Winter’s Eve Nature Sketching on Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm. The cold weather and short days of winter mean many of us spend less time enjoying and connecting with nature. During this indoor, evening program we will focus on improving our drawing skills while we spend time appreciating living and once-living objects and photographs of the Pine Bush Preserve. Participants are welcome to bring their own materials, purchase sketchbooks at the start of the program, or create their own sketchbooks out of materials we will provide. Adults only.

Lecture on Albany artist David Lithgow. 2 p.m. at the Delmar Reformed Church 386 Delaware Avenue, Delmar. Bethlehem Historical Association.

Dec. 1, 2017, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm the Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center will host the unveiling of their fourth juried photo exhibit, celebrating the uniqueness and diversity of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.

Adorn: A Festival of Trees with a Twist Exhibit Opening. 5 to 8 p.m. Eight dress forms decorated for the holiday spirit by 10 local artists. (518) 434-0405  Free admission. Location:   Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center. 25 Quackenbush Sq (Corner of Broadway & Clinton Ave.).

Eminent poet, art critic, and curator John Yau, will give a lecture entitled "Above and Below the Radar: Artists Working Today" on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 4:30 p.m. at the The University Art Museum, Fine Arts Building, on the University at Albany's Uptown Campus.

Woodland Material Culture and Art: A prominent group of experts and authors recognized for knowledge in Eastern Woodland materials culture will be featured in the Symposium on Woodland Material Culture and Art on Oct. 20 (4 p.m.) and 21 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at Ganondagan State Historic Site, 7000 County Road 41 in Victor, NY.

Upper Union Street Harvest Fest & Art Show. Fun for All with a Strong Local Community Focus on Upper Union Street. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Art seminar: neuroscientist and visual artist Matteo Farinella will hold a seminar at 3 p.m. in the D'Ambra Auditorium, in the Life Sciences Building on the UAlbany uptown campus. Free and open to the public, the event is sponsored by the NYS Writers Institute and the University at Albany's Department of Biology.

Art on the Rail Trail, a committee of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy, is holding a Meet the Artists Community Meeting at Bethlehem Town Hall Auditorium on Thursday, September 7 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Voorheesville Farmer’s Market from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church 68 Maple Ave. Voorheesville will feature Meadowoods Design Jewelry and Upstate Council musicians. Plus weekly vendors.