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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/2026-05-10/
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/2026-05-10/
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/2026-05-10/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:WEiRD: A staged reading
DESCRIPTION:WEiRD: A Staged Reading & Fundraiser for ASK\n\n\n\n\nSaturday May 9\, 2026 @ 7:30pm\n\n\n\nKingston\, NY\n\n\n\n\nOverview:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWEiRD is an ensemble play that explores adolescence through the eyes of Grayson\, a 13-year-old neurodivergent science prodigy who sees the world in formulas and patterns. Recently placed in a high school biology class far beyond his age\, Grayson becomes the emotional center of a loosely connected group of teens and adults navigating grief\, identity\, family fractures\, and the pressure to conform. An allegorical surrealistic play\, WEiRD unfolds through multimedia imagery\, an immersive soundscape\, and minimal set pieces that shape its dreamlike world. \n\n\n\nFeaturing: Nicholas Scott\, Trudy Poux\, Aliyah Gruberg-Revty\, Josh Crouch\, Lex Powell\, Norm Magnusson\, Arriella Guidubaldi\, Hannah Munson\, Johnny Poux. \n\n\n\nWritten & Directed by Amy Poux \n\n\n\nThe play centers on the quiet resilience of teens living on the edge: River\, Grayson’s older sibling\, who is quietly unraveling under the weight of adult responsibilities; Shiloh\, Grayson’s best friend and confidant\, and surprising empathy in Wren\, an older student who becomes a quiet ally. Meanwhile\, Wren’s girlfriend Dakota—a complicated teen grappling with queerness and internalized rage—feels threatened by Grayson’s bond with Wren and begins to lash out. Her brother Bryce\, angry and adrift\, enables her aggression while navigating his own toxic masculinity and family trauma. \n\n\n\nAmy Poux\, the project’s writer and director\, brings a distinct theatrical style rooted in nonlinear structure\, impressionistic imagery\, and live audience interaction. Her work draws from Boal and Brechtian traditions\, combining poetic storytelling with community engagement to create theater that invites transformation and radical empathy. \n\n\n\nWEiRD continues Poux’s commitment to centering voices that are typically marginalized and those living at the intersection of difference and invisibility. The piece does not merely depict trauma\, it models resilience\, tenderness\, and the radical possibilities of inclusion. Stylistically\, WEiRD builds on Poux’s prior work (Nona’s Supper Club\, Do Nothings TV pilot\, and Take To The Bed) by incorporating stylized movement\, poetic language\, and musicality to draw the audience into the protagonist’s world view. \n\n\n\nThis staged reading is a fundraiser for Arts Society of Kingston in celebration of the new performing arts venue. All sales will go towards ASK’s operations and support of this vital new space for performing artists. \n\n\n\n\nGET TIX
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/weird/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Day Event
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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/2026-05-09/
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/2026-05-09/
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/2026-05-09/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
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/2026-05-08/
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/2026-05-08/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T170000
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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/2026-05-08/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T130000
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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/2026-05-08/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T170000
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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/2026-05-07/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T170000
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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/2026-05-07/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183439
CREATED:20260420T180529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T012136Z
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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/2026-05-07/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T113000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183439
CREATED:20260417T003640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T013609Z
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SUMMARY:QiGong Explorations
DESCRIPTION:QiGong Explorations \n\n\n\nwith Corinne Wolcott\n\n\n\n\nA Series of 5 Classes on Wednesdays\, May 6 – June 310:30am – 11:30am \n\n\n\n\nMay 6\, 13\, 20\, 27\, and June 3 \n\n\n\nIndividual class $20\, or $80 for the complete series. Cash\, check\, or PayPal accepted.Each class will focus on one of the five elements and will include meditation and acupressure.If you have any questions\, please call or text 845-594-4131 or simply drop by. Need more information? \n\n\n\nEmail: tuihealthcare@gmail.com
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/qigong-explorations/2026-05-06/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183439
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-3/2026-05-05/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183439
CREATED:20260322T230603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T151705Z
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SUMMARY:Hudson Valley Improv
DESCRIPTION:Hudson Valley Improv\n\n\n\n\nAt The Arts Society of Kingston \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesdays\, April 1 – April 22\, 6-9PM\n\n\n\nMondays\, May 4 – May 25\, 6-9PM\n\n\n\nWednesdays\, June 3 – June 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-2/2026-05-04/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183439
CREATED:20260421T041932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T203323Z
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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/2026-05-03/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183439
CREATED:20260420T200728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T203057Z
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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/2026-05-03/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183439
CREATED:20260420T180529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T012136Z
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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/2026-05-03/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T170000
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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/2026-05-02/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183439
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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/2026-05-02/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183439
CREATED:20260420T180529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T012136Z
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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/2026-05-02/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183439
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-3/2026-04-28/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260426T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183439
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260322T213123Z
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SUMMARY:Two Seasons
DESCRIPTION:Two Seasons\n\n\n\nTed Dixon\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Front Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception April 4th @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition April 4 – 26\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nTed Dixon’s solo exhibition Two Seasons features abstract paintings inspired by the cyclical rhythms of shared human existence. \n\n\n\n“As with art\, the change in seasons provides opportunities for reflection\,” Dixon writes. “If we had no winter\, walking barefoot on a warm sandy beach would take us to a very different place.” \n\n\n\nBorn in New York City in 1953\, Dixon has lived in the Hudson Valley since 1992 and in Rosendale since 2009. He studied at Fordham University\, the Fashion Institute of Technology\, and the School of Visual Arts. After a 25-year career as a web designer\, Dixon began dedicating himself fully to his artistic practice in 2009. \n\n\n\nHis work has been exhibited at Montgomery Row Art Space (Rhinebeck)\, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum\, ADS Gallery (Newburgh)\, Arts Society of Kingston\, Gallery at the Rosendale Theatre\, and Albany Center Gallery. \n\n\n\nDixon is a Black painter working primarily in abstraction. His work explores perception and memory through layered visual compositions. “How do we learn to see what we cannot yet see?” he asks. “My paintings attempt to capture moments in time shaped by personal experience.”
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/two-seasons/2026-04-26/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
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SUMMARY:Inner Worlds\, Outer Views
DESCRIPTION:Inner Worlds\, Outer Views\n\n\n\nArtists: Oneil Edwards\, Eileen Power\, Lynn Margileth\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Spotlight Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception April 4th @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition April 4 – 26\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOneil EdwardsThis series is shaped by a lifelong relationship with nature that began in the mountains of Jamaica and continues in the landscapes of the Hudson Valley. By zooming into the landscape until it dissolves into form\, color\, and light\, Edwards seeks moments where harmony and chaos\, beauty and the sublime coexist. \n\n\n\nO’Neil Edwards is an emerging abstract impressionist painter based in New York’s Hudson Valley. He earned his BFA from the School of Visual Arts\, studying with pioneering abstract painter Jack Whitten. After graduating in 2002\, Edwards began his career in graphic design with a small art publication before transitioning into product design. Over the past two decades he has led design initiatives and product design teams for major media and technology companies including The New Yorker\, Yahoo Finance\, and several startups. \n\n\n\nDuring the pandemic\, Edwards began refocusing his professional path toward creating artwork\, reconnecting deeply with his studio practice. He continues to pursue this work today. This exhibition marks his first. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEileen PowerThis body of work was born of grief. A few years ago\, my partner Steve passed away after a long battle with cancer. As a way of working through that grief\, I began creating artworks using his used drop cloths. The resulting pieces became a testament to our love—somehow\, he lives on within them. \n\n\n\nEileen Power creates sculptures and mixed-media works from everyday materials\, animating discarded objects in unexpected ways. Her work reflects a deep interest in transformation and renewal through artistic process. \n\n\n\nHer sculptures have been exhibited at the Phoenicia Festival of the Arts\, the 2025 Biennial Woodstock Byrdcliffe Sculpture Show\, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park\, the Kingston Design Showhouse\, and the exhibition Shelter\, curated by Melinda Stickney-Gibson for the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild. \n\n\n\nPower received the Robert Angeloch Printmaking Award from the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum in 2021 and the Nicholas Buhalis Award for Weaving the Woven in 2024. Her work is held in collections across the United States and Europe. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLynn MargilethLynn Margileth is an award-winning visual artist working across oil\, acrylic\, etching\, encaustic\, and mixed media. Her work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions and public collections. \n\n\n\nMargileth’s landscapes are inspired by a deep connection to the spirit of the land. Through layered color and energetic brushwork\, her paintings guide the viewer through familiar Hudson Valley landscapes toward moments of meditative radiance that transcend reality. \n\n\n\nHer canvases explore both vast and intimate spaces—sky\, mountains\, water reflections\, and winding roads—inviting the viewer to soar\, wander\, and dream. She was recently selected for an artist residency at the Colerain Art Center in Pennsylvania.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/inner-worlds-outer-views/2026-04-26/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:Explore Boundaries
DESCRIPTION:Explore Boundaries\n\n\n\nJuried by Wayne Montecalvo\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Members Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception April 4th @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition April 4 – 26\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nExplore Boundaries is an experimental exhibition inviting artists to investigate boundaries in their many forms—from physical borders to emotional\, psychological\, social\, and political limits. Through a broad range of two- and three-dimensional media\, participating artists explore ideas that question what separates us\, what connects us\, and how limits can be tested\, dissolved\, or redefined. \n\n\n\nParticipating Artists:Susan Angeles\, Edward Bakst\, Stuart Bigley\, Mary Lynne Bonforte\, Dave Channon\, James Fossett\, Tom Hackett\, D.A. Hamlin\, Michelle Hughes\, Deborah Kittay-Heffler\, Terry Murray\, Sean Nixon\, Jacqueline O’Malley-Satz\, Lindsay Peyton\, Tom Picasso\, Deborah Sanchez\, Aleksandra Scepanovic\, Steven Sidrane\, Suzanne Stokes\, The Welcomes\, Lisa Wilde\, and Vindora Wixom. \n\n\n\n\n\nJuror: Wayne Montecalvo \n\n\n\nWayne Montecalvo is a multidisciplinary artist working across mixed media\, photography\, printmaking\, sculpture\, video\, and installation. His work explores perception\, material transformation\, and the conceptual boundaries of image-making\, often foregrounding process as a generative force. \n\n\n\nMontecalvo has received numerous awards and residencies including the Awagami Artist-in-Residence Program in Tokushima\, Japan; NYFA MARK ’09; fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center; residencies at the Frans Masereel Centrum (Belgium)\, the John Michael Kohler Foundation Arts/Industry Residency (Wisconsin)\, Women’s Studio Workshop\, Artists at Work (New York State Council on the Arts)\, and Cill Rialaig in County Kerry\, Ireland. \n\n\n\nHis work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including the Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art\, Awagami Paper Factory (Japan)\, Center for Photography at Woodstock\, the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art\, Albany Center Gallery\, Truro Center for the Arts\, and the Torpedo Factory Art Center.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/explore-boundaries/2026-04-26/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T190000
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SUMMARY:Hudson Valley Improv: Double Header
DESCRIPTION:Screenshot\n\n\n\n\nHudson Valley Improv: Double Header! \n\n\n\n\nSaturday April 25\, 2026 @ 7pm\n\n\n\nKingston\, NY\n\n\n\n\nOverview: An improvised film made live: a desperate director\, live composer\, cast & audience create a movie in real time. \n\n\n\nFast and furious improv where your suggestions don’t just shape the show\, they are the show! \n\n\n\nHudson Valley Improv is bringing two back-to-back live improv shows to the Arts Society of Kingston on Saturday April 25th at 7pm — and it’s the kind of night that reminds you why live performance is unlike anything else. \n\n\n\nThe evening features two full shows\, including a performance by HVI’s National Touring Company. 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\nLearn More: Hudson Valley Improv \n\n\n\nGet Tickets Here
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/hudson-valley-improv-double-header/
CATEGORIES:One Day Event
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SUMMARY:Two Seasons
DESCRIPTION:Two Seasons\n\n\n\nTed Dixon\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Front Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception April 4th @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition April 4 – 26\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\nTed Dixon’s solo exhibition Two Seasons features abstract paintings inspired by the cyclical rhythms of shared human existence. \n\n\n\n“As with art\, the change in seasons provides opportunities for reflection\,” Dixon writes. “If we had no winter\, walking barefoot on a warm sandy beach would take us to a very different place.” \n\n\n\nBorn in New York City in 1953\, Dixon has lived in the Hudson Valley since 1992 and in Rosendale since 2009. He studied at Fordham University\, the Fashion Institute of Technology\, and the School of Visual Arts. After a 25-year career as a web designer\, Dixon began dedicating himself fully to his artistic practice in 2009. \n\n\n\nHis work has been exhibited at Montgomery Row Art Space (Rhinebeck)\, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum\, ADS Gallery (Newburgh)\, Arts Society of Kingston\, Gallery at the Rosendale Theatre\, and Albany Center Gallery. \n\n\n\nDixon is a Black painter working primarily in abstraction. His work explores perception and memory through layered visual compositions. “How do we learn to see what we cannot yet see?” he asks. “My paintings attempt to capture moments in time shaped by personal experience.”
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/two-seasons/2026-04-25/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:Inner Worlds\, Outer Views
DESCRIPTION:Inner Worlds\, Outer Views\n\n\n\nArtists: Oneil Edwards\, Eileen Power\, Lynn Margileth\n\n\n\n\nShowing in the Spotlight Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Reception April 4th @ 3pm\n\n\n\nExhibition April 4 – 26\, 2026\n\n\n\nASK Gallery Hours: Fri – Sun\, Noon – 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOneil EdwardsThis series is shaped by a lifelong relationship with nature that began in the mountains of Jamaica and continues in the landscapes of the Hudson Valley. By zooming into the landscape until it dissolves into form\, color\, and light\, Edwards seeks moments where harmony and chaos\, beauty and the sublime coexist. \n\n\n\nO’Neil Edwards is an emerging abstract impressionist painter based in New York’s Hudson Valley. He earned his BFA from the School of Visual Arts\, studying with pioneering abstract painter Jack Whitten. After graduating in 2002\, Edwards began his career in graphic design with a small art publication before transitioning into product design. Over the past two decades he has led design initiatives and product design teams for major media and technology companies including The New Yorker\, Yahoo Finance\, and several startups. \n\n\n\nDuring the pandemic\, Edwards began refocusing his professional path toward creating artwork\, reconnecting deeply with his studio practice. He continues to pursue this work today. This exhibition marks his first. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEileen PowerThis body of work was born of grief. A few years ago\, my partner Steve passed away after a long battle with cancer. As a way of working through that grief\, I began creating artworks using his used drop cloths. The resulting pieces became a testament to our love—somehow\, he lives on within them. \n\n\n\nEileen Power creates sculptures and mixed-media works from everyday materials\, animating discarded objects in unexpected ways. Her work reflects a deep interest in transformation and renewal through artistic process. \n\n\n\nHer sculptures have been exhibited at the Phoenicia Festival of the Arts\, the 2025 Biennial Woodstock Byrdcliffe Sculpture Show\, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park\, the Kingston Design Showhouse\, and the exhibition Shelter\, curated by Melinda Stickney-Gibson for the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild. \n\n\n\nPower received the Robert Angeloch Printmaking Award from the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum in 2021 and the Nicholas Buhalis Award for Weaving the Woven in 2024. Her work is held in collections across the United States and Europe. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLynn MargilethLynn Margileth is an award-winning visual artist working across oil\, acrylic\, etching\, encaustic\, and mixed media. Her work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions and public collections. \n\n\n\nMargileth’s landscapes are inspired by a deep connection to the spirit of the land. Through layered color and energetic brushwork\, her paintings guide the viewer through familiar Hudson Valley landscapes toward moments of meditative radiance that transcend reality. \n\n\n\nHer canvases explore both vast and intimate spaces—sky\, mountains\, water reflections\, and winding roads—inviting the viewer to soar\, wander\, and dream. She was recently selected for an artist residency at the Colerain Art Center in Pennsylvania.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/inner-worlds-outer-views/2026-04-25/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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