Dennis Connors

American, 1944 - 2019

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Dennis received a BS from SUNY Cortland and an MFA from SUNY New Paltz. He also spent a year studying in Rome at the Academy of Fine Arts. Additionally, Dennis received a master of Informational Science from SUNY Albany. 
Dennis was a prolific sculptor, painter, and mixed media artist. He found artistic creation to be an invaluable therapeutic activity to combat the PTSD he suffered from his experience on the ground in Vietnam. Dennis loved Kingston and worked to improve it through multiple venues. Dennis volunteered at the Trolley Museum and drove the trolley down to Kingston Point. He volunteered at the Art Society of Kingston and the Clinton Ave Methodist Church soup kitchen and was a longtime member of the AOH and the VFW. Dennis helped start the Kingston Biennial Sculpture show and spearheaded the Kingston Bluestone Festival.