Our Mission

Albany Center Gallery promotes and exhibits art produced by the region’s emerging and established artists and engages, enriches, and inspires the community to appreciate the importance of art.

We do this by:

1. Providing opportunities for artists to become highly valued and respected

2. Committing gallery exhibitions to local and regional visual artists from all backgrounds

3. Educating the public, with an emphasis on local youth  

4. Fostering dialogue about the arts

5. Collaborating with community partners to advance the  creative economy

6. Fusing the arts, community, and business sectors

7. Making art accessible to all

Our Vision

Our vision is a community shaped and enhanced by the visual artists, who reflect and influence the evolving, inclusive, and multifaceted culture of the Greater Mohawk-Hudson Region.

Our Values

We believe in the power of artists and art, their impact, and the importance of:

• engaging a diverse community through equity, inclusion, and accessibility

• authenticity, creativity, and individual excellence

• transparency and creative problem solving

• empathy, civility, and respect 

• mindfulness, intentionality, and thoughtfulness

• collaboration and innovation

• cultivating and supporting the next generation of artists

Our History

For 45+ years, Albany Center Gallery has provided a platform for the work of contemporary visual artists to engage the public. Albany Center Gallery strives to encourage dialogue and critical commentary about the visual arts within the region. Albany Center Gallery is dedicated to the exhibition of regional artists within a 100-mile radius of Albany. Since Leslie Urbach opened the gallery’s doors in 1977, thousands of the area’s finest contemporary artists have exhibited at Albany Center Gallery using the following disciplines: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printing, fiber arts, video, mixed media, installation, and most recently artist books.

Albany Center Gallery’s exhibition program serves the art community and the general public. Exhibitions, murals, consulting, art & space rentals, pop-up shows, youth programs, artist talks, community events & more are all activities offered. ACG presents at least seven major exhibitions a year in the gallery, including the Mohawk Hudson Regional Invitational. Many of the artists who exhibit at Albany Center Gallery gain national and international recognition.

At Albany Center Gallery (ACG), we believe that art should be accessible to everyone. This includes creating, admiring, and supporting creative works. For this reason, all of ACG’s exhibitions, receptions, and artist interviews are free and open to the public. The exhibitions are chosen based on topics that engage a broad and diverse audience.