Art Walk Kingston is a celebration of the arts and the local community. Over the course of two days, visitors and local residents are invited to explore three distinct areas of the city of Kingston and immerse themselves in a range of art and events. Paintings, photographs, drawings and sculptures are just some of the mediums that will be on display at home studios and galleries across the city. Whether you have a few hours or a full day, the event weekend will offer a broad range of art and activities for everyone.
The 2021 event will be held on September 18 – 19, from 12 – 5pm each day.
Printed maps are now available at Rough Draft, Village Coffee & Goods, Village Grocery, ASK & Kingston Wine.
You can also use the Digital Map on your phone!
Womenswork.Art Gallery is delighted to announce the solo exhibition “Gathered, Absorbed, Carried” by Gabriella Kirby, featuring a collection of mixed media paintings on plaster, canvas and paper that reflect on the emotional landscape of vulnerability we traverse in order to connect with the world around us. Learn from Gabriella Kirby in the artist talk on Sunday, August 8.
Kirby’s improvisational process ebbs and flows between tension and release, conflict and resolution, fear and ease. A series of fractured marks and plumes of atmospheric traces evokes the passage of an entity through space. Drawn marks scrape and carve their way into the plaster’s surface, a material whose inherent sensitivity holds duelling qualities of fragility and strength. Transparent washes of color flood and swiftly absorb into the raw canvas. Due to the nature of these exposed surfaces, nothing can hide here. Line mirrors vulnerability; both describe the distance between two points, with the ability to simultaneously separate and connect. “Gathered, Absorbed, Carried” becomes an imprint of those moments spent in this delicate space.
UPSTATE ART WEEKEND is about community, collaboration, art and the outdoors, which are essential to our well-being. This summer there are 61 Hudson Valley artists. This three-day self-directed, accessible event connects tourists and locals alike, with art and the outdoors, celebrating the cultural vibrancy of Upstate New York.
Find the map of participating locations here.
Join Arts Mid-Hudson for a talk with artivist Suprina. Allocating, modeling, casting, photography, and video are some of the processes Suprina uses in creating carnival-like narratives themed around politics, environment, and societal trends.
Q&A Session with Poet Gold will lead the evening’s conversation.
This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP here!Suprina studied sculpture at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia but gained the bulk of her knowledge of her craft from working in the field of promotional, prop making. Her clients included Annie Leibovitz, Apple Computer, Bloomingdales, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. After 9/11, having lived in the neighborhood at the time, Suprina decided she would focus solely on her own artworks, which discuss environmental, social and political issues.
She has shown in Chelsea, Central Park, Governors Island, Brooklyn, Chicago, Scottsdale, Harlem, Newark, Southampton and the Hudson Valley.
Suprina has received grants from The Puffin Foundation, LMCC, NoMAA, and two Decentralization grants from Arts Mid Hudson.
For the 14th annual Hudson Valley Artists exhibition, curated by Helen Toomer, we invited artists to submit artwork that deals with the challenges of the past year and the re-imaginings of years to come, responding to the question “Who really cares?” asked by Marvin Gaye fifty years ago on the monumental album, “What’s Going On.”
The exhibition begins July 7 and continues until November 14, 2021. The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm
August hours: Weekends only. Suggested $5 donation.
Read more about it here!
Arts Mid-Hudson presents a virtual event: “Poets Respond to Art,” which features 14 poets and 14 visual artists in our third annual celebration of National Poetry Month. The participating poets have selected a piece of visual art to respond to through their own work.
Participating Poets:
Pat Churchill, Janet Hamill, Wendy Insinger, Mike Jurkovic, Mary Louise Kiernan, Melanie Klein, Penelope Levine, Linda McCauley Freeman, Kirsten Meehan, Cathy Schmitz, Matthew J. Spireng, Lisa St John, Adriana Tampasis, and Rebecca Watkins
Participating Visual Artists:
Mary Altobelli, Lauren Basciani, YouYe Chu, Felicidad Dukes, Stacie Flint, Jerome Goldberg, Susan Hennelly, Rachel Kleinman, Maureen Lohan-Bremer, Julie Mihaly, Robert Oehl, Rita Sherry, Pamela Wallace, and Crystal Yang
Free & Open to the Public but please RSVP.
