O+ has a new Clinic and multi-use space at 36 St. James Street and we are inviting art, music, and wellness alumni to use it in an ongoing effort to support creative and wellness practitioners. 

The concept is similar to the festival exchange: by offering your skills (which could look like offering workshops, services, artwork, or performances), you also have the opportunity to access a variety of services (dental and primary care, massage, acupuncture, etc. ) throughout the year. As our exchange network grows, so will the array of offerings that can be shared. 

Please take a moment to respond to our questions so that we have an understanding of how you would like to use our space. Someone will respond to you after we have received your request.

Thanks!

O+ Team

The O+ Festival is a celebration of art, music and wellness that creates a bridge to access health care for its participating artists/musicians while providing the community with access to the healing and transformative power of art in all forms. O+ (pronounced Oh Positive) fosters complete physical, mental and social well-being by connecting visual artists and musicians directly with a coalition of healthcare and wellness providers + resources in a shared vision to nurture the individual and the community. By exchanging the art of medicine for the medicine of art, O+ empowers communities to take control of their collective wellbeing.

Volunteers are essential to the success of the festival and yearround programming through which that exchange is made possible.

We do what we do because we see vividly the inequity of the healthcare system in our country, and because we are able to creatively support our musicians and artists in this way so they can keep doing what they do best -- make music and art. In recognition of your service, we offer volunteers the opportunity to receive healthcare services in our clinic during the festival. For 8 hours of volunteer service, you will receive the annual festival volunteer T-shirt as well as (1) clinic visit of your choice. For 4 hours of volunteer service, you will receive an annual festival volunteer T-shirt. 

We expect our volunteers to show up on time and participate for the duration of their shift. All volunteers are required to attend a volunteer orientation prior to the festival (date options coming soon) and there will be an additional training for any volunteers managing financial transactions/handling money. When filling out the form, please select the types of work you are interested in and we will do our best to accommodate your requests! 

Thank you for volunteering with us and for your support of the exchange of art, music and wellness at the center of our mission. 

HO+USING for the 2025 O+ FESTIVAL KINGSTON 

HO+using for artists and musicians is needed to support the 15th Annual O+ Festival returning to Kingston October 10-12th, 2025. 

Do you have a spare room in your home? Do you have a second home or apartment in town? Or a really comfortable couch, a finished basement, a yard that is perfect for camping in, or an RV in your driveway? Are you a hotel, B&B or apartment building manager who would like to offer a room or two or ten to support a local arts non-profit organization through an in-kind donation? 

The O+ Festival is seeking accommodations for artists and musicians who will be performing, exhibiting, producing and activating the City of Kingston during the 15th Annual O+ Festival October 10-12th, 2025. O+ Festival is a celebration of art, music and wellness that creates a bridge to access health care for its participating artists/musicians while providing the community with access to the healing and transformative power of art in all forms. O+ (pronounced Oh Positive) fosters complete physical, mental and social well-being by connecting visual artists and musicians directly with a coalition of healthcare and wellness providers & resources in a shared vision to nurture the individual and the community. By exchanging the art of medicine for the medicine of art, O+ empowers communities to take control of their collective wellbeing.

The ability to provide safe, welcoming, local housing for participating artists and musicians, at low to no cost, is essential to the success of O+ Festival Kingston. Artists and musicians may need one night of accommodation following their performance, activation or installation of their work. They may need two to three nights of housing to allow them to participate and also attend the festival. And we also have mural artists who will need to be housed for 5-14 days depending on the scale and complexity of the mural they are producing. 

By providing artists/musicians with a place to stay while they offer their talents and that joy to our community, you contribute to the health of the festival but also their sense of connection to our community. That said, providing housing for O+ Festival participants does not mean that you need to "host" them. We do not have the expectation that artists and musicians would be fed or entertained through housing that is offered. We do expect that both you and the person/people staying in your home are respectful of each other, safe during their stay and are in communication about any issues or concerns. 

All housing offers will be reviewed and a staff member will follow up with any further questions or concerns to ensure that any placement in your home is in-line with the accommodation offered, needs of the artist/musician and will be as positive of a fit as possible. 

Click HERE to learn more about O+ Festival. You can expect to be notified regarding your accommodation by early September. If you are also interested in volunteering in exchange for a clinic visit (minimum 8 hour requirement) please click HERE.

Thank you for your interest in O+ Festival, our mission and for your willingness to open your home to artists and musicians. 

Positively,
The O+ Team

Please do not let any barriers, personal, perceived or technical, get in the way of connecting to O+. Please reach out to us for assistance if you need support of any kind. Contact info@opositivefestival.org for assistance or call/text 845-481-9146.

If you are a practitioner and are interested exchanging the art of medicine for the medicine of art, please join the team of providers in the O+ Festival Clinic. In exchange for 4 hours of service in our Artists' Clinic, you'll have access to the entire festival- a weekend full of art, music, wellness classes in our ExplO+re series, a public health expo at our BlO+ck Party, and more! This year, as a part of the exchange you'll receive a clinic shirt, a wellness bag full of locally curated gifts, a wristband for the weekend's festivities, access to the Greenroom, a meaningful connection with our creative community and our gratitude forever.

By offering your services in the O+ Clinic, you will be caring for artists and musicians who are chronically un- and under-insured in a friendly and casual setting free of the bureaucracy of institutions. We welcome folks who value the healing power of art and music as well as the power of working in community. 

The O+ Clinic welcomes ALL health and wellness providers from all schools of thought, areas of medicine and all alternative and complimentary care practices. We believe that wellness includes mind, body, spirit and connectedness. The O+ Artists’ Clinic is curated each year by the Wellness Team to ensure diverse, expansive offerings to meet as many needs as possible. Providers will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout the open submission period. Please indicate your preferred shifts by checking the boxes next to the days we have listed. Assigned work shifts, orientation sessions and information will be communicated upon invitation to participate. 

If you have any questions about this process, please e-mail jesse.scherer@opositivefestival.org.
  Stay PO+sitive,
  The KingstO+n Wellness Team

O+ FESTIVAL KINGSTON 2025

October 10-12, 2025

Submissions to lead ExplO+re Wellness Workshops are now open! Applications open May 5th through June 15th, 2025 at 11:59p.m.

The O+ Festival is a celebration of art, music and wellness that creates a bridge to access health care for its participating artists/musicians while providing the community with access to the healing and transformative power of art in all forms. The O+ Festival will return to Kingston, NY October 10th-12th for the 15th annual celebration of the exchange at the heart of what we do: exchanging the art of medicine for the medicine of art. O+ (pronounced Oh Positive) fosters complete physical, mental and social well-being by connecting visual artists and musicians directly with a coalition of healthcare and wellness providers and resources in a shared vision to nurture the individual and the community. Click HERE for detailed information on our mission. 

ExplO+re is the public facing wellness component of the festival. It’s a chance for our community to experience different modalities, meet new teachers, explore what type of wellness practices work for them and get inspired. Explore group workshops are one hour long on average and include movement, mindfulness, nutrition and any other approach that supports health and wellbeing. For example, we have held sessions ranging from a gong bath to medical marijuana 101, a somatic movement workshop or even a class based on financial health for creative professionals. *Please note that workshops will take place in both indoor and outdoor and/or non-conventional venues throughout the festival footprint.

Submissions close June 15th at 11:59pm. You can expect to be notified regarding your submission by mid-July.  Everyone who offers an ExplO+re Wellness Session during the 2025 O+ Festival weekend, will receive a complimentary wristband to enjoy the weekend of art, music and wellness at no cost, a t-shirt, and each class offering will receive access to the Clinic. Preference will be given to those who did not present in the previous year's festival. If you aren’t accepted for this year’s festival, due to capacity or curation, you may be contacted over the next year if there are other ways to connect with O+ and our year-round clinic, and we encourage you to apply again next year. PLEASE NOTE, solicitation of business or the selling of products are strictly forbidden during your ExplO+re session. You may place business cards or other materials for attendees to take should they wish to learn more or stay connected with you. Should you wish to vend or solicit business directly, you may apply to be a part of the Wellness EXPO+. 

If you are also interested in providing services in the Artists' Clinic please fill out the form HERE. 

If you're also interested in volunteering for the general festival operations please click HERE.

Thank you for your interest in O+ Festival and our mission. We look forward to reviewing your submission!
 

Positively,
       The 2025 O+ ExplO+re Coordinator

Please do not let any barriers, personal, perceived or technical, get in the way of submitting your work. Please reach out to us for assistance in applying if you need support of any kind. 

Contact info@opositivefestival.org for assistance.