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ASK: What's Happening in Kingston - 2009 Art Events
ASK: What's Happening in Kingston - 2009 Art Events Named by Business Week in 2006 as the #5 Best City in the US for artists to live and work, Kingston is home to one of the highest per-capita concentration of artists. Events include: a Sculpture Biennial, Open Studio Tour, monthly First Saturday gallery receptions, weekly Playwrights' Lab, Artists' Soapbox Derby and more. Tour the factory of R&F Handmade Paints: manufacturers of encaustics and oil sticks; specializing in exhibitions and workshops in these mediums. The monthly publication “ArtWorks” and www.askforarts.org are excellent sources of current events.
First Saturday Gallery Receptions - Please see the gallery guide in “ArtWorks”
Sculpture Biennial
Reception: 1-4 pm, July 4th, 2009
The Opening Reception for the 9th Kingston Sculpture Biennial, Go Green & Keep the Hudson Clean, at Hasbrouck and Rotary Parks. No admission. Students from the Art Education Program at Pratt Art Institute will host children's activities. Guided tours throughout the parks. Live music and hors d'ouvres. At 4:00 PM, Itty Neuhas' iceboats will be launched. 1:00 - 4:00 PM The Biennial will be on display through the end of October 2009. Information on exhibiting artists is available online at www.askforarts.org.(845) 338-0331.
On view, July – October
www.askforarts.org/ksb/
Artists' Soapbox Derby
Rondout (Downtown) area of Kingston
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009, 1 pm
www.artistsoapboxderby.com
Ulster County Quadricentennial list of events
www.hudsonriver400.org
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