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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/2026-05-23/
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/2026-05-22/
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/2026-05-22/
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/2026-05-22/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
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/2026-05-22/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T170000
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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/2026-05-21/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
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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/2026-05-21/
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/2026-05-21/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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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/2026-05-20/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T210000
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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-3/2026-05-19/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260518T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260518T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
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-2/2026-05-18/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T120000
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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/2026-05-17/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T120000
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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/2026-05-17/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260420T180529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T012136Z
UID:10000530-1779019200-1779037200@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-17/
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:20260516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260421T041932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T203323Z
UID:10000565-1778932800-1778950800@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-16/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260420T200728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T203057Z
UID:10000547-1778932800-1778950800@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-16/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260420T180529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T012136Z
UID:10000529-1778932800-1778950800@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-16/
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:20260515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260323T001122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T001907Z
UID:10000464-1778871600-1778878800@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260421T041932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T203323Z
UID:10000564-1778846400-1778864400@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260420T200728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T203057Z
UID:10000546-1778846400-1778864400@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260420T180529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T012136Z
UID:10000528-1778846400-1778864400@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-15/
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:20260514T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260323T002512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T111724Z
UID:10000470-1778785200-1778792400@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-14/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260421T041932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T203323Z
UID:10000563-1778760000-1778778000@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-14/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260420T200728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T203057Z
UID:10000545-1778760000-1778778000@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-14/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
CREATED:20260420T180529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T012136Z
UID:10000527-1778760000-1778778000@askforarts.org
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/2026-05-14/
LOCATION:Arts Society of Kingston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Show
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T103000
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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/2026-05-13/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
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-3/2026-05-12/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T183015
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-2/2026-05-11/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T170000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260510T170000
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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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