Hybrid Access Model

Offers a mobile guide through the Bloomberg Connects app for virtual exploration of current and past exhibitions, and provides access to recorded programs—including MOFAD Talks, The Takeout, and MOFAD City—via its YouTube channel.

Creates and hosts special exhibitions and program series, including co-presented photography exhibitions and public talks, demonstrations, and events. Examples include an award-winning food photography exhibition on global street food culture displayed at Empire Stores from December 2025 to January 2026 and the "Feasts and Festivals" program series.

Operates a museum space with public access on the 2nd floor of Empire Stores in Brooklyn, featuring interactive exhibits that engage the senses of taste, touch, and smell to explore food and drink as a cultural and scientific force. Exhibitions include "Street Food City," "Feasts and Festivals," and explorations of flavor science and perception.

Converted a functioning, custom-made puffing gun into a mobile food education experience and operates small sensory-based exhibitions designed for student engagement with food cultures.

Commissioned and produced original educational artworks, including The Legacy Quilt—a 14-foot-tall, nearly 30-foot-wide handmade quilt with 406 blocks honoring African American contributions to American cuisine—for the 2022 exhibition African/American: Making the Nation's Table, with biographical research conducted by writer Osayi Endolyn.

Offers guided tours and workshops for K-12 students using age-appropriate curricula focused on the food system, and has educated over 500 local schools through its programming.

Utilizes a volunteer team to support performances through ushering, seating, and concessions, and engages volunteers in administrative tasks, archival work, and in-kind technical, construction, legal, and maintenance services.

Hosts live and encore cinema broadcasts of performances from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, including productions such as Macbeth, Samson et Dalila, and La Fanciulla del West, as part of its performance season.

Operates box office services for the Bardavon 1869 Opera House and Ulster Performing Arts Center, assisting the public with ticketing, membership, and inquiries.

Offers membership benefits including early access to ticket presales and uses membership donations to support live performances, arts education, and cultural enrichment. Provides $6 admission to select shows and distributes donated tickets to low-income individuals through human services agencies and schools.

Operates and maintains the historic Bardavon 1869 Opera House and Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), including the preservation and use of the original 1928 Wurlitzer pipe organ, and offers public theater rental services for events.

Presents a diverse, year-round season of live performances in music, dance, theater, and comedy featuring national and international artists, along with free classic film screenings and affordable access initiatives for Hudson Valley audiences. The organization reaches nearly 80,000 residents and visitors annually through performances and off-site events.

Hosts fully bilingual performances in American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English, such as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND, and reserves center orchestra seating for ASL viewers and wheelchair users to ensure accessibility.

Operates an Arts-in-Education Program that includes in-school residencies, daytime educational performances for students, and a Field-trip Fund that underwrites ticket costs. The program serves approximately 3,300 regional students annually through workshops, assemblies, and school matinees.

Provides portable hearing loop receivers with ear buds, infrared listening devices, and wireless headsets for patrons with hearing loss during performances at the Bardavon and UPAC venues.

Provides strategic oversight and governance through a Board of Directors, supported by Trustees Emeritus and an Advisory Board, to sustain operations and advance cultural programming.

Hosts benefit concerts for local organizations such as Family of Woodstock, The Table at Woodstock, and MHA of Dutchess County, and produces community events including the Celebration of Lights Parade and free outdoor arts events.

Operates an unrestricted ceramic artist residency program providing facilities, scale, and industry partnerships. Has supported approximately 300 professional artists and over 1,000 students through residency and educational initiatives.