Contributed by Karlyn Benson / The Hudson Valley region is gearing up for Upstate Art Weekend, which runs for five days, from Thursday, July 17 through Monday, July 21. This year’s edition includes over 155 participants, with dozens of openings, performances, artist talks, and other events. July is a great month for excursions to the Catskills to explore an expanding selection of galleries and art spaces. Highlights include Arlene Schechet’s solo show at Catskill Art Space and Leo Koenig’s outpost in Andes. Another not-to-be-missed summer event is Art Omi’s Open Studios on July 12 from 1–4 pm. It’s the last chance to visit Pamela Salisbury Gallery in Hudson, as they are closing their current location on July 20. In Beacon, Mother Gallery reopens after a break in programming to present Line Load, a group show with work by Kerri Ammirata, Trudy Benson, Lauren Anaïs Hussey, Meg Lipke, and Paola Oxoa.
New York / Hudson Valley
Galleries are listed from north (Albany) to south (Nyack)
Albany Center Gallery / 488 Broadway, Suite 107, Albany, NY / Remix, Match, & Wear, featuring the works local and regional designers/artists: BOOGIEREZ, D. Colin, Wendy Costa, Ramiro Davaro-Comas, Kema, Aniyah Kouture, Shane Kyiretwie, Lil Thrift Ma, Maura Marcks, Mariahfied, Raè Frasier of ART MON3Y, Megan Mosca, Eugene O’Neill, SAFETY PIN, 5ifth Place, Dha’Sean “SKILLZ” Serrano, and So’Radical / Jun 20 – Jul 26
Opalka Gallery at the Albany Public Library / Pine Hills Branch, 517 Western Avenue, Albany, NY / Sight Specific: Michael Bach, Seth Butler, Matt Chinian, Sean Hemmerle, Susan Hoffer, Maeve McCool, Rob O’Neil, Andrew Pellettieri, Laura Von Rosk / Jun 6 – Nov 8
Opalka Gallery / 140 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY / Closed for the summer
Athens Cultural Center / 24 Second Street, Athens, NY / Material Girl, Curated by Lisa Corinne Davis / Jun 6 – Jul 20
Bill Arning Exhibitions / 17 Broad Street, Kinderhook, NY / A Familiar Type of Magic: Daniella Dooling, Matthew Gilbert, Phil Knoll, Gabriel Martinez, Susan Ottaviano, Rafael Santiago, Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens / May 24 – Jul 6
SEPTEMBER / 4 Hudson Street #3, Kinderhook, NY / Nicole Cherubini: THE MOTHERLODE / Jun 7 – Aug 3
The School | Jack Shainman Gallery / 25 Broad Street Kinderhook, NY / GENERAL CONDITIONS / May 17 – Nov 29
Chatham Soccer / 337 NY-295 Chatham, NY / Burkhard Beschow, Elevation and Elevation Drawing / Jun 6 – Jul 12 / Ruby Jackson / Opens Jul 18 / Reception Jul 18, 6-8 pm
The Green Lodge / 80 Center Street, Chatham NY / Daniel Giordano: I Knew Your Father When He had Cajones / Jul 17 – Aug 17 / Reception Jul 19, 5-8 pm
Art Omi / 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, NY / Harold Stevenson: Less Real Than My Routine Fantasy / Jun 28 – Oct 26 / Open Studios July 12, 1–4 pm
The Campus / 341 NY-217 Hudson, NY / 2025 Annual Exhibition / Jun 28 – Oct 26
Carrie Haddad Gallery / 622 Warren Street, Hudson, NY / The Summer Show: Clark Derbes, Samantha French, Andrea Moreau, Margaret G. Still, Susan Stover and Joy Taylor / Jun 6 – Jul 27
D’Arcy Simpson Art Works / 409 Warren Street, Hudson, NY / Doug Holst, Electric Trees / Jun 7 – Jul 12
Front Room Gallery / 205 Warren Street, Hudson, NY / Thomas Broadbent / Jun 21 – Jul 13
Hudson Hall / 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY / Hudson Terminus, Jon Kinzel / Jul 18 – Aug 17 / Opening Reception Jul 18, 5-7 pm
Lightforms Art Center / 743 Columbia St, Hudson, NY / Gerard Wagner / May – Aug
Pamela Salisbury Gallery / 362 ½ Warren Street, Hudson, NY / Daisy Craddock, Home Grown; Michael Meehan, Crossings; Nisha Bansil & Bryan Whitney, Inflorescence; Rachel Rickert, Ash and Cinders; Ron Milewicz, Visitation; Scott Brodie, maybe later / Jun 21 – Jul 20
Philip Douglas Fine Art / 545 Warren Street, 2nd fl., Hudson, NY / David Becker, The Americans / Jun 7 – Jul 20
Private Public Gallery / 530 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY / Janet Biggs, Eclipse (Amazon, September 7, 1858) / Jul 18 – Aug 17 / Opening Reception Jul 19, 3-5 pm
Susan Eley Fine Art / 433 Warren Street, Hudson, NY / QUOTIDIANA: Rituals and Passages, Francie Hester / Jun 12 – Jul 27
tANJA gRUNERT Princess Beatrix House / 21 Prospect Avenue, Hudson, NY / Odette Steinert + Janis Stemmermann / Jun 21 – Jul 21
The Fireplace Project / 435 Warren Street Hudson, NY / Kirby Crone / Jun 21 – Jul 13
Time & Space Limited / 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY / Beyond Form: Philip Gebhardt / Jun 28 – Jul 27
Turley Gallery / 609 Warren Street, 2nd floor, Hudson, NY / Dana Piazza: Elaborations; Mack Sikora: Hope Chest / May 24 – Jul 12 / Adam Linn, Fascinator; Vickie Pierre: What You Long For is Real, What You Long For is To Be; Sara Stern, STALL / Jul 19 – Sep 7 / Opening reception Jul 19, 3–5 PM
CREATE Council on the Arts / 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY / nobody is nobody: The Art + Wit of Dot Chast, Co-curated by Jesse Pollock and Stella Yoon; Seen Scenes, member artists / Jun 6 – Jul 27
Gallery 495 / 495 Main Street, Catskill, NY / In This Here Place, We Flesh: Aineki Traverso, Nkechi Ebubedike, and Shiri Mordechay; curated by Maty Sall / Opens Jul 19
RUTHANN / 453 Main Street, Catskill, NY / Coated / Coded: George Rodriguez, Richard Saja, Thomas Spoerndle, Jul 17 – Sep 21, Opening Reception Jul 17, 6-8 pm
LABspace / 2642 Route 23, Hillsdale, NY / Zohar Lazar: Utopia Pkwy / Jul 12 – Aug 24 / Opening Reception Jul 12, 1-5pm / Conversation with Zohar Lazar led by Jeff Bailey Aug 3, 2pm
Mother-in-Law’s / 140 Church Ave, Germantown, NY / Johannah Herr, Collateral Magic / Opened Jun 14
Sky High Farm Biennial Exhibition / 11 Main Street, Germantown, NY / TREES NEVER END AND HOUSES NEVER END / Jun 28 – Fall 2025
Geary / 34 Main Street, Millerton, NY / Dana Sherwood / Jun 21 – Aug 10
The Re Institute / 1395 Boston Corners Road, Millerton, NY / Brigitta Varadi and Amy Podmore; Irrigation, curated by Jules Gårder & Nate Millstein / May 24 – Jul 5 / Irrigation (Upstairs) Gregory Klassen and (Downstairs) Ruby Jackson and friends / Jul 12 – Aug 23 / Opening Jul 12, 3-6 pm
Troutbeck / 515 Leedsville Rd, Amenia, NY / Alexis England, Nature in Pieces / May 16 – Aug 31
Wassaic Project / 37 Furnace Bank Road, Wassaic, NY / So It Goes, 2025 Summer Exhibition: May 17 –Sep 13
Jane Street Art Center and The Sketchbook Gallery / 9 & 11 Jane St, Saugerties, NY / Kate Dodd, Outerwear/Omnipresent; Sketchbooks: Working Out Ideas / Jul 5 – Aug 2 / Opening Reception Jul 5, 4-6 pm
Opus 40 Gallery / 356 George Sickle Road, Saugerties, NY / Forest Bathing: Katie DeGroot, Gabriella Kirby, Anne Leith, Robin McClintock, Laura Von Rosk, Martin Weinstein and Dion Yannatos / Jun 13 – Jul 21
Kleinert/James Center for the Arts / 36 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY / Andrew Lyght, Touch Wood / Curated by Osi Audu / Jun 7 – Jul 20
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM) / 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY / Recent Acquisitions / May 9 – Aug 10 / Far & Wide National: Every Picture Tells a Story; Aaron Hauck: Soft Assembly; Eve Batista and Fiona Green: Artwork from Onteora High School; A Mixed Bag: Works by Woodstock Day School Students; Small Works G-L / Jun 27 – Aug 10
68 Prince Street Gallery / 68 Prince Street, Kingston, NY / Jeanette Fintz / Monika Zarzeczna, Elusive Thresholds, Jul 17 – Aug 17 / Opening Reception Jul 19, 5-8 pm
ArtYard Kingston, 80 Smith Ave, Kingston, NY / Garden of Delights: Kate Dodd, Ursula Endlicher, Erica Hauser, Kris Hauser, Sergey Jivetin, Natalya Khorover, Duncan Mackenzie, Eve Madalengoitia, Maria Markham, Ben Quesnel, Michael Rees, Margaret Roleke, Roxy Savage, Rosanna Scimeca, Suzan Shutan, Mary Ann Strandell, John Stowe, Rachel Urkowitz, and others / Jun 1 – Oct 5 / Flagpole Project: Niki Lederer, Waste Not Want Not Waterway / Opening Jun 28
The Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) / 25 Dederick Street, Kingston, NY / Sanctuary City / Jun 14 – Jul 6 / Larry Fink: Sensual Empathy, Curated by Lucy Sante; The Rose, Curated by Justine Kurland and Marina Chao; Flashpoint! Protest Photography in Print, 1950–Present, Curated by Russet Lederman and Olga Yatskevich / May 24 – Aug 31
Headstone / 28 Hurley Ave, Kingston, NY / In The Secret Distance, Olivia Bee / Jul 5 – Aug 31 / Opening Reception Jul 5, 5-8 pm
The Lockwood Gallery / 747 Route 28, Kingston, NY / Ethan Ryman, Four Years Built / Jul 13 – Aug 10 / Opening reception Jul 13, 4-7 pm
Monument / 29 W. Strand Street, Kingston, NY / Scott Ackerman, Two Sided Flower / Jun 20 – Jul 25
Roundabouts Now / 25 Barbarossa Lane, Kingston NY / ANGRY WATER, PRETTY FUNNY: BOBO, Joey Frank and Daniel Kent, Alyssa McClenaghan, Nick Payne and Rachel Rossin / Opening reception Jul 12, 4-7 pm
One Mile Gallery / 475 Abeel Street, Kingston, NY / Demiurge, Gabe Benzur / Jun 14 – Jul 12 / Available Light, Jeremy Willis / Reception Jul 18, 5-8pm
Women’s Studio Workshop / 722 Binnewater Lane, Kingston, NY / You Deserve Your Flowers: Laura Casas, Isissa Komada-John, S.Lantz, Vanna Ramirez, Sam Shamard, Viv Siqueiros, and Alexis Tellefsen; Curated by Lena Chin / May 17 – Sep 19
N/A Project Space / 137 Martin Sweedish Rd, New Paltz NY / Transcending Taxonomy: Sarah E. Brook, Rachel Frank, Ruth Jeyaveeran, and Jemila MacEwan; Curated by Natale Adgnot / String Theory: Natalie Baxter, Toni Brogan, Melissa Dadourian, Kathie Halfin, Kat Howard, Amanda C. Mathis, Courtney Puckett, Eliza Stamps, and Hanna Washburn; Curated by Jill Benson / Jul 11 – 27 / Opening Reception for both exhibitions Jul 12, 3-5 pm; Closing Reception Jul 27, 12-3 pm
Unison Arts / 9 Paradies Lane, New Paltz, NY / Voices Unbound / Jun 21 – Aug 2
Millbrook Library, 3 Friendly Lane, Millbrook, NY / Lively Flourishes: Ben Pederson & Joy Taylor / Jun 6 – Jul 5 / Generated Utility, Natalie Beall & Kathy Greenwood / Jul 12 – Aug 23 / Reception Jul 19, 4–6 pm
Convey/er/or Gallery / 297 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY / WaterStory: Bibiana Huang Matheis & Mimi Czajka Graminski / Jun 7 – Jul 27 / Artist talk Jul 27, 3-5 pm
Wallkill River Center for the Arts / 232 Ward Street, Montgomery, NY / Theresa Gooby: Uncanny Garden / Jul 11 – Aug 31 / Opening reception Jul 12, 5–7 pm
Ann Street Gallery / 104 Ann Street, Newburgh, NY / etheReality: from breath to air, and back; Bel Falleiros, Ghost of a Dream, Sanie Irsay, Mollie McKinley, Jason Mitcham, Megan Pahmier, Linda Stillman, and Amy Talluto / Jun 21 – Aug 31 / Opening Reception Jun 28, 5 – 7 pm
Elijah Wheat Showroom / 195 Front St, Newburgh, NY (Appointment required) / Off the Clock: UAP Staff Show 2025 / Jul 17 – Aug 24
BAU Gallery / 506 Main Street, Beacon, NY / Nansi T. Lent: Said, Not Said / Jun 13 – Jul 6
Distortion Society / 155 Main Street, Beacon, NY / Michelle Silver: What She Builds, She Must Destroy / Jun 14 – Aug 10
KuBe Art Center / Beacon, NY / Half The Sky: Cai Jin, Cui Fei, Edie Xu, Guo Zhen, Katinka Huang, Li Daiyun, Lin Tianmiao, Shen Ling, Yin Mei, Xiao Lu, Xing Fei / May 24 – Aug 30
Hudson Beach Glass Gallery / 162 Main Street, Beacon, NY / Holly Sumner: Drifters / Jun 14 – Jul 6
Mother Gallery / 1154 North Avenue, Beacon, NY / Line Load: Kerri Ammirata, Trudy Benson, Lauren Anaïs Hussey, Meg Lipke, Paola Oxoa / Jul 17 – Aug 16 / Opening reception Jul 19, 5-7 pm
Savage Wonderground Art Gallery / 139 Main Street, Beacon, NY / Radical Fun: Jane Hammond, Brent Owens, Judy Pfaff, and others / May 10 – Jul 16
Soon is Now at The River Center / 8 Long Dock Rd, Beacon, NY / Koyoltzintli: TINKUY, seven acts for the beginning, end, and beginning of time / Jun 6 – Jul 6 / Andrew Brehm and Jennifer Lauren Smith / Jul 17 – 21 / Reception Jul 19, 5-6:30 pm; performance 6:30 pm in conjunction with the Goudy Wildlife Club
Super Secret Projects / 484 Main St, Beacon NY (inside Hyperbole) / We / Us / Ours / Jun 14 – Jul 6
Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation Beacon Studio Lab / 1154 North Ave, Beacon, NY / Shigeko Kubota: Summer Artspace Open Studio / July 4 – 6, 1-6 pm; July 17 – 20, 12-6 pm
Buster Levi Gallery / 121 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY / Lauren Versel: A.I. Dating / Jul 5 – 27 / Opening reception Jul 12, 4-6 pm
Ligenza Moore Gallery / 78 Trout Brook Rd, Cold Spring, NY / Destination Earth: Katherine Bradford, Marieken Cochius, Meg Hitchcock, Simeon Lagodich, Cal Lane, Chris Martin, Tony Moore, Garry Nichols, Helen O’Leary, Judy Pfaff, David Provan, Jeff Shapiro, Greg Slick, Kurt Steger, Don Voisine / May 24 – Jul 27
Garrison Art Center / 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison, NY / Closed in July
Kino Saito / 115 7th Street, Verplanck, NY / The Unknown and Its Poetics: Emanuel Tovar Andrade, Adrián S. Bará, Peter Brock, Tomás Díaz Cedeño, Edgar Cobián, Juan Pablo González, Ricardo González, Cynthia Gutiérrez, Elana Herzog, Melissa Joseph, Fawn Krieger, Liza Lacroix, Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Pepe López Reus, Juan De la Cruz Sánchez, Lucía Vidales, Michael Kelly Williams, and Liat Yossifor, Curated by Adrián S. Bará / May 24 – Dec 21
Croton Free Library / 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY / Elizabeth Castaldo, Born of Chaos / Jul 3 – Aug 28 / Opening reception Jul 10, 6:30-8 pm
Garner Arts Center / 55 West Railroad Avenue, Garnerville, NY / Gordon Fearey, Lucretius; Arden Klemmer & Paul Christopher Contcelli, Gonna Build a Heaven from a Little Hell / Jun 28 – Aug 3
Perry Lawson Fine Art / 90 North Broadway, Nyack, NY / Kahori Kamiya: Sacred Threads / May 24 – Jul 13 / Kurt Steger, Sculpture in the Courtyard / May – Nov
Upstream Gallery / 8 Main St. Hastings on Hudson, NY / PaperWorks 2025: Made in America / Jun 19 – Jul 6
New York / Catskills
1053 Gallery / 1053 Main Street, Fleischmanns, NY / GUIDED BY VOICES: Theresa Daddezio, Steve Ellis, Jo Nigoghossian, Pareesa Pourian, Caroll Taveras, Paul R Weil and Rodney White / Jun 21 – Jul 27
Al Held Foundation (collaboration with River Valley Arts Collective) / Boiceville, NY / Linnéa Gad: Peelings, Curated by Alyson Baker / May 18 – Oct 10 / Rachel Mica Weiss: Yield, Curated by Jess Wilcox / May 18 – Oct 10 / By appointment only
ArtUp / 746 Main St., Margaretville, NY / Contact gallery for information
Catskill Art Space (CAS) / 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY / Arlene Shechet / Jul 5 – Aug 23 / Artist talk Jul 5, 3-4 pm; Reception 4-5 pm
Hawk + Hive / 61 Main Street, Andes, NY / Luke Dougherty, Here a Mist, There a Mist / Jun 28 – Jul 27
Leo Koenig / 11 Delaware Avenue, Andes, NY / Altered States: Lorenzo Amos, On Kawara, Sherrie Levine, Tony Matelli, Adam McEwen, Thomas Schütte, Ser Serpas / May 25 – Jul 20
Roxbury Arts Center and Headwaters Arts Center / 66 Main Street, Stamford, NY / Some Bodies / May 24 – Jul 26
Connecticut & Massachusetts / Housatonic Valley
Bernay Fine Art / 296 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA / Shifting View: Noah Post, Simona Prives, Karin Schaefer and Chenta Laury / Jun 7 – Jul 7 / Summertime: Janet Rickus, Joy Taylor and Linda Pochesci, Lawre Stone, Joy Brown / Jul 12 – Aug 10
Standard Space / 147 Main Street, Sharon, CT / Contact gallery for information
Craven Contemporary / 4 Fulling Lane, Kent, CT / David Shrigley: Good Vibes / May 10 – Jul 13
Furnace Art on Paper Archive / Erick Johnson: Passages / Jun 7 – Jul 6 / Kim Schmidt Fine Art / Jul 12 – Aug 9
Kenise Barnes Fine Art / 7 Fulling Lane, Kent, CT / Janna Watson, Poems Without Words / Jun 14 – Jul 27
Morrison Gallery / 60 North Main Street, Kent, CT / Inaugural Group Exhibition / Spring 2025
Connecticut – New Haven and Redding
The Ely Center of Contemporary Art / 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, CT / Body’s First Architecture, Anindita Dutta, Ann Hamilton, Florencia Escudero, Hannah Woo, Leeza Meksin, LoVid, Michelle Segre, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Rachel Hayes, Rose Nestler, Sheila Pepe, Sheilah ReStack, Sopheak Sam, Suzanne Mcclelland & Alix Pearlstein, TAITAI xTina, Tamar Ettun, and Tsedaye Makonnen; Curated by Tamar Ettun and Leeza Meksin / Jun 29 – Aug 10
GTown Arts / 5 Main Street, Redding CT / Summer Dreams: Mary Bailey, Jennie Carr, Kathy Coe, David Cramer, Frank Kara, Anthony Kirk, Katerina Lanfranco, Robert Lee Morris, Dan Makara, Margaret Roleke, Mark Savoia, Julia Whitney Barnes, and more / May 31 – Jul 26
About the author: Karlyn Benson is an independent curator based in Beacon, NY. In 2024 she curated the exhibitions Second Nature at N/A Project Space in New Paltz, NY and Talking Threads at Susan Eley Fine Art in Hudson, NY. From 2022 to 2023 she was the Interim Curator and Exhibitions Manager at The Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz. Previously she was the gallery director at Fridman Gallery’s Beacon location and Exhibitions Director at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts in Woodstock. Benson was the owner/director of Matteawan Gallery in Beacon where she curated more than fifty exhibitions from 2013 to 2018.
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