Tall Cylinders, hand-built stoneware by Sue Browdy, Hillsdale, N.Y.

(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – “Concrete & Clay: Works Inspired by the Garden,” a group exhibition featuring seven regional ceramicists and one concrete fabricator, opens at Spencertown Academy Arts Center on Saturday, May 30, with an opening reception from 4pm to 6pm. The work will remain on display through June 21. Artists represented include Corinne Alexander, Sue Browdy, Kay Castelle, Mary Anne Davis, Marybeth Ketz, Justin Madsen, Lauren Mundy, and Jacqueline Wilder.

“Concrete & Clay: Works Inspired by the Garden”” is the kick-off event for the academy’s 11th annual Hidden Gardens, which includes the Twilight in the Garden Cocktail Party on Friday, June 19, and an array of events designed to inform, inspire, and intrigue garden enthusiasts on Saturday, June 20, including the Garden Market on the Green, Hidden Gardens Tour with the theme “Artful Landscapes: Ornamental and Edible Gardens,” and a lecture on the art of growing food by Ellen Ecker Ogden, garden designer, chef and author of “The Complete Kitchen Garden.”