Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden 2024 exhibition runs June 23–August 23. Featuring outdoor sculptures by Dan Droz, Carin Mincemoyer, and Lydia Musco.
"Holding Space: Woven Works" exhibition runs June 23-August 4. This exhibition is a nuanced exploration into woven structures including jacquard weaving, pulled warp tapestry, and basketry. While distinct in style...
"Off the Walls" exhibition runs June 23–August 20. Opening reception June 23, 3-5pm. "Off the Walls" is an exhibition featuring a dozen contemporary artists who create small sculptures, and are...
"Simpatico: Works by 2024 School of Art Faculty" exhibition runs July 3-August 11. Opening reception July 3, 3-5pm. Simpatico: characterized by shared attributes or interest, compatible. It is an honor...
"Wonder & Awe: Ashley Eliza Williams" exhibition runs July 21-August 20. Opening reception July 21, 3-5pm. Ashley Eliza Williams, born in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Southwest Virginia, makes work...
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Arts Quad | Ages 18+Ready to work on your own project? This one-week pass grants you access to the...
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | CVA Arts Quad Ceramics Studio | Ages 18+Ready to work on your own project? This one-week pass grants you...
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | CVA Arts Quad Print Studio | Ages 18+Ready to work on your own project? This one-week pass grants you...
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Arts Quad | Ages 18+Ready to work on your own project? This one-week pass grants you access to the...
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Pickleball Courts at Chautauqua Tennis Center | Ages 12+Pickleball is exploding worldwide.
Week 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Hultquist 101 | Ages 18+ Emily Dickinson began reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s writings as a young woman and his writings influenced...
Week 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 105 | Ages 14+Learn about the countries of Central America through short stories.
Week 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Heinz Fitness 1 | Ages 14+ Pilates and yoga movements with meditation.
Week 5 | M, W, F | Turner 205 | Ages 18+Preparing seafood can be intimidating for even a trained chef, but with quality ingredients and uncomplicated techniques, the ocean...
Week 5 | M | Smith Wilkes Hall | Ages 14+Chautauqua favorite and longtime collaborator Geoffrey Kemp deepens his engagement with the Chautauqua community in an extended audience-driven Q-and-A format.
Weeks 5, 8 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner 103 | Ages 14+You may not know a trump from a finesse but you'll be learning and playing this most...
Week 5 | M, Tu, W, Th | Hultquist 201A | Ages 16+Enjoy the vividly dramatic stories of our Biblical foremothers through text study, insights from the author of Listen...
Week 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Smith Library Classroom | Ages 14+Explore masterpieces by nationalist composers changing the shape of Western classical music.
Week 5 | M, W, F | Turner 104 | Ages 14+With the help of stencils and stamps you can create a beautiful work of art on canvas or fabric.
Week 5 | M, T, W, Th | Hultquist 201B | Ages 12+In a discussion format, we will examine five or 10 of Frost's most provokingly mysterious lyrics to see...
Week 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 104 | Ages 14+In this hands-on course we'll journey through the sunny Mediterranean from west to east to design and...
Enjoy learning more about the lake and water-shed conservation efforts while paddling along during this hour-long guided kayak tour. The tour begins and ends at the Sports Club. The cost...
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, W, F | Sports Club | Ages 14+ $20 Materials Fee ($15 card and handbook) This is a wonderful opportunity to learn in a...
Weeks 1 to 8 | M, Tu, W, Th | Sheldon Hall of Ed. 202 | Ages 3+Play CHQ Premium is inspired by Play CHQ pop-up programs and invites families...
Week 5 | MWF | Prose Room, Alumni Hall | Ages 18+In this workshop we’ll explore why telling your story matters and how you can craft it for publication or...
Weeks 2, 3, 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Hurlbut Marion Lawrance | Ages 18+Tai Chi is a mind-body exercise from ancient China. Movements are fluid, graceful, circular...
Weeks 1 to 7 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | CVA Arts Quad Ceramics Studio | Ages 14+ Students are introduced to the fundamentals of working with clay as...
The Rev. Dr. George D. McClain, a United Methodist clergy, is a social activist leader and professor for the United Methodist Office of Deaconess and Home Missioner where he is...
Weeks 2, 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Arts Quad | Ages 18+ Embark on an exploration of the human form in this daily painting class, where the...
Weeks 1 to 6 | M, Tu, W, Th | CVA Arts Quad Print Studio| Ages 14+Our printmaking courses focus on the exploration and development of students’ unique ideas and...
Weeks 3, 5, and 7 | M, W, F | John R. Turney Sailing Center| Ages 18+The John R. Turney Sailing center is offering a unique, interdisciplinary workshop.
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | John R. Turney Sailing Center | Ages 18+This course is for adult sailors regardless of sailing experience. Instructional sights...
Weeks 1 to 9 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | John R. Turney Sailing Center| Ages 10+This course is for advanced sailors of all ages, or anyone looking to...
Weeks 1 to 8 | Tu, Th | Children's School | Ages 0 to 4 with an accompanying adultReconnect with other children from the Chautauqua community each afternoon.
Weeks 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 208 | Ages 10+Learn guitar basics in one week!
Pillar Talks: Reflections on 150 Years of Chautauqua Programs featuring Sherra Babcock, former Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education
Week 5 | M, T, W, Th, F | Hultquist 201B | Ages 16+Are the courts acting properly, or are they assuming too much power?
Weeks 2, 5 | M, T, W, Th, F | Turner 203 | Ages 12+The Alexander Technique uses sensing, anatomy and the instructor's light touch for graceful, flexible, fluid and...
Week 5 | M, T, W, Th, F | Online | Ages 18+Emily Dickinson began reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s writings as a young woman and his writings influenced both her...
Week 5 | M, Tu, W, Th | Hultquist 201A | Ages 16+You can be more productive and fulfilled, no matter what you write or how experienced you are.
Week 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | LAC Alumni Hall Ballroom | Ages 16+Recognizing the topic of racial understanding can create personal uneasiness, we will: deconstruct walls through...
Week 5 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner 105 | Ages 14+Have you ever read an op-ed and felt, "I can do better than that?" This course will give...
Week 5 | M, Tu, W, Th, F | Turner 104 | Ages 12+In this introductory course, you will learn at least 10 magic effects and how to perform them...
Weeks 5, 7 | M, W, F | Turner 103 | Ages 16+Come out and discover a fun way to channel your dogs natural sniffing talent! Scent games are an...
Week 4 | Tu, W, Th | Turner 205 | Ages 13+ Week 5 | M, Tu | Turner 205 | Ages 13+Journey into the world of artisan sourdough bread...
Celebrate Chautauqua's 150th Anniversary with the Play CHQ team. In this session, you will have the opportunity to build models showing your dreams for Chautauqua's next 150 years. Play CHQ...
Weeks 1 to 7 | M, W, F | Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios | Ages 3 to 4 Explore movement through music in a fun, creative and supportive environment.
Thirty-eight years ago, four American string players formed a quartet with the express purpose of melding the wide range of music performed in North America, both past and present. To...
Weeks 1 to 7 | M, W, F | Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios | Ages 5 to 6 Explore movement through music in a fun, creative and supportive environment.
Week 1 to 7 | M, W, F | Carnahan-Jackson Dance Studios | Ages 13+This class requires four to five years of formal ballet study
Week 5 | M | Turner Conference Room | Ages 21+ Brandy is possibly one of the most diverse categories of spirits available on the market today, largely because its...
Sound Meditation from An Artist and Poet
Rebecca McCabe Ibel is the owner and director of Contemporary Art Matters. Originally from Columbus, she graduated from The Branson School in Marin County, California. She received her BA in...
150th Anniversary StoryCorps Archive: The Cohen Multimedia Studio is available for recording your StoryCorps conversation for inclusion in Chautauqua's 150th Anniversary Archive. Book your recording time online here. Available times...
"A Journey through the Holy Land in the times of Jesus"
Chautauqua School of Dance presents an outstanding mixed repertoire evening of new and established works, masterfully performed by the Music Student Festival Orchestra. This performance will feature the most exceptional...
Explore locally and come to Chautauqua Institution on Buffalo Day. Residents of Buffalo have free admission and parking* all day. Our Buffalo Day includes access to all events in the...
Weeks 1 to 9 | Tu, Th | Turner 107 | Ages 18+A high–intensity, low–impact workout designed to enhance cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength.
Week 5 | Tu, W, Th | Pier Building Classroom | Ages 16+This class successfully combines both drawing and watercolor painting
Weeks 1 to 9 | Tues | Sports Club | Ages 14+The Sports Club is offering SUP lessons for beginners.
Week 5 | Tu, Th | Turner 105 | Ages 14+In this course, we will go through the formation, development and the main doctrines of Confucianism and its impact on...
Weeks 2 to 3 and 5 to 8 | Tu, Th | Turner Conference Room | Ages 14+Zumba Gold in a chair! The dance party workout using Latin and international...
Weeks 1 to 9 | Tu, Th | Turner 107 | Ages 18+ This class is a combination of itermediate mat work and functional core stabilization.
Weeks 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 | Tues | Fletcher Music Hall| Ages 18+ Weeks 3, 4, and 8 | Tues | McKnight | Ages 18+Brass ensemble has a...
Weeks 1 to 9 | Fri | CVA Arts Quad Print Studio | Ages 14+Our printmaking courses focus on the exploration and development of students’ unique ideas and sensibilities inspired...
Chautauqua Science Group Weekly Lecture Kevin Teichman, USEPA senior science advisor (ret.)
The daughter of a foreign correspondent, Kate Braestrup spent her childhood in Algiers, New York City, Paris, Bangkok, Washington, DC and Sabillasville, Maryland. Educated at the Parsons School of Design, the...
Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | Tu, Th | Sheldon Hall of Ed. 201 | Ages 0-3yrs with caregiver Weeks 7, 8, 9 | M, W, F |...
Week 5 | Tu, W, Th | Smith Library Classroom | Ages 14+How do delivery and personal interactions affect your response?
Margaret Sullivan is an award-winning media critic and a groundbreaking journalist who currently writes for The Guardian US and serves as executive director of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism...
Play CHQ invites families to explore together through games, crafts, STEM activities and more throughout the 2024 season. You can join the fun at pop-up locations across the grounds! In...
Maya K. van Rossum is the Delaware River Keeper and founder of Green Amendments For The Generations, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring passage of Green Amendments in every...
Miller Cottage Tours: Join Clara Miller for a 30-minute tour of the first floor of the historic Miller-Edison Cottage. The cottage was built in 1875 for the co-founder and first...
Sohrab Ahmari is a founder and editor of Compact and a contributing writer for The New Statesman. Previously, he spent nearly a decade at News Corp., as op-ed editor of...
Inter-generational Climate Storytelling Workshop Prep with Planet Forward
Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | T, Th | Children's School | Ages 4-6 with an accompanying adultJoin your child and professional chef, father, and longtime Chautauquan in...
Social hour at the Baptist House, Catholic House, Christian Church, Everett Jewish Life Center, Episcopal Cottage, Lutheran House, Unitarian House and United Methodist House
As part of our annual Buffalo Day tradition, we invite patrons to attend a panel focusing on important work happening in the greater Buffalo region. This year's panel will focus...