Upcoming Events
CAPS (Calling All Poets) Monthly Poetry Series
Join us at our NEW home: 9 Paradies Ln. New Paltz New York to celebrate 25 years of CAPS!
To see featured poets each month, checkout the CAPS events page.
In Conversation with Ulster County Poet Laureate
Kate Hymes, Ulster County Poet Laureate, will be in dialogue with the Calling All Poets Series (CAPS) organizers as they celebrate 25 years of CAPS poetry in the Hudson Valley and internationally!
Open Mic Night
Join us for 3rd Thursdays Open Mic at our new home of 9 Paradies Lane in New Paltz! We are excited to host a monthly open mic night open to all types of performers!
Sign-ups from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM – performances starting at 7 PM.
Open Mic Night
Join us for 3rd Thursdays Open Mic at our new home of 9 Paradies Lane in New Paltz! We are so excited to host a monthly open mic night open to all types of performers!
Sign-ups from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM – performances starting at 7 PM.
CAPS (Calling All Poets) Celebrates 25 Years
Join us on te first Friday of every month for a poetry series by CAPS (Calling All Poets)
Open Mic Night
Join us for Third Thursdays Open Mic! We are so excited to host a monthly open mic night open to all types of performers!
Sign-ups from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM – performances starting at 7 PM.
Open Mic Night
Join us for Third Thursdays Open Mic! We are so excited to host a monthly open mic night open to all types of performers!
Sign-ups from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM – performances starting at 7 PM.
JOY! Small Works Exhibit: Closing Potluck Party
Join us for the closing potluck party of JOY! on Sun. Nov 19th, 3-6pm
Come and be part of our final show at this space! We'll be celebrating 47 years of Unison at 68 Mountain Rest Rd and an exciting new chapter at our permanent 9 Paradies Lane home.
Open Mic Night
Join us for Third Thursdays Open Mic! We are so excited to host a monthly open mic night open to all types of performers!
Sign-ups from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM – performances starting at 7 PM.
Sky Islands: Open Rehearsal – Composition by Percussionist & Sound Artist Susie Ibarra
Percussionist and sound artist, Susie Ibarra creates a new work for two percussionists, flute, piano and string quartet, entitled Sky Islands, in collaboration with UNISON arts center. Please join the artists, pianist Alex Peh, flutist Claire Chase, percussionist Levy Lorenzo and the Bergamot string quartet for an open rehearsal and preliminary first hearing of this work December 13th, 4-6 pm, in Shepard Recital Hall in College Hall, SUNY New Paltz.
Error Code: Bolts, Bytes and Betrayal – A Sci-fi Puppet Noir Mystery! – *2nd Performance*
Join us for a sci-fi puppet noir mystery! Paper Heart Puppets presents “Error Code: Bolts, Bytes and Betrayal'“ The show is free to attend, but please register below. Each performance has a capacity of 50 guests. There will be 2 performances held, the first on Sat. Dec 9th at 5pm, and the second on Sun. Dec 10th at 5 pm.
Error Code: Bolts, Bytes and Betrayal – A Sci-fi Puppet Noir Mystery! – *1st Performance*
Join us for a sci-fi puppet noir mystery! Paper Heart Puppets presents “Error Code: Bolts, Bytes and Betrayal'“ The show is free to attend, but please register below. Each performance has a capacity of 50 guests. There will be 2 performances held, the first on Sat. Dec 9th at 5pm, and the second on Sun. Dec 10th at 5 pm.
32nd Annual Craft, Art & Design Fair Fundraiser
Friday, Saturday & Sunday December 1st–3rd, Unison Arts partners with the SUNY New Paltz Department of Art at the College Terrace at SUNY New Paltz for the Unison Craft Art & Design Fair!
We are still accepting applications to be a vendor! You can download the application here.
JOY! Small Works Exhibit Opening Reception
Join us for the opening reception of JOY! on Sun. Nov 19th, 4-6pm
Come and be part of our final show at this space! We'll be celebrating 47 years of Unison at 68 Mountain Rest Rd and an exciting new chapter at our permanent 9 Paradies Lane home.
JOY! Small Works Our Regional Open Call for the JOY! Small Works show has been extended to November 8th at midnight. – Apply Here!
Lockman and Purcell
Join us for an evening of traditional Irish music by fiddle player/vocalist Deidre Lockman & Bouzouki player/vocalist, Corey Purcell!
Generously supported by Garvan’s Gastro Pub & Restaurant.
Silent Disco
Mark your calendars for our super fun Silent Disco event! Hosted by Alex Wojcik, the Silent Disco will take place in the bucolic grounds of Unison Arts on Friday October 20th, 7-9pm. The event will take place outdoors in the garden, or indoors in case of inclement weather.
DJing the event are prolific Hudson Valley DJs, Rodan of MindChurch & DJ Shaman Vybes.
Unison’s Fall Festival Fundraiser!
Unison is delighted to invite you to our Fall Festival fundraiser! - An indoor and outdoor celebration of community support for Unison’s unique arts programming. Wander our beautiful grounds in peak fall foliage season; and enjoy snacks & drinks from top local vendors.
This is a family-friendly event with all-ages games and activities, including:
• interactive music box project with 2022 Guggenheim Fellow, composer Phyllis Chen
• soft-sword-battling with the Wayfinder Experience team
• live and silent art auctions
• live music in the grounds
Bloom, The B2s, & Perennial
Join us for Unison favorites, vocal ensembles Bloom, The B2s, and Perennial are performing live at 68 Mountain Rest Rd. The concert will be outdoors weather permitting, in the case of inclement weather, the performance will be moved indoors.
Gallery Closing Reception – IMPRINT: Showcasing PUF Studios & D.R.A.W.’s Neighborhood Print Studio
Join us for a closing gallery reception for IMPRINT: Showcasing PUF Studios & D.R.A.W.’s Neighborhood Print Studio.
Third Thursdays Open Mic
Join us for Third Thursdays Open Mic! We are so excited to host a monthly open mic night open to all types of performers!
Sign-ups from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM – performances starting at 7 PM.
Hudson Valley Jazz Fest – Circular Jazz: The Guitar Trio
Join us for an evening of jazz as part of the celebration of regional jazz musicians, Hudson Valley Jazz Fest
Circular Jazz; The Guitar Trio will be performing music from the great American Song Book plus selections by jazz greats such as Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and others. In addition they will present select music from the late, great Bert Wilson. The trio consists of Bob Meyer on drums & cymbals, Adam Coté on bass, and Luke Franco on guitar.
Kathy Goodell: “Human Foibles Meet the Mad Machine'“ • Opening Reception: Upstate Art Weekend
Unison is delighted to present a show of new paintings and monotypes by multidisciplinary artist Kathy Goodell.
Stuart Bigley: Turning 80 – A Retrospective Exhibition • Closing Reception
Unison is pleased to celebrate the 80th birthday of our founder, Stuart Bigley, with an exhibition of paintings, drawings and photomontages spanning from the 1970s through the present day.
Juneteenth Celebration: Singer-Songwriter Adam Falcon
Unison is thrilled to present a special Juneteenth event: Adam Falcon. The music of singer-songwriter, Adam Falcon has been widely considered to have an absence of genre yet ranges from folk to rhythm and blues.
Hudson Valley String Quartet
The Hudson Valley String Quartet performs a program of influential works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Claude Debussy as well as a piece from 2017 by Iranian composer Aftab Darvishi.
Pride Month Open Mic Night
In celebration of Pride month, please join us on June 15 for a Pride Open Mic night hosted by New Paltz's very own Alex Wojcik which will center performers from our LGBTQ+ community. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Sign-ups at 6:30 PM – performances starting at 7 PM.
The Sweet Clementines
Somewhere between chamber music and a chaotic take on classic guitar pop, the Sweet Clementines approach the rock arts with vibraphones, violins, sophisticated vocal counterpoint and electronic accents, all in support of a huge body of unique and elegant songs.
Stuart Bigley: Turning 80 – A Retrospective Exhibition • Opening Reception
Unison is pleased to celebrate the 80th birthday of our founder, Stuart Bigley, with an exhibition of paintings, drawings and photomontages spanning from the 1970s through the present day.
Jackie Skrzynski: “The Witchery Of Living” – Gallery Closing Reception
Join us for the closing reception of “The Witchery of Living”