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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/
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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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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/2026-04-25/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:Artist Panel: The Power of Art to Help Us Survive
DESCRIPTION:Join exhibiting artists Ted Dixon\, Lynn Margileth\, Eileen Power\, and curator Stephen Olivier for a thought-provoking conversation about the creative processes behind their current exhibitions at the Arts Society of Kingston: Inner Worlds\, Outer Views (Margileth\, Olivier\, Power) and Two Seasons (Dixon)\, on view through Sunday\, April 26. Together\, they’ll reflect on how artistic practice helps us make meaning\, sustain connection\, and navigate uncertain times\, offering insight into the role art plays in resilience\, reflection\, and collective survival. \n\n\n\nAbout the artists:Ted DixonBorn 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 American 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.”Lynn 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 is held in public collections. \n\n\n\nMargileth’s landscapes emerge from a deep connection to the spirit of the land. Through layered color and energetic brushwork\, her paintings guide viewers through familiar Hudson Valley terrain toward moments of meditative radiance that transcend the literal landscape. \n\n\n\nHer canvases move between vast and intimate spaces—sky\, mountains\, water reflections\, and winding roads—inviting viewers to soar\, wander\, and dream. She was recently selected for an artist residency at the Colerain Art Center in Pennsylvania.Stephen Olivier\, CuratorStephen 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. His solo exhibitions include Life\, Still at Latham & Watkins\, New York; Aquaculture at City Aquarium\, Brooklyn; Over the Garden Wall at Subdivision Art\, Long Island City; and Beforemath at the Octopus Building\, Miami. \n\n\n\nHis work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions\, including Let the Fur and Feathers Fly at Epperson Gallery (CA)\, the Texas National Competition at the Cole Art Center (TX)\, Big Bold Pride at the Arts Society of Kingston\, and Truth Unveiled at Art League Rhode Island (all 2025)\, as well as exhibitions at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum\, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance\, KIPNZ (Walton\, NY)\, and venues throughout New York\, Atlanta\, Miami\, and Berlin. \n\n\n\nOlivier was awarded a 2025 residency at NES in Skagaströnd\, Iceland. Earlier in his career\, he served as Chief Preparator at White Box and The Annex in New York\, installing exhibitions for artists including Carolee Schneemann\, Brian Maguire\, Javier Téllez\, Marianne Vitale\, Joel Sternfeld\, William Anastasi\, Conrad Atkinson\, and Jeff Chiplis. His sculptural work also appeared in Shelton Walsmith’s short film The Importance of Being Amber (2011).Eileen PowerEileen Power creates sculptures and mixed-media works from everyday materials\, animating discarded objects in unexpected ways. Her work reflects a deep interest in transformation\, memory\, and renewal through artistic process. \n\n\n\nA recent body of work emerged from personal loss following the death of her partner\, Steve\, after a long battle with cancer. Using his used drop cloths as material\, Power created a series of sculptures that serve as quiet testaments to love and continuity—works in which presence endures through making. \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 Shelter\, curated by Melinda Stickney-Gibson for the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild. She 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.
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/artist-panel-the-power-of-art-to-help-us-survive/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
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/2026-04-24/
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/2026-04-24/
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/2026-04-24/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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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/2026-04-24/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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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-4/2026-04-22/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183614
CREATED:20260323T005842Z
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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-3/2026-04-21/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183614
CREATED:20260322T213028Z
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/2026-04-19/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183614
CREATED:20260322T211449Z
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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/2026-04-19/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183614
CREATED:20260322T205502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260322T212422Z
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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/2026-04-19/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183614
CREATED:20260322T213028Z
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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/2026-04-18/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183614
CREATED:20260322T211449Z
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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/2026-04-18/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183614
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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/2026-04-18/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183614
CREATED:20260323T001122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T001907Z
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SUMMARY:Sketch Group Monthly
DESCRIPTION:Monthly Drop-In Drawing @ ASK\n\n\n\nDrop-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. \n\n\n\n\nStarting FRIDAY\, April 17\,  20267pm-9pmAnd every third Friday following. \n\n\n\n\nSessions 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. \n\n\n\nParticipants bring own art materials. \n\n\n\nDrop ins & Sign ups welcome. \n\n\n\nSign Up Here
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/sketch-group-monthly/2026-04-17/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T170000
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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/2026-04-17/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://askforarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Two_Seasons_Dixon.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183614
CREATED:20260322T211449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260322T212349Z
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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/2026-04-17/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://askforarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/April_InnerWorlds_OuterViews_exhibitions.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183614
CREATED:20260322T205502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260322T212422Z
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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/2026-04-17/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183614
CREATED:20260323T002512Z
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SUMMARY:New Work Lab
DESCRIPTION:Monthly Lab for Developing Original Theatrical Material  @ ASK\n\n\n\nArts Society of Kingston’s MONTHLY New Work Lab is a supportive\, artist-centered space for developing original theatrical material at any stage. Open to playwrights\, actors\, directors\, and theater-makers from across the Hudson Valley and beyond. Sign up below. \n\n\n\n\nStarting THURSDAY\, April 16\, 20267pm-9pmAnd every third Thursday following. \n\n\n\n\nPlaywrights are invited to bring in pages\, scenes\, or full drafts to be read aloud by fellow artists\, followed by thoughtful\, facilitated conversation. Rooted in ASK’s commitment to creative process\, equity\, and community care\, will use writer-driven (Liz Lehrman) feedback approach. There is no pressure to perform or produce—only the opportunity to hear work out loud\, ask questions\, and explore what the play wants to become. \n\n\n\nSign Up Here
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/new-work-lab/2026-04-16/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T210000
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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-4/2026-04-15/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T210000
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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-3/2026-04-14/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T170000
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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/2026-04-12/
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/2026-04-12/
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/2026-04-12/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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SUMMARY:Scene Study & Self-Tape
DESCRIPTION:Weekend Acting Technique Immersion\n\n\n\n\nWith Dexter Bullard \n\n\n\n\n\nApril 11 & 12\, 2026\n\n\n\n10AM – 4PM\n\n\n\n\nThis is a two-day advanced scene study intensive designed for serious actors ready to work on their feet and in the scene. Participants dive deep into advanced acting technique while gaining a clear\, efficient self-tape methodology. Master director and teacher\, Dexter Bullard\, will show you how to apply the techniques for rehearsing for hours to master a cold-read self-tape in minutes. You’ll leave with stronger instinct\, sharper choices\, and compelling self-tape footage that gets you in the room. \n\n\n\n\nDexter BullardDexter has directed throughout Chicago since 1990 at theaters such as Steppenwolf\, Goodman\, Northlight\, Victory Gardens\, HOUSE\, A Red Orchid\, American Blues\, Next\, Famous Door\, and American Theater Co.  He returned to American Blues in September 2025 with Things with Friends\, a world premiere play by Kristoffer Diaz.  He directed the Steppenwolf production of Tracy Letts’ Linda Vista on Broadway with Second Stage at the Hayes Theater in fall 2019\, which received two 2020 Tony nominations: Ian Barford for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play and Cora Vander Broek for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play.  Also in New York\, he directed Grace on Broadway and Bug\, Lady\, and Mistakes Were Made off-Broadway. \n\n\n\nDexter is an alumni director for Second City\, developing original\, improvisational devised revues for Detroit and ETC\, as well as ongoing projects for Second City Theatricals.  In 1995\, Dexter founded Plasticene\, “a pioneer physical theater company” (Chicago Reader). With the ensemble\, he developed more than fourteen critically acclaimed experimental works that appeared at many venues\, including the Edinburgh Fringe\, Soho Theater NYC\, Viaduct Theater\, Links Hall\, the MCA and the Storefront Theater.  The Chicago Tribune called Dexter “Chicago’s small theater genius” for his work with Plasticene\, A Red Orchid Theater\, and at Barrow Street in NYC.  He has received a Jeff Citation\, a Lucille Lortel Award\, Jeff Award Nominations\, and a Drama Desk Nomination\, and was named “Best of Chicago” by Chicago Magazine in 2011.Dexter studied acting at Northwestern and received his MFA in Performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  \n\n\n\nDexter is a Full Professor of Acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University\, where he has served as a lead teacher for the acting program.  He has taught hundreds of workshops and classes at all levels with Plasticene and at University of Illinois Chicago\, Columbia College\, Roosevelt University\, The Actors Studio\, The Actors Center\, and Second City Training Center. \n\n\n\n\nEarly Bird Price $250!\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW – ONLY 10 ACCEPTED\n\n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://askforarts.org/event/scene-study-self-tape/2026-04-12/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T170000
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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/2026-04-11/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T170000
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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/2026-04-11/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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