VENUES

Basilica Hudson

BASILICA HUDSON

110 S. FRONT STREET

Founded in 2010 by musician Melissa Auf der Maur and filmmaker Tony Stone, Basilica Hudson now operates as a non-profit multidisciplinary arts center, supporting the creation, production, and presentation of independent and innovative arts and culture while fostering a sustainable community. Constructed in 1884, the building originally operated as a factory producing steel railway car wheels and structure’s intricate truss system pays homage to its industrial past. Weekend destination events comprise the core of Basilica Hudson’s music, performance, film, food, and literary programming, alongside regular film screenings series, art exhibitions, and other community gatherings. Inspiration for its mission and programs is drawn from Hudson’s eclectic and epic history, as well as the regional geography and history. Basilica Hudson invites audiences to discover Hudson and the region and strives to forge experiences that aspire to the scale, grit, and beauty of its surroundings.

Carrie Hadded Gallery

CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY

622 WARREN STREET

Established in 1991 as the first fine art gallery in Hudson, NY, Carrie Haddad Gallery represents professionally committed artists as well as emerging talent specializing in all types of painting, both large and small sculpture, works on paper and a variety of techniques in photography.

D'Arcy Simpson Artworks

D’ARCY SIMPSON ARTWORKS

409 WARREN STREET

Ellen D’Arcy Simpson opened D’Arcy Simpson Art Works in the Summer of 2018 to connect local artists and their work with engaged art lovers seeking beautiful, moving, and realistically affordable contemporary art to fill their homes.

Her life passion for discovering and engaging with art, artists and like- minded art lovers serves as the foundation for the role as “match- maker” in the gallery space. Her goal is to foster a supportive and collaborative community with artists, artisans and art enthusiasts and seek opportunities to support community efforts through art.

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works shoes emerging and established Hudson Valle artists and artisans working in fine arts, glass, wood, textiles, porcelain, and metal.

ELEVATED MATTER

422 1/2 WARREN STREET

ELEVATED MATTER is a salon-style private gallery in a historic Warren street townhouse. The gallery opened in June 2021 and shows fine art, fine studio jewelry, and design. The focus is on contemporary American artists and designers who engage deeply with historical processes and craft. Careful curatorial attention is paid to the non-traditional and unexpected, particularly in the realm of the senses. This emphasis on sensory elevation infuses the space with an intimate elegance. The founder, Chris Davies, is an artist-jeweler hailing from a family of artists, architects, and designers going back generations. He is also a classically trained philosopher and astrologer in the living Vedic tradition of India.

Photo Credit": Shannon Greer 

First Presbyterian Church

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

369 WARREN STREET

First Presbyterian Church of Hudson, active in the community for over a century, continues to play a central role in the spiritual and cultural life in the City of Hudson to the present day. The church offers ongoing programs in spiritual development while carrying out projects in foreign ministry and community service including Help Syria’s Kids: the Hudson- Ketermaya Connection- an effort to provide ongoing refugee children in a camp in Ketermaya, Lebanon, and community service, and The New Leaf Garden: 14 raised garden beds that are available at no cost to the community with a produce raised by church members is donated to the Salvation Army kitchen. A historic landmark located on Warren Street, the Gothic Revival style church was designed and built in masonry construction by John A. Woods and R.H.B. Wicks. Characteristic of other Gothic structures during the period of 1800-1849, the church dons features such as decorative crowns on windows, steeply pitched roofs, and rich ornamentation throughout its dual steeples and exterior façade.

GALVAN EXTERIOR

GALVAN FOUNDATION

400 STATE STREET

The Federal-style stone building, most recently occupied by the Hudson Area Library, was erected by the city of Hudson in the early nineteenth century as an almshouse to provide shelter for the poor. Over the next two hundred years, the structure successively housed a number of institutions including an asylum for the insane, female academy, orphanage, and ultimately a public library. For a brief period, the building served as the private residence of a prominent Hudson citizen.

The Galvan Foundation Old Library is an example of the classicizing architecture of the Federal style. Through its symmetry, pediment, and gabled roof, the building exudes a sense of permanence and strength, characteristic of its variety of functions throughout its two hundred year life. The original limestone structure was built in 1818, with its rear addition being constructed between the period of 1884 and 1889. In 2008, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. 

HENRY HUDSON RIVERFRONT PARK

108 WATER STREET

Rick’s Point is a community space located along Hudson’s Waterfront. The city has focused efforts on improving Hudson’s Waterfront District through New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative, developing purpose-built spaces to promote educational, entrepreneurial, and business development while placing an emphasis on arts industries. The incorporation of greenspace and public parks work to foster a sense of community and engage the public as a center of beautification and gathering within Hudson.

Hudson Area Library

HUDSON AREA LIBRARY

51 N. 5TH STREET

The Hudson Area Library now exists as a welcoming, vibrant, and integral part of Hudson’s intellectual, socio-economic and cultural life. Designed by Isaac G. Perry and built in 1893, the structure was originally an armory military facility, with its masonry architecture characteristic of medieval European castles of the 12th to 15th centuries. The symmetrical center-hall facade houses a two story, brick and stone arcaded pavilion with either side showcasing a rounded tower connected by a gabled roof. The structure was later renovated in 2012 by Vincent Benic Architect as part of the Galvan Community Center redesign. Preservation efforts were made to highlight the original steel windows and wooden doors as well as the blue sandstone and brick exterior. Modern updates include a temperature and humidity-controlled History Room and Community Learning Center. The Library enriches the region’s quality of life by providing free and equal access to programs, services, and resources, and by creating opportunities for all members of the community to connect, create, learn and grow.

Hudson Hall

HUDSON HALL

327 WARREN STREET

Hudson Hall (www.hudsonhall.org) is a cultural beacon in the Hudson Valley, offering a dynamic year-round schedule of music, theater, dance, visual arts, literature, workshops for youth and adults, as well as family programs and large-scale community events such as Winter Walk (which celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2021). Hudson Hall is driven by a civic and social purpose founded in the belief that culture is central to our shared heritage, identity, and future. Its mission is to inspire and promote the arts and to play a pivotal role in the cultural and economic advancement of the city and the region.

Located in a historic landmark that houses New York State’s oldest surviving theater, Hudson Hall underwent a full restoration and reopened to the public in April 2017 for the first time in over 55 years. In 2019, Hudson Hall served an audience of 50,000 and employed over 400 artists and skilled technicians, making it a valuable contributor to Columbia County’s $8 million creative economy. Approximately 70% of Hudson Hall’s programs are free of charge or subsidized to ensure equitable access to the arts.

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hudson harmonic

19 - 31 N. 6TH STREET

Constructed in 1896 as a German Lutheran church, Hudson Harmonic is now a live music and event venue located in the heart of Hudson. The historic structure is currently being restored to honor its architectural past including features such as stained glass windows and a spiral staircase, while restoring the functionality of the space for public usage.

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LIGHTFORMS ART CENTER

743 COLUMBIA STREET

Lightforms is a center for cultural renewal that brings creative artists and their artwork into the public domain in innovative ways that stimulate dialogue around the inner and outer challenges of our time and attempts to serve the spiritual needs of human beings in their daily lives. 

Lightforms intends to realize its mission through public presentations, exhibitions, installations, workshops, lectures, conferences, and performances; an artist-in-residence program; a research center for the further development and understanding of the spiritual foundations of the visual arts; a possible artists grants program; a permanent collection/archive; publications; and a small gift shop.

Olana State Historic Site

OLANA STATE HISTORIC SITE

5720 NY-9G

About Olana and The Olana Partnership: Olana is the greatest masterwork of Frederic Church (1826-1900), a preeminent American artist of the mid-19th century and the most important artist’s home, studio, and designed landscape in the United States. Church designed Olana as a holistic environment integrating his advanced ideas about art, architecture, landscape design, and environmental conservation. Olana’s 250-acre artist-designed landscape with five miles of carriage roads and a Persian-inspired house at its summit embraces unrivaled panoramic views of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains and welcomes more than 170,000 visitors annually. The landscape is open for guided touring, and reservations are highly recommended. The landscape is free and open to all every day from 8 AM - sunset.

 

Olana State Historic Site, administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, is a designated National Historic Landmark and one of the most visited sites in the state. The Olana Partnership, a private not-for-profit education corporation, works cooperatively with New York State Parks to support the restoration, conservation, and interpretation of Olana to make it accessible to all.

 

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PAMELA SALISBURY GALLERY

362 ½ WARREN STREET

Pamela Salisbury Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Hudson, NY. The gallery exhibits work by emerging and established artists living and working nationally and internationally.

Pocketbook Hudson

POCKETBOOK HUDSON

549 WASHINGTON STREET

Pocketbook Hudson is a 70,000 square-foot historic textile mill, and a notable landmark of Hudson’s manufacturing past. It will soon be restored to enhance the original character of the building, and to serve the community of Hudson as a mixed-use commercial complex operating at the intersection of the arts, hospitality and local commerce. It will be an inclusive cultural and social space that welcomes a diversity of residents and visitors, while creating positive social and economic impacts through progressive business practices.

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RIP VAN WINKLE BRIDGE hudson river skywalk

NEW YORK STATE BRIDGE AUTHORITY

The Rip Van Winkle Bridge on NY Route 23 connects the major thoroughfares of US 9W and NY 385 with NY 9G across the Hudson River. Linking Hudson, New York and Catskill, New York, the cantilever and truss structure opened in 1935 by the New York State Bridge Authority. The Hudson River Skywalk was completed in 2018, allowing pedestrians to travel across the bridge across a historic and scenic walkway. The Hudson River Skywalk is a collaboration between the New York State Bridge Authority, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, The Olana Partnership and Olana State Historic Site. 

Second Ward Foundation

SECOND WARD FOUNDATION

71 N. 3RD STREET

Located in the Hudson Valley, Second Ward occupies the former Charles Williams School in Hudson, NY. Designed by M.F. Cummins and Son of Troy and completed in 1924, the building originally accommodated 480 elementary school students.  It is being repurposed into an auditorium, education center, and art galleries.

Second Ward holds events in the building including live music and video screenings by local as well as internationally recognized performers and artists.

The foundation also loans art work to regional, national and international institutions.

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER

449 WARREN STREET #3

SEPTEMBER is a gallery, a room, a practice. We exhibit and support contemporary artists. We believe that being receptive to change is essential for the creative process. We provide a platform for exceptional individuals who have not been historically centered with care because of their inherited, chosen or perceived identity. We engage our local community while exhibiting artists from other cities and countries. We concentrate on visual artists, and collaborate with curators, performers, activists, poets, chefs, writers and other creatives. We opened in 2016 in Hudson, NY.

Susan Eley Fine Art

SUSAN ELEY FINE ART

433 WARREN STREET

Susan Eley Fine Art (SEFA) was founded in 2006 by Susan Eisner Eley, who continues her tenure as owner and director at the gallery’s original location in NYC—as well as its new venue in downtown Hudson in Upstate New York.

Conceived as a salon-style gallery, SEFA NYC is situated in an Upper West Side townhouse in Manhattan. The space offers intimate viewing experiences, differentiating itself from more formal presentations characteristic of the “white cube” gallery model, ubiquitous within dominant contemporary art circles. SEFA hosts a dynamic roster of American and international artists, and focuses on contemporary art by emerging and mid-career artists, who work in a range of media—encompassing painting, printmaking, sculpture and photography. Solo and group exhibitions at both NY venues showcase abstract and figurative work, created by a diverse body of artists from the US, Latin America, Asia and Europe. In addition to its regular exhibition programming, SEFA has hosted artist talks, political fundraisers, literary and poetry salons and panel discussions on a variety of cultural and political topics—as well as participated in art fairs in Miami, Houston, San Francisco, New York City and Toronto.

A supplement to recent virtual exhibitions, SEFA Hudson was established in Summer 2020, initially as a “pandemic pop-up.” Within the past year, this new satellite space has become a principal gallery within the Hudson Valley art scene—integral in welcoming and expanding both local Upstate art communities and visitors to this burgeoning arts region. The success of this space represents owner Susan Eley’s commitment to adapt to these unprecedented and ever-changing global conditions while continuing to share art with broad audiences. SEFA is a small business that is female-owned and operated, and that supports feminist and BIPOC artists and principles.

Incident Report

the flow chart foundation

348 WARREN STREET

Toward opening new possibilities, The Flow Chart Foundation explores poetry and the interrelationships of various art forms as guided by the legacy of John Ashbery, and promotes engagement with his work. Its storefront INCIDENT REPORT display windows offer an interface with the many publics of the street, showcases concepts and issues generated by artists and social thinkers. INCIDENT REPORT has featured formally arranged projects as well as improvised situations for more than a decade. In addition to its INCIDENT REPORT windows, The Flow Chart Foundation presents a wide variety of public programs, and houses the Ashbery Resource Center, a rich repository for scholarly engagement. The storefront Flow Chart Space will open in 2022.


Hudson Milliner

THE HUDSON MILLINER ART SALON

415 WARREN STREET

The Hudson Milliner, located on Warren Street, Hudson’s main thoroughfare, is the project of Shannon & Charlotta, two artists from Brooklyn who bought the building in search of an upstate abode they could escape to. In the process of renovating, the Hudson Milliner was born from the desire to bring the history and character out of the building and share the beautiful space with others. The newly renovated nineteenth century building marries the rich, historic identity of the city of Hudson with a sense of urban luxury. The classical exterior and interior pre-tin plaster moldings, large mahogany framed windows and stairwells, pocket doors with etched glass inlay, and brick and timber elements celebrate the architectural history of the space, while simultaneously providing modern amenities for visitors and guests. 

The associated Hudson Milliner Art Salon is a creative and collaborative art space featuring art and performance as well as the intersection of the two. The venue features exploratory, edgy and political work. Complete with the magnificent original tin ceiling, the space serves as an event venue for both private and community gatherings such as lectures, performances, photo/film shoots, dinner parties, and even jiu jitsu.

The Wick Hotel

THE WICK HUDSON

41 CROSS STREET

The Wick, Hudson, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, is a repurposed 1860’s candle factory lovingly restored into a 55 room boutique hotel in Hudson, New York. We have a variety of both king and queen rooms, sprinkled with Junior and Luxury suites. The majority of our rooms have elevated ceiling heights and most have an original historical element such as brick, beams or original wood flooring. We offer free valet parking as well as a EV charging station. Our local shuttle is available for our guests. We are nestled a short distance from Hudson’s Amtrak train station.

THOMAS COLE

THOMAS COLE

NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

218 SPRING STREET, CATSKILL

The Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill, NY, marks the birthplace of this nation’s first major art movement, now known as the Hudson River School, as it was founded by Thomas Cole (1801-1848). The nationally recognized historic site is an affiliate of the National Park Service and operates as a forward thinking nonprofit organization embracing change and continually pursuing authenticity and resonance. Thomas Cole’s profound influence on America’s cultural landscape inspires the engagement of broad audiences through innovative educational programs that are relevant today. 

Time and Space Limited

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(Time & Space Limited Theatre Co., Inc.)

434 COLUMBIA STREET

Time & Space Limited Theatre Co., Inc. (TSL), a not-for-profit arts organization serving the City of Hudson and the Hudson River Valley Region, invites individuals and families to participate in the arts in a culturally rich and socially-active environment.


TSL encourages artistic expression in daily life, and supports the evolution of Hudson, New York, as a community that celebrates its diversity. TSL accomplishes its goals by engaging audiences in exploring themes that reflect the local and global concerns of Hudson Valley residents with original theater productions and performances, music, art exhibitions, multi-media productions, independent and documentary films, Live HD Simulcasts, youth projects, and special events.


By exposing an underserved area of New York State to the benefits of artistic expression, TSL has become a beacon and leader in the neighborhood, county, and state, shaping the lives of community members through innovative and exciting cultural projects of quality and substance. Its mission is to educate, enliven, and expand the artistic quality of life in the community it serves.

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WINDOW ON HUDSON

43 S. 3RD STREET

Window On Hudson offers storefront window exhibition space for artists of Hudson and the Hudson Valley. Window On Hudson is committed to providing a platform for established and developing artists to display their work, of all mediums, while also offering professional development opportunities for emerging artists.

Window On Hudson is two large storefront windows located at 43 South Third Street, Hudson NY 12534. The windows are prominently visible 24/7 to all citizens and visitors of the City of Hudson traveling south in NY-9G.

Photo Credit: © Jeremy Kristin Bullis
Artist Credits: Nikolette Bellochhio, CHIMBA, Ifetayo Cobbins, Jeannie LoVullo, Will Squibb

indoor exhibitions: 11am - 5pm daily

carrie haddad gallery

d’arcy simpson artworks

elevated matter

galvan foundation

lightforms art center

pamela salisbury gallery

september

susan eley fine art

public art

hudson train station

olana state historic site

promenade hill park

the flow chart foundation

thomas cole national historic site

rip van winkle bridge / hudson river skywalk

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