Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild

The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild provides a vibrant center for arts and crafts in the beautiful and unique rural community of Woodstock, NY, while preserving the historic and natural environment of one of the earliest utopian arts colonies in America. Byrdcliffe offers year-round events, exhibitions and classes, including a robust artist-inresidency program.

Every year the Byrdcliffe Artists-in-Residence program provides over 60 visual artists, writers, architects, and composers of exceptional talent uninterrupted creative time within the serene natural setting of the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony. Artists-in-residence open their studios to the public at the end of each monthly session. A tour of White Pines, home of Byrdcliffe founder Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead, is offered by historian Henry T. Ford monthly during the summer and fall.

Ceramics and jewelry making classes are offered on the colony throughout the year. Theatre and music events are held at the Brydcliffe Theatre at the colony, and art exhibitions are held throughout they year at the Kleinert James Center for the Arts in downtown Woodstock.

Additional information about events, residencies, classes, the history of Byrdcliffe, and how to become a member may be found at woodstockguild.org