Art Walk Kingston: September 22nd and 23rd

KINGSTON – The Third Annual Art Walk Kingston open studio weekend returns Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23, noon until 5:00 pm each day. Over 130 artists will exhibit work during Art Walk Kingston, making it the largest open studio tour in the Hudson Valley. Arts Mid-Hudson is the organizing partner for Art Walk Kingston and is produced by a team of community volunteers led by Joe Gonzalez.

The weekend opens with a special preview of select artworks at ARTBAR on Friday, September 21, 5:00-9:00 pm. The public reception will give visitors an opportunity to see the wide variety of artists participating in this year’s event.

“I can’t wait for this year’s Art Walk Kingston,” said City of Kingston Mayor Steve Noble. “This is an incredible event that features the diverse artists, performers, arts-based businesses and organizations who are contributing to and sustaining Kingston’s growth and creative renaissance. I encourage everyone to join me for a weekend full of beauty, creativity and community!”

The tour meanders through the City of Kingston including studios and art galleries in the Rondout, Midtown, and Uptown. Each of the three neighborhoods of Kingston are walkable and parking lots are indicated on the maps. Online and print maps will guide visitors to the studios and merchants open with Art Walk Kingston special offerings.

Visitors can see participating artist studios located in the historic Kingston warehouses, such as Angela Rose Voulgarelis at Ferrovia Studios, painter Charlotte Tusch and performance artist Zelda at the Lace Mill, and the Shirt Factory features the newly expanded Kingston Ceramics Studio, painter Leslie Bender, and Hudson Valley Silverworks featuring jewelry and silver works by Raychel Wengenroth, Lissa Queeney, Sara Beames, Sherri Cohen, and Marysa Sacerdote.

Using the map, visitors can locate the art studios built into artists’ homes such as sculptors Dennis O’Connor and Millicent Young, mixed media artist Patti Gibbons and ceramicist, Susan Whelan. Other studios include public art sculptor, Hans van Meeuwen’s work studio on Broadway.

Experiential events will be included during the Art Walk Kingston weekend:
Meet the Department of Regional Art Workers (The D.R.A.W.) at the YMCA with a selection of exhibits of drawings, photographs, stop-motion animation, collaborative zines, and artist demos each afternoon. Enjoy original music by Wayne Montecalvo on fiddle, accordion and guitar, with Warren Perrins on guitar and upright bass and Dean Jones on trombone. O+ mural tours happen on Saturday night, gathering after tour hours at Keegan Ales. A preview exhibition at Prince Street Studio for the CPW Award & Benefit Auction in collaboration with the Center for Photography at Woodstock exhibits the works of well-known photographers, such as Kenro Izu, and photographer Tom DeLooza will operate his popular tintype photo booth.

Friday, September 21: Art Walk Kingston preview exhibit at ARTBAR Gallery, featuring artists from the tour. 674 Broadway, Kingston. Opening Friday, 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Art Walk Kingston runs Saturday, September 22, noon-5:00 p.m. and Sunday, September 23, noon-5:00 p.m.

(Print maps are available at Catskill Arts, 328 Wall Street; Rough Draft bar & books, 82 John Street; Storefront Gallery, 93 Broadway; ARTBAR Gallery, 674 Broadway; the Idea Garden, 346 Broadway.

Various locations throughout the City of Kingston – see artwalkkingston.com for online map:)