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    House an Artist or Musician!
    HO+using for artists and musicians is needed to support the 11th Annual O+ Festival taking place on October 8-10.
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    Submissions Open for O+ Kingston
    Submissions are open for the 2021 O+ Festival taking place on October 8-10 for Clinic Practitioners and Volunteers.
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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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    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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    RSVPs Requested
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    House an Artist or Musician!
    HO+using for artists and musicians is needed to support the 11th Annual O+ Festival taking place on October 8-10.
    Sign Up
    Submissions Open for O+ Kingston
    Submissions are open for the 2021 O+ Festival taking place on October 8-10 for Clinic Practitioners and Volunteers.
    Submit
    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.
    Learn More
    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.
    Learn More
    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

    The Magnetic Fields Announced as O+ Festival Headliner

    September 14, 2021 / , ,
    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.
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    BlO+ck Party August 14th from 1-5p.m.

    August 6, 2021 / , ,
    To celebrate a new community partnership between The Arc Mid-Hudson and O+, and the creation of O+’s largest Kingston-based mural to date, O+ is throwing a BlO+ck Party!
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    A Candlelight Vigil on the Anniversary of the Death of George Floyd

    June 10, 2021 /
    On the evening of May 25th, one year following the murder of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter mural in Kingston was illuminated to provide a space for our community to grieve, to speak, to sing and to hold light together.
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    Tough As A Mother Mural Ride May 22

    May 14, 2021 / ,
    Saturday, May 22nd, 12p.m.-2p.m. O+ Festival and Kingston Women’s Bike Festival are partnering on Tough As A Mother, a family friendly mural ride celebrating images that elevate the strength of
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    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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