Klinkhart Hall Arts Center, Inc.

02/27/2026

We are grateful to the Community Foundation of Otsego County for shining a spotlight on Klinkhart Hall Arts Center and The Big Draw in Otsego County 🎨

Their continued support helped make The Big Draw Festival 2025 possible, bringing our community together through creativity, collaboration, and the universal language of art.

Thank you to the Community Foundation of Otsego County for championing local arts and helping expand access to meaningful creative experiences across our region.

Read their nonprofit spotlight here: https://cfotsego.org/community-foundation-of-otsego-county-nonprofit-spotlight-klinkhart-hall-arts-center-and-the-big-draw-in-otsego-county/

This program was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, Stewart's Shops, the Community Foundation of Otsego County and the Cherry Valley Old School, which donated the space.

12/09/2025

Thank You to Our Supporters!

A heartfelt thank you to Stewart's Shops for their generous support of our recent Big Draw workshop in Cherry Valley. Their contribution, along with support from New York State Council on the Arts, Community Foundation of Otsego County, and the generosity of the Cherry Valley Old School, which donated space, helped us keep this creative community event free and accessible to all.

We’re grateful to every partner who helped make this celebration of drawing and connection possible. Your commitment to the arts strengthens our community and inspires creativity across our region. 💛

12/02/2025

As we enter the season of giving, we are reminded of how essential community support is to sustaining the arts in Sharon Springs. Each program we present is made possible through the generosity of those who believe the arts are vital to public life.

Your support this Giving Tuesday helps ensure that Klinkhart Hall Arts Center can continue offering meaningful and engaging programming. Every contribution strengthens our ability to bring people together, support artists, and uphold the arts as a shared community resource.

If you are able, we invite you to make a gift and help us continue this important work. Thank you for standing with Klinkhart Hall Arts Center and for supporting arts and culture in our community. Please reach out to [email protected] or visit https://klinkharthall.org/donate/ for more details

10/17/2025

Tonight's the night! Join us at 7:30 pm in the Sharon Springs Central School Auditorium.

10/15/2025

Don't miss your chance to join us tomorrow night for the annual Dinner with the Poets 🥂

Feast your eyes on the Dinner with the Poets menu by Chef Jonathan Mitchell, a perfect prelude to an evening of culinary and literary artistry.

📍 , Oct. 16
$85 per person | 6 PM cash bar | 7 PM dinner

Reserve your spot: https://events.humanitix.com/dinner-with-the-poets-fundraiser-2025

10/13/2025

Poetry Comes Alive This Friday in Sharon Springs
It’s almost here! This Friday, October 17 at 7:30 PM, words leap off the page as Timothy Donnelly, Jana Prikryl, and Nicole Sealey take the stage at Sharon Springs Central School Auditorium.

It’s free, it’s local, and it’s the perfect way to spend your Friday night wrapped in rhythm, language, and imagination.

📅 This Friday, October 17
🕢 7:30 PM
📍 Sharon Springs Central School Auditorium

Come for the words, stay for the magic.

Learn more: http://www.klinkharthall.org/sharon-springs-poetry.../

10/11/2025

Feast your eyes on the Dinner with the Poets menu by Chef Jonathan Mitchell, a perfect prelude to an evening of culinary and literary artistry.

📍 , Oct. 16
$85 per person | 6 PM cash bar | 7 PM dinner

Reserve your spot: https://events.humanitix.com/dinner-with-the-poets-fundraiser-2025

10/10/2025

Meet the Poet 📚 Paul Muldoon

Festival founder Paul Muldoon was born in 1951 in Northern Ireland and studied at Queen’s University, Belfast. He published his first collection, New Weather (1973), at age 21. Muldoon is the author of fifteen poetry collections, including Joy in Service on Rue Tagore (2024) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Moy Sand and Gravel (2002).

His work also includes criticism, libretti, children’s books, lyrics, and drama, and has been translated into twenty languages. A former Oxford Professor of Poetry and poetry editor at The New Yorker, he teaches at Princeton University. His many honors include the T.S. Eliot Prize, Griffin Prize, and Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry.

Sharon Springs Poetry Festival: reading October 17, workshops October 18.

Learn more or register at http://www.klinkharthall.org/sharon-springs-poetry.../

10/09/2025

Poetry, not just for your notebook.

Next Saturday at 2 PM, we’re taking over 204 Main Bistro for a panel on Poetry and Public Life.

Think less lecture, more lively conversation with Timothy Donnelly, Jana Prikryl, Nicole Sealey, and Paul Muldoon at the table. Join in to learn more on how poetry sparks conversation, inspires dialogue, and keeps communities alive.

Come curious, leave inspired. Free to attend, and everyone’s welcome!

Learn more at http://www.klinkharthall.org/sharon-springs-poetry.../

10/07/2025

Meet the Poet 📚 Timothy Donnelly

Timothy Donnelly Donnelly is an assistant professor and director of undergraduate creative writing at Columbia University, and the author of the poetry collections Twenty-seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit (2003), The Cloud Corporation (2010), which won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and The Problem of the Many (2020). He earned a BA from the Johns Hopkins University, an MFA from Columbia University, and a PhD from Princeton University.

Sharon Springs Poetry Festival: reading October 17, workshops & panel October 18.

Learn more or register at http://www.klinkharthall.org/sharon-springs-poetry.../

10/05/2025

A Night of Poetry, Live and Out Loud 🎤

Mark your calendars - Friday, October 17 at 7:30 PM the words jump off the page as Timothy Donnelly, Jana Prikryl, and Nicole Sealey bring their poetry to life at Sharon Springs Central School.

It’s free, it’s local, and it’s the perfect excuse to spend your Friday night wrapped in rhythm, language, and imagination.

📅 Friday, October 17
🕢 7:30 PM
📍 Sharon Springs Central School Auditorium

Come listen, laugh, reflect, and let poetry surprise you.

Learn more at http://www.klinkharthall.org/sharon-springs-poetry.../