10 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This November

Curated by Elijah Wheat Showroom in Newburgh for Geary’s newly opened upstairs gallery in Millerton, When the Spirit Moves You is a group exhibition of 17 artists featuring a range of eclectic mixed-media artworks that embody the open-ended title. The press release indicates that the exhibition “is meant to serve as a deconstructed altar” that inspires “one to action from embedded unknown forces.” Aligning with the slightly obscure nature of these ideas, the diverse artworks included in this show indeed double as artistic relics that reflect unseen energies. Adrienne Elise Tarver’s video installation titled “Manifest” (2023), for instance, features a pair of hands seen from above as they conduct a Tarot-style reading against a black backdrop. Two sultry works by Aliza Morell, “Undercurrent” and “The Practice” (both 2023), depict a trio of neon-hued hands that reach upward while surrounded by the lengthy vines of morning glories. A series of ceramic works by Roxanne Jackson are delightfully surrealist: “Red Velvet Candle Holder” (2022), for instance, is an imaginative stacking of objects above a slice of cake.