Kingston, NY — BravinLee Programs announces Stay Frosty Kingston, the second edition of its open-air art event, presented this year in collaboration with ArtPort Kingston in Kingston, New York, and part of Upstate Art Weekend. It is free and open to all. June 25–28. Opening: Thursday evening June 25. Hours: TBA. ArtPort Kingston, 80 Smith Street, Kingston, NY, 12401
Part tailgate. Part trunk show. Part art fair. Part site-specific exhibition. Stay Frosty’s first edition, presented in Fall 2025 in a parking lot in Harlem with 30 participants, reimagined each vehicle as a self-contained, curated presentation — where trunks opened to sculptural creations, installation, sound, multiples, and conversation. The result was dynamic, accessible, and community-driven—art experienced beyond the confines of a conventional setting. The participants are artists, dealers, non-profits, and independent curators. Stay Frosty Kingston transforms ArtPort’s three parking lots into a dynamic exhibition space featuring over 50 presentations, including site-specific sculptures, installations, performances, and workshops.
Stay Frosty re-thinks the status quo of the contemporary art world. It is shaped by an open vision of exchange—the structure remains dynamic and responsive, designed to serve makers and creatives by fostering connection, collaboration, and shared experience. The name Stay Frosty comes from Vietnam era GI slang– DONT PANIC.
Kingston, NY is one of the Hudson Valley’s most vital and artist-dense communities. Stay Frosty has found its ideal host in ArtPort Kingston — a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to supporting artist-led initiatives and fostering meaningful community engagement in non-traditional ways throughout the region. ArtPort Kingston was one of Stay Frosty Harlem’s exhibitors.
BravinLee Programs was founded by Karin Bravin and John Post Lee in 1991 in SoHo. BravinLee works through a site-responsive exhibition model. It has always operated within and outside the gallery; it now focuses fully on the latter, organizing exhibitions in unexpected, nontraditional environments where place is as central as the work itself.
ArtPort Kingston, run by Laurie De Chiara and Stefan Saffer, is a Hudson Valley nonprofit dedicated to fostering artist-led exhibitions/ projects, residencies, and community engagement in Kingston, New York and beyond. ArtPort Kingston provides the premises and collaborative foundation for Stay Frosty Kingston, bringing together two organizations committed to building culture horizontally — outside the gates, on the ground, and in community.
Location: 80 Smith Avenue, Kingston New York
Upstate Art Weekend
Dates/ hours/receptions:
Opening Preview reception: Thursday June 25th 3-6 pm
Friday June 26 11-6 (reception 3-6)
Saturday June 27: 11-5
Sunday June 28: 11-4
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Ali Shrago-Spechler: Sophienstrasse
BOB’s Gallery Presents Til Will, Memo
Cal Fish: Sounding Sound Absorber Van
The Camp Gallery Presents: Molly Gambardella, Vandelion
Charlie Ritchie: Trunk Show
Charlotte Bravin Lee; Ten-Minute Portraits
Dasha Bazanova/ Amelia Biewald/ Dessarae Bassil: Mercedes Benz
Ellie Murphy: Own Goal
Eric Doeringer: Bandit Signs
Galerie Lucida Presents: Michael Flomen, Robert Flynt, Michael Paris Mazzeo, Anne Arden McDonald, and Gerald Slota
Gallery Art 06870: Ben Quesnal, Michael Manning, Christian Salvati
Ghost of a Dream, head to the next place, where we will make the same mistakes (working title)
Guy Richards Smit: Prius Sisyphus
Hayley Ferber Presents: Graciela Cassell
Heather Nicol
Jack Henry: Rolling Field
Jeila Gueramian: Portal 2 Here
Jess Blaustein and Tara Long: Flight Mode
Joe Adams
Jonathan Feldschuh: Particle Collider
Julie Peppito: Tax The Rich
Laisun Keane Gallery Presents: Campbell-Lynn McLean, Jordan McGirk and Raina Lee
Mandy Cano Villalobos: Birdie’s Traveling Art Show
Margaret Roleke: Weapons of Mass Destruction
MATERIAL GIRLS
Matt Bua: Sophianic Effigy Stone Meet Up
Michele Brody: Toyota Teahouse
Michal Gavish: Neural Auto
Natalie Colette Wood: Swallowed by Nature
Natalya Khorover: The Irony of Activism
Phaan Howng: Seems Shady
Paul Maloney: Dive Bars, Bathrooms and Barflys
Peter Dudek
Peter Franck Presents
Rachel Urkowitz: Alternate Side Painting and Drawing Road Trip Edition
reALISE (re) Acts of Language and Imagination in Service of Expression Presents: True American Experience
Roxy Savage + Crystal Heiden/ Lady Labor: IN FLIGHT
Scott Teplin, Out of Line
Sarah George: Naughty by Nature
Taliesin Thomas Presents: Kate Kosek, Off The Grid
Tara Foley and John O’Donnell
THEODORE Presents: Conspiracy Island- Bill Albertini + Elissa Levy+ Billy Jacobs
Works on Water Presents: Port Ben Boat Club by Gretchen Burger and Sarah Cameron Sunde with boat assist from Emily Blumenfeld
Woolpunk: Gimme Shelter
Z Behl and Kim Moloney (BALONEY): Car Pile Pyre
And
ArtPort Kingston presents: Soft Terrain, a group exhibition
BravinLee Programs Presents Deb’s Outpost: Sammy Bennett, Bradley Milligan, Airco Caravan, Alexandria Deters, Kumasi Barnett, Orly Cogan, Sam Keller, Jac Lahav, Jean Lowe, Kristina Majkut, Caitlin McCormack, Brent Owens, Tiny Pricks, Elizabeth Saloka, Tom Sanford, Miles Shelton, Scott Teflon, Barbara Sullivan. Donna Moylan, Michael Scoggins, Alex Gingrow, Amy Wilson, Charlotte Lee, Derek Stroup, Polly Shindler, Barbara Friedman, Margaret Withers