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SUMMARY:Got2Lindy Swing Dance Classes
DESCRIPTION:Got2Lindy Swing Dance Lessons \n\n\n\nBeginner to Advance\n\n\n\n\nEvery Tuesday Night @ ASK6pm-9pm \n\n\n\n\n4-week sessions:6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Beginner Swing7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Intermediate Swing8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Advanced Swing \n\n\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/got2lindy-swing-dance-classes-3/2026-05-26/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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SUMMARY:ASK's First Ever TRINKET FEST!
DESCRIPTION:Introducing the very first TrinketFest at Arts Society of Kingston! We are looking for LGBTQ+ artists under 30 yrs of age from all backgrounds to sell their small art as part of ASK’s pride exhibit\, Unveiling Identity + Transformation taking place on Friday June 5. Submission open through June 2 @ 11:59 PM.  The art can be anything as long as it is small\, and under $30! Some examples are: prints\, figurines\, tote bags\, shirts\, cards\, keychains\, earrings\, pins\, etc! \n\n\n\nUnveiling Identity + Transformation Event Date: Friday June 5\, 7 – 9 PM (set up @ 6 PM) \n\n\n\nSubmission Deadline: June 2\, 11:59 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBMIT HERE!
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/asks-first-ever-tricket-fest/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Retrospective: Fran Sutherland
DESCRIPTION:Retrospective\n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Front Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2 @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nFrom the oil paintings created in 1958 at SUNY New Paltz until the mixed media art works of 2025\, this retrospective features the landscape and bridges of the Hudson Valley inspired by abstract representations of native American (Lenape) sacred stories. \n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\, a native New Yorker\, is a painter\, teacher and restorer of historic homes. Strongly influenced by Eastern aesthetics\, Fran’s creative paintings synthesize both Eastern and Western formats in multi-media works. The chosen media and techniques express personal ideas\, which is especially evident in her textural compositions emphasizing oil and acrylic resist techniques. \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the artist \n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\, a native New Yorker\, is a painter\, teacher\, and restorer of historic homes. Strongly influenced by Eastern aesthetics\, Fran’s creative paintings synthesize both Eastern and Western formats in multi-media works. The chosen media and techniques express personal ideas\, which is especially evident in her textural compositions emphasizing oil and acrylic resist techniques. Fran’s most recent and unique works reflect the geophysical world\, which we all experience in different ways. For this artist\, walking\, hiking\, and motorless boating are meditative and energizing at the same time. To begin looking out or forward is the way Fran Sutherland psychologically and physically approaches the day and life. The Meditative Series depict the top piece that shows an Asian-styled\, vertical composition\, and the second bottom piece that recognizes what is at one’s feet and depicts the subject in a Western\, rectangular format. The two paintings are then presented and suspended as one work of art. This new series of paintings explores and attempts to share the act of looking forward and where one is at the moment\, or what is below as well as ahead. \n\n\n\nMany of her works\, including The Bridge Series\, integrate geologic coloration and the play of light and water with local and international sites and architectural structures. Sutherland’s semi-autobiographical paintings continue to be inspired by New York’s Hudson Valley and Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains.  \n\n\n\nVisit the artist’s website
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/retrospective/2026-05-28/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:Petals & Pollinators: Illustrating Between the Bees
DESCRIPTION:Petals & Pollinators: Illustrating Between the Bees\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Members Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2nd @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Thurs – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nThis exhibition features work that examines the beauty\, fragility\, and interdependence of ecological systems from the intimate exchange of pollen to the broader environmental narratives of climate change\, habitat loss\, and biodiversity. Through all visual mediums\, artists interpret “between the bees” expansively: as a literal space of ecological exchange\, a metaphor for collaboration and community\, or a meditation on the delicate balance that sustains life. \n\n\n\nFeatured member artists: Larry Arvidson\, Bob Barnes\, Lawrence Bush\, Michael DiPleco\, Stacie Flint\, Melissa Forbes\, Terry Haas\, Tom Hackett\, Emeline Hastings\, Laura Helfant\, Kim Henry\, Barbara Holt\, David Holt\, Carrie Hotz-Barth\, Locke Johnston\, David Joseph\, Tom Looney\, Joel Mandelbaum\, Debbie Martin\, James McCann\, Carol McCarthy\, Julie Michels-Ruiz. \n\n\n\nFREE ADMISSION
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/bees/2026-05-28/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:HAZMAT
DESCRIPTION:HAZMAT\n\n\n\nStephen Olivier\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Spotlight Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2nd @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Olivier’s current body of work includes paintings and sculptural work\, that emerge from the collision of biography and belief – a reckoning with the self\, built from Catholic guilt\, queer identity\, and a lifelong quest to resolve the unfinished career of his father. \n\n\n\nAbout the artist \n\n\n\nStephen Olivier is an award winning artist whose work has been exhibited widely in galleries\, museums\, and artist-run spaces across the United States and internationally. Olivier was awarded a 2025 residency at NES in Skagaströnd\, Iceland. His work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions\, including Let the Fur and Feathers Fly at Epperson Gallery in California\, the Texas National Competition at the Cole Art Center in Texas\, Big Bold Pride at the Art Society of Kingston\, and Truth Unveiled at Art League Rhode Island. Additional exhibitions include the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum\, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance\, KIPNZ in Walton\, NY\, and venues throughout New York\, Atlanta\, Miami\, and Berlin. Olivier’s solo exhibitions include Over the Garden Wall at Subdivision Art in Long Island City\, and Beforemath at the Octopus Building in Miami. \n\n\n\nOlivier’s sculptural work has also appeared in film\, including creating thirty resin sculptures for Shelton Walsmith’s short film The Importance of Being Amber. Earlier in his career\, he served as Chief Preparator at White Box and The Annex in New York\, where he installed exhibitions for artists including Carolee Schneemann\, Brian Maguire\, Javier Téllez\, Marianne Vitale\, Joel Sternfeld\, William Anastasi\, Conrad Atkinson\, and Jeff Chiplis.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/hazmat/2026-05-28/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:Retrospective: Fran Sutherland
DESCRIPTION:Retrospective\n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Front Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2 @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nFrom the oil paintings created in 1958 at SUNY New Paltz until the mixed media art works of 2025\, this retrospective features the landscape and bridges of the Hudson Valley inspired by abstract representations of native American (Lenape) sacred stories. \n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\, a native New Yorker\, is a painter\, teacher and restorer of historic homes. Strongly influenced by Eastern aesthetics\, Fran’s creative paintings synthesize both Eastern and Western formats in multi-media works. The chosen media and techniques express personal ideas\, which is especially evident in her textural compositions emphasizing oil and acrylic resist techniques. \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the artist \n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\, a native New Yorker\, is a painter\, teacher\, and restorer of historic homes. Strongly influenced by Eastern aesthetics\, Fran’s creative paintings synthesize both Eastern and Western formats in multi-media works. The chosen media and techniques express personal ideas\, which is especially evident in her textural compositions emphasizing oil and acrylic resist techniques. Fran’s most recent and unique works reflect the geophysical world\, which we all experience in different ways. For this artist\, walking\, hiking\, and motorless boating are meditative and energizing at the same time. To begin looking out or forward is the way Fran Sutherland psychologically and physically approaches the day and life. The Meditative Series depict the top piece that shows an Asian-styled\, vertical composition\, and the second bottom piece that recognizes what is at one’s feet and depicts the subject in a Western\, rectangular format. The two paintings are then presented and suspended as one work of art. This new series of paintings explores and attempts to share the act of looking forward and where one is at the moment\, or what is below as well as ahead. \n\n\n\nMany of her works\, including The Bridge Series\, integrate geologic coloration and the play of light and water with local and international sites and architectural structures. Sutherland’s semi-autobiographical paintings continue to be inspired by New York’s Hudson Valley and Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains.  \n\n\n\nVisit the artist’s website
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/retrospective/2026-05-29/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:Petals & Pollinators: Illustrating Between the Bees
DESCRIPTION:Petals & Pollinators: Illustrating Between the Bees\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Members Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2nd @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Thurs – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nThis exhibition features work that examines the beauty\, fragility\, and interdependence of ecological systems from the intimate exchange of pollen to the broader environmental narratives of climate change\, habitat loss\, and biodiversity. Through all visual mediums\, artists interpret “between the bees” expansively: as a literal space of ecological exchange\, a metaphor for collaboration and community\, or a meditation on the delicate balance that sustains life. \n\n\n\nFeatured member artists: Larry Arvidson\, Bob Barnes\, Lawrence Bush\, Michael DiPleco\, Stacie Flint\, Melissa Forbes\, Terry Haas\, Tom Hackett\, Emeline Hastings\, Laura Helfant\, Kim Henry\, Barbara Holt\, David Holt\, Carrie Hotz-Barth\, Locke Johnston\, David Joseph\, Tom Looney\, Joel Mandelbaum\, Debbie Martin\, James McCann\, Carol McCarthy\, Julie Michels-Ruiz. \n\n\n\nFREE ADMISSION
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/bees/2026-05-29/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:HAZMAT
DESCRIPTION:HAZMAT\n\n\n\nStephen Olivier\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Spotlight Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2nd @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Olivier’s current body of work includes paintings and sculptural work\, that emerge from the collision of biography and belief – a reckoning with the self\, built from Catholic guilt\, queer identity\, and a lifelong quest to resolve the unfinished career of his father. \n\n\n\nAbout the artist \n\n\n\nStephen Olivier is an award winning artist whose work has been exhibited widely in galleries\, museums\, and artist-run spaces across the United States and internationally. Olivier was awarded a 2025 residency at NES in Skagaströnd\, Iceland. His work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions\, including Let the Fur and Feathers Fly at Epperson Gallery in California\, the Texas National Competition at the Cole Art Center in Texas\, Big Bold Pride at the Art Society of Kingston\, and Truth Unveiled at Art League Rhode Island. Additional exhibitions include the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum\, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance\, KIPNZ in Walton\, NY\, and venues throughout New York\, Atlanta\, Miami\, and Berlin. Olivier’s solo exhibitions include Over the Garden Wall at Subdivision Art in Long Island City\, and Beforemath at the Octopus Building in Miami. \n\n\n\nOlivier’s sculptural work has also appeared in film\, including creating thirty resin sculptures for Shelton Walsmith’s short film The Importance of Being Amber. Earlier in his career\, he served as Chief Preparator at White Box and The Annex in New York\, where he installed exhibitions for artists including Carolee Schneemann\, Brian Maguire\, Javier Téllez\, Marianne Vitale\, Joel Sternfeld\, William Anastasi\, Conrad Atkinson\, and Jeff Chiplis.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/hazmat/2026-05-29/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T190000
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SUMMARY:Renovation Celebration!
DESCRIPTION:An open house with free 10-minute performances by ASK’s anchor artists! Featuring work by: Hudson Valley Improv\, Improvisation Quartet (dance & music) with Teresa Smith\, Debra Wanner\, Meg Fry (dance) and Madeleine Grace (music)\, 10-minute play\, “Execution of a Froth King” by Lisa Kimball with actors Taylor Steward\, Eugene Ruoff\, Arriella Guidubaldi\, and Hannah Munson\, and facilitation by Martha Williams (BreakBread)! Food & beverages served! \n\n\n\nCome see our new performance space\, meet our anchor artists\, learn about the opportunities for performing artists at ASK and celebrate with us!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP HERE!
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/renovation-celebration/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Day Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T120000
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SUMMARY:Retrospective: Fran Sutherland
DESCRIPTION:Retrospective\n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Front Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2 @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nFrom the oil paintings created in 1958 at SUNY New Paltz until the mixed media art works of 2025\, this retrospective features the landscape and bridges of the Hudson Valley inspired by abstract representations of native American (Lenape) sacred stories. \n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\, a native New Yorker\, is a painter\, teacher and restorer of historic homes. Strongly influenced by Eastern aesthetics\, Fran’s creative paintings synthesize both Eastern and Western formats in multi-media works. The chosen media and techniques express personal ideas\, which is especially evident in her textural compositions emphasizing oil and acrylic resist techniques. \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the artist \n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\, a native New Yorker\, is a painter\, teacher\, and restorer of historic homes. Strongly influenced by Eastern aesthetics\, Fran’s creative paintings synthesize both Eastern and Western formats in multi-media works. The chosen media and techniques express personal ideas\, which is especially evident in her textural compositions emphasizing oil and acrylic resist techniques. Fran’s most recent and unique works reflect the geophysical world\, which we all experience in different ways. For this artist\, walking\, hiking\, and motorless boating are meditative and energizing at the same time. To begin looking out or forward is the way Fran Sutherland psychologically and physically approaches the day and life. The Meditative Series depict the top piece that shows an Asian-styled\, vertical composition\, and the second bottom piece that recognizes what is at one’s feet and depicts the subject in a Western\, rectangular format. The two paintings are then presented and suspended as one work of art. This new series of paintings explores and attempts to share the act of looking forward and where one is at the moment\, or what is below as well as ahead. \n\n\n\nMany of her works\, including The Bridge Series\, integrate geologic coloration and the play of light and water with local and international sites and architectural structures. Sutherland’s semi-autobiographical paintings continue to be inspired by New York’s Hudson Valley and Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains.  \n\n\n\nVisit the artist’s website
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/retrospective/2026-05-30/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:Petals & Pollinators: Illustrating Between the Bees
DESCRIPTION:Petals & Pollinators: Illustrating Between the Bees\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Members Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2nd @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Thurs – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nThis exhibition features work that examines the beauty\, fragility\, and interdependence of ecological systems from the intimate exchange of pollen to the broader environmental narratives of climate change\, habitat loss\, and biodiversity. Through all visual mediums\, artists interpret “between the bees” expansively: as a literal space of ecological exchange\, a metaphor for collaboration and community\, or a meditation on the delicate balance that sustains life. \n\n\n\nFeatured member artists: Larry Arvidson\, Bob Barnes\, Lawrence Bush\, Michael DiPleco\, Stacie Flint\, Melissa Forbes\, Terry Haas\, Tom Hackett\, Emeline Hastings\, Laura Helfant\, Kim Henry\, Barbara Holt\, David Holt\, Carrie Hotz-Barth\, Locke Johnston\, David Joseph\, Tom Looney\, Joel Mandelbaum\, Debbie Martin\, James McCann\, Carol McCarthy\, Julie Michels-Ruiz. \n\n\n\nFREE ADMISSION
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/bees/2026-05-30/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T120000
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SUMMARY:HAZMAT
DESCRIPTION:HAZMAT\n\n\n\nStephen Olivier\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Spotlight Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2nd @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Olivier’s current body of work includes paintings and sculptural work\, that emerge from the collision of biography and belief – a reckoning with the self\, built from Catholic guilt\, queer identity\, and a lifelong quest to resolve the unfinished career of his father. \n\n\n\nAbout the artist \n\n\n\nStephen Olivier is an award winning artist whose work has been exhibited widely in galleries\, museums\, and artist-run spaces across the United States and internationally. Olivier was awarded a 2025 residency at NES in Skagaströnd\, Iceland. His work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions\, including Let the Fur and Feathers Fly at Epperson Gallery in California\, the Texas National Competition at the Cole Art Center in Texas\, Big Bold Pride at the Art Society of Kingston\, and Truth Unveiled at Art League Rhode Island. Additional exhibitions include the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum\, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance\, KIPNZ in Walton\, NY\, and venues throughout New York\, Atlanta\, Miami\, and Berlin. Olivier’s solo exhibitions include Over the Garden Wall at Subdivision Art in Long Island City\, and Beforemath at the Octopus Building in Miami. \n\n\n\nOlivier’s sculptural work has also appeared in film\, including creating thirty resin sculptures for Shelton Walsmith’s short film The Importance of Being Amber. Earlier in his career\, he served as Chief Preparator at White Box and The Annex in New York\, where he installed exhibitions for artists including Carolee Schneemann\, Brian Maguire\, Javier Téllez\, Marianne Vitale\, Joel Sternfeld\, William Anastasi\, Conrad Atkinson\, and Jeff Chiplis.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/hazmat/2026-05-30/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:Hudson Valley Improv Show: National Touring Company
DESCRIPTION:Fast and furious award-winning improv where your suggestions don’t just shape the show\, they are the show! \n\n\n\nHudson Valley Improv’s National Touring Company hits the stage with another fast and furious show completely inspired by audience suggestion. HVI’s signature style is fast\, daring\, and audience-fueled — your suggestions don’t just shape the show\, they are the show. \n\n\n\n\nGET TIX!
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/hudson-valley-improv-show-national-touring-company/
CATEGORIES:One Day Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T195059
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SUMMARY:Retrospective: Fran Sutherland
DESCRIPTION:Retrospective\n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Front Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2 @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nFrom the oil paintings created in 1958 at SUNY New Paltz until the mixed media art works of 2025\, this retrospective features the landscape and bridges of the Hudson Valley inspired by abstract representations of native American (Lenape) sacred stories. \n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\, a native New Yorker\, is a painter\, teacher and restorer of historic homes. Strongly influenced by Eastern aesthetics\, Fran’s creative paintings synthesize both Eastern and Western formats in multi-media works. The chosen media and techniques express personal ideas\, which is especially evident in her textural compositions emphasizing oil and acrylic resist techniques. \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the artist \n\n\n\nFran Sutherland\, a native New Yorker\, is a painter\, teacher\, and restorer of historic homes. Strongly influenced by Eastern aesthetics\, Fran’s creative paintings synthesize both Eastern and Western formats in multi-media works. The chosen media and techniques express personal ideas\, which is especially evident in her textural compositions emphasizing oil and acrylic resist techniques. Fran’s most recent and unique works reflect the geophysical world\, which we all experience in different ways. For this artist\, walking\, hiking\, and motorless boating are meditative and energizing at the same time. To begin looking out or forward is the way Fran Sutherland psychologically and physically approaches the day and life. The Meditative Series depict the top piece that shows an Asian-styled\, vertical composition\, and the second bottom piece that recognizes what is at one’s feet and depicts the subject in a Western\, rectangular format. The two paintings are then presented and suspended as one work of art. This new series of paintings explores and attempts to share the act of looking forward and where one is at the moment\, or what is below as well as ahead. \n\n\n\nMany of her works\, including The Bridge Series\, integrate geologic coloration and the play of light and water with local and international sites and architectural structures. Sutherland’s semi-autobiographical paintings continue to be inspired by New York’s Hudson Valley and Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains.  \n\n\n\nVisit the artist’s website
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/retrospective/2026-05-31/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T170000
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SUMMARY:Petals & Pollinators: Illustrating Between the Bees
DESCRIPTION:Petals & Pollinators: Illustrating Between the Bees\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Members Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2nd @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Thurs – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nThis exhibition features work that examines the beauty\, fragility\, and interdependence of ecological systems from the intimate exchange of pollen to the broader environmental narratives of climate change\, habitat loss\, and biodiversity. Through all visual mediums\, artists interpret “between the bees” expansively: as a literal space of ecological exchange\, a metaphor for collaboration and community\, or a meditation on the delicate balance that sustains life. \n\n\n\nFeatured member artists: Larry Arvidson\, Bob Barnes\, Lawrence Bush\, Michael DiPleco\, Stacie Flint\, Melissa Forbes\, Terry Haas\, Tom Hackett\, Emeline Hastings\, Laura Helfant\, Kim Henry\, Barbara Holt\, David Holt\, Carrie Hotz-Barth\, Locke Johnston\, David Joseph\, Tom Looney\, Joel Mandelbaum\, Debbie Martin\, James McCann\, Carol McCarthy\, Julie Michels-Ruiz. \n\n\n\nFREE ADMISSION
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/bees/2026-05-31/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T170000
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SUMMARY:HAZMAT
DESCRIPTION:HAZMAT\n\n\n\nStephen Olivier\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Spotlight Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception May 2nd @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition May 2 – 31\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Olivier’s current body of work includes paintings and sculptural work\, that emerge from the collision of biography and belief – a reckoning with the self\, built from Catholic guilt\, queer identity\, and a lifelong quest to resolve the unfinished career of his father. \n\n\n\nAbout the artist \n\n\n\nStephen Olivier is an award winning artist whose work has been exhibited widely in galleries\, museums\, and artist-run spaces across the United States and internationally. Olivier was awarded a 2025 residency at NES in Skagaströnd\, Iceland. His work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions\, including Let the Fur and Feathers Fly at Epperson Gallery in California\, the Texas National Competition at the Cole Art Center in Texas\, Big Bold Pride at the Art Society of Kingston\, and Truth Unveiled at Art League Rhode Island. Additional exhibitions include the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum\, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance\, KIPNZ in Walton\, NY\, and venues throughout New York\, Atlanta\, Miami\, and Berlin. Olivier’s solo exhibitions include Over the Garden Wall at Subdivision Art in Long Island City\, and Beforemath at the Octopus Building in Miami. \n\n\n\nOlivier’s sculptural work has also appeared in film\, including creating thirty resin sculptures for Shelton Walsmith’s short film The Importance of Being Amber. Earlier in his career\, he served as Chief Preparator at White Box and The Annex in New York\, where he installed exhibitions for artists including Carolee Schneemann\, Brian Maguire\, Javier Téllez\, Marianne Vitale\, Joel Sternfeld\, William Anastasi\, Conrad Atkinson\, and Jeff Chiplis.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/hazmat/2026-05-31/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T235900
DTSTAMP:20260606T195059
CREATED:20260601T021829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T021830Z
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SUMMARY:CALL FOR ART: The Essence of Abstraction
DESCRIPTION:AUGUST SHOW: Members Call for Art.\n\n\n\nDeadline: Wednesday June 10\, 11:59 PM\n\n\n\nCALL FOR ART: The Essence of Abstraction \n\n\n\nThe Arts Society of Kingston invites artists to submit work for The Essence of Abstraction\, an exhibition exploring the power\, emotion\, and possibilities of abstract art. \n\n\n\nAbstraction allows artists to move beyond representation\, using color\, form\, texture\, movement\, and composition to communicate ideas\, emotions\, and experiences. Whether your work is bold and expressive\, subtle and contemplative\, geometric\, organic\, or entirely experimental\, we welcome contemporary interpretations of abstraction in all media. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition seeks artwork that embraces the language of abstraction and invites viewers to engage with art through feeling\, imagination\, and personal interpretation. We encourage submissions that challenge convention\, explore process\, and reveal new ways of seeing. \n\n\n\nEligible Media \n\n\n\n\nPainting\n\n\n\nDrawing\n\n\n\nPrintmaking\n\n\n\nPhotography\n\n\n\nSculpture\n\n\n\nFiber Arts\n\n\n\nMixed Media\n\n\n\n\nSubmission Requirements \n\n\n\n\nUp to 3 works may be submitted for consideration. Work hung will be decided by Hanging Crew and refunds are not permitted. Every member is guaranteed 1 work will be exhibited.\n\n\n\nAll artwork must be original and created within the last three years.\n\n\n\nWork must be ready for exhibition – see hanging guidelines below.\n\n\n\n\nEligibility \n\n\n\n\nOpen to emerging and established Artist Members\n\n\n\nWork should be created within the past few years\n\n\n\nArtists are encouraged to submit work that has not been previously exhibited\n\n\n\n\nDates:\n\n\n\nDEADLINE: 6/1 – 6/10 \n\n\n\nOpening Reception:\n\n\n\nSaturday\, August 1 at 3 PM \n\n\n\nArtwork Intake (Drop Off):\n\n\n\nTuesday\, July 28\, 5–8 PM \n\n\n\nWednesday\, July 29\, 1–4 PM \n\n\n\nArtwork Pick Up:\n\n\n\nSeptember 1\, 5–8 PM \n\n\n\nSeptember 2\, 1–4 PM \n\n\n\n\nSubmit here
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/call-for-art-the-essence-of-abstraction/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Call for Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T195100
CREATED:20260323T005842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T010041Z
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SUMMARY:Got2Lindy Swing Dance Classes
DESCRIPTION:Got2Lindy Swing Dance Lessons \n\n\n\nBeginner to Advance\n\n\n\n\nEvery Tuesday Night @ ASK6pm-9pm \n\n\n\n\n4-week sessions:6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Beginner Swing7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Intermediate Swing8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Advanced Swing \n\n\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/got2lindy-swing-dance-classes-3/2026-06-02/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T195100
CREATED:20260519T233910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T235120Z
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SUMMARY:Not Just Another Acting Class
DESCRIPTION:Weekly Scene Study Lab (May-June 2026) \n\n\n\nA three-week structured scene study practice focused on sustained\, evolving work. Actors engage in on-your-feet scene study exploration that builds week to week\, deepening text work\, responsiveness\, and embodied craft. \n\n\n\nLed by Erica Cruz Hernández (AMDA faculty; American Shakespeare Center director and performer). \n\n\n\nThree Wednesdays 5-7pm | The Arts Society of Kingston. 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY \n\n\n\n5/20\, 5/27\, 6/3 | Limited to 8 participants
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/not-just-another-acting-class/2026-06-03/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Actors Atelier":MAILTO:arriella@mariefischerco.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T195100
CREATED:20260603T154312Z
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SUMMARY:Hudson Valley Improv
DESCRIPTION:Hudson Valley Improv\n\n\n\n\nAt Arts Society of Kingston \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesdays\, June 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, 6-9PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHudson Valley Improv is right here at ASK!  Come see one of their award-winning shows—always fast\, funny\, and completely made up on the spot. Or jump into one of their improv classes\, designed for adults of all levels\, where you’ll laugh\, connect\, and surprise yourself with what you can do. Looking for something more personal? They also offer private coaching for solo shows and team training that brings people together\, builds confidence\, and makes communication easier and more fun. \n\n\n\nThese classes sell out quickly! Sign up now! \n\n\n\nSIGN UP HERE \n\n\n\nTickets & booking information at www.hudsonvalleyimprov.com
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/hudson-valley-improv/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T130000
DTSTAMP:20260606T195100
CREATED:20260323T013011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T015711Z
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SUMMARY:Teresa Smith: Open Source Form
DESCRIPTION:Open Source Forms / Dancing the Inner Landscape \n\n\n\n\nWith Teresa Smith \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarch 13 & 17\,  2026\n\n\n\nApril 10 & 24\, 2026\n\n\n\nMay 8 & 22\, 2026\n\n\n\nJune 5 & 19\, 2026\n\n\n\n11Am – 1PM \n\n\n\n\nIn OSF classes we enter a creative process; letting go of outer layers of holding to find primal energy and ease. Guided by embodied imagery as a powerful tool for transformation we’ll learn to move with agility\, transparency and depth. Through alignment studies\, movement exploration and group improvisation we’ll cultivate a deep connection to our inner and outer environments. In this series we’ll explore three unique states of dancing; I move\, it moves me\, It moves! A remarkably effective way of learning\, the OSF approach can catalyze transformation in many kinds of practice\, in unique movement virtuosity\, and in daily life. \n\n\n\nWhat to expect:This is an improvisational movement class for all levels of movers\, and can be done with any amount of energy. Kinesthetic insight is approached in multi-directional\, structural and poetic ways. Music and silence is interwoven with (spoken) poetic imagery\, deep meditations and active\, focused improvisation.  \n\n\n\nTeresa Smith brings to her teaching a warm appreciation of each person’s essence and delights in awakening the creative spirit. She is a certified teacher of Open Source Forms™ and practiced the root form Skinner Releasing™ for three decades. Through her dance company ‘Earthbody’ she presents performance\, artwork and workshops emerging from an intimate conversation with the body\, psyche and natural environment. \n\n\n\nLearn more: www.earthbodyevents.com \n\n\n\nREGISTER: Earthbodybreath@gmail.com
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/teresa-smith-open-source-form/2026-06-05/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T195100
CREATED:20260520T011030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T023554Z
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SUMMARY:JUNE Exhibits
DESCRIPTION:This season\, the Arts Society of Kingston invites audiences to experience three powerful exhibitions exploring identity\, expression\, and observation from multiple artistic perspectives. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMEMBERS GALLERY: Art as an Act of RebellionASK Member artists present work that challenges expectations and celebrates freedom of expression—revealing rebellion as protest\, joy\, vulnerability\, and radical self-definition. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPOTLIGHT GALLERY: Unveiling Identity & Transformation: The Pride Show @ ASKCurated by Tracy Bouvette \n\n\n\nA curated exhibition featuring LGBTQ+IA artists whose work reflects journeys of self-discovery\, authenticity\, resilience\, and the evolving nature of identity across cultural\, emotional\, spiritual\, gender\, and social landscapes. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFRONT GALLERY: Stillness & Story: A Photographer’s JourneyPhotographer Jim McCann shares 50 images capturing the landscapes\, wildlife\, architecture\, and people of the Hudson Valley and beyond—quiet meditations on light\, memory\, and place.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/june-exhibits/2026-06-05/
LOCATION:Galleries @ ASK\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, New York\, 12401
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
ORGANIZER;CN="Arts Society of Kingston":MAILTO:ask@askforarts.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T203000
DTSTAMP:20260606T195100
CREATED:20260507T015753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T142924Z
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SUMMARY:Unveiling Identity & Transformation: The Pride Show @ ASK
DESCRIPTION:Artists: Jared Bliss\, Gerardo Castro\, Pat Horner\, Francesca Mallows\, Joseph Pine\, Judy Stanger. Curated by Tracy Bouvette \n\n\n\n*artwork by Pat Horner \n\n\n\nThe event\, taking place on Friday\, June 5 @ 7 PM as part of the coordinated Kingston Pride Calendar\, will include light snacks\, wine and refreshments. Following this event\, we will do a pride “stroll” down broadway and across the Rondout Bridge. All are invited!  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nUnveiling Identity & Transformation is a celebration of the many ways identity evolves\, emerges\, and is expressed throughout our lives. Centering LGBTQ+IA voices and experiences\, this curated exhibition explores the deeply personal and collective journeys of self-discovery\, authenticity\, resilience\, and transformation. Through a range of artistic practices and perspectives\, participating artists examine what it means to uncover\, redefine\, and embrace the self in a world that often asks us to fit within predetermined narratives. \n\n\n\nThe works in this exhibition engage with moments of revelation and becoming—those pivotal experiences that shape who we are and who we continue to become. Through visual storytelling\, abstraction\, memory\, portraiture\, and explorations of personal and cultural history\, artists reflect on the emotional\, spiritual\, social\, and political landscapes that influence identity. Some works speak to joy\, liberation\, and visibility\, while others navigate struggle\, transition\, displacement\, and the complexities of claiming space and belonging. Together\, these pieces reveal identity not as a fixed destination\, but as a continual process of growth and unfolding. \n\n\n\nAt its core\, Unveiling Identity & Transformation recognizes the power of art as a space for reflection\, dialogue\, and connection. By amplifying LGBTQ+IA perspectives\, the exhibition creates opportunities for audiences to engage with stories of courage\, vulnerability\, and self-expression. It invites viewers to consider the many layers of identity—how they are formed\, challenged\, concealed\, celebrated\, and transformed over time. \n\n\n\nMore than an exhibition\, Unveiling Identity & Transformation is an invitation to witness and honor the complexities of living authentically. It celebrates the beauty of becoming and the profound act of stepping into one’s truth. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCurator Bio: Tracy Bouvette is an artist and independent curator with more than twenty years of experience. Their practice includes painting\, furniture making\, sculpture\, and installation work that often engages cultural and environmental questions. Their projects explore topics ranging from sugar in our collective diets—such as in their piece “Candy & Gunpowder”—to invasive plant species in “Rhythms of the Park\,” a project documented on YouTube. Tracy has exhibited work in Denver\, Philadelphia\, Kingston\, and Woodstock\, and has maintained studios in RHINO Denver\, Aston Mills Arts in Aston\, Pennsylvania\, and Habitant Studios in Swarthmore\, Pennsylvania. They have lived near the Woodstock–Saugerties line since 2019. \n\n\n\nAlongside their studio practice\, Tracy organizes exhibitions at the Kingston LGBTQ Community Center. They also facilitate the Center’s Rainbow Lounge\, a weekly discussion group for individuals over the age of 50. In recent years Tracy has curated several exhibitions at the Center\, including “Parts and Pieces\,” “Raise Every Voice\,” and “Living in Color.” These shows have presented work by LGBTQ+ community members and allies across a wide range of ages\, backgrounds\, ethnicities\, genders\, and identities. Through both their artwork and curatorial work\, Tracy seeks to encourage deeper engagement with the diverse and evolving experiences of LGBTQ+ communities—exploring how personal stories\, social pressures\, and cultural shifts shape identity and expression.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/unveiling-identity-transformation-the-pride-show-ask/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Day Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T195100
CREATED:20260520T003022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T024110Z
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SUMMARY:STILLNESS & STORY: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S JOURNEY
DESCRIPTION:Photographer Jim McCann shares 50 images capturing the landscapes\, wildlife\, architecture\, and people of the Hudson Valley and beyond—quiet meditations on light\, memory\, and place. \n\n\n\nAbout the artist: Jim McCann is a fine art photographer who came to his craft as a second career\, transforming an unexpected job loss into an opportunity to see the world through a new lens. Now in his mid – seventies\, he creates images that celebrate the quiet drama of nature\, the character of historic architecture\, and the changing light of the Northeast – from the Hudson Valley to the 1000 Islands and beyond. \n\n\n\nMcCann’s work is driven by a simple belief: beauty and story live in the everyday\, waiting to be noticed. His photographs are created to last – not only as museum – quality prints\, but as emotional anchors in the spaces they inhabit\, inviting viewers to slow down\, look closer\, and find their own stories in the scene.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/stillness-story-a-photographers-journey/
LOCATION:FRONT GALLERY @ ASK\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, New York\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Day Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T195100
CREATED:20260520T013752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T013817Z
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SUMMARY:Art as an Act of Rebellion
DESCRIPTION:ASK Member artists present work that challenges expectations and celebrates freedom of expression—revealing rebellion as protest\, joy\, vulnerability\, and radical self-definition. \n\n\n\nArtists: Larry Arvidson\, Deborah Bein\, Mary Lynne Bonforte\, Tracy Bouvette\, Dorothy Brodhead\, Dave Channon\, Len De Jesus\, Barbara Esmark\, Walter Fancourt\, Melissa Forbes\, Kevin Frank\, Patti Gibbons\, Kim Henry\, Michelle Hughes\, Barbara Johnston\, Maxine Kamin\, Virginia Kaufmann\, Andrew Kirschner\, Deirdre Laughton\, Joel Mandelbaum\, Terry Murray\, Jane Palermo\, Carol Pepper-Cooper\, Karen Schaffel\, Steve Sidrane\, Susan Silverman\, Thea Stiriss\, Andrew Tully\, John Verner\, Aileen Walsh.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/art-as-an-act-of-rebellion/
LOCATION:Members Gallery @ ASK\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, New York\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Day Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Arts Society of Kingston":MAILTO:ask@askforarts.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260605T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T195100
CREATED:20260601T180355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T180356Z
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SUMMARY:TRINKET FEST!
DESCRIPTION:The very first Trinket Fest at ASK! Trinkets by LGBTQ+ artists under 30 for $30 and under! One night only – as part of our Pride opening\, this event will feature pins\, cards\, jewelry\, and other original work by local emerging artists.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/trinket-fest/
LOCATION:SPOTLIGHT GALLERY @ ASK\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, New York\, 12401
CATEGORIES:One Day Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T170000
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SUMMARY:JUNE Exhibits
DESCRIPTION:This season\, the Arts Society of Kingston invites audiences to experience three powerful exhibitions exploring identity\, expression\, and observation from multiple artistic perspectives. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMEMBERS GALLERY: Art as an Act of RebellionASK Member artists present work that challenges expectations and celebrates freedom of expression—revealing rebellion as protest\, joy\, vulnerability\, and radical self-definition. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPOTLIGHT GALLERY: Unveiling Identity & Transformation: The Pride Show @ ASKCurated by Tracy Bouvette \n\n\n\nA curated exhibition featuring LGBTQ+IA artists whose work reflects journeys of self-discovery\, authenticity\, resilience\, and the evolving nature of identity across cultural\, emotional\, spiritual\, gender\, and social landscapes. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFRONT GALLERY: Stillness & Story: A Photographer’s JourneyPhotographer Jim McCann shares 50 images capturing the landscapes\, wildlife\, architecture\, and people of the Hudson Valley and beyond—quiet meditations on light\, memory\, and place.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/june-exhibits/2026-06-06/
LOCATION:Galleries @ ASK\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, New York\, 12401
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
ORGANIZER;CN="Arts Society of Kingston":MAILTO:ask@askforarts.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T180000
DTSTAMP:20260606T195100
CREATED:20260601T164336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T165748Z
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SUMMARY:Golden Embers Belly Dance Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Dancers of all levels share the stage\, the spotlight\, and the joy of belly dance with YOU. \n\n\n\nFeaturing performances by teachers Barushka\, Angelique\, Ayleeza\, Donna Barret\, and Alarah — alongside the talented students who have been working so hard to bring this to life! \n\n\n\nWhether you’re a longtime fan or brand new to the art form\, this is the perfect afternoon out. Come for the movement\, stay for the magic. \n\n\n\n Sunday\, June 7th at 4:00 PM  \n\n\n\nASK\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston NY  \n\n\n\n $23 general admission / $15 for students. Tix at door.  Seating is limited — don’t wait! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TIX!
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/golden-embers-belly-dance-showcase/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Day Event
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SUMMARY:JUNE Exhibits
DESCRIPTION:This season\, the Arts Society of Kingston invites audiences to experience three powerful exhibitions exploring identity\, expression\, and observation from multiple artistic perspectives. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMEMBERS GALLERY: Art as an Act of RebellionASK Member artists present work that challenges expectations and celebrates freedom of expression—revealing rebellion as protest\, joy\, vulnerability\, and radical self-definition. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPOTLIGHT GALLERY: Unveiling Identity & Transformation: The Pride Show @ ASKCurated by Tracy Bouvette \n\n\n\nA curated exhibition featuring LGBTQ+IA artists whose work reflects journeys of self-discovery\, authenticity\, resilience\, and the evolving nature of identity across cultural\, emotional\, spiritual\, gender\, and social landscapes. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFRONT GALLERY: Stillness & Story: A Photographer’s JourneyPhotographer Jim McCann shares 50 images capturing the landscapes\, wildlife\, architecture\, and people of the Hudson Valley and beyond—quiet meditations on light\, memory\, and place.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/june-exhibits/2026-06-07/
LOCATION:Galleries @ ASK\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, New York\, 12401
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
ORGANIZER;CN="Arts Society of Kingston":MAILTO:ask@askforarts.org
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SUMMARY:Got2Lindy Swing Dance Classes
DESCRIPTION:Got2Lindy Swing Dance Lessons \n\n\n\nBeginner to Advance\n\n\n\n\nEvery Tuesday Night @ ASK6pm-9pm \n\n\n\n\n4-week sessions:6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Beginner Swing7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Intermediate Swing8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Advanced Swing \n\n\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/got2lindy-swing-dance-classes-3/2026-06-09/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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