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“Ritual: Art and Withcraft” Exhibition (in person)

This exhibition will be exploring the all too important act of Ritual all peoples, no matter what religion/faith practice/culture, have rituals in their daily lives. It is the grounding of these practices that is one of the pillars of Witchcraft, and in Creative Arts it is no different. Through Ritual, we ask for artists to also explore the intertwined relationship of Art and Witchcraft, and how they both reflect on each other.

Curated By: Reverend A.W. Storm Anderson (Art On You Studios, Withcraft District Bazaar) and Nikki Hung (WomensWork.Art)

Art Exhibit Reception & Artist Talk (in person)

On Friday Oct 7th, the Loeb will host a reception to celebrate the current exhibition On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print, followed by a talk by artist Aaron Turner, whose work is included in the show. Aaron will be visiting from Arkansas, where he teaches at the U of Arkansas and directs the Center for Art as Lived Experience and produces a podcast on photographers of color. Much of Aaron’s work as an artist and educator has been dedicated to bringing to light the legacies of artists of color and the personal histories of Black Americans from the Mississippi Delta region.

The schedule of events is as follows: Reception | 4:30 PM Loeb atrium & galleries Artist talk & conversation | 6 PM Taylor Hall, Room 102

Artist Talk “A Feel For The Place” (virtual)

This exhibition celebrates both the one year anniversary and recent closing of The Nancy Willard And Eric Lindbloom Artist-Run Project Space, in Poughkeepsie, New York, in July of 2022. Join on Zoom here.

Artists:

  • Sara Adriani
  • Christine Callahan
  • Jesus Emmanuel
  • Sadia Rashid
  • Joanne Valeo
  • Arecis Tiburcio Zane

Curated by: Sasha Louis Bush

Kaal Rock Park Concert Series (in person)

Gather on Poughkeepsie’s southern waterfront for a series of free sunset concerts with some great regional bands. Saturday, Sept. 10, 17, and 24. Bring a chair or blanket.

PKX Festival Opening Reception (in person)

The annual PKX Festivals, in and around the Trolley Barn Gallery, serve as the building blocks for the development of a Youth Arts Empowerment Zone in the City of Poughkeepsie. Youth are responsible for every aspect of planning these events. They choose a featured artist, engage with city officials for festival permits, and organize communities throughout the city. The PKX Festival demonstrates place keeping by reactivating Middle Main with youth ideas and vision. Youth are bringing the community together as they work with professional artists and curators across the Hudson Valley for public art installation while empowering the City of Poughkeepsie.

iena Cruz Artist in Residence Exhibition Opening (in person)

As part of VISITOR CENTER’s mission to support emerging interdisciplinary artists of the Hudson Valley and beyond, the invitational residency will provide space for creative investigation and experimentation with new concepts or materials. During the self-directed residency, artists are encouraged to experiment with a new body of work or develop a new process and are invited to engage with the local community of Newburgh.

On Saturday, October 1 st , VISITOR CENTER will present a series of new works by Cruz created during his two-week residency in Newburgh with a never-before-showcased series of glazed ceramics. Spanning the entire gallery, the comprehensive presentation will chart the recent evolution of Cruz’s practice.

A solo exhibition by iena Cruz on view October 1st – November 15th, 2022
Opening reception: Saturday October 1st, 5-7 pm
Press Preview: Saturday October 1st, 4-5 pm
at VISITOR CENTER, 233 Liberty street, Newburgh NY

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Federico Massa is a world-renowned street artist with a unique style that blends hyper-realistic animal portraiture with psychedelically bright backgrounds. He gained traction in the 1990s as a rebellious graffiti artist in the burgeoning street art movement under the alias “Cruz.” As his body of work progressed, he began using the symbol of a hyena (iena in Italian), which led to his current alias “iena Cruz.”
Originally from Milan, Cruz has called Brooklyn home for the past ten years. Initially trained in stage set design at Milan’s prestigious Brera Academy of Art, he is primarily known internationally for his large-scale, eco-conscious murals that use special nanotechnology-infused paints to scrub pollution from the air around them.
Throughout the years, iena Cruz has expanded his practice to include a variety of different mediums. In 2018, he spent six months studying screen printing techniques at the Gowanus Print Lab in Brooklyn and began producing original silk-screened textiles as samples for future upholstery fabrics and wall coverings. The following year, he focused on the ceramic processes of modeling, firing, glazing, and re-firing during a six-month project at La Mano Pottery in Manhattan, and produced numerous objects including lampshades, ornamental plates and knives, pitchers, and vases.
With this multidisciplinary knowledge, he has launched a design collection called Zurcanei that features custom textiles, wallpaper, mosaic, clothing, and custom home art decor.
In this spirit, iena Cruz has collaborated with designer Jan Kath to bring the worlds of street art and textile art together: Cruz painted murals directly on the walls of the Jan Kath gallery in New York, replacing select areas on the wall with hand-knotted carpets in the same design, thus blurring the line between the fabric and the hand-painted mural.
Recent work also includes Hand Woodblock Printing. Designed in NYC and hand- made in Jaipur, Cruz is exploring textile production based on an ancient Indian technique of woodblock printing to support and draw attention to the importance of preserving artisanal traditions.