Chance Encounters at Upstate Art Weekend

Chance Encounters at Upstate Art Weekend

The month of July brings Upstate Art Weekend (UAW), an annual summer cornucopia of art in the region. Launched in 2020 with 23 organizations, UAW has expanded to include more than 155 participants located across the map, from Nyack in the south and Kinderhook in the north to Roscoe in the west and Wassaic to the east. Celebrating a diversity of art Upstate, the packed program ran from July 17 to 21 with a robust roster of participants, including…

NOTEBOOK: Upstate Art Weekend!

The bracelet said it all: SAW ART FELT BETTER. It was a promise, and it came true.Upstate Art Weekend is a sprawling, cornucopic festival of creation across the Hudson Valley region of New York State. It is: artists opening their homes and studios to anyone who drives by for a look; museums and galleries putting on elaborate shows; readings and performances in abandoned farmhouses and the ghost factories of deindustrialization; and a lot of smas…