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This past season, the historic Greenville Drive-In hosted our Non-Fiction Screening Series, merging the cross-cultural power of documentary filmmaking with the timeless tradition of outdoor filmgoing. Due to NYS regulations surrounding COVID-19, we were unable to safely gather in our North Hall, where we have screened films since Basilica’s inception.

With so many other aspects of Basilica programming put on hold, art at Basilica moved OUTSIDE in 2020 to allow for immersive experiences in times of social distancing. Visual artists brought us ambitious and striking pieces that met both the challenges and opportunities of this moment in our changing world.

Thank you for staying tuned in, exploring the tapestry of our experimental sounds and friends on our DRONE AT HOME archive page, deep diving into all things MOOR MOTHER and listening to our Hudson neighbor Elvis Perkins’ latest album Creation Myths. Thank you for believing in this mission to offer a platform for people to express themselves and illuminate our lives.

2020 was Basilica Hudson’s 10th Anniversary Season. After a decade of presenting innovative and genre-pushing programming, our vision for this transformative season was grand: bigger crowds, a diverse range of visiting artists, new marketplace events and an integration of environmental advocacy into every public program.  The momentum was palpable; then COVID-19 brought us to a […]

In October 2020, Basilica Hudson launched the Basilica Back Gallery Artist in Residence series with visual artist Mary Mattingly in collaboration with Toolshed. Mattingly’s work centered on creating an Ecotopian Library, a long term project that stems from the belief that art and ecotopian thought can be part of cultivating systemic social change, in the […]

We’re beyond grateful for the many friends, artists and like-minded partners who have been with us through our reimagined 10th Anniversary Season. Thank you to our PROGRAM PARTNERS for helping us bring innovative, independent voices to Hudson and to our SUPPORTERS for making our programs possible. In what turned out to be such an unpredictable […]

Due to COVID-19, our building is currently closed to the public. However, Basilica Hudson will continue to pivot programs offline, off-site or outdoors while keeping an eye on state regulations to uphold our mission of supporting independent artists.  The return of DRONE AT HOME, our Non-Fiction Screening Series, and the Hudson As Muse Artist In Residence Series are in the […]

Basilica Hudson has taken this year as a moment to revisit how to better serve the planet and the people we share it with. In 2020, we launched BASILICA GREEN, our expanded mission to join cultural activism with ecological responsibility.

In December of 2020, congress passed a COVID relief bill that includes the #SaveOurStages Act, which provides funding opportunities for venues facing economic hardships as a result of the pandemic. In 2020 we joined thousands of other performing arts centers across the country in lighting up our building for a “Red Alert” nationwide call to […]