Community Programs

Community engagement opportunities at Dia aim to cultivate space for critical dialogue, diverse perspectives, and multidirectional learning.

Hudson Valley Free Day

Hudson Valley residents receive free admission to Dia Beacon on the last Sunday of each month. To reserve timed tickets, email tickets@diaart.org or call 845 231 0811.

The Hudson Valley encompasses the following counties: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Sullivan, Ulster, Washington, and Westchester.

City of Beacon residents (including the adjacent Hudson Valley communities of Chelsea, Fishkill, and Glenham) receive free admission to Dia Beacon every day.

Please present identification and proof of residence at the admissions desk.

Hudson Valley Free Days are made possible by Kiki McMillan, Charlie Pohlad, and the Pohlad family.

Please note that while New York State restrictions due to COVID-19 are in place, we are unable to offer guided tours at this time. For more information about COVID-19–related precautions at Dia, please refer to our visitor guidelines.

Dia Beacon provides guided tours every Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 and 2 pm. Tours are free with admission. Reservations are not necessary but can be made in person at the admissions desk.

Gallery Talks

Join Dia educators on Thursdays at 12 pm for engaging conversations around one artist's practice, gallery, or work at Dia Beacon.

Dreaming Care into Being

Kamra Sadia Hakim, “Hear My No” music video (still), 2021. Photo: Alex Austin

Facilitated by artist and Activation Residency founder Kamra Sadia Hakim, Dreaming Care into Being is an experiential learning series celebrating the release of Hakim’s book Care Manual: Dreaming Care into Being.

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Recreational Meetings

Kwok_Stephen_02_Recreational Meeting — Stephen Kwok, *Recreational Meeting*, 2012. © Wei Hsinyen

A series of online experiential workshops designed to utilize virtual engagement platforms as a tool for embodied experience and creative agency, Recreational Meetings are opportunities to connect and create in a collectively activated digital space.

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