NYT bestselling author Kurt Andersen comes to Hudson.

We're thrilled to welcome NYT bestselling author Kurt Andersen to (Creative Legion), in conversation with our own member Rick Stengel, former Managing Editor of TIME. They'll dig into Andersen's latest novel, The Breakup (a near-future story about a marriage and a country both coming apart) along with the ideas, instincts, and decades of writing that shape his work.

We don't get evenings like this often — a writer who's spent his career paying close attention to America, in conversation, in our space for creatives. Come with questions.

End of Summer Book Club with book A World Appears by Michael Pollan. Conversation hosted at (Creative Legion) by Daron Hollowell.

A discussions around re-centering the role of the unconscious mind and spontaneous thought by reading A World Appears by Michael Pollan. Come to the meeting prepared to discuss the book. Conversation hosted by (Creative Legion) Member, Daron Hollowell.

Members meet members and have a chat. Coffee and pastries. Members Only.

Join member Vicky Gray Clark and Majed Al Hassanieh as we flow through poses and pause for a moment of self-reflection and clearing.

MAJED + VICKY - Sunset Yoga + Meditation (Self Reflection, Clearing the Mind

Join (Creative Legion) member and Everyday Nirvana yoga instructor, Vicky Gray-Clark, and for a 70-minute gentle Vinyasa flow and meditation session with Emotional Precision Coaching meditation teacher Majed Al Hassanieh.

This all-levels class is your invitation to step onto the mat, breathe, flow, and tap into your inner creativity after the workday.

Bring your own mat and any props you may need.

Tickets

Members: Free

Non-Members: $15

RSVP required. Space is limited.

ABOUT:

Majed Al Hassanieh is a certified life coach specializing in mindset and life transformation. He is a meditation practitioner with over 10 years of experience and on the path of studying Buddhism.

Vicky Gray-Clark is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor and creator of Everyday Nirvana, through which she teaches small groups and private sessions. She is a passionate lifelong student of the eight-limb yoga path and enjoys sharing the benefits of yoga, particularly with beginners and older individuals.

Launching book club with Paul & John by Ian Leslie. Conversation hosted at (Creative Legion) by Mark D'Arcy.

Dive into the letters of one of the most complex creative partnerships in history by reading Paul & John: A Love Story In Songs. Come to the meeting prepared to discuss the book. Conversation hosted by (Creative Legion) Founder, Mark D'Arcy.

An evening opening for After Hours, new paintings by Annika Tucksmith. On view July 25th–October 2nd.

After Hours
Something deviates when land goes unnoticed. Beyond the horizon, the earth hangs in suspense outside our gaze, even as traces of our presence linger. After Hours presents work by Annika Tucksmith that contemplates the local landscape as a living record. The paintings peer into the darkness, where the earth's perceived stillness suggests a tension both beyond and because of our time within it.

Join us for the opening reception, Friday, July 25th from 4–6pm.

(Creative Legion) 7 Fairview Ave, Hudson, NY.

The exhibition will remain on view through October 2nd. All works are available for acquisition. An artist talk will be announced at a later date.

About the Artist
Annika Tucksmith is an artist from the Hudson Valley. Her paintings render strange narratives of the rural landscape and the people who inhabit it. Her work has been featured in Harper's Art Desk, New American Paintings, Hyperallergic, Architectural Digest, and Times Union's "30 Artists Under 30 in the Hudson Valley." She received her MFA from Columbia University and is a two-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Grant. Her work has recently been shown at Fredericks & Freiser (New York, NY) and Steven Zevitas Gallery (Boston, MA), and she is represented by Carrie Haddad Gallery (Hudson, NY).

Join us for a conversation exploring art, memory, institutional power, and the structures of belonging with DARNstudio and Dr. Katie Fuller.

Join us for a closing conversation exploring art, memory, institutional power, and the structures of belonging as explored by the contemporary artist duo DARNstudio and corresponding with their exhibition INVADING SPACES on view at (Creative Legion).

About DARNstudio: DARNstudio is the collaborative practice of artists David Anthone and Ron Norsworthy. Together they create works that use familiar materials and visual languages to examine memory, identity, place, and the structures that shape everyday life. Anthone brings a background in architecture, historic preservation, and urban planning; Norsworthy brings decades of work across fine art, set design, and product design. Their work has been exhibited in solo and group shows and appeared in major publications and media platforms.

About Dr. Katie Fuller: Katie Fuller is a curator and educator whose exhibitions are deeply concerned with righting the historical record on racism in the United States — challenging how racialized differences are projected and how the past informs the present. Her work has been reviewed in ArtForum and Hyperallergic. She holds a PhD in Art Education with a Specialty in Museum Studies from Florida State University and has published scholarly work in leading art education journals.

Free and open to the public. RSVP required.

Third Thursdays returns with a gathering for creative professionals working in still and moving image. Photographers, videographers, producers, stylists, agents, creative directors, art directors, content strategists, and marketing managers — if you're building a visual career in the Hudson Valley, this one's for you.

Join (Creative Legion), Catskill Photo Studio,Focus On Women and the Good Brigade for an evening of intentional networking: meet potential collaborators, learn what resources already exist in the region, and help shape a more connected creative community up here. Wine sampling by Neverstill throughout the evening.

Doors open at 5:30. Breakout groups begin at 6:00.

July 16th · 5:30–8pm

RSVP Required, Admission is Free

Members meet members and have a chat. Coffee and pastries. Members Only.

Members meet members and have a chat. Coffee and pastries. Members Only.

Memorials serve as sites of invitation. To remember. To rest. To witness. To gather. To organize. 

The Void, an ongoing counter-memorial to HIV / AIDS, prioritizes gathering in public space as a radical invitation to honor our dead - together, out loud - to feel, discuss and take action around the ongoing AIDS crisis and interconnected issues. 

For this participatory lecture, the history and various uses of The Void will be shared, before it is activated in the space as an opportunity to bring voice to connecting issues, realities and tactics emerging from the HIV response alongside other contemporary calamities. 

The Void began as a proposal in 2020 for the Highline Plinth commission by Carlos Motta, Koray Duman and Theodore Kerr. The proposal was not selected. A year later, it was considered as a temporary public sculpture connected to the New York City AIDS Memorials. This opportunity also did not move forward. Since then, The Void has found a public life through publication,exhibition, and events featured in The Hoosac Institute, and Motta’s exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogota and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, where it served a platform to convene, discuss, perform, etc 

Over the years, The Void has come to be an ephemeral memorial, serving at various times as a proposal, a wall painting, a performance backdrop, a site of radical hospitality,  a counter monument, a place for institutional criticism and more. Core to the project is a faith and practice of politics and generosity in public space. 

Bios:

Carlos Motta (b. 1978, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice documents the social conditions and political struggles of sexual, gender, and ethnic minority communities, challenging normative discourses through acts of self-representation. As a historian of untold narratives, Motta is deeply committed to researching the struggles of post-colonial subjects and societies. His work spans a variety of media, including video, installation, sculpture, drawing, web-based projects, performance, and symposia. In 2026, Motta’s mid-career survey, Carlos Motta: Pleas of Resistance—originally shown in 2025 at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) and co-curated by Agustín Pérez Rubio and María Berrios—will travel to OK Contemporary Art Center in Linz, curated by Agustín Pérez-Rubio and Susanne Watzenboeck. In 2026, Motta was also named Keith Haring Chair in Art and Activism at Bard College.

Koray Duman, AIA, LEED AP, invests in the social, cultural and ecological challenges of our built environment with innovative architectural strategies. An immigrant, Muslim, and LGBTQ man, Koray expresses in his work the need for architecture to encourage human bonds as a form of cultural advancement, creating spaces that promote inclusion, connectivity, and engagement with everyone.Prior to establishing Buro Koray Duman in 2013, Koray was the co-founder of Sayigh Duman Architects and had previously worked as the lead architect on several West Coast museum projects for Frederick Fisher & Partners. Koray has been the chair of New Practice Committee at AIA NY, a board member of the Clemente Center, and part of the Leadership Council at Van Alen Institute. He is currently a fellow of Urban Design Forum, and sits on the advisory boards of the American Society for Muslim Advancement and ProtoCinema. Koray has taught at Pratt Graduate School of Architecture, the New School, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is originally from Turkey where he earned a BArch from Middle Eastern Technical University, and furthered his studies at UCLA Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design with a master’s degree in Architecture. Koray is a registered architect in New York and Turkey.

Theodore (Ted) Kerr is a writer, educator, cultural organizer and artist whose work explores the history and ongoing impact of HIV/AIDS through the lenses of art, activism, and community storytelling. He is the co-author of We Are Having This Conversation Now: The Times of AIDS Cultural Production (Duke University Press, 2022, with Alexandra Juhasz). He curated the 2021 exhibition AIDS, Posters and Stories of Public Health: A People's Pandemic for the National Libraries of Medicine. He is a founding member of the international collective What Would an HIV Doula Do? He was one of 4 oral historians who worked on Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project for the Smithsonian, Archives for American Art in 2017 / 2018. He teaches at The New School, and is currently a Visiting Professor at Manhattan University.

Join Slow Food Hudson Valley for an afternoon with author Trinity Mouzon Wofford, celebrating her book Eating at Home, The Nourishing Practice of Everyday Cooking. Seasonal, local ingredients. A thoughtful pantry. Simple meals, made with care.

This is a creative way to welcome the Hudson Valley’s farmers market season and to cook what’s fresh this spring. Pick a recipe, shop the ingredients, cook at home, and bring your dish to share.

“I wrote this book because of what everyday cooking really feeds us with: connection.” — Trinity Mouzon Wofford

Slow Food HV Members: $50
Includes a signed book at the event + electronic copy after registration
Additional member tickets: $15 (no book or PDF)

Non-Members: $60
Includes a signed book at the event + electronic copy after registration
Additional non-member tickets: $20 (no book or PDF)