Felix Olivieri
Felix Olivieri grew up in the Bronx and now lives and works in Kingston. He's always had a passion for the arts and a gift with helping young people share their talents through art expression. Olivieri has won awards, instructed workshops, exhibited in gallery shows, parades and more. Over the years he has, developed skills in video, film production, animation, web design, graphic design, package design, theater & television production and Virtual Reality art. His portfolio also includes audio recording and engineering for audio books and voice overs.
Felix Olivieri has been a digital arts educator at the Katherine Gibbs College in New York City for many years. He's developed and created numerous ground breaking projects within the Kingston community including an Art Shop in the Rondout called Olivieri's where he offered art supplies, consultation on projects and housed the area’s first commercial 3D printer. He has taught classes at the Everett Hodge Center, Rondout Recreational Center, The D.R.A.W. and others. His works have been featured in a variety of magazine's, galleries, museums, showrooms, schools, websites and videos.
As a midtown Kingston resident Felix has also volunteered his talents for the betterment of his community. He's spearheaded many projects including leading youth in the creation of multiple parade floats for the City of Kingston's Children Day Parade, decorations and costumes for the SinterKlaas Parade, audio and video production for MyKingstonKids, Radio Kingston and Rupco. He was also presented the 2nd Annual "Good Neighbor Award" by Kingston Midtown Rising in 2018. His most recent program is Art in Virtual Reality. Olivieri hopes to provide youth from all backgrounds and abilities to express their ideas and imagination through this exciting and immersive art form.