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Mural Map Kingston, Ny MURALS, MUSIC AND Since 2010 O+ (pronounced O Positive) has been working The production of this map was made possible by: to bring public art to Kingston, NY. We believe that art is MEDITATION medicine, and that experiencing and engaging with art can be tremendously healing. Public art activates and embellishes Experience 10 of the O+ spaces. It makes art accessible to everyone because many murals in an immersive new public artworks, especially murals, live outdoors. Public art way. Scan the QR code in inspires dialogue and fosters empathy. front of the mural to hear a musical composition and/or meditation from musicians and Every October artists from both near and far paint murals teachers in our community. (41 as of October 2019) throughout the city in response to You can also find the additional content on special a theme set by the O+ Kingston festival art committee. Many web pages indicated by a speaker icon on the mural of the works reflect the rich history, culture and diversity of descriptions on this map. Kingston and its residents. Others bring to light universal themes through the stories of people beyond our city’s Thanks to Formè (Jared Ashdown), Shawn Harrison, borders. All act as a catalyst to deeper understanding of the Jalani Lion, David McNamara, Jeff Mercel, Micah, world through representation, narrative and inclusivity. Eduardo Morales, Kortnee Simmons, Theresa Widmann and Yolanda Yolanda for helping O+ Participating artists receive health and wellness care, audiences engage more deeply with the Kingston including primary care, integrative medicine and massage murals. therapy in our Artists’ Clinic, as well as in-office dentistry and optometry. This exchange of “the art of medicine for the medicine of art” and the facilitation of public art are ways IN MEMORIAM: HYURO O+ empowers community members to take control of their collective wellbeing. Argentinian artist Tamara Djurovic, who painted murals In 2020 we commissioned O+ alumni to make two additional all over the world under the name Hyuro, died Nov. murals in the absence of the annual festival, which was 19, 2020, at her home in canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Valencia, Spain. This map is intended to help deepen the public’s relationship Hyuro painted “The Change” to, and understanding of, the inspiration and message each mural (pictured on the cover) artist endeavored to convey. for the 2019 O+ Kingston festival at 16 Lucas Ave. (on If you are interested in a guided tour for your K-12 the side of Spa 21 Kingston) between Washington school group or nonprofit organization, please contact Avenue and Green Street. It was one of the last [email protected] murals — or “interventions” as she referred to them — that she is known to have made. “Vital, visionary, brilliant, bold” are the words that Denise Orzo, who was instrumental in bringing MURAL Hyuro to Kingston, used to describe the late artist. Photography contributed by Micah Blumenthal, Rachel “You addressed the human condition with honesty, Brennecke, Joe Concra, Jesika Farkas, Lauren Gill, Kevin intelligence and humor in your earthy palette and Godbey, Andy Milford, Kathleen Murray, Emily Roberts- harmonious composition, and your paintings remain Negron, Rez Ones, Denise Orzo, Rosemary Quinn, Justin MAP a gift to the world.” Schmidt, Daniel Weintraub and KayCee Wimbish. On the cover: “The Change” by Hyuro KINGSTON, NY SIGNATURE UNKNOWN ERNEST SHAW JR. ANNABELLE POPA THORNEATER COMICS DINA KRAVTSOV AND MATTHEW SCHULZE JESSIE AND KATEY XO 1 KNOW THYSELF 8 SECRETS OF THE 15 ATLANTIC STURGEON 23 SHADOW GUIDE/SHADOW SELF BOPS & TOTTOMS 37 DEISING’S BAKERY, 111 NORTH FRONT ST. BACK OF 35 NORTH FRONT ST., SCHWENK WETLANDS KEEGAN ALES, 20 SAINT JAMES ST. RADIO KINGSTON ANNEX, 693 BROADWAY 30 BARCONE’S MUSIC, 528 BROADWAY 2019: X DRIVE PARKING LOT LYNCH AUTO PARTS, 2015: THE OTHER 2018: SHADOW 2015: THE OTHER Artists Scott Chasse and Kenley Darling aka Signature 2015: THE OTHER 37-39 SAINT JAMES ST. The work of illustrator Will Lytle aka Thorneater Exploring the intangible shadow-self, this mural asks viewers to Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn are a Unknown reference traditional folk art patterns and offer Baltimore-based artist Ernest Shaw Jr. uses his deep 2019: X Comics is often inspired by both the people trust intuition and spirit to guide them through the portal of deeper Baltimore-based artist team that strives to bring a new context in scale and presentation. Their mural is a modification of a fairly common circular understanding of color and the figure to define the Illustrator and muralist Annabelle and plants and animals that call the Catskills understanding and infinite possibilities. The artists depicted the playfulness to public spaces and enhance pattern to create a series of alternative Xs and Os within the overall piece. duality of the African-American experience and to Popa painted amphibious and aquatic animals to draw attention to the threat of over-development home. For his wall at Keegan Ales, Lytle decided to portray the Atlantic Sturgeon, a native Hudson realms of inner space and interdimensional travels by painting a people’s lives through public art. They believe instagram.com/signature.unknown continue a rich history of African and African-American on natural habitats in New York. River fish that can grow to 15 feet and weigh more than 800 pounds, but is greatly threatened blindfolded figure riding with a flower-headed being on a tandem that the aesthetics of one’s environments can influence their emotion and state of mind. With a figurative art. His use of color to create rhythms in his instagram.com/annabellepopaart by overfishing and pollution. The artist and Keegan Ales owner Tommy Keegan agree the mural bicycle toward a flower-adorned portal. Although this is her first passion for people and design, Jessie & Katey bring life to unsung spaces through abstract painting work is informed by West African drumming. “I attempt opositivefestival.org/secrets and location are the perfect match: “a local water animal on a local watering hole!” Lytle says. O+ mural, Kravtsov (a registered nurse) has also volunteered in the and sculpture. Their work explores themes of movement and symmetry, inspired by bold color GAIA to create work that combats negative, degrading, instagram.com/thorneatercomics O+ Artists’ Clinic. combinations, patterns in nature, and woven textiles. Each piece and palette is specifically designed 2 ARTEMIS EMERGING FROM THE QUARRY denigrating and stereotypical images that falsely depict African people throughout the diaspora,” dinainspace.com | instagram.com/faze_change for its location. FORMER BSP, 72-98 CROWN ST. he says. “My mission and purpose is to illustrate the beauty of being an African in America while jessieandkatey.com 2013: SCALE maintaining truthfulness and authenticity in the process. I wish to raise the level of consciousness of LINDSEY WOLKOWICZ WITH DILLON PAUL Internationally recognized mural artist Gaia, who is based in VINCE BALLENTINE peoples of color, while providing others with a more full scope of the Black experience.” 16 LIFTED WITH TAFARI THE ARTIST JUSTIN SUAREZ Baltimore, depicted the ancient Greek goddess Artemis (inspired eshawart.com ANNE HEBARD SCHOOL OF BALLET, 795 BROADWAY 24 FLIGHT SEQUENCE by a photo he took at the Vatican) ascending from a limestone UNCLE WILLY 31 VINCE BALLENTINE opositivefestival.org/thyself 2018: SHADOW TIMELY SIGNS, 94 FURNACE ST. THE ANCHOR, 744 - 746 BROADWAY MOVING MOUNTAINS quarry with a skyline of New York City on the horizon and a This mural features an intersectional tableau of women and 38 2020 2017: HOME YMCA OF KINGSTON AND ULSTER COUNTY, Corinthian crown at the top. The enormous mural references girls climbing, lifting, and working together, visually connected To mark what would have been the 11th annual O+ Rochester, New York-based muralist Justin Suarez draws 507 BROADWAY Kingston’s proximity to the natural resources that helped build by the gestures of their bodies, along with planes of bold colors Kingston festival, O+ commissioned alumnus Vince inspiration from his work as a handler of birds of prey at a local 2017: HOME New York; the process of resource exploitation as a defiling of approximating architectural elements. Women and girls have Ballentine to paint a mural portrait of a Kingston figure animal sanctuary. For his O+ mural, Suarez depicted the flight For Brooklyn-based multi-disciplined visual artist Mother Earth; and marble and limestone used for architectural embellishments in early Neoclassical been emerging from the shadows of the patriarchy as powerful of his choosing. Ballentine decided to paint local bon vivant Uncle Willy, a fixture in both Kingston sequence of the barn owl, illustrating the brief pauses of its body motions as it moves between tree Vince Ballentine, Home is an “outward manifestation revival / Georgian style architecture. The statue represents Mother Earth and is a Hellenistic and voices and changemakers in our communities. Here, the collective BUDDY VALENTINE and nearby Rosendale, particularly their dive bars, festivals and music venues. Uncle Willy is branches during its nocturnal hunt. Want to spot barn owls in Ulster County? Head to the Shawangunk of how we exist and where we come from.” His Roman reference to the celebration of democracy in early United States history. feminine are “stretching their influence and talents out across their communities and building the WITH CHRIS BICK known for a costume-like wardrobe that often includes colorful robes, sparkly glasses and a Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge in Wallkill. mural, the second O+ mural at the YMCA, deals gaiastreetart.com 9 future together,” the artist says. “Lifted” is inspired by a saying synonymous with the Riot Grrrl SWAK crown. Don’t pass up an opportunity to talk to Uncle Willy. He’s got stories to tell. aerosolkingdom.com with generational wisdom and love, displacement, the environment, and honoring the indigenous, movement: “girls to the front.” 313 FAIR ST., UPPER STOCKADE ROOF WALL vballentine.com | instagram.com/tafari_the_artist particularly the Choctaw Nation (part of the artist’s heritage).
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