What makes someone leave family, friends, and a familiar way of life behind? What would it take for you to say goodbye to the people you love and embark on a journey to a place you have never seen, many miles from your home? The decision to leave can be both the most frightening and the bravest step of a lifetime. Often such moves are seen as taking steps to improve one’s circumstances. Yet, for many people, the decision to relocate is often made because one’s survival depends on it. In those instances, our bodies carry us forward—our small steps, the breath rising and falling in our chests, build into a journey of significance. These physical movements can ultimately reverberate over generations, altering the fabric of societies, creating new communities, and melding cultures.  

Hudson Valley Artists: Movement features Fern Apfel, Joan Barker, Peter Bynum, Elizabeth Castagna, Jennie Duke, John Ebbert, Jill Enfield, Audrey Francis, Richard H Franklin, Samantha French, Joanne Gelb, Matthew Gilbert, Carl L Grauer, Aaron Hauck, Ali Herrmann, Candice Ivy, Carole Kunstadt, Elizabeth Livingston, Annie Lewis, Joel Longenecker, Norm Magnusson, Jason Mitcham, Emmanuel Ofori, Franc Palaia, Cate Pasquarelli, Gina Palmer, Beverly Peterson, Alex W Rader, Susanna Ronner, Aleks Rosenberg, Richard T Scott, Carla Shapiro, Rebecca Shippee, Ben Sloat, James Stamboni, Suprina, Daniel Venture, and Erik Daniel White