Mural Party @ Creative Legion
We’re celebrating the epic new works of Peter Daverington — murals inspired by the Hudson River School but flipped with his signature contemporary edge.

📅 Thu, Oct 30 | 6–8PM
📍 7 Fairview Ave, Hudson

Art. Music. Drinks. Vibe. Come see our walls transformed.

Step inside (Creative Legion) during Hudson Open Studios and connect directly with the voices behind Hard Palate. Curator Tara Foley will be on hand to share the vision for the show and guide intimate conversations with the exhibiting artists:

Becca Van K • Kelsey Renko • June Glasson • Lexa Walsh • John Desousa • Daria Irincheeva • ransome • Gracelee Lawrence • Ace Lehner

Explore the works, hear the stories behind them, and experience how each artist channels and amplifies their inner truths through diverse mediums and perspectives.

📍 (Creative Legion), 7 Fairview Ave, Hudson, NY
📅 October 11th, 11am-5pm
🎨 Part of Hudson Open Studios

Come mingle, ask questions, and celebrate Hudson’s creative community.

oin (Creative Legion) for the opening of Hard Palate by local curator, Tara Foley, now an official stop of the Hudson Jazz Festival. This exhibition explores the hard palate. Tara believes as anatomy sharpens tone, art sharpens perception.

Featuring works by Becca Van K, Kelsey Renko, June Glasson, Lexa Walsh, John Desousa, Daria Irincheeva, ransome, Gracelee Lawrence, and Ace Lehner.

As part of Hudson Jazz Festival’s Sounds Around Town, enjoy an intimate set with Maia Jarrett (vocals), Leo Belsky (piano), and Noah Jarrett (bass), a trio whose sound bridges body and space just as the artists’ works bridge perception and expression.

📍 (Creative Legion), 7 Fairview, Hudson, NY
📅 Saturday, October 4th, 2-4pm
🎷 Part of Hudson Jazz Festival’s Sounds Around Town

Sip, mingle, and immerse yourself where art and music converge.

Slow Food Hudson Valley Presents: A Cookbook Signing & Cookbook Potluck Series with Casey Elsass. 

Creative Legion, Talbott & Arding, and Slow Food Hudson Valley invite you to a delicious Sunday in Hudson with cookbook author Casey Elsass.

Cookbook Signing
Sunday, September 14 | 12–2 PM
Talbott & Arding · 202 Allen Street, Hudson

Cookbook Club Potluck + Conversation
Sunday, September 14 | 3–6 PM
Creative Legion · 7 Fairview Avenue, Hudson

Casey’s brand-new cookbook, What Can I Bring? Recipes to Help You Live Your Guest Life reimagines the age-old question every good guest asks. With 75 bright, crowd-pleasing recipes built to share, it’s all about showing up with food that delights and travels well—from dips to desserts and everything in between.

We’ll gather first at Talbott & Arding for a signing, then head to Creative Legion for a cozy potluck meal and conversation with Casey. You’re welcome to attend one event or both!

How to join and sign-up for the Cookbook Club Potluck:

Cook and bring a dish from What Can I Bring?

Bring a drink of your choice to share

Upstate Art Weekend at (Creative Legion): Book Signing Event with Julian Adon Alexander 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴

Join us for a book event and signing with Julian Adon Alexander (@snakebone_) for his debut monograph, 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, a personal and richly illustrated visual diary of Black youth and daily life.

Upstate Art Weekend at (Creative Legion): Screening & Talk Back of Who’s Behind Black Art with John Campbell and Phillip Collins

A special screening of 𝘞𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘈𝘳𝘵 (@whosbehindblackart), a docu-series directed, written, and produced by John Campbell (@jcintime) that pulls back the curtain on the lives of emerging artists and features the perspectives of curators, archivists, and cultural workers shaping the art world. Screening will be followed by a fireside chat with Phllip Collins (@goodblackart) and John Campbell.

Upstate Art Weekend at (Creative Legion): Opening Reception of Waiting Room by Braden A. Hollis

Join us for the Opening Reception for our latest exhibit with Good Black Art (@goodblackart), 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮, during Upstate Art Weekend (@upstateartweekend). 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮, our second summer exhibition, invites visitors into an immersive environment where domestic space becomes a site of reflection, care, and transformation.

Co-curated by artist and designer Braden A. Hollis (@bootlegballerina) and realized through the spatial design of Pablo Olguin (@eyypablo), this exhibition blends art and design across disciplines into a warm, lived-in environment. From early sketches and brainstorming to furniture, floor plans, and found objects, every piece reveals a creative process rooted in care, intention, and collaboration.

Meet the artists and curator as we bring warmth to the space with local, DJ April Hunt (@DJAprilHunt).

Saturday from 10AM–1PM, we're opening our doors early for a Pride morning hang. Swing by Creative Legion for:

A DJ set by Sir Shorty

Touching Grass, a new exhibition by Good Black Art

Take a tour for your first (or fifth) time

It’s the perfect pre-parade vibe—come through, connect, and catch a little culture before the streets fill up.