Bringing Art back to Life!

The Art Thing Collaborative, Inc. is a social arts organization on a mission to bring people together by bringing art to the people!

We imagine a world where art is everywhere. In our streets. Our schools. On the corners of our everyday lives.

A world where art brings people closer, turning towns into true communities by making art someThing that’s for everyone.

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Upcoming Art Things

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Sep 12

September 12, 2026

Once Upon a Thyme, 2026

September 12, 2026

A Faerie Garlic Tale returns to the Mohawk Valley Garlic & Herb Festival! Help us reopen last year’s story and together we’ll retell it anew!

Free and for everyone!

September 12, 2026

Oct 3

October 3, 2026

The Big CHEESE!

October 3, 2026

The Art Thing Collaborative is bringing The Big CHEESE Thing to the Little Falls Cheese Festival! Stop by, join the fun, crack a BIG SMILE and help us make one BIG thing out of a whole lotta CHEESE.

Free and for everyone!

October 3, 2026

Art WAR™ at HERKIMER COLLEGE - Intercollegiate Tournament Series

Oct 15

October 15, 2026

Art WAR™ at HERKIMER COLLEGE - Intercollegiate Tournament Series

October 15, 2026

Coming Fall 2026 – Spring 2027… Art WAR the Intercollegiate Tournament Series!

Teams of student artists from campuses across the Mohawk Valley are about to collide in the ultimate live, fast-paced, artmaking showdown!

Free and for everyone!

October 15, 2026

Art WAR™ @ MVCC - Intercollegiate Tournament Series

Oct 22

October 22, 2026

Art WAR™ @ MVCC - Intercollegiate Tournament Series

October 22, 2026

Coming Fall 2026 – Spring 2027… Art WAR the Intercollegiate Tournament Series!

Teams of student artists from campuses across the Mohawk Valley are about to collide in the ultimate live, fast-paced, artmaking showdown!

Free and for everyone!

October 22, 2026

Art WAR™ @ SUNY Poly - Intercollegiate Tournament Series

Oct 28

October 28, 2026

Art WAR™ @ SUNY Poly - Intercollegiate Tournament Series

October 28, 2026

Coming Fall 2026 – Spring 2027… Art WAR the Intercollegiate Tournament Series!

Teams of student artists from campuses across the Mohawk Valley are about to collide in the ultimate live, fast-paced, artmaking showdown!

Free and for everyone!

October 28, 2026

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What the Art!?

News & Happenings in the Art Thing world.

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December 16, 2025

BIG NEWS FOR ART WAR™!

December 16, 2025

The Art Thing has been awarded $15,000 from the Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties to launch Art WAR: The Intercollegiate Tournament Series!

December 16, 2025