KINGSTON – Kingston City leadership and the Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs Monday announced that a landmark art exhibition, Kingston Revealed will be displayed from October 1, 2022, through the end of the year at the Ground Floor Gallery of City Hall.
The Kingston Revealed exhibition will open with a reception on Saturday, October 1 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., which will feature performances by the Pablo Shine Latin Jazz Trio and award-winning Native American singer-storyteller Matoaka Little Eagle (Grandma Jingle Dress) of Tewa, Apache, and Chickahominy tribes. The reception is free and open to the public.
In conjunction with the 150th Anniversary Celebration, the Kingston Revealed exhibition includes a spectrum of artistic expression and works that illuminate the complexity of cultures and heritages in our community and the contributions made by all Kingstonian peoples, past and present.
The exhibition will feature artwork by Michael Bisio, Debbie Auer-Breithaupt, Ben Eichert, Amy Fenton, Judit German-Heins, Debra Hymes, Pat Jow Kagemoto, Josh Kramb, Carmen Lizardo, Doug Menuez, All Dolled Up by Mumba, Nancy Ostrovsky, Pablo Shine, Coyote Old Song Paul Tobin, and Michael A. Torres.
Kingston Revealed was curated by Kingston Arts Commissioners Chair Marielena Ferrer-Harrington, Ward Mintz, and Julio Nazario; and championed by Neville Bean, the Center for Photography Woodstock in Kingston, Richard Frumess, M.A.D./D.R.A.W, and Glenn Werner.
Select works will enter the City of Kingston’s permanent art collection after the exhibition. Artists whose works are designated for the city’s permanent art collection will receive $750. Funding will be provided by the City’s American Rescue Plan Act allocation.
For further information, visit www.kingston-ny.gov/exhibitions or contact Kitt Potter, director of Arts and Cultural Affairs at kpotter@kingston-ny.gov.
