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City of Poughkeepsie at night
Crew racing boat on the Hudson River

Arts & Culture in Poughkeepsie​

The City of Poughkeepsie, New York and surrounding areas have a vast, diverse array of creative talent encompassing a wide variety of art forms.​ Public art, galleries, arts-loving businesses, and venues for arts, culture and entertainment contribute to our local economy and the vitality and esthetics of our city.

Gallery 40 on Cannon Street
Crowd at Poughkeepsie Porchfest
Bardavon 1869 Opera House
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Poughkeepsie Civic Center
Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center
Exhibit opening at Gallery 40
Kaal Rock Park Concert on the waterfront
Conveyer/or Art Gallery
The cistern in College Hill Park

The most valuable asset we have is the shared belief within our arts community that focus on arts and culture has tremendous potential to increase community engagement, to increase the vitality of our area, and to stimulate economic growth.​​

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Poughkeepsie Arts & Culture Alliance is a 501(c)(3) New York State nonprofit corporation supporting artists, arts organizations, and businesses in our area.

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