THRIVE: Making a Career in the Arts

Calling all aspiring young artists—join us for THRIVE: Making a Career in the Arts! Dive into an inspiring panel featuring talented creatives from a range of artistic backgrounds who will share their journeys and tips for success.

Plus, connect with local organizations to discover exciting opportunities that can help you take your passion to the next level. Don’t miss out—let’s thrive together!

Panelists: Joseph Bertolozzi, Jessica Gramuglia, Holly McCabe, Adam Reid (Reidz), Trish Santini, Daniela Dale Velez

Must RSVP to attend.

“Artists Respond to Poetry” Art Exhibition at Arts-Mid Hudson

This exhibit features 16 poets and 16 visual artists in our seventh annual celebration of National Poetry Month. The participating visual artists have selected a poem to respond to through their own work.

Poets: Jeni Ascosi, Timothy Brennan, Augusta Block, Susan Chute, Kim Ellis, Lea Graham, Marian Grudko, Jared Harél, Jennifer Howse, Linda McCauley Freeman, Kirsten Meehan, Kate Sarah Mitchell, Susan Sindall Schickele, Brendan Tanner, Ted Taylor, Edwin Torres

Visual Artists: John Ackerman, Karen Allen, Nicolas Dalton, Stacie Flint, Don Freeman, Karen E. Gersch, Kay Kenny, Josh Kramb, Dori Miller, Janell O’Rourke, Renee Pasquale, Myah Perino, Enne Tesse. Patricia Walsh, Anthony Wells, Coulter Young

Arts Mid-Hudson 2024 Annual Meeting at Locust Grove

Join Us!

The Board of Directors of Arts Mid-Hudson cordially invite all to attend the 2024 Annual Meeting on
Monday, January 29, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
Locust Grove
2683 South Rd.
Poughkeepsie, New York

Join us as we present our 2023 Annual Report
and the 2024 Board of Directors.

This event is free and open to the public but please RSVP
Click Here to RSVP

Leading with Artivism

Join Poet Gold as she talks with Joel Bergner, a community artist whose large-scale murals can be found in 30 countries across 5 continents, painted in his signature style combining intimate portraits of local residents, vibrant color palettes and small details that draw the viewer in to experience multiple levels of meaning. His elaborate murals weave smoothly between realism with an urban art sensibility and the raw expressions of children’s art. As a community-based artist, Joel’s work is informed by his creative projects with the world’s most vulnerable children and communities, from Syrian refugee camps to American prisons; the favelas of Brazil to an orphanage in South Africa. In each project, he guides participants through the process of exploring issues that are important to them, designing their own composition and then collaboratively painting a public mural in their community.

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Leading with Artivism, guest Stephanie JT Russell (virtual)

Join us (virtually) as we talk with Stephanie JT Russell, a prolific poet, interdisciplinary artist, and cultural worker. Stephanie JT Russell’s most recent creative nonfiction book is One Flash of Lightning, a poetic treatment of the Samurai code (Andrews McMeel). Her work has been featured in books and journals such as The Xavier Review, The Winter Anthology, Sequestrum, Lightwood, ArLiJo, and at noted venues including The New Museum, The Griffin Museum of Photography, The Albright Knox, Bowery Poetry Club, and The Berkeley Museum. A visiting artist at New York University, The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, The Stone House, and other institutions, Russell received the Overall Winner Award 2022 from the Wirral Poetry Festival, UK. A Trustee at The Emile Brunel Studio & Sculpture Park, an historic nature sanctuary and art center in Boiceville, NY, Russell is founder of its AIR Brunel BIPOC Fellowship Residency (brunelpark.org). Russell was appointed Dutchess County Poet Laureate 2023, for which she is curating an intercultural Laureate Event Series, Stream of Life, featuring poetry and art from multicultural communities throughout Dutchess County and the Hudson Valley region. RSVP HERE

 

Leading with Artivism – Poet Gold & Onaje Benjamin (virtual)

Join Poet Gold (virtually) as she talks with Onaje Benjamin, a community activist and consultant, with over thirty years of experience. He has expertise in community organizing, advocacy, criminal justice, training and staff development. Onaje facilitates workshops, lectures extensively, and has published articles on a variety of issues, specific to Human rights and social justice. RSVP here!

 

Thrive – Making a Career in the Arts (virtual)

Are you an aspiring young artist? Hear firsthand how professionals in the arts carved a path to working in their chosen fields. Free but must RVSP to attend.

Hear and ask questions from panelists:

  • Molly Ahearn, Graphic Design & Founder of Full Deck Design
  • Jesse Brown, Co-Founder of HUDSY TV
  • Tommy Costello, Dutchess Community College Theater
  • Liz Dahmen, Hudson Valley Performing Arts Lab
  • Alexa Floresta, Artist & Business Owner
  • Poet Gold, Poet
  • Karen Madden, Rock, and a Soft Place studios
  • Al Nowak, On Location Studios
  • Amy Poux, Stockade Works
  • Chris Silva, Bardavon & Hudson Valley Philharmonic
  • Keiko Sono, Artist & Founder of Forge Collective
  • Karen Waltuch, Violinist & Horticulturist
  • Gretchen Weerheim, Orange County Arts Council
  • Ava Yurchison, iHeart Media
  • & more!

Leading with Artivism (virtual)

Join Arts Mid-Hudson (virtually) as they talk with Amy Trompetter, a puppeteer, trumpeter, World Theater historian, teacher, and community organizer. She founded Redwing Blackbird Theater in the late 90s as a workshop and performance space in the Hudson Valley of New York. She has taught, directed, and performed all over the globe.