BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:156254@kingstonhappenings.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T185322Z URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/arts-society-of-kingston-announc es-may-exhibitions/ SUMMARY:Arts Society of Kingston Announces May Exhibitions DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nMedia Contact:\nAmy Poux\, Executive Director\nArts Society of Kingston\n97 Broadway\nKingston\, NY 12401\n(845 ) 389-5889\namy@askforarts.org\nwww.askforarts.org\n\nPress private viewin g: Saturday May 2\, 2 PM or by appointment.\n\nArts Society of Kingston An nounces May Exhibitions\n\nExhibition Dates: May 2 – May 31\, 2026\nOpen ing Reception: Saturday\, May 2 at 3:00 PM\nLocation: Arts Society of King ston\, 97 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\n\nThe Arts Society of Kingston (ASK) i s pleased to present three new exhibitions opening May 2 and on view throu gh May 31. The exhibitions feature Hazmat\, a solo presentation by artist\ , Stephen Olivier\, alongside the Retrospective exhibition by artist Fran Sutherland\, and the members exhibition Petals &\; Pollinators: Illustr ating between the bees.\n\n\n\nSpotlight Gallery\n\nHAZMAT by Stephen Oliv ier\n\nOlivier’s current body of work includes paintings and sculptural work\, that emerge from the collision of biography and belief - a reckonin g with the self\, built from Catholic guilt\, queer identity\, and a lifel ong quest to resolve the unfinished career of his father.\n\n \;\n\nAb out the artist\n\nStephen Olivier is an award winning artist whose work h as been exhibited widely in galleries\, museums\, and artist-run spaces ac ross the United States and internationally. Olivier was awarded a 2025 re sidency at NES in Skagaströnd\, Iceland. His work has appeared in numero us group exhibitions\, including Let the Fur and Feathers Fly at Epperson Gallery in California\, the Texas National Competition at the Cole Art Cen ter in Texas\, Big Bold Pride at the Art Society of Kingston\, and Truth U nveiled at Art League Rhode Island. Additional exhibitions include the Wo odstock Artists Association &\; Museum\, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance\ , KIPNZ in Walton\, NY\, and venues throughout New York\, Atlanta\, Miami\ , and Berlin. Olivier’s solo exhibitions include Over the Garden Wall a t Subdivision Art in Long Island City\, and Beforemath at the Octopus Buil ding in Miami.\n\nOlivier's sculptural work has also appeared in film\, in cluding creating thirty resin sculptures for Shelton Walsmith’s short fi lm The Importance of Being Amber. Earlier in his career\, he served as Ch ief Preparator at White Box and The Annex in New York\, where he installed exhibitions for artists including Carolee Schneemann\, Brian Maguire\, Ja vier Téllez\, Marianne Vitale\, Joel Sternfeld\, William Anastasi\, Conra d Atkinson\, and Jeff Chiplis.\n\nFront Gallery\n\nTWO SEASONS\nFRAN SUTHE RLAND\n\nFrom the oil paintings created in 1958 at SUNY New Paltz until th e mixed media art works of 2025\, this retrospective features the landscap e and bridges of the Hudson Valley inspired by abstract representations of native American (Lenape) sacred stories.\n\nFran Sutherland\, a native Ne w Yorker\, is a painter\, teacher and restorer of historic homes. Strongly influenced by Eastern aesthetics\, Fran's creative paintings synthesize b oth Eastern and Western formats in multi-media works. The chosen media and techniques express personal ideas\, which is especially evident in her te xtural compositions emphasizing oil and acrylic resist techniques.\n\nMemb ers Gallery\n\nPetals &\; Pollinators: Illustrating between the Bees \ n\nThis exhibition features work that examines the beauty\, fragility\, an d interdependence of ecological systems from the intimate exchange of poll en to the broader environmental narratives of climate change\, habitat los s\, and biodiversity. Through all visual mediums\, artists are interpret “between the bees” expansively: as a literal space of ecological excha nge\, a metaphor for collaboration and community\, or a meditation on the delicate balance that sustains life.\n\nFeatured member artists: Larry Arv idson\, Bob Barnes\, Lawrence Bush\, Michael DiPleco\, Stacie Flint\, Meli ssa Forbes\, Terry Haas\, Tom Hackett\, Emeline Hastings\, Laura Helfant\, Kim Henry\, Barbara Holt\, David Holt\, Carrie Hotz-Barth\, Locke Johnsto n\, David Joseph\, TomLooney\, Joel Mandelbaum\, Debbie Martin\, James McC ann\, Carol McCarthy\, Julie Michels-Ruiz. 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