Halloween isn’t the one factor bringing a chill to the air proper now — however we put apart our fears and switch to the abundance of artwork. There’s a lot to see in Upstate New York this October: Echoes in Two Tongues at Convey/Er/Or Gallery in Poughkeepsie, for example, presents the work of 5 artists celebrating their Latin-American roots. Catskill Artwork House in Livingston Manor options three exhibitions by regional artists directly, whereas Reclamation at Holland Tunnel Gallery in Newburgh contains various artworks by 22 artists working with discovered and reclaimed supplies. Davina Hsu’s mystical wool-felted creations are true to the exhibition title — Heaven on Earth, at Turley Gallery in Hudson — and the identical will be stated for Avani Patel’s exhilarating work, which will be seen in Rhythmic Attract at Delaware Valley Arts Alliance in Narrowsburg. Tips and treats alike will be discovered at Faraday Cage, RAE BK’s politically sharp guerrilla-style set up in a ranch home in Kerhonkson. This month, allow us to benefit from the phantasmagoria of artwork in all her insanity and magic!
Echoes in Two Tongues: Honoring Latin American Ladies
Convey/Er/Or Gallery, 299 Essential Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York
By way of October 25
The group present Echoes in Two Tongues, curated by Elisa Pritzker at Convey/Er/Or Gallery, honors ancestral roots by way of private expression. That includes artworks by 5 artists, the present delights in variety in tradition in addition to medium. Luz Castaneda’s “Afro-Brazilian Ritual Costumes” (2024), for example, consists of lace, shells, and beads woven right into a basket that recollects a ceremonial object made with care. Esperanza Cortés’s “Corazón Blanco” (2007), in the meantime, is an encaustic white coronary heart floating in a dreamy cerulean-blue backdrop, whereas Marielena Ferrer’s “Inexperienced Monarch” (2023) is a small etching of the wings of a butterfly, a humble work that displays the majesty of this little creature.
Nancy Catandella
Greenkill, 229 Greenkill Avenue, Kingston, New York
By way of October 25
Portraiture — capturing not simply the likeness however the essence of somebody — is a difficult task. Artist Nancy Catandella tackles the medium with each finesse and sensitivity as seen in a collection of expressionistic portraits of her pals at Greenkill in Kingston. “Wayne” (2025) is a tall and good-looking gentleman in a black swimsuit, his countenance certainly one of questioning and concern. “Elaine” (2024) is a cool cat in her dapper bowler hat, and “Judy” (2024) stands resolute with two spirit-like bobcats circling her decrease physique. Whereas these portraits might sound unfinished due to their frenetic mark-making, Catandella conveys the ability of every sitter with command and care.
Jeffrey Christensen
Bonnie Rychlak
Heidi Schlatter
Catskill Artwork House, 48 Essential Avenue, Livingston Manor, New York
By way of October 25
Catskill Artwork House’s present trifecta of exhibitions displays its longstanding dedication to dynamic reveals showcasing regional artists. Jeffrey Christensen’s colourful mixed-media work mash collectively tradition and politics; George W. Bush, for example, will be discovered within the collage-like panorama of “Baskin Lytle” (2019). In the meantime, Bonnie Rychlak’s industrial-meets-modern sculptures have a good time uncooked kinds; “One other Rabbit Gap” (2023), for example, is a playful encaustic spherical sculpture with a gap within the heart and black nubs across the circumference. Heidi Schlatter’s “Ore” (2025), depicting a very jagged instance of the metallic, fuses photograph, sculpture, and portrait directly in her exploration of the atmosphere and American expansionism.
Avani Patel: Rhythmic Attract
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, 37 Essential Avenue, Narrowsburg, New York
By way of October 26
The work of Avani Patel are an all-out imaginative and prescient of managed chaos. Infused with exhilarating shade schemes, Patel’s work appear to blow up in each route concurrently with wild painterly actions that defy the borders of the canvas. Works equivalent to “Flotation of Pink” (2022) and “Formation” (2022) recall brilliant chromatic mushroom clouds rising excessive. “Nairobi” (2023) encompasses a darkish mass within the center that stretches out on either side, and at first look, “Untitled” (2025) seems to be like some futuristic flower. A go to to this present affords the possibility to see Portray by Sweet Spilner, one other exhibition working concurrent with Patel’s that options her three-dimensional Pop-inspired items.
Reclamation: Misplaced and Present in Newburgh
Holland Tunnel Gallery, 46 Chambers Avenue, Newburgh, New York
By way of October 26
Curated by Janet Rutkowski and Alexandra Limpert and that includes 22 artists working in Manhattan and the Hudson Valley, Reclamation at Holland Tunnel Gallery in Newburgh honors reclaimed and located supplies. “Aptitude” (2025) by Judy Thomas options brilliant, string-like cloth wrapped round an armature, and feels nearly organic in its grooving sinuousness. Julie Lindell’s “All the pieces” (2025) is simply that: a compelling sculptural pile-on of every little thing from a toboggan to a cow cranium. In the meantime, “Stick Stag” (2025) by Alberto Marcos Bursztyn is a horse-like creature fabricated from milled wooden and door frames, whereas Conrad Levenson’s “Factors of View” (2015) is an iron and metal sculpture suggesting a creature reaching arms outward.
Davina Hsu: Heaven on Earth
Turley Gallery, 609 Warren Avenue, 2FL, Hudson, New York
By way of November 2
Davina Hsu’s artistic follow is an beautiful embodiment of uplifting metaphysical and esoteric sensibilities. Heaven on Earth presents a collection of latest works consisting of pure wools on foam; the six colourful items on this present appear to hum collectively in some ethereal concord. “The Shift” (all works 2025) encompasses a rainbow quasi-landscape within the center with a turquoise border throughout, whereas “Adored” recollects a slice of a stained-glass window. Hsu’s elegant collection culminates with “Internal Temple,” a vertical work with pink, yellow, and neon greenish tones that vibrate with an power that’s concurrently graphic, natural, and mystical.
What’s Lacking? Artworks within the Olana Panorama
Olana State Historic Website, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, New York
By way of November 2
Among the many high locations to expertise the pure glory of Upstate New York is Olana State Historic Website in Hudson, which is nestled on 250 acres of land. Olana’s present outside exhibition, What’s Lacking?, options site-specific commissioned artworks by Ellen Harvey and Gabriela Salazar. With the October fall foliage in full swing, now is a perfect time to go to and see Harvey’s “Winter within the Summer time Home” (2025), a hexagonal enclosed construction fabricated from mirrors that replicate the great thing about the encircling space, and Salazar’s “A Measure of Consolation (Cake and Twine)” (2025), two interrelated mixed-media sculptures that think about the previously functioning woodshed and icehouse at Olana, reflecting on human ecological intervention by way of heating and cooling.
John Dolan, Jack Dolan, Michele O’Hana: HOME
Robin Rice Gallery, 234 Warren Avenue, Hudson, New York
By way of November 7
That includes photographs, porcelain, and different purposeful artwork objects, HOME at Robin Rice Gallery in Hudson presents the work of three artists as a household collaboration. John Dolan’s retro-looking pictures take us again in time; the dreamy imaginative and prescient of “Rink” (1979) seems as if it have been photographed in haste whereas whizzing previous. “Bisect Bowl” (2025) by Michele O’Hana is a humble bowl with white glaze and gold, certainly one of a number of elegant porcelain works by the artist. A fisherman, blacksmith, and artist by coaching, Jack Dolan’s hand-forged knives are as refined as they’re sharp; “Stripped Bread with Stainless Metal Blade with Cow Bone and Water Buffalo Horn” (2025) is each a utilitarian object and a recent art work.
Faraday Cage
Untitled Residence, 1049 Samsonville Street, Kerhonkson, New York
By way of November 23
Let’s face it: Issues are actually bizarre proper now, and artists are amping up the weirdness with unabashed excavations of political energy imbalances. Among the many most attention-grabbing artwork experiences in Upstate New York this season is Faraday Cage in Kerhonkson. This guerrilla-style site-specific set up by Brooklyn-based road artist RAE BK — identified for his city interventions — is introduced each inside and out of doors a soon-to-be-demolished ranch home. The presentation is as outrageous because it will get, that includes varied rooms with provocative vignettes equivalent to “Eggman,” wherein an open-mouthed model faces a block of televisions, the American flag flashing on TV screens, egg cartons lining the ceilings, and drawings and textual content everywhere in the partitions. It’s a disconcerting imaginative and prescient of isolation, disconnection, and digital dystopia.
CPW, 25 Dederick Avenue, Kingston, New York
By way of January 11, 2026
That includes pictures of Black Individuals in moments each private and non-private, Kinship & Neighborhood is a celebration of Black tradition in Texas. Among the many most arresting photographs included on this group present is Haram Dotson’s “eleventh Chapter observing Black Historical past Month, Houston, Texas” (c. Nineteen Eighties), a poignant black and white picture of a bunch of girls holding hand-written indicators, together with one which reads “slave lady.”Not all pictures are so heart-wrenching: Benny Joseph’s “Eldorado Ballroom, Houston, Texas” (c. 1965) is a energetic scene of two masked {couples} having fun with drinks, whereas A. B. Bell’s “Kids taking part in handclapping video games, Dallas, Texas” (ca. 1965) provides a joyful imaginative and prescient of mid-Twentieth-century youth within the American South.
