The Art Thing Collaborative, Inc.

10/21/2026

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Photo by Matthew LaFave/LaFave Photography - Fresh off its Herkimer College event, The Art Thing Collaborative brings its game show-style art battle to Utica on Oct. 22 and Oct. 28 UTICA, N.Y. – Fans cheer for athletes every weekend. The Art Thing Collaborative wants to know why artists shouldn’...

10/20/2026

On deck for Art War this Thursday evening we have……
Mohawk Valley Community College!!!!

After Herkimer’s teams went head to head we’re gearing up for the 2nd intramural event of the season with two teams of student artists from MVCC!!!

Doors open at 6:30, and the showdown begins at 7!

Totally free and totally fun, we hope to see you all there hooting and hollering your friends, family, and student/fellow community members on!!! Come support these brave warriors on the blank battlefield as well as their fearless coaches!!!

Cheer them on as they face live challenges and use spontaneity, creativity and intuition to make bold decisions to turn nothing into something, and create a whole new work of art before your very eyes!!!! The artist is the magician, and the community is a part of the magic that gets made!

See you this Thursday, 10/22, 7pm!

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10/19/2026

Halloweentown was simply the best!!!!!

Thank you to all the trick r’ treaters, and their families and friends and folks young and old who participated in the Evil Laugh competition!!!!

There are an exceptionally high volume of evil laughers out there, and boy oh boy was it hard to claim a victor! There were too many ties to count!

Frankfort deserves a big round of applause for their performance, and for putting together such a fun and festive event!

We hope all you ghouls, mermaids, pumpkins, and ghosts had fun cackling!!!! I know we did!!!!

We’ve got evil laugh videos for days, so beware of more footage to come!!!!

Happy Halloween everybody!!!!!!!!
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10/17/2026

We all survived the first Art War intramural event at Herkimer College!

It was fun, it was exciting, it was non-stop action packed with puns, rubber chickens, balsamic glaze, happy accidents, costume changes, night vision, and most importantly our two brave teams of artist warriors who stepped up to face each round, and met challenge after challenge with a fierceness of creativity we hadn’t seen before!!!!

Nothing could stop these artists from fighting the good fight! Leading them into battle were their fearless leaders, coach Como and coach Wrinn who took on some art action of their own against the ticking time clock and what remained yet unseen on the no longer blank canvas.

We’re so proud of all these folks, and so incredibly grateful for their participation, enthusiasm, support, and drive to create!!!! This is what makes community and we felt a whole ton of it for the first Art War of the year!

A huge thanks to our cast and crew!!!! You all RULE, and we’re so very grateful for each and every one of you that we get to be a part of this with you!

If you didn’t get to catch this show, come check out the next intramural Art War event at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica this Thursday, 10/22 at 7PM, doors open at 6:30!

Stay tuned for more photos and footage of HCCC’s Art War, 2026!!!!!

Thanks everyone who came out to support the event! We hope you had fun! I know we did!!!!

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10/16/2026

Tomorrow night from 5pm-8pm in Frankfort come on down to HALLOWEEN-TOWN and step right up to the TAT booth to show off your best evil laugh!!!!!

We’ll be right next to the Frankfort Free Library booth!!! We love that we get to be neighbors with The Frankfort Free Library
They’re the best!!!!

And if you think you’ve got what it takes to laugh with the most evil laughs in town then don’t hold back an ounce of that sinister hyena like snicker or twisted guffaw!!!! We want to hear it ALL, we want to hear what you got, so come let it all out into the town of Frankfort for their Halloween-town street treat showdown! You might just win a tooth or two…..🤓🤔🫢🫣

We’re really excited to be a part of this year’s Halloween-town, and looking forward to seeing you all there!!!

It’s bound to be a ridiculously wicked time!!!!

See you there…if you all DARE!!!!!

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10/14/2026

Hold up! It’s here! Already! Insane!

The first intramural Art War event is up on the hill at Herkimer College tomorrow night!!!!!

It’s a totally FREE and FUN evening of random chaos, absurdity, paint splatter, and unexpected guests as two teams of student artists go head to head against the BLANK CANVAS!!!

And you, the audience are invited to be a BIG part of this THING!!!! Come support these warrior artists and their coach leaders in this art battle by cheering them on as they meet each challenge with bravery and bold spontaneous creativity!!! Each round offers a new twist, a perspective shift, and an opportunity for the artists to let go and create something totally unexpected!!!!

The show starts at 6PM!
Doors open at 5:30PM!

You don’t want to miss this year’s Art War, but there is 3 this Fall so excuses just won’t due!!!!

Swipe to see the lineup of intramural events at all the participating schools this year!!!
This my friends is a fast paced, moment to moment, edge of your seat hype experience that you’re going to want a seat for!

Bring your friends, bring your family, and most importantly bring the noise!!!!!!

This project was made possible by the Community Foundation!

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