Press & Media
Mentions in the Media
2026:
“PKX Festival Puts Youth Creativity Center Stage in Poughkeepsie” Chronogram – March 13, 2026
“Dutchess County Anti-Vaping Art Contest Inspires Young Artists to Creatively Raise Awareness – “Escape the Vape Art” Contest Now Accepting Submissions” Dutchess County Executive Department News – March 5, 2026
2025:
“Art Effect exhibition features Poughkeepsie grad” Superintendent’s Brief, Issue 17 – December 17, 2025
“Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet Selected to Participate in National Initiative to Strengthen Positive Youth Opportunities for Poughkeepsie Adolescents” Poughkeepsie City School District – October 10, 2025
“Advancing Opportunities for Adolescents Initiative: Meet the Partnerships” Wallace Foundation – October 8, 2025
“The Art Effect’s Art After Dark Gala Heads to Locust Grove on November 14” Chronogram – October 3, 2025
“Say “Hooray for Reading” at the Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival” Marist Circle – April 15, 2025
“Serino Announces $250K in YOU Drop-In Center Grants Funding will create and enhance safe, welcoming spaces for young people” Dutchess County – May 14, 2025
2024:
“Rewriting the Story: Celebrating 2024’s Progress Toward Lasting Change” Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet – December 15, 2024
“Teenage artistic visions on view at Poughkeepsie gallery show” Times Union – August 25, 2024
“Arts education continues to grow” Superintendent’s Brief, Issue 79 – June 5, 2024
“Festival to highlight students, artists, filmmakers, music” Superintendent’s Brief, Issue 65 – April 17, 2024
“A New Era for Poughkeepsie” Chronogram – February 1, 2024
“GSA unveils new mural” Dutchess BOCES – 2024
2023:
“30 Art Shows to See in New York This Summer” Hyperallergic – June 14, 2023
“Youth have many options for Summer” Superintendent’s Brief, Issue 82 – June 14, 2023
2022:
“The Art Effect Promotes Healing” Marist Circle – December 13, 2022
Press Releases from The Art Effect
2025:
December – Teen Artists from Across the Hudson Valley Showcase Ambitious Work in Winter Exhibition
November – Art After Dark Illuminates the Night, Raising Critical Funds to Empower Young Creatives
September – 25th Annual Hudson Valley Regional Portfolio Day Brings Top Art Schools to Poughkeepsie
March – 2025 PKX Arts and Film Festival: A Day of Community, Art, and Film in Poughkeepsie
2024:
September – Hudson Valley Regional Portfolio Day Returns to Poughkeepsie at the Majad J. Nesheiwat Convention Center
2023:
December – Poughkeepsie Youth Arts Initiative PK B.A.Y. Seeks Artist Proposals for Public Art
June – The Art Effect Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Grant for Downtown Poughkeepsie
May – Local Youth Explore Different Avenues of Creative Expression at PKX Reel Exposure Festival
April – The Art Effect Teen Receives National “American Visions” Award
April – Reel Exposure Teen Film and Photography Festival Announces Lineup
March – PKX Reel Exposure Teen Film and Photography Festival Celebrates 10 Years in the Hudson Valley
2022:
October – Poughkeepsie Youth Take Over The City With PKX Arts Festival and Mayor Proclaims PKX Day
September – Poughkeepsie Youth Take Over The City With PKX Arts Festival this Weekend September 15-17, 2022
June – Youth Created Public Art Mural Unveiled at Walkway Over The Hudson
May – Announcing Allison M. Glenn as Guest Curator for Wonderland
March – Spark Studios Students Featured at Picturing Black Girlhood: Moments of Possibility Exhibition
March – The Art Effect Announces the Opening of the Media Lab At Poughkeepsie High School
January – The Art Effect to Receive $15,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
2021:
February – The Art Effect Offers In-Person Summer Programming for Ages 5-19
The Art Effect to Receive $20,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
March- The Art Effect Hosts Reel Exposure International Teen Film and Photography Festival This April!
May- The Art Effect Offers In-Person Summer Art Institute This Summer
The Art Effect Receives $100,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
The Art Effect To Participate in Hudson Valley Gives Day on May 19, 2021
Up Close and Personal International Juried Exhibition Opens in Poughkeepsie This Week
July- The Art Effect Presents Art After Dark on Friday, October 22nd
November – The Art Effect Releases 2020 Annual Report and End of Year Campaign: Building Stronger Communities
2020:
March – Virtual Screenwriting + Sculpture Bootcamp Paid Work Opportunities For Dutchess County Youth
April – The Art Effect is Amplifying the Creative Voices of Young People
The Art Effect’s The Reel Exposure International Teen Film & Photo Festival Goes Virtual!
May – The Art Effect’s Graduating Seniors Are College-Bound with Scholarships
The Art Effect Offers Summer Programming for Ages 4-19
June – Dutchess Arts Camps Nurture Creativity and Friendship
July – The Art Effect Releases 2019 Annual Report Celebrating Two Years Since Merger
The Art Effect Congratulates Our 2020 Congressional Art Award Winners
August – Providing Youth with Social and Creative Outlets at The Art Effect This Fall
September – The Art Effect Takes Over As New Conductor of The Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn Gallery
October – Black Lives Matter Planter Sculptures Unveiled on Rose Street, Poughkeepsie
The Art Effect Presents Annual Regional Portfolio Week, November 2 – 5
November – The Art Effect Announces An Interactive Extravaganza Virtual Gala, Art Show, and Auction
2019:
January – The Art Effect Presents Art After Hours: Teen Visions at Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn
February – The Art Effect Teen Artists Receive Over 70 Regional Scholastic Awards
March – The Art Effect Receives Poughkeepsie Awesome Foundation Grant for Youth Photography Competition
March – The Art Effect Presents the Reel Expressions International Film Festival – Free for Under 21
April – The Art Effect Celebrates Inaugural Year with 2018 Annual Report
2018:
December – The Art Effect Receives New York State Pollution Prevention Institute Community Grant
November – The Art Effect Presents the 18th Annual Regional Portfolio Day
September – Michael J. Quinn, Niki Pagones Quinn, Breanna Lee Nussbickel, and Amina Kearney Honored at Art After Dark
August – The Art Effect Presents: The First Annual Art After Dark on Tuesday, September 25th
June – Local Library Receives NEA Big Read Grant, Supporting Media Programming
June – Dutchess Arts Camp Appoints New Millbrook Director
May – The Art Effect Presents Reel Expressions International Teen Film Festival – Free for Under 21
