Submissions Open for O+ Kingston
    Submissions are open for the 2021 O+ Festival taking place on October 8-10 for Artists, Musicians, and teachers offering Wellness Classes.
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    Murals, Music and Meditation
    Musicians and wellness practitioners have provided complementary songs/musical compositions and/or meditations for 10 of the O+ murals in Kingston, NY.
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    The LO+ving Kindness
    O+ is offering free mindfulness-based stress reduction sessions via the Zoom platform.
    Fridays at 12pm EDT
    Kingston Artists Paint Black Lives Matter Mural
    The public artwork memorializes and honors Black lives, calls for an end to systemic racism, racial violence and police brutality, and offers healing to those who have endured these inequities for generations.
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    Survivor Love Letter Mural
    Artists Jess X. Snow and Layqa Nuna Yawar painted a monumental love letter to survivors of sexual assault and violence, featuring words by Tani Ikeda and Kingston-area survivors, on Family of Woodstock's Darmstadt Shelter during the ninth annual O+ Kingston. The project included a facilitated workshop for survivors of sexual violence and their allies.
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    O+ empowers communities to take control of their collective wellbeing through the exchange of art, music and wellness.

    O+ (pronounced O Positive) supports the health of underinsured artists and musicians through festivals at which they exchange art-making and performances for wellness services: the art of medicine for the medicine of art.

    O+ helps strengthen community wellbeing with Narcan and CPR trainings, expos of local health-and wellness-related nonprofits, cycling events, classes in the healing arts, mural tours and healthcare forums.

    We are creative radical compassionate O+

    O+ Festival Weekend

    Art

    O+ curators select a theme, review submissions and invite artists to make murals, sculptures, installations, films, workshops and performances in public spaces. O+ artists receive complimentary health and wellness care in exchange for their creative gifts.

    Music

    O+ festivals feature concerts in large and intimate venues, including a former Vaudevillian theater, galleries, breweries, even alleys. A music panel reviews submissions and invites bands to participate. O+ musicians receive free health and wellness care in exchange for playing festival shows.

    Wellness

    The O+ Artists’ Clinic is the heart of every festival. Underinsured artists, musicians and volunteers receive care from nurses, doctors, dentists, bodyworkers and mental health professionals. Audiences attend wellness expos, healing arts classes, cycling events and NARCAN & CPR trainings.

    Empowering
    Community

    O+ uses our collective talents to heal and strengthen neighborhoods.

    Recent News

    2021 O+ Kingston Theme: O+ygen

    April 22, 2021 / ,
    O+ will celebrate its 11th annual festival of art, music and wellness in Kingston on October 8th-10th, 2021. O+ Kingston is a convergence of arts and  wellness. How do art
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    O+ Festival Returns October 2021

    March 18, 2021 / ,
    Following a year of placing most events on hold as our communities have grappled with crisis, O+ Festival will return to Kingston, NY October 8-10, 2021.
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    The Actors Fund Offers Health Insurance Counseling Nov. 13

    November 5, 2020 /
    O+ is partnering with The Actors Fund to support alumni artists and musicians in understanding their health insurance options.
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    IlluminatiO+n Showcases Kingston Murals Oct. 10

    October 6, 2020 / , , ,
    O+ is lighting up a number of murals painted throughout its decade-long festival history for one night only this Saturday, Oct. 10, from 6-10 p.m. in Kingston, N.Y.
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    Learn How to Administer Narcan Oct. 10

    October 6, 2020 / ,
    O+ and a number of partners will offer instruction in administering Narcan, which temporarily reverses the effects of overdoses from opioids, on Saturday, Oct. 10
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    Walk-by Exhibition Features Art in Kingston Windows

    September 29, 2020 / ,
    Art will be installed in Kingston storefront and gallery windows Sept.12 - Oct.12 as part of PO+p Up 2020, an exhibition celebrating artists who have participated in O+ Kingston festivals and fundraising events between 2010 and 2019.
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    O+ Offers Narcan Training Online Sept. 30

    September 28, 2020 / ,
    O+ in partnership with Samadhi will offer online training in how to administer Narcan, which temporarily reverses the effects of opioid medicines, on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. over
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    Learn How to Administer Narcan Sept. 26

    September 24, 2020 / ,
    O+ in partnership with Samadhi will offer trainings in how to administer Narcan, which temporarily reverses the effects of opioid medicines, on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. and 3
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    Kingston Artists Collaborate on Black Lives Matter Mural

    June 13, 2020 /
    Jalani Lion and Dina Kravtsov, assisted by Matthew Schulze, painted a mural featuring the late Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery.
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    O+ Offers Compassion-Focused Meditation

    May 18, 2020 / ,
    O+ presents The LO+ving Kindness, 15 minutes of mindfulness and heartfulness, Fridays at noon EDT. The free online session provides stress reduction exercises, space to check-in with your heart, and an opportunity to
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