past events

An Online Memory, Secrets & Immortality Event. Part of Ione's 26th Annual Dream Festival.

Nia & Ness will be performing one of many short combinations of their two evening length pieces 'run.' and 'home.', followed by a Q & A.

The discussion will center on personal creative and healing aspects, the influence of African heritage on art and life-how living a life of authenticity can be a revolutionary act, and art as healing and healing as art.

Please join Sadee Brathwaite, an ordained Minister/Priestess of Maåt, as she helps you move and shift your energy and teaches you how to radiate.

Sadee Brathwaite is taking over our Instagram feed to share her latest imagery as the inaugural artist-in-residence at the idea garden

Check out new art and upcoming virtual events hosted by Sadee Brathwaite our inaugural artist in residence.

Group Crits are monthly gatherings bringing together creatives hosted by Stella Yoon of Hudson River Exchange.

From brain function to blood pressure, this workshop will focus on the health benefits of some of the most revered medicinal mushrooms, how to prepare, and incorporate mushrooms in your life to help maintain health and help heal the earth.

Hudson Valley artists (Rita Bolla, Benny Benard, and Kat Howard) will display their work in conversation with each other, as it relates to their experiences as survivors of sexual abuse and assault.

Join us in Kingston for our April meeting!

Artists are cultural seed savers, and seed savers are agricultural artists.

A class devoted to surrounding your home and garden with the great native edible plants of North America such as Paw Paws, Beach Plums, Aronia, and Spikenard.

One in three women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. We hope to draw out the discussion of violence by offering participants a space to explore via writing what we would need to continue the ongoing process of healing, and to add nuance to our relationship to harm/harm doers.

Participate in a choice variety of simple creating & sharing opportunities. A unique experience in celebration of all women while appreciating the art of black women displayed in the gallery space as a part of the “Source of Self Regard” exhibit.

Visualization is one of the most powerful tools in manifesting our wants, thoughts & desires into real life; it helps us to achieve our goals. Come & create a Vision Board & manifest your dreams.

Get involved in the future of Kingston's Food Co-op! Current working groups include: Programming & Design, Member Engagement, Food Justice & Social Justice, Development, Environmental Sustainability & Core Values

Come check out the art on exhibit for our First Saturday opening reception and bring an item (or two!) with you to donate to the Darmstadt Shelter.

Named after a collection of essays, speeches, and meditations by the late Toni Morrison, the show's intention is to hold space for and highlight the voices of women, femme, and nonbinary people of color.

A Workshop and Performance exploring the voices of Shakespeare’s women as empowerment for a new age.

8 Scenes from 8 Films screened and discussed in honor of Black History Month 2020

Join local educator, quilter, and community member Karen Ranney for this exploration of African American quilt traditions.

Named after a collection of essays, speeches, and meditations by the late Toni Morrison, the intention of this exhibition is to hold space for and highlight the voices of women, femme, and nonbinary people of color.

A Workshop and Performance exploring the voices of Shakespeare’s women as empowerment for a new age.

We are all haunted by images both light & dark. Images are powerful and linked to memory & emotion. This will be our jumping off place to dive into the musicality of language in its poetic form.

Celebrate Martin Luther King’s Big Dream with Dream Box Art Collaborations with My Kingston Kids, D.R.A.W. and other wonderful Community Dreamers

This exhibit will showcase an exploration of print & paper by Kingston High School Students at Women's Studio Workshop.

Reiki, Sound and other Healers will be offering their services complimentary to anyone who's been touched by breast cancer.

The Radical Liberation Project is an anti-oppression book club collective that seeks to dismantle generations of internalized oppression and white supremacy through engaging with the written word of bipoc, the lgbtqia+ community, and our allies.

In this workshop, makers will work with locally foraged driftwood and a variety of textured and colored cotton string and rope to create mini (~10-12” driftwood) wall-hangings!

Kingston photographer and advocate Charise Isis will discuss some of the challenges women face as a result of breast cancer.

Health Care impacts people at every stage of life. Come learn how single payer health care addresses care, access, social justice, and dignity regardless of employment status, health status, or income level

A 12 min film that will run on loop during O+ that is meant to be a conversation framer/starter around what equitable development looks like in Kingston.

Come join us in making a traditional Romanian corn husk mat or basket.

The Grace Project (Broken is Still Beautiful) is an empowering photographic project by fine art photographer Charise Isis that captures the courage beauty and grace of those who have had mastectomy surgery as a result of breast cancer. 

Stop by during Art Walk Kingston as we continue showing our Ecollagical exhibit.

Please join us for a showing of artists creating with a mindfulness for the health of the planet and a concern for the communities impacted by our climate crisis.

It’s back to school time, which means there are school supplies needed! Join us at The Idea Garden for our School Supply Swap and Sale! This event is an effort to reduce consumption and create a circular economy, as well as to provide a low-cost alternative to traditional back-to-school shopping.

Lindsay Welch of El Marie Macramé is a lifelong Hudson Valley resident who is energized by the opportunity to collaborate with her community through fiber art.

A display of the Current's recently released paper designs as well as the artistic designs of other local currencies.

The Peaceful Guardians Project is a police/community engagement designed to put Kingston police officers and Kingston youth from under-served communities in direct contact with one another in a mutually supportive, learning environment where activities foster greater understanding, empathy and trust.

The Homeless Project : "Last Night for Dinner" is a way for individuals who are considered invisible in the eyes of society to have their voices heard.

Interested in lowering your waste, learning tips to save money, and have a positive environmental impact? Come hang out and let's learn from each other!

The Homeless Project : "Last Night for Dinner" is a way for individuals who are considered invisible in the eyes of society to have their voices heard through this Art Project.

Interested in lowering your waste, learning tips to save money, and have a positive environmental impact? Come hang out and let's learn from each other!

Spell Breaking vol 2 readings, short films about Pauline by Daniel Wintraub and the art and writings of Joan Giuffre.

Introduction to Deep Listening® workshop with Lisa B Kelley will be a brief introduction to the practice of Deep Listening. Workshop exercises include energy/body awareness, listening and sounding meditation and dream awareness.

Interested in lowering your waste, learning tips to save money, and have a positive environmental impact? Come hang out and let's learn from each other!

The Business Alliance of Kingston invites you to join us for a Brown Bag Lunch with Harambee Coalition and the presentation of our Kingston High School student scholarship!

The Hudson Valley Design Collective is a new sewing and design cooperative that will involve skill-sharing, mentorship, teaching, and apprenticeship.

In this class you will learn techniques that will allow you to not just salvage, but improve items you no longer wear due to a small hole or stain.  Keep those clothes out of the landfill!

New York Small Farm Alliance of Cannabis Growers and Supporters invites you to come and learn about what’s at stake as New York prepares to end prohibition.

This exhibit will showcase the thesis projects of Kingston High School students, graduating with a concentration in the visual arts.

Artists exhibiting their imagery for the Release show discuss their creative processes and how it impacts their mental health.

Join us during Compost Awareness Week for this informative and interactive event to learn more about many different ways (and whys!) to compost in your home, business, and at events.

In conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Month and Kingston INTOyellow, Release is a group art show highlighting artists using creative processes to improve their mental health.

KingstonCitizens.org invites the public to come together to work on public comments for the draft "Community Development Block Grant Consolidated Strategy Plan". Spanish Translation will be provided.

Can copyright law protect art and land from fracking? Ecological artist and A Blade of Grass Fellow Aviva Rahmani tested the power of law to stop pipeline expansion at the site of her artworks. In a mock trial produced by A Blade of Grass at Cardozo School of Law, landowners, attorneys, art critics, activists, and artists came together to test the legal strategy and rehearse the arguments at the center of Rahmani’s project.

Show & Tell Me More: A Showcase of Creativity. All forms of creative expression are welcome. Each presenter will have 15 minutes to share their process and their work and then receive feedback from the audience in a supportive and encourage setting.

Join us to relax, craft, and work on whatever {portable} project you have underway, want to get started on, want to talk about….whatever! Some of us may knit, crochet, embroider, sketch, doodle, sew, bead, felt, carve, and who knows what else?

Interested in lowering your waste, learning tips to save money and have a positive environmental impact? Come hang out and let's learn from each other! Let's brainstorm an invitational and inclusive name for the group as well. Even if you can't attend this meeting, please share your ideas for naming it!

Join us to relax, craft, and work on whatever {portable} project you have underway, want to get started on, want to talk about….whatever! Some of us may knit, crochet, embroider, sketch, doodle, sew, bead, felt, carve, and who knows what else?

Celebrating Earth month we have artists creating imagery that raises awareness of the environmental issues of our world and works to promote ecological justice and the idea of interconnectivity among species on our planet.

Join us to relax, craft, and work on whatever {portable} project you have underway, want to get started on, want to talk about....whatever! Some of us may knit, crochet, embroider, sketch, doodle, sew, bead, felt, carve, and who knows what else?

We're inviting all womxn to come out and perform. Consider this space a safe one where all may join us for a night of talent, community, and good vibes all around.

Local filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss presents an evening of his short films featuring past and present female artists and artisans from around the Hudson Valley. The films showcase a wide variety of styles, disciplines, and mediums, including metalsmithing, outdoor installations, children’s book illustration, painting, photography, and multimedia constructions.

Join us to relax, craft, and work on whatever {portable} project you have underway, want to get started on, want to talk about....whatever! Some of us may knit, crochet, embroider, sketch, doodle, sew, bead, felt, carve, and who knows what else?

Join Master Gardeners Allyson Levy and Scott Serano for a 2-hour visual presentation on edible landscaping featuring plants grown at their botanical garden-arboretum located in Ulster county.

Lindsay Welch of El Marie Macramé is a lifelong Hudson Valley resident who is energized by the opportunity to collaborate with her community through fiber art.

You are invited to see pieces from a group of powerful womxn/womxn identifying artists including Nicole Aulicino, Nicole Kibert Basler, the Guerrilla Girls, Nancy Hwang, Allyson Levy (courtesy Carrie Haddad Gallery), Jamie Sanin, Jenny Snider (courtesy John Davis Gallery), Patricia Watwood, and artists from The D.R.A.W. including Addie Farr, Cassandra Taylor, Patty Tyrol, Tona Wilson, and Lara Giardano.

Come by on March 2nd (1st Saturday) to see pieces from a group of powerful womxn/womxn identifying artists in celebration of Women's History Month.

An exhibit and panel discussion of the work of 9 artists, writers, community leaders who collaborated on the creation of graphics that “Re-Publish” Black History.

Join us for an informal conversation with people who knew Ben, his work, and his collection.

With the most basic of crochet skills (chain and single crochet stitches) you can make your own fabric rugs out of any textile you like, including scrap sheets and t-shirts!

Please join us as we celebrate Black History Month with works from Ben Wigfall and sculptures from his African Art collection on display.