"What We Keep"
Upstate Art Weekend 2026.
Keith Haring. Alex Katz. Ryan Cronin. Dylan Martinez.
A partnership exhibition by the Cronin Gallery and Trimper Gallery @ the Cronin Gallery
10 Main Street, Water Street Market, New Paltz, NY
Free and open to the public
The Show
Thursday, June 25 through Monday, June 29
11 AM to 7 PM daily
Paintings, glass sculpture, mixed-media sculpture, and works on paper. Including new sculptures by Ryan Cronin, built from a deconstructed home heating oil tank. Trimper Gallery's contributions rotate throughout the weekend, so each visit offers something different.
A curated speaker series runs alongside the exhibition. See below.
🎯 Thursday, June 25 at 7:00 pm. Benjamin Wigfall: Art and Community
A talk on printmaker Benjamin Wigfall, who founded Communications Village in Kingston in 1972, and the role of art in building community.
🎯 Friday, June 26, 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Fourth Fridays at Water Street Market
🎯 Saturday, June 27th, 12:00 to 2:00 pm. Live Block Printing
A two-hour activation featuring a design by Ryan Cronin. Print on something you pick up from us, or bring your own. $38 per print, flat.
🎯 Saturday, June 27th, at 3:00 pm. Gil Vazquez on Keith Haring
Gil Vazquez, former Executive Director of the Keith Haring Foundation, speaks on Haring’s subway drawing series.
🎯 Sunday, June 28th, at 3:00 pm. Leverage and Legacy
A conversation on art as an asset and collection stewardship.
Meet the Artists, Meet the Galleriest
Throughout the weekend, the Cronin Gallery team will be on the floor alongside Alex Trimper and Ryan Cronin. Ask questions, talk about the work, learn how a piece comes together. The kind of access that's usually reserved for private viewings.
Getting Here
Water Street Market in the historic Village of New Paltz. Free on-site parking, tapas bar, coffee shop, restaurants, and boutiques.
Five minutes from Exit 18 of the New York State Thruway. Ninety minutes from New York City. Within easy reach of Mohonk Preserve, Storm King Art Center, DIA Beacon, other UAW venues, and the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail.
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