Arts Society of Kingston

Hudson Valley Improv: SHOW
2026-08-01 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Hudson Valley Improv’s most advanced students take the stage alongside our national touring company for one unforgettable night

They’ve done the work. They’ve learned the games, built the ensemble, mastered teachniques, and performed under pressure. Now it all comes down to this. The Mastery.

Hudson Valley Improv presents The Improv Comedy Showcase: The Mastery— an electrifying evening featuring our highest-level students alongside HVI’s own national touring company. This is the Wild West of Hudson Valley improv, where the the student disappears and improviser emerges!

What you’ll witness on August 1st isn’t a student showcase. It’s a reckoning.

Come see what happens when training meets its moment.

Tickets!

August: Spotlight Gallery
2026-08-02 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-06 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-07 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-08 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-09 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-13 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-14 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-15 12:00 - 17:00 and 1 more date | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
The Space Between Seeing and Feeling

Ken Wenger

The Space Between Seeing and Feeling showcases the work of Ken Wenger, whose artistic practice is driven by an intrinsic need to express the profound emotions that arise from close observation of the world. Working across a range of media, with a particular emphasis on pastel, Wenger reveals the beauty and emotional depth found within portraiture.

His process begins with a black-and-white photograph enlarged and printed on textured paper, creating a foundation for richly layered pastel applications. Sometimes working delicately with his fingertips and other times using the full force of his hand, Wenger transforms photographic images into deeply tactile works that blur the boundary between documentation and emotional interpretation.

His subjects range from intimate studies of flowers to dramatic nudes and emotionally charged figurative scenes. Across these varied themes, Wenger is consistently drawn to moments of vulnerability and intensity. The photographic image captures a fleeting moment in reality, while the hand-applied pastel reshapes it through memory, imagination, and touch.

By combining photography and pastel, Wenger explores how images evolve when they are physically engaged and emotionally reimagined, inviting viewers to slow down, look closely, and discover the emotional landscape beneath the surface.

The opening reception is free and open to the public on Friday, July 31, from 6:00–8:00 PM. On view through August 30.

August: Members Gallery
2026-08-02 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-06 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-07 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-08 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-09 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-13 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-14 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-15 12:00 - 17:00 | NY
ESSENCE OF ABSTRACTION

Essence of Abstraction explores the expressive power, emotional depth, and limitless possibilities of abstract art.

Moving beyond literal representation, abstraction invites artists to communicate through color, form, texture, movement, composition, and gesture. Whether bold and expressive, quiet and contemplative, geometric or organic, minimalist or richly layered, this exhibition celebrates contemporary approaches to abstraction across all media. Member artists’ work experiment with process, push creative boundaries, and reveal new ways of seeing the world.

Artists: Stuart Bigley, Mary Lynne Bonforte, John Dinkey, PJ Flanagan, Patti Gibbons, Terry Haas, David Held, Laura Helfant, Deborah Hitz, Carrie Hotz-Barth, Maxine Kamin, Virginia Kaufmann, Jennifer Leighton, Yvette Lewis, Hadass Melamed, Stephen Olivier, Tonia Papke Waterbury, Carol Pepper-Cooper, Tracy Phillips, Hugh Sansom, Karen Schaffel, Carolyn Winters.

The opening reception is free and open to the public on Friday, July 31, from 6:00–8:00 PM. On view through August 30.

August: Front Gallery
2026-08-02 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-06 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-07 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-08 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-09 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-13 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-14 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-08-15 12:00 - 17:00 | NY
Reclaimed Light, Mended Worlds

Natalya Khorover

In Reclaimed Light, Mended Worlds, Natalya Khorover transforms discarded materials—including single-use plastics, vintage linens, and urban debris—into installations and sculptural objects that reveal beauty within the overlooked.

Drawing upon community-collected waste, Khorover explores themes of healing, repair, and renewal. Her work reflects the poetic light filtering through city structures, weathered surfaces, and grime-streaked windows while celebrating the intuitive act of mending broken fragments into new forms.

The exhibition brings together four interconnected series:

Inner Work, a meditation on personal and planetary healing.

Urban Perspective, celebrating the layered, luminous chaos of the city.

Forever Ephemeral, where bottles filled with shredded plastic waste become glowing relics of contemporary consumption.

Phantom Blooms, an imagined garden in which discarded plastics are transformed into strange seedlings and shimmering flowers.

Together, these works invite viewers to reconsider what we throw away, what we choose to preserve, and how acts of transformation can turn waste into wonder.

For more than twenty years, Khorover has reclaimed and repurposed discarded materials, inspired by a thrifty upbringing in Leningrad, USSR, and New York City. She has created numerous site-specific installations, including Arcadia Lost (ArtsWestchester), Hothouse, and Speaking of Birds (Tilly Foster Farm Museum).

A graduate of Pratt Institute with a BFA, Khorover transitioned from careers in fashion and film to a full-time studio practice. Her work has been featured in Quilt National, Quilts=Art=Quilts, Surface Design Magazine, Fiber Art Now, and SAQA Journal. She is also an educator, lecturer, and founder of REPURPOSER COLLECTIVE, a community for artists working with sustainable materials, and host of the podcast SALVAGE, which explores repurposed art practices. She is a member of Project Vortex, ecoartspace, and the Silvermine Guild of Artists.

The opening reception is free and open to the public on Friday, July 31, from 6:00–8:00 PM. On view through August 30.

Got2Lindy Swing Dance Classes
2026-08-04 18:00 - 21:00 | NY
Got2Lindy Swing Dance Lessons

Beginner to Advance

Every Tuesday Night @ ASK6pm-9pm

4-week sessions:6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Beginner Swing7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Intermediate Swing8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Advanced Swing

Got2Lindy Swing Dance Classes
2026-08-11 18:00 - 21:00 | NY
Got2Lindy Swing Dance Lessons

Beginner to Advance

Every Tuesday Night @ ASK6pm-9pm

4-week sessions:6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Beginner Swing7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Intermediate Swing8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Advanced Swing

Register Here!

Advanced Acting: Scene Study Intensive with Dexter Bullard
2026-08-15 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-08-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Two days. One room. Rigorous scene study.

This two-day advanced scene study intensive is designed for professional actors who want to deepen their process and expand their craft through open scene work, dramatic improvisation, scripting, and advanced contemporary scene study.The weekend is structured around rehearsal, exploration, and intense on-your-feet scene work. Actors will work on physicalizing circumstances, sustaining presence, and building behavior that gives language its necessity.Participants should expect an active, demanding, playful rehearsal room and be ready to work, learn and grow.

About Dexter BullardDexter Bullard is an award-winning director and teacher whose work spans Broadway, Steppenwolf, and leading Chicago and New York stages. He directed Tracy Letts’ Linda Vista on Broadway and has developed new work with some of the country’s most respected theaters and artists.

A Full Professor of Acting and former head of Graduate Acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University, Dexter has spent decades training actors at every level. His teaching centers on rigorous investigation, physical embodiment, and cultivating the instincts that allow actors to create truthful, dynamic work.After a home run debut workshop with The Actor’s Atelier, he is returning to teach for the second time.

$250 Early Bird Pricing, $300 Regular Pricing
