Join ACE at Arts Letters & Numbers Studios, where we will tour their rural Rensselaer County facility, meet resident artists, enjoy food tastings by Laughing Earth Farm, beverage tastings by Albany Distilling Co,  a perfromance by Rachelle Smith Stallman and more!

We'll also have an engaging discussion with Arts Letters & Numbers Founding Director David Gersten, who will be joined by Andrew Frishman of Big Picture Learning, an organization that has partnered with 65 schools across the U.S. with a mission to educate one student at a time. Their first class graduated in 2000 with a 96% graduation rate. Ninety-eight percent of its graduates were admitted to postsecondary institutions, receiving over $500,000 in scholarships, and was honored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as "the best high school in the nation."

Thanks to our sponsors Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region, and MVP Health Care and promotional partner Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce.