2/1 : 4-7pm (opening reception)
2/9 : 1-3pm (Fabric of Life event)
2/11 : 6-7:30pm (Black Culture in American Cinema event)
Hours also available by appointment.
Category: Past
The Fabric of Life : Exploring African American Quilt Traditions
Date and Time: Sunday, February 9th, 1-3pm
Cost: Free
Event Description:
Drop by any time from 1:00-3:00 to talk with local educator, quilter, and community member Karen Ranney for this exploration of African American quilt traditions. She’ll be sharing her knowledge, clips from a documentary on the topic, and will also be giving away some quilting fabric.
We are thrilled that special guest Sonia Terri Gittens will also present an excerpt from her original play, “Sweet Nightmares of the Yellow Quilt.”
Join us and help spread the word!
Part of Black History Month Kingston.
A Riot of the Heart!: Development Workshop
Date and Time: Saturday & Sunday, January 25th & 26th, 1-4pm
Event Description:
A Workshop and Performance exploring the voices of Shakespeare’s women as empowerment for a new age. Brought to you by New Genesis Productions, a non-profit, youth theater company
For courageous and curious young women ages 11-18
We will create a unique collage of voice and moment using the words from Shakespeare and fusing them with issues that concern women today. (Knowledge of Shakespeare not required)
Performance: March 8th at ASK in Kingston as a Part of Women’s History Month Kingston Celebration
Participation: FREE! Contact Lesley A. Sawhill to sign up ngpshakespeare@gmail.com
Sponsored by Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health!
Black Culture in American Cinema
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 11th, 6pm
Cost: Free
Event Description:
Join us for a fun evening! Filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss will present clips from eight mostly lesser-known films, providing a brief description of each scene and its context, as well as interesting and funny behind-the-scenes anecdotes, followed by an 8-minute clip of each film. Blauweiss has had a deep interest in black culture throughout his life, with a particular focus on New York City, Harlem and jazz. In honor of Black History Month, he has chosen selections from American cinema in the 20th century that reflect a diverse range of depictions of black culture. Many of these are lesser-known films that anyone who enjoys movies will be happy to discover.
THE FILMS WILL BE:
• Harlem’s Father Divine Comes to Ulster County
• The Green Pastures
• A Man Called Adam
• Watermelon Man
• Black Panther Mixtape 1967-1975
• In the Heat of the Night
• Brother From Another Planet
• Blazing Saddles
Part of Black History Month Kingston.
The Art of Seed [Opening Reception]
Date: Saturday April 4th, 4pm – 7pm EVENT POSTPONED
Event Description:
Artists are cultural seed savers, and seed savers are agricultural artists.
To celebrate the creative intersection of arts and agriculture, we commission artists to interpret the varieties in our seed catalog. Each work of art becomes a unique seed pack. The artwork celebrates the beauty, diversity, and cultural importance of the seeds held within each pack. The Art of Seed celebrates the artists who create this important work.
The Art of Seed is commissioned by the Hudson Valley Seed Company
Related Events:
5/22 – Medicinal Mushroom Tincture Making Workshop
Poetry Generator – Image, Music & Form Class
When: Thursdays, January 23rd – February 20th, 6-7:30pm
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.
In this 4 week class we will:
-bring in poems by other writers to study image, musicality & form
-bring in images or music to write about and discuss
-Generate poems from prompts focusing on how image and form shape and influences our work & worldview
-Edit our poems focusing on line and musicality of language
This class is for all levels of writers. Adults and teens 16+ are welcome.
Important: Before class starts please order a copy of The Poet’s Companion by Kim Addonizio & Dorianne Laux and bring to class. This will be our main textbook. Also please bring notebook & pen/pencil, we will be writing & editing in class.
The 4 Week Class $135 & meets on Thursdays 6pm-730 starting Jan 23- Feb 13
at the Idea Garden 346 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401 Deadline to sign up is Jan 15. This class is limited to 8 students.
Tix available: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4488636
Susie DeFord is the author of the poetry collection Dogs of Brooklyn. She studied poetry at Florida State University, and received her MFA from the New School University. Her work has appeared in BOMB, Poets and Artists, Mipoesias, Work Zine, Dog Fancy, Shampoo, the Anthology “Dogs Singing,” amongst others. She has taught writing at Brooklyn Friends School, Berkeley Carroll, and the College of New Rochelle. She currently lives in the Hudson Valley, NY where she is a real estate agent & dog trainer by day and a writer and and experimental musician of NEON GRLZ by night. www.susiedeford.net
Dream Awareness and Listening Workshop & Dream Box (!) Making
When: Monday, January 20th, 2020, 12pm – 4pm
Join us for an afternoon of Dream Box (!!!) making, including a dream awareness and listening workshop, to celebrate Martin Luther King’s Big Dream.
WHAT ARE DREAM BOXES?
Dream boxes are fanciful containers that are receptacles for dreams – they are placed at Dream Depots (cafes, galleries, and other public locations throughout the city). The boxes are created by dreamers of all ages from preschoolers to high school students to mature artists
Kingston Dream Depots – deposit a dream in a dream box at Radio Kingston, The DRAW Kingston, Fair John ArtSpace and Music Salon, Kingston City Hall, Zephyr Float, and more!
Worldwide dream boxes in London, Berlin, Paris, Eyeries Ireland and Geneva!
Free (Donations welcome)
The Source of Self-Regard : Opening Reception
Date: Saturday February 1st, 4pm – 7pm
Event Description:
“The Source of Self-Regard” is a multi-disciplinary arts exhibition hosted by FreedomWalker Dickerson, and the idea garden. 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. The show will feature both visual and performing artists and will run for 2 months at the idea garden in Kingston NY to coincide with both Black History Month Kingston and Women’s History Month Kingston.
Artists exhibiting include: Stephanie Alinsug, AJ Aremu, Sadee Brathwaite, Dorothy Brodhead, Cassandra D. Clarke, K.C. Clarke, Nile ‘River’ Clarke, Andie Clarkson, Freedom Walker, Courtney Haeick, IONE, Dahlia Jarrett, Naira Luke-Aleman, Mumba, Yvonne Rojas-Cowan, Toni Thomas, and Cynthia Timms
If you or someone you know might still be interested in creatively being a part of the 2 month show, through an event or performance, please let us know. Thanks.
Related Events:
December Gallery Hours
December Gallery Hours (also by chance & appointment)
Sat 12/7, 5pm – 7pm (1st Saturday)
Breast Cancer Healing Support and Free Self Healing Workshop
Date and Time: Saturday, November 23rd, 12:30pm – 4pm
Cost: Free
Event Description:
On the final day of The Grace Project exhibit…
From 2-4pm, Reiki, Sound and other Healers will be offering their services complimentary to anyone who’s been touched by breast cancer. In addition, prior to the healing from 12:30-2pm, The Soma Healing Professional Group will be offering a FREE REIKI SELF HEALING WORKSHOP for anyone interested in learning how to perform Reiki on themselves. We ask that you please RSVP to theresa@anahatakingston.com (or indicate in the comments of the FB event here.) for the Workshop portion (12:30-2) of the day so that we can be adequately prepared for that.
From 2-4 you can feel free to walk in for healing from a trained provider.
The exhibit will have its closing party that evening from 4-7pm so plan to stay and enjoy some celebratory times surrounded by a loving community.
Thank you to the healers providing support for this event:
Kristina Safari
Jenny Mulak
Jeanne Brooks
Lorry Salluzzi
Leah Gooch
Peter Blum
Wendy Wolosoff-Hayes
Theresa Lyn Widmann
