Sketch Group Monthly
2026-06-19 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Monthly Drop-In Drawing @ ASK

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

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

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

Participants bring own art materials.

Drop ins & Sign ups welcome.

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Unveiling Identity & Transformation: The Pride Show @ ASK
2026-06-19 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-18 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-14 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-13 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-12 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-11 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-07 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-06 12:00 - 17:00 | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Artists: Jared Bliss, Gerardo Castro, Pat Horner, Francesca Mallows, Joseph Pine, Judy Stanger. Curated by Tracy Bouvette

*artwork by Pat Horner

The event, taking place on Friday, June 5 @ 7 PM as part of the coordinated Kingston Pride Calendar, will include light snacks, wine and refreshments. Following this event, we will do a pride “stroll” down broadway and across the Rondout Bridge. All are invited!

Unveiling Identity & Transformation is a celebration of the many ways identity evolves, emerges, and is expressed throughout our lives. Centering LGBTQ+IA voices and experiences, this curated exhibition explores the deeply personal and collective journeys of self-discovery, authenticity, resilience, and transformation. Through a range of artistic practices and perspectives, participating artists examine what it means to uncover, redefine, and embrace the self in a world that often asks us to fit within predetermined narratives.

The works in this exhibition engage with moments of revelation and becoming—those pivotal experiences that shape who we are and who we continue to become. Through visual storytelling, abstraction, memory, portraiture, and explorations of personal and cultural history, artists reflect on the emotional, spiritual, social, and political landscapes that influence identity. Some works speak to joy, liberation, and visibility, while others navigate struggle, transition, displacement, and the complexities of claiming space and belonging. Together, these pieces reveal identity not as a fixed destination, but as a continual process of growth and unfolding.

At its core, Unveiling Identity & Transformation recognizes the power of art as a space for reflection, dialogue, and connection. By amplifying LGBTQ+IA perspectives, the exhibition creates opportunities for audiences to engage with stories of courage, vulnerability, and self-expression. It invites viewers to consider the many layers of identity—how they are formed, challenged, concealed, celebrated, and transformed over time.

More than an exhibition, Unveiling Identity & Transformation is an invitation to witness and honor the complexities of living authentically. It celebrates the beauty of becoming and the profound act of stepping into one’s truth.

Curator Bio: Tracy Bouvette is an artist and independent curator with more than twenty years of experience. Their practice includes painting, furniture making, sculpture, and installation work that often engages cultural and environmental questions. Their projects explore topics ranging from sugar in our collective diets—such as in their piece “Candy & Gunpowder”—to invasive plant species in “Rhythms of the Park,” a project documented on YouTube. Tracy has exhibited work in Denver, Philadelphia, Kingston, and Woodstock, and has maintained studios in RHINO Denver, Aston Mills Arts in Aston, Pennsylvania, and Habitant Studios in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. They have lived near the Woodstock–Saugerties line since 2019.

Alongside their studio practice, Tracy organizes exhibitions at the Kingston LGBTQ Community Center. They also facilitate the Center’s Rainbow Lounge, a weekly discussion group for individuals over the age of 50. In recent years Tracy has curated several exhibitions at the Center, including “Parts and Pieces,” “Raise Every Voice,” and “Living in Color.” These shows have presented work by LGBTQ+ community members and allies across a wide range of ages, backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, and identities. Through both their artwork and curatorial work, Tracy seeks to encourage deeper engagement with the diverse and evolving experiences of LGBTQ+ communities—exploring how personal stories, social pressures, and cultural shifts shape identity and expression.

STILLNESS & STORY: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S JOURNEY
2026-06-19 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-18 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-14 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-13 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-12 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-11 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-07 12:00 - 17:00 | FRONT GALLERY @ ASK, 97 Broadway, Kingston, New York, 12401, United States
Photographer Jim McCann shares 50 images capturing the landscapes, wildlife, architecture, and people of the Hudson Valley and beyond—quiet meditations on light, memory, and place.

About the artist: Jim McCann is a fine art photographer who came to his craft as a second career, transforming an unexpected job loss into an opportunity to see the world through a new lens. Now in his mid – seventies, he creates images that celebrate the quiet drama of nature, the character of historic architecture, and the changing light of the Northeast – from the Hudson Valley to the 1000 Islands and beyond.

McCann’s work is driven by a simple belief: beauty and story live in the everyday, waiting to be noticed. His photographs are created to last – not only as museum – quality prints, but as emotional anchors in the spaces they inhabit, inviting viewers to slow down, look closer, and find their own stories in the scene.

Art as an Act of Rebellion
2026-06-19 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-18 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-14 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-13 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-12 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-11 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-07 12:00 - 17:00 | Members Gallery @ ASK, 97 Broadway, Kingston, New York, 12401, United States
ASK Member artists present work that challenges expectations and celebrates freedom of expression—revealing rebellion as protest, joy, vulnerability, and radical self-definition.

Artists: Larry Arvidson, Deborah Bein, Mary Lynne Bonforte, Tracy Bouvette, Dorothy Brodhead, Dave Channon, Len De Jesus, Barbara Esmark, Walter Fancourt, Melissa Forbes, Kevin Frank, Patti Gibbons, Kim Henry, Michelle Hughes, Barbara Johnston, Maxine Kamin, Virginia Kaufmann, Andrew Kirschner, Deirdre Laughton, Joel Mandelbaum, Terry Murray, Jane Palermo, Carol Pepper-Cooper, Karen Schaffel, Steve Sidrane, Susan Silverman, Thea Stiriss, Andrew Tully, John Verner, Aileen Walsh.

Teresa Smith: Open Source Form
2026-06-19 11:00 - 13:00 | NY
Open Source Forms / Dancing the Inner Landscape

With Teresa Smith

March 13 & 17, 2026

April 10 & 24, 2026

May 8 & 22, 2026

June 5 & 19, 2026

11Am – 1PM

In OSF classes we enter a creative process; letting go of outer layers of holding to find primal energy and ease. Guided by embodied imagery as a powerful tool for transformation we’ll 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.

What 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.

Teresa 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.

Learn more: www.earthbodyevents.com

REGISTER: Earthbodybreath@gmail.com

New Work Lab
2026-06-18 19:00 - 21:00 | NY
Monthly Lab for Developing Original Theatrical Material @ ASK

Arts 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.

Starting THURSDAY, April 16, 20267pm-9pmAnd every third Thursday following.

Playwrights 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.

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Got2Lindy Swing Dance Classes
2026-06-16 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-06-09 18:00 - 21:00 | NY
Got2Lindy Swing Dance Lessons

Beginner to Advance

Every Tuesday Night @ ASK6pm-9pm

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

Register Here!

Commanding Classical Language w/ David Bridel
2026-06-14 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-06-13 10:00 - 16:00 | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Commanding Classical Language w/ David BridelDate: June 13-14, 2026Time: 10:00am – 4:00pmLocation: ASK – The Arts Society of Kingston97 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401In this weekend workshop, participants will explore the intersection of half-mask with classical dramatic and comic texts. Detailed text study combines with inspiration drawn from the masks of the Commedia dell’Arte, examining in practice an embodied approach to performance that balances energy, games, and transformational character work. Scenes and fragments from Shakespeare, Moliere, and Marivaux will provide the foundation for this intense and revelatory lab experience.

David Bridel is an artist, scholar, author and educator whose expertise ranges from screen to stage, instruction to leadership. He has been teaching clown, mask, movement, acting and performance for over thirty years. He is the Founding and Artistic Director of The Clown School in Los Angeles, one of the leading clown and physical theater arts independent studios in the United States. David has worked in mainstream theater, musical theater, opera, and classical music in the United States and around the world. David’s studio practice, which includes coaching and his Advanced Acting class, is housed at Coaching With David. David trained with Philippe Gaulier and is recognized as a leading authority on clown history and practice.

Golden Embers Belly Dance Showcase
2026-06-07 16:00 - 18:00 | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Dancers of all levels share the stage, the spotlight, and the joy of belly dance with YOU.

Featuring performances by teachers Barushka, Angelique, Ayleeza, Donna Barret, and Alarah — alongside the talented students who have been working so hard to bring this to life!

Whether you’re a longtime fan or brand new to the art form, this is the perfect afternoon out. Come for the movement, stay for the magic.

Sunday, June 7th at 4:00 PM

ASK, 97 Broadway, Kingston NY

$23 general admission / $15 for students. Tix at door. Seating is limited — don’t wait!

GET TIX!
