O+ Festival

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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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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Exchanging Art & Music for Healthcare Since 2010

Treatments in Clinic

Dental Treatments

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+

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

ExplO+re Wellness
Year-Round
Recipe Exchange

November 5, 2021 / news, Wellness

Recipes are a way to connect to each other’s history and experiences. They’re a way to share our culture and memories. That’s what the ExplO+re Recipe Exchange is all about – sharing

The Magnetic Fields Announced as O+ Festival Headliner

September 14, 2021 / Events, Kingston, news

Indie pop stalwarts The Magnetic Fields and “first lady of graffiti” Lady Pink headline the 11th O+ Festival Oct. 8-10 in Kingston, N.Y. The unique weekend connects participating artists and musicians with vital healthcare, mental healthcare, dentistry and wellness services.