting something exciting for our Fiber Art Community. Please contact Suzanne Hokanson if you are interested in joining us and if you would like more information. SWHFiberWorks@gmail.com

Join us on on May 21st from 5:30-8:00pm for Color-Combo Collage! Our host, The Culprit, will randomly select a color combination that the participants are then challenged to create a collage based on the chosen color-combo.

This event is FREE and open for the public to attend. Hope to see you here!

Attention local Fiber Artists:

We invite you to join us at the Strand on the 2nd Wednesdays of the month from 2 to 5pm. Come for the entire time or to drop in to see what we are doing!

Upcoming Dates:

• May 14

• June 11

This group will consist of makers who create in fiber (yarn, fabric, thread, spinning fibers, cane, etc, etc, etc) and strive to be not just makers but more. By sharing what they are creating, they can learn so much from each other and be inspired to try new things. Weavers may knit into their handwoven fabrics,  quilters might stitch into their quilted pieces, knitters might add hands-spun fibers into their hand knitted items, spinners can explore different fibers to knit or weave… there are so many possibilities of ways weaving might cross pollinate. Artists can learn to use patterns by viewing them as starting points and explore how to make them our own. By thinking “outside the box” fiber artists can create something special, something unique, something no one else has ever made in the same way.  

Each session will start with introductions and then move into sharing what the fiber artists have made either recently or in the past - a show and tell - that might last 30 seconds or 5 minutes. This type of informal setting can harbor a safe space for learning from each other and nurture creative souls. The group encourages you to bring what you’re are working on and eventually break into small interest groups as time allows to further discuss the works.

Looking forward to meeting you and starting something exciting for our Fiber Art Community. Please contact Suzanne Hokanson if you are interested in joining us and if you would like more information. SWHFiberWorks@gmail.com

Join us for our Mother’s Day Artisan Market on the front lawn at The Strand Center for the Arts on May 10th from 10am - 3pm!

Participating vendors:

Designs By Renée, Half Moon Tarot, Vikki's Suds & Such, Bit Sized Builds, Upstate Emporium, As You Wish Signs & Gifts by Dina, Marilyn Kretser, SEW Surprised ADK, Molly's Quilting Blocks, Montana Fancy Jewelry, Mel's Cakes, Yellow Deer, Melted Moon Creations, Adirondack Heartworks, Artistic Visions, Just Wandering Co., Büdév Designs, GD Turnings, Betty and Pat Hendrick Original Art and Cards, Broken Horn Relics, kismet made, Adirondack Mermaid, Keramik, Courtney's Creative Designs, Winnie’s Whimsies, Free Spirit Creations, Pushin Wood, Get Linked 5 1 8, Silver’s Bakeshop, Hippie Chic, Kay’s Tie-Dye, and Jordace’s Crocheted Creations.

Interested in becoming a vendor? Learn more >>

Join us for another Collage Night with The Culprit!

The theme is “Culinary Collage.” Sink your teeth into the world of collage and assemblage art by creating some delicious & delectable food-themed artworks!

FREE & open to the public!

Join us for our Spring Artisan Market on the front lawn at The Strand Center for the Arts on April 26th from 10am - 3pm!

Participating vendors:

Designs By Renée, Half Moon Tarot, Vikki's Suds & Such, Bit Sized Builds, Upstate Emporium, As You Wish Signs & Gifts by Dina, Marilyn Kretser, SEW Surprised ADK, Molly's Quilting Blocks, Montana Fancy Jewelry, Mel's Cakes, Simply Adirondack, Artistic Visions, Mrs. Claus’ Kitchen, Betty and Pat Hendrick Original Art and Card, Adirondack Food Therapy, KOKO TALLOW, The Cozy Crumb, Hippie Chic, Melted Moon Creations, Budev Designs, Bird and a Half, MILA Studio, DC Crafts, Kenny's Tasty Treasures, Made With Love by Bridget, Au Fer Cute, Free Spirit Creations, Fountain Family Maple Products, and more!

Interested in becoming a vendor? Learn more >>

Join us on April 18th from 5-8pm for the opening reception of The World is Her Canvas, an exhibition dedicated to the limitless talents of women in the arts. For hundreds of years, women have often been overlooked in the artworld, as it has been and still is primarily dominated by men. This show dedicates how far women have come in the arts, as well as in the world. 

With a diverse array of painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, multi-media and fiber arts, the artists in this exhibition exemplify the talents of women artists of various backgrounds and ages while demonstrating the different paths artists take and their reasons for creating the work they do.

Participating artists: Sarah Ashe, Alise Babbie, Zoe Bedell, Kt Falzetta (Dear Simon Photography), Valerie Hird, Susan Hoffer, Eve Petrashune, and Michelle Vara. 

Join us for the FREE opening reception from 5-8pm on Friday, April 18th!

This exhibition will be open to the public during our regular business hours from April 18th - June 21st.