HVMOCA is a proud participant in Upstate Art Weekend
Enlighten Peekskill: A Peekskill Public Art Project
June 25, 26 & 28, 2026
Illuminate Peekskill • Making Connections • Five Arches Mural
12 Murals, 4 Sculptures, 46 Artists
After seven years of collaboration and effort, Peekskill is sharing a newly completed and cohesive array of public art, collectively called “Enlighten Peekskill,” that forms a path leading from the Hudson River to the city center.
Upstate Art Weekend - Inaugural Walking Tour of the Enlighten Peekskill Art Trail
Join us on Friday, June 26, 2026 at 5:30PM for the Grand Opening of the ‘Enlighten Peekskill’ Art Trail Tour. This event will include artists’ comments and special dance and drumming performances and more!
The event will start at The Central at 300 Railroad Ave, Peekskill, NY and ending in Downtown Peekskill.
A shuttle van is available to transport people along the Art Trail from the Peekskill Train Station to Downtown Peekskill on all three days during the event hours.
Friday, June 26 5:30 PM
Tour begins at 5:30 PM
at The Central, 300 Railroad Ave, Peekskill
Hear from Artists, Enjoy Performances:
Christine Knowlton & Candace Winter, The Five Elements Arches
Sandra Muss, Open Doors
Carol Bouyoucos, Above the Fruited Planes
Lance Johnson, The Abolitionists & Did You Hear?
Shagun Singh, Luminated Rhythm
Dance performance by ARTS 10566 Ecuadorian Youth Dancers
Kay Barthelmes for Robert Barthelmes, Honoring the Public Trust
Poetry Reading by Toni Quest & Lance Johnson, Drumming by Shshi
Misha Tyukyunik, City by the River
