Front Gallery
2026-07-12 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-16 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-17 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-18 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-19 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-23 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-24 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Hudson Valley Seed Company Art Pack Print Suite

Front Gallery

Hudson Valley Seed Company Art Pack Print Suite

The Front Gallery features a vibrant selection of framed, signed archival prints from the Hudson Valley Seed Company’s acclaimed Art of Seed Collection.

For over a decade, the Hudson Valley Seed Company has collaborated with artists from across the United States to create original artwork inspired by seeds, plants, and the stories they carry. The resulting Art Packs merge horticulture, storytelling, and visual art, transforming seed packets into collectible works that celebrate biodiversity, sustainability, and creative expression.

Featured artists include Ana Bianchi, Beth Haber, Caro Arevalo, Catalina Villegas, Deanna Staffo, Elizabeth Castaldo, Gabe Brown, Jiny He, Lianne Pflug, Nancy Blum, Natalya Khorover, Nicole Gustafsson, Pearl Cowan, and Rachel Krohn. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience these richly detailed works outside their original format, presented as archival prints that honor both the artistry and the agricultural heritage behind each piece.

Founded on an organic farm in nearby Accord, New York, the Hudson Valley Seed Company is nationally recognized for its commitment to organic farming, seed preservation, and the celebration of art as a vital part of cultivating connections between people and the natural world.

Spotlight Gallery
2026-07-12 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-16 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-17 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-18 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-19 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-23 12:00 - 17:00 | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Edward Bakst: Hidden Realities

Edward Bakst: Hidden Realities

In his first solo exhibition at ASK, internationally acclaimed artist, Edward Bakst, presents two interconnected bodies of photographic work that investigate what lies beyond ordinary perception.

Bakst’s Non-Linear Panoramas Series disrupts conventional photographic perspectives by employing a unique in-camera process that transforms a single viewpoint into simultaneous dimensions of time and space. Created entirely within an iPhone without digital stitching, these images challenge gravity, perspective, and expectations, revealing abstracted realities shaped by emotion, memory, and environmental change.

His Hidden Spaces Series delves into seemingly ordinary objects, textures, and scenes to uncover unexpected worlds concealed within them. Through close observation and digital exploration, Bakst reveals imagined landscapes, microscopic universes, atmospheric forms, and visual phenomena that emerge from the overlooked details of everyday life.

Together, the series invite viewers to contemplate the hidden structures, perceptions, and possibilities that exist beneath the surface of the visible world.

Bakst’s work has been exhibited internationally in New York City, Milan, Barcelona, Seoul, Australia, Qatar, and beyond. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a former Fulbright Specialist, he has also led imagination workshops around the world and held leadership positions at major institutions including Pratt Institute, Columbia University, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Hudson Valley Improv
2026-07-13 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-20 18:00 - 21:00 | NY
Hudson Valley Improv

At Arts Society of Kingston

Mondays, July 6, 13, 20, 27, 6-9PM

July Level 3: Acting Technique for Improv

You’re hooked! Now that you have the basics down as well as your very first show under your belt, it’s time to move into a deeper look at performance techniques which will make scenes even more believable, creative and mindblowing. Without the added pressure of a final show, this workshop class is where you will take a deep dive into both acting and improvisational technique. You’ll explore longer forms of improv games and ensemble storytelling while learning more about grounded character development, more believable object work, walk-ons and supportive environment creation.

These classes sell out quickly! Sign up now!

Tickets & booking information at www.hudsonvalleyimprov.com

Got2Lindy Swing Dance Classes
2026-07-14 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-21 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!

Hudson Valley Improv
2026-07-15 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-22 18:00 - 21:00 | NY
Hudson Valley Improv

At Arts Society of Kingston

Wednesdays, July 8, 15, 22, 29, 6-9PM

July Level 5: The Mastery

This is the Wild West of Hudson Valley improv. At this point you have a solid understanding of improv, memorized gauntlet of games and exercises, you have a solid acting technique, a solid ensemble, you’ve performed, directed and created games. Now you’re ready to put it all to the test. Here you learn how to draw upon your training at a moments notice and find the game in a scene with no pre-established rules or suggestions. You’ll learn how to recognize when a game begins (or introduce one) within a scene WHILE playing the scene and then take it to the next level. You’ll also heighten your ability to not only create game, but an entire show at breakneck speed. Nothing will shake you. Your final show? Oh yeah…it’s gonna be mind blowing. (Cue eerie western music)

These classes sell out quickly! Book now!

Members Gallery
2026-07-16 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-17 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-18 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-19 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-23 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-24 12:00 - 17:00 | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Converging Realities, Altered Perceptions

Members Gallery

Converging Realities, Altered Perceptions

This member exhibition explores surrealistic, visionary, and psychologically evocative artwork that blurs the boundaries between reality and imagination. Featuring works that engage with dream logic, altered states, symbolic imagery, fragmented memory, transformation, illusion, and the instability of perception, the exhibition invites audiences into worlds that are at once familiar and strange.

Participating artists: Stuart Bigley, Mary Lynne Bonforte, Kerry Buchman, Dave Channon, James Dean Conklin, Walter Fancourt, Beth Feinstein, Abbey Frank, Patti Gibbons, Robin Glassman, Mary Anna Goetz, Terry Haas, Tom Hackett, Paul James Hecker, Kim Henry, Barbara Johnston, Maxine Kamin, Virginia Kaufmann, Pearl Lau, Yvette Lewis, Terry Murray, Carol Pepper-Cooper, Tracy Phillips, Erik Richards, Tonia Waterbury, Karen Wyks-Lindsay.

Whether poetic or disorienting, humorous or haunting, the artworks challenge conventional ways of seeing and encourage viewers to question what is real. Through diverse approaches and media, participating artists offer imaginative portals into the subconscious and the uncanny.

Earthbody Events: Open Source Forms
2026-07-17 16:30 - 18:30 | NY
Dancing the Inner Landscape with Teresa Smith

In 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 access moving 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.

Sketch Group Monthly
2026-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 | NY
Monthly Drop-In Drawing @ ASK

Drop-In Drawing is part of ASK Friday Nights, when Arts Society of Kingston stays open late and admission is free. ASK Sketch Group invites community members to explore sketching in a relaxed, welcoming drop-in session. These gatherings are about observation, curiosity, and creativity, not perfection.

Starting FRIDAY, April 17, 20267pm-9pmAnd every third Friday following.

Sessions are facilitated by ASK Gallery Committee members and guest artists and take place monthly in the ASK classroom and gallery. All skill levels are encouraged, from first-time doodlers to experienced artists.

Participants bring own art materials.

Drop ins & Sign ups welcome.

Sign Up Here

The Alchemy Blueprint: A Transformational Weekend Immersion
2026-07-18 10:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-19 10:00 - 17:00 | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Hosted by Emily Hart July 18–19, 2026, 10am–5pm | $197

Stop trying to think your way into a new life. The Alchemy Blueprint is a powerful two-day immersive experience designed to help you break free from old patterns, reconnect with your intuition, and become the woman you’re meant to be. Through NLP, hypnosis, and subconscious reprogramming, you’ll release limitations that have been running the show and build real, lasting confidence from the inside out.

This weekend is for any woman ready to stop repeating the same cycles and start creating change that actually sticks.

ENROLL

Edward Bakst: Creative Journey Across Time and Spaces
2026-07-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Artist Talk: Edward Bakst

Creative Journey Across Time & Spaces

Saturday, July 18 2026

3pm – 4pm

Edward Bakst views imagination as the source of inspiration, a force that frees us from the limits of everyday reality. Throughout his career, he has balanced launching innovative academic programs and leading imagination workshops with work in animation, art, concept design, drawing, and photography, while extensive travel has fueled his curiosity about the world’s hidden contrasts. Rather than seeing himself as a traditional photographer, Bakst approaches his work as a questioning explorer. His latest work focuses on revealing extraordinary worlds concealed within ordinary objects and scenes. Join him at the Arts Society of Kingston on Saturday, July 18 at 3 p.m. for an artist talk exploring the philosophy behind his exhibition Hidden Realities, his creative process, and the discoveries that transform the familiar into the unexpected.
