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Community Guide to Skidmore Resources
Cultural Experiences
 SaratogaArtsFest is an annual citywide celebration of music, dance, fine art, film, theater, and literary art. The three-day festival, organized by Skidmore and city volunteers, builds on Saratoga's reputation as a premier arts destination and is designed to kick off the city's summer arts season. June 13 -15, 2008
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 The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore is a major cultural resource for the region. Known for pushing beyond the boundaries of the traditional museum, the Tang annually presents a dozen exhibitions that feature nationally prominent contemporary artists and bring wide-ranging topics together in new and challenging ways. The Tang's popular Family Saturday art workshops offer children and families an opportunity to engage in hands-on art making.
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 The Arthur Zankel Music Center, to be completed in December 2009, will be a state-of-the-art music facility, located as a gateway building near the College's front entrance. The Zankel Center, with its 600-seat performance space, will become an important cultural resource for the region.
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 The Schick Art Gallery, located in the Saisselin Art Building, gives the community an opportunity to study contemporary and historical works of art. Theme exhibitions address a range of disciplines and are often accompanied by catalogues, gallery lectures, and discussions.
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 Saratoga Reads! is a Skidmore-Saratoga collaboration that each year generates community-wide engagement through the shared reading of a single novel selected by a public vote. Area residents are encouraged not only to read the book but also to develop and participate in a range of educational programs related to the book's themes.
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