Our Purpose

To offer educational programming in both outdoor arts and recreational activities to all audiences. Provide a safe learning environment for area youth and adults through single and series classes in drawing, painting and sculpture, and guiding educational hikes, scouting, and camping programming.

Our Mission

As a multidisciplinary nonprofit, an outdoor arts and recreation facility, that is recognized as an anchor in the western Southern Tier of New York, it is the mission of the Outdoor Arts & Recreation Society to be a host in a vibrant destination and assist in expanding, inspiring, and delivering a lifetime of arts and outdoor recreation education and experiences.

This mission is only realized when we provide audiences of all ages with opportunities to play and create through engagement, connect with our natural environment and each other, explore new art forms and outdoor activities, dream through expression, exploration, and have experiences that inspire, transform, and foster a life-long love of our world.