Upstate Art Weekend Turns Cars and Barns into Galleries
From June 25 to 29, 2025, the Hudson Valley region of New York hosted the seventh annual Upstate Art Weekend (UAW), showcasing exhibitions, performances, and site-specific installations from more than 160 artists and organizations. The event commenced at Scenic Hudson's River Center with "Museum of Fishes & Greens," a unique tent-like installation featuring saris displayed on clotheslines, curated by Eve Morgenstern from the climate and art nonprofit Soon is Now. This installation emerged from a partnership between the Food Studio Collective and artists from India's Sundarbans forest, highlighted in a short documentary exploring the challenges of ecological instability while maintaining households, markets, and biodiversity. UAW's innovative format emphasizes an "outside-the-system" perspective on art, utilizing cars and barns as galleries.
Key facts
- Upstate Art Weekend (UAW) is in its seventh year.
- UAW was held from June 25 to 29.
- Over 160 organizations and artists participated.
- The event took place in the Hudson Valley region, New York.
- Eve Morgenstern founded the climate and art nonprofit Soon is Now.
- The installation 'Museum of Fishes & Greens' was at Scenic Hudson's River Center.
- The installation featured saris hanging from clotheslines.
- The collaboration involved the Food Studio Collective and local artists from the Sundarbans forest in India.
Entities
Artists
- Eve Morgenstern
Institutions
- Scenic Hudson
- Soon is Now
- Food Studio Collective
- Upstate Art Weekend
Locations
- Upstate New York
- Hudson Valley
- New York
- Sundarbans forest
- India