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30 New York-Based Arts and Cul­tur­al Orga­ni­za­tions to Host Free Pro­grams Span­ning Art, Cul­ture and Envi­ron­men­tal Sci­ence on Gov­er­nors Island

Mar 7, 2019 1:35 pm

March 7, 2019. The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island (The Trust) announced today 30 New York-based orga­ni­za­tions who will host free sea­son­al pro­grams and exhi­bi­tions on Gov­er­nors Island as part of its cal­en­dar of arts and cul­tur­al pro­grams. Pre­sent­ed in the his­toric for­mer mil­i­tary homes of Nolan Park and Colonels Row, pro­grams announced today will engage vis­i­tors of all ages in the visu­al and per­form­ing arts, envi­ron­men­tal sci­ence and cul­ture. In 2019, Gov­er­nors Island will be open to the pub­lic from May 1‑October 31. 

“Each sea­son, the short fer­ry ride to Gov­er­nors Island offers much more than just a vis­it to one of the city’s most beloved pub­lic spaces – New York­ers have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to deeply engage, learn and delight in the visu­al arts, per­for­mances, cul­tur­al pro­grams and envi­ron­men­tal sci­ence, pre­sent­ed by orga­ni­za­tions from across the city” said Michael Samuelian, Pres­i­dent and CEO of the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“This season’s cal­en­dar of pro­grams rep­re­sents the Island’s spir­it as a diverse and his­tor­i­cal­ly impor­tant place. We are thrilled to con­tin­ue our mis­sion of expand­ing access to Gov­er­nors Island as an unpar­al­leled set­ting for the cre­ation and dis­cov­ery of arts, cul­ture and learning.” 

High­light­ed new pro­grams on Gov­er­nors Island this year include a res­i­den­cy pro­gram that illu­mi­nates the his­to­ries and futures of the African dias­po­ra pre­sent­ed by the Muse­um of Con­tem­po­rary African Dias­po­ran Arts (MoCA­DA), the House of Poet­ics, a space for poet­ry and mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary pro­duc­tion pre­sent­ed by The Coop­er Union, an exhi­bi­tion of work by Native artists from New York City with talks, per­for­mances and events by the Amer­i­can Indi­an Com­mu­ni­ty House, and envi­ron­men­tal edu­ca­tion work­shops co-pre­sent­ed by the Human Impacts Insti­tute and Cli­mate Real­i­ty Project. Addi­tion­al new sea­son­al artist res­i­den­cies were also announced today from aca­d­e­m­ic insti­tu­tions includ­ing the School of Visu­al Arts and School of Art at Syra­cuse Uni­ver­si­ty, as well as res­i­den­cies, events and exhi­bi­tions from Brook­lyn-based Pio­neer Works and Tri­an­gle Arts Asso­ci­a­tion.

An excit­ing range of orga­ni­za­tions return­ing to Gov­er­nors Island this sea­son include The Cli­mate Museum’s exhi­bi­tion focus­ing on steps toward a cli­mate-safe future, a new­ly expand­ed pro­gram from The New Art Deal­ers Alliance (NADA) inspired by Gov­er­nors Island as a site for artis­tic expres­sion, the 12^th iter­a­tion of 4heads’ inde­pen­dent art fair fea­tur­ing over 80 artists, and Swale’s indoor soil lab, an exten­sion of artist Mary Mattingly’s ground­break­ing float­ing food forest. 

For kids, young artists will once again enjoy free hands-on art-mak­ing work­shops with The Children’s Muse­um of the Arts, play:groundNYC will expand on New York City’s only adven­ture play­ground with a new edu­ca­tion hub pre­sent­ed in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Stu­dent Con­ser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion, and Alfred University’s Art Force 5 pro­gram will present an exhi­bi­tion explor­ing the his­to­ry of com­ic books along with art-mark­ing work­shops cel­e­brat­ing the 100^th anniver­sary of the Harlem Renais­sance. New for kids this year is STEM Kids NYC, who will host stu­dent-cen­tered work­shops on physics, kite-fly­ing, cod­ing and more. 

Addi­tion­al new and return­ing orga­ni­za­tions host­ing pro­grams in Gov­er­nors Island’s his­toric hous­es this year include the Bil­lion Oys­ter Project, the City Vol­cano Lab, Har­vest­works and the 2019 Elec­tron­ic Art Fes­ti­val, NYC Audubon, the Stu­dent Con­ser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion, West Harlem Art Fund, Works on Water, Escap­ing Time: Art from US Pris­ons, Rare Air Exhi­bi­tion Space, Ris­ing Sun Per­for­mance Com­pa­ny, Dys­func­tion­al Col­lec­tive, Exquis­ite Corpse Com­pa­ny, Holo­cen­ter and Linked Dance The­ater.

“Each sea­son, the com­mu­ni­ty of arts and cul­tur­al orga­ni­za­tions on Gov­er­nors Island grows and the pro­gram­ming grounds itself deep­er in the his­to­ry, land­scape and ecol­o­gy of this unique place,” said Mered­ith John­son, VP of Arts and Cul­ture for the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“We are thrilled to wel­come such a dis­tin­guished group of new and return­ing orga­ni­za­tions in 2019, pre­sent­ing an unmatched vari­ety of cul­tur­al expe­ri­ences for New York City audiences.” 

The Trust invites cul­tur­al orga­ni­za­tions and non-prof­its to pro­pose sea­son­al pub­lic pro­gram­ming on Gov­er­nors Island every year, includ­ing exhi­bi­tions, work­shops, per­for­mances, film screen­ings, talks and more. The Island’s plat­form for pub­lic pro­gram­ming posi­tions Gov­er­nors Island as a city­wide resource for emerg­ing arts, cul­tur­al and edu­ca­tion­al orga­ni­za­tions to engage and share their work in front of a diverse and grow­ing audi­ence. As part of this plat­form, over 150,ooo square feet of indoor space with­in the Island’s his­toric hous­es is made avail­able free of charge to orga­ni­za­tions pro­duc­ing free pub­lic programming. 

Pro­grams pre­sent­ed in Gov­er­nors Island’s Nolan Park will be open to the pub­lic on week­ends through­out the entire sea­son, from June 1‑October 28, with addi­tion­al pub­lic hours for some pro­grams. Colonels Row pro­grams will open May 4 and will rotate in August. All are free and open to the public. 

In 2019, Gov­er­nors Island will be open to the pub­lic dai­ly from May 1 to Octo­ber 31. A full cal­en­dar of spe­cial events, activ­i­ties, Trust com­mis­sioned pub­lic art and pro­gram­ming pre­sent­ed at the Low­er Man­hat­tan Cul­tur­al Council’s Arts Cen­ter on Gov­er­nors Island will be announced in the com­ing weeks. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.gov​is​land​.org

Free indoor pro­grams pre­sent­ed on Gov­er­nors Island in 2019 include:

PRO­GRAMS IN NOLAN PARK

(Sat­ur­day, June 1‑October 27, 11AM-5PM, unless oth­er­wise noted) 

Amer­i­can Indi­an Com­mu­ni­ty House

The Amer­i­can Indi­an Com­mu­ni­ty House will host art exhi­bi­tions and artists talks with three Native artists from New York City. In addi­tion, AICH will host a Native sto­ry teller, a Native Amer­i­can Youth Coun­cil visu­al project about the his­to­ry of Native Amer­i­cans in New York City, Native Amer­i­can musi­cal and the­atri­cal per­for­mances and pre­sen­ta­tions by Native Amer­i­can arti­sans (jew­el­ry mak­ers, fash­ion design­ers and others). 

Bil­lion Oys­ter Project

The Bil­lion Oys­ter Project (BOP) is an effort to restore a sus­tain­able oys­ter pop­u­la­tion and to fos­ter aware­ness, affin­i­ty and under­stand­ing of the Har­bor by engag­ing New York­ers direct­ly in the work of restor­ing one bil­lion oys­ters. The hands-on sci­ence of reef con­struc­tion and mon­i­tor­ing is exe­cut­ed through in-school, restora­tion-based STEM learn­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties, com­mu­ni­ty sci­ence and research, restau­rant shell col­lec­tion and vol­un­teer pro­grams. In the BOP exhib­it in Nolan Park, vis­i­tors will get up close and per­son­al with everyone’s favorite bi-valve. Vis­i­tors can dive into the work of the Bil­lion Oys­ter Project and the New York Har­bor School, as well as learn about NYC oys­ter his­to­ry and the many marine crit­ters that call the Big Apple home. 

Children’s Muse­um of the Arts

In CMA’s Free Arts Island Out­post, young artists trav­el to the his­toric Gov­er­nors Island for free hands-on art-mak­ing work­shops and art-view­ing expe­ri­ences! On week­ends, the open out­door space of Free Arts Island Out­post beck­ons fam­i­lies to become inspired and explore big projects uti­liz­ing found objects and tra­di­tion­al medi­ums. CMA’s Free Arts Island Out­post is a space to invent, adapt and trans­form relationships. 

City Vol­cano Lab

City Vol­cano Lab’s New York Vir­tu­al Vol­cano Obser­va­to­ry brings the expe­ri­ence of explor­ing a vol­cano to Gov­er­nors Island. Join vol­ca­nol­o­gists from CUNY and oth­er NYC insti­tu­tions to dis­cov­er the com­plex life of mag­mas and vol­canos – and the rich vol­canic his­to­ry of the New York region – through vir­tu­al real­i­ty expe­ri­ences, a vol­cano sound gallery, guest speak­ers and kid-friend­ly activities. 

The Cli­mate Muse­um

The Cli­mate Muse­um will present the first exhi­bi­tion in the US to focus on steps young peo­ple can take – and are tak­ing – toward a cli­mate-safe future. At this fam­i­ly-friend­ly show, vis­i­tors will explore inter­ac­tive instal­la­tions to learn how clean ener­gy, green design, strong deci­sion-mak­ing on fos­sil fuels, and more can tran­si­tion us to a car­bon-free econ­o­my and cul­ture. The show will cel­e­brate youth lead­ers who are mov­ing us for­ward, and invite all to get involved through a range of activ­i­ties and commitments. 

The Coop­er Union

House of Poet­ics is a space for the prac­tice of con­tem­po­rary poet­ics via inter­dis­ci­pli­nary artis­tic pro­duc­tion. The project is a hybrid stu­dio, pub­lish­er, lab, and gallery that explores the role of poet­ry in soci­ety. Pre­sent­ed by The Coop­er Union, archi­tec­ture stu­dents imag­ine instal­la­tions inspired by the phe­nom­e­nol­o­gy of the house and its pro­gram­ming, which will include vis­it­ing poets, artists, archi­tects and musicians.

Har­vest­works

Har­vest­works will present a dynam­ic pro­gram of res­i­den­cies, exhi­bi­tions and work­shops cen­tered on the inter­sec­tion of art and tech­nol­o­gy includ­ing the 2019 New York Elec­tron­ic Art Fes­ti­val, a cel­e­bra­tion of 21^st-cen­tu­ry art and expe­ri­ences, as well as a par­tic­i­pa­to­ry envi­ron­ment for artists, sci­en­tists and the public. 

Human Impacts Insti­tute + Cli­mate Real­i­ty Project NYC

The Human Impacts Institute/​Climate Real­i­ty house com­bines arts, cul­ture and sci­ence-based learn­ing to inspire envi­ron­men­tal action. Pro­grams will inspire vis­i­tors’ engage­ment and action on local envi­ron­men­tal solu­tions through the ongo­ing exhibits, work­shops and res­i­den­cy pro­grams of the Human Impacts Insti­tute, as well as the week­ly pre­sen­ta­tions from metro-area Cli­mate Real­i­ty lead­ers. Vis­i­tors will also be able to engage with diverse lead­ers from the arts, pol­i­cy, sci­ence and beyond, while con­nect­ing with the ways they can make a difference. 

Muse­um of Con­tem­po­rary African Dias­po­ran Arts (MoCA­DA)

Since 1999, MoCA­DA has been wide­ly regard­ed as an incu­ba­tor for emerg­ing artists and cura­tors of col­or, hav­ing great­ly sup­port­ed and fur­thered the artis­tic careers of over 100 ground­break­ing artists across 20+ coun­tries to date. To cel­e­brate this long­stand­ing his­to­ry, specif­i­cal­ly 20 years of rich, cul­tur­al pro­gram­ming and trail­blaz­ing ini­tia­tives, MoCA­DA will invite sev­en ris­ing cre­ators to par­tic­i­pate in its new­ly expand­ed res­i­den­cy pro­gram in 2019. Select­ed artists and cura­tors will work with cel­e­brat­ed indus­try lead­ers to cre­ate pub­lic pro­gram­ming that illu­mi­nates the his­to­ries and futures of the African dias­po­ra and art, in con­nec­tion to themes of social jus­tice and the uplift­ment of mar­gin­al­ized communities. 

NYC Audubon

Vis­it NYC Audubon’s sea­son­al nature cen­ter for fam­i­ly-friend­ly activ­i­ties, infor­ma­tion on the city’s birds and habi­tats, binoc­u­lars to bor­row and oppor­tu­ni­ties to meet avian-inspired artists at work. Bird walks and nature-themed work­shops will also be sched­uled on week­ends through­out the season. 

Pio­neer Works

Pio­neer Works is a cul­tur­al cen­ter and artist res­i­den­cy based in Red Hook, Brook­lyn, devot­ed to build­ing com­mu­ni­ty through the arts and sci­ences. Pio­neer Works hosts a rotat­ing selec­tion of pub­lic pro­grams and work­shops across the dis­ci­plines of visu­al art, music, nar­ra­tive arts, sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy. On Gov­er­nors Island, Pio­neer Works res­i­dents will cre­ate excit­ing new work for the pub­lic to expe­ri­ence, along with an exhi­bi­tion and events host­ed in the his­toric house. 

play:groundNYC (out­door)

play:groundNYC is back for their fourth year on Gov­er­nors Island, stew­ard­ing and oper­at­ing The Yard – a 50,000 square-foot adven­ture play­ground stocked with loose parts, tools and space for you to play, imag­ine and dream big! This year, play:groundNYC will be offer­ing an adven­ture club, school field trips, pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment for edu­ca­tors, a ten-week sum­mer camp pro­gram and, of course, free play every week­end all sea­son long. 

play:groundNYC’s The Yard hours are 12 – 4PM and opens May 4.

play:groundNYC + Stu­dent Con­ser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion

The SCA and play:groundNYC will co-pro­gram a house in Nolan Park for the 2019 sea­son. This excit­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion will see the house trans­formed into an edu­ca­tion hub, high­light­ing the work and shared val­ues of both orga­ni­za­tions – pri­mar­i­ly envi­ron­men­tal stew­ard­ship and aware­ness, youth par­tic­i­pa­tion and play advo­ca­cy. Pro­grams will be suit­able for young peo­ple age 5 to 18, with addi­tion­al resources for adults. 

Swale

Col­lab­o­rat­ing with orga­ni­za­tions includ­ing the NYC Urban Field Sta­tion, Space HL and the Urban Soils Insti­tute, Swale will present a vari­ety of envi­ron­men­tal arts pro­gram­ming explor­ing the inter­sec­tions of soil, water and food. Vis­i­tors will be invit­ed to par­tic­i­pate in walk-in work­shops for a New York Soil Library, an archive of soil sam­ples from across NYC, and join free class­es about local soils, inter­na­tion­al seas, as well as edi­ble and med­i­c­i­nal plants. In addi­tion, exhi­bi­tions and mul­ti­me­dia instal­la­tions will explore process­es of envi­ron­men­tal decay and trans­for­ma­tion, from every­day found objects to mas­sive coral reefs and imag­ined dystopi­an landscapes. 

Tri­an­gle Arts Asso­ci­a­tion

Tri­an­gle Arts Asso­ci­a­tion is an artist-found­ed non-prof­it art insti­tu­tion in New York City, work­ing local­ly and glob­al­ly since 1982, with pro­grams that empha­size research, dia­logue and exper­i­men­ta­tion through res­i­den­cies and pub­lic pro­grams. On Gov­er­nors Island, Tri­an­gle will host ongo­ing res­i­den­cies for artists across dis­ci­plines, includ­ing sculp­ture, paint­ing, per­for­mance and video. An evolv­ing exhi­bi­tion will pro­vide vis­i­tors with a first-hand view of in-process artwork. 

West Harlem Art Fund

The West Harlem Art Fund returns to Gov­er­nors Island in 2019 with a two-part exhi­bi­tion, pub­lic pro­gram­ming and an edu­ca­tion­al tast­ing room for the sea­son. Traces is a pan-Asian art show that opens our sea­son in May fea­tur­ing eight artists in part­ner­ship with the Eli Klein and Aicon Con­tem­po­rary Gal­leries. In late July, West Harlem Art Fund will present Cross­ing the Sands, a con­tem­po­rary art show with indi­vid­ual artists rep­re­sent­ing the Caribbean, Africa and the MENA region. Pub­lic pro­gram­ming will spot­light dance, music and cuisines from South Asia and Africa. 

Works on Water

Works on Water will host a res­i­den­cy for artists, writ­ers, design­ers and researchers work­ing on, in and with water. Stu­dios will be open to the pub­lic on the week­ends with rotat­ing inter­ac­tive projects and exhi­bi­tions in the main space. The work exhib­it­ed aims to deep­en the expe­ri­ence of vis­it­ing the Island by con­nect­ing vis­i­tors to the water­ways that sur­round us. 

PRO­GRAMS IN COLONELS ROW, SES­SION 1

(Week­ends, May 4‑August 4, 11AM-5PM unless oth­er­wise noted) 

4heads Artists in Res­i­den­cy Program

The 4heads Artists in Res­i­den­cy Pro­gram wel­comes you inside a his­toric home on Colonels Row for Open Stu­dio Week­ends, select week­ends when vis­i­tors are invit­ed to step into work­ing art stu­dios where the artists-in-res­i­dence are cre­at­ing new work and dis­cussing their process. 

Art Force 5

The Art Force 5 wel­comes young and old super­heroes-in-train­ing to come make their own super­hero action fig­ure and cus­tomized cape. A huge com­ic book exhib­it depict­ing the his­to­ry of com­ic books along­side equal rights will delight both com­ic novices and enthu­si­asts. Vis­i­tors will be invit­ed to paint a tile that, when join­ing forces with hun­dreds of oth­ers, will make some beau­ti­ful pub­lic art cel­e­brat­ing the hun­dredth anniver­sary of the Harlem Renais­sance. All free, all fun, and open to all ages. 

Escap­ing Time

Escap­ing Time: Art from U.S. Pris­ons dis­plays and sells art­work cre­at­ed by cur­rent­ly and for­mer­ly incar­cer­at­ed indi­vid­u­als. While vis­i­tors view the var­i­ous paint­ings, ceram­ics and sculp­tures, they will be able to see the human­i­ty and cre­ativ­i­ty that exists behind prison walls. 

New Art Deal­ers Alliance (NADA)

NADA will host the sec­ond edi­tion of its col­lab­o­ra­tive, pub­lic exhi­bi­tion on Gov­er­nors Island from May 1‑August 4 2019. Span­ning two his­toric build­ings on Colonels Row, the exhi­bi­tion is inspired by the Island as a site for artis­tic exper­i­men­ta­tion and will fea­ture artists work­ing with the organization’s inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty of gal­leries and alter­na­tive spaces. 

Rare Air Exhi­bi­tion Space

Expand­ing upon its exhi­bi­tions of neon art­work in 2018, Rare Air will present a new series of exhi­bi­tions cen­tered around Green Screen prac­tices. By uti­liz­ing col­or, light­ing and dig­i­tal video tech­niques, Rare Air will inves­ti­gate the vast­ness inside of the Green Screen to ampli­fy the phys­i­cal space of our shared New York footprint. 

Ris­ing Sun Per­for­mance Com­pa­ny

Return­ing to Gov­er­nors Island for their third year, Ris­ing Sun Per­for­mance Com­pa­ny will con­tin­ue their curat­ed The­atri­cal Res­i­den­cy and Lab­o­ra­to­ry pro­gram offer­ing free works on a week­ly basis. The select­ed works will be rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the diverse nature of the com­pa­ny and net­work of guest artists from the New York City, nation­al and inter­na­tion­al the­atre com­mu­ni­ties. Their house promis­es to be a hub for new work devel­op­ment and artis­tic cre­ation, allow­ing audi­ences and cre­ators to meet, merge and share ideas and dialogue. 

School of Visu­al Arts (SVA)

SVA’s glob­al­ly rec­og­nized Fine Arts MFA pro­gram works with emerg­ing artists from across the U.S. and the world. This per­spec­tive pro­vides rare glimpses into a vast arch­i­pel­ago of art worlds, unique socio-cul­tur­al influ­ences and diver­gent aes­thet­ic and art his­to­ries. SVA’s pro­gram on Gov­er­nors Island will engage the diverse body of SVA alum­ni, cur­rent stu­dents, fac­ul­ty and part­ner art schools to make site-spe­cif­ic work through a series of short-term res­i­den­cies relat­ed to the theme of ​“life on an island,” and share this work with the public. 

STEM Kids NYC

Let off some STEAM with STEM Kids NYC! Through fun, engag­ing, stu­dent-cen­tered ses­sions, engi­neers (this means YOU) from age 5 to 105 will learn the fun physics of mak­ing kites and fly­ing them, har­ness chang­ing states of mat­ter to make poly­mers (street name: SLIME), code an app and more. STEM Kinds NYC invites you to tap into your nat­ur­al abil­i­ties for suc­cess in the won­der­ful world of STEM. 

Syra­cuse University

Grad­u­ate stu­dents in the MFA pro­gram at Syra­cuse University’s School of Art will move beyond the aca­d­e­m­ic set­ting as they cre­ate work in response to the his­to­ry, envi­ron­ment, and archi­tec­ture of Gov­er­nors Island. With the mis­sion of devel­op­ing new modes of engag­ing diverse audi­ences, the res­i­den­cy on the Island will take the form of an evolv­ing exhi­bi­tion, work­shops emerg­ing from indi­vid­ual research, per­for­mances and screen­ings – all while ini­ti­at­ing exper­i­men­tal means of pro­duc­tion and open­ing up these cre­ative prac­tices to the public. 

PRO­GRAMS IN COLONELS ROW, SES­SION 2

(Week­ends, August 31-Octo­ber 27 11AM-5PM unless oth­er­wise noted) 

4heads Presents Por­tal: Gov­er­nors Island

Por­tal: Gov­er­nors Island is the free, large-scale, inde­pen­dent art fair you have known and loved for the past 11 years as Gov­er­nors Island Art Fair. Now with a fresh moniker and even more excit­ing exhi­bi­tions than ever, 4heads brings you over 80 full solo exhibits, side-by-side through­out the his­toric build­ings and green spaces of Colonels Row, every week­end in Sep­tem­ber. Don’t miss the best, new­ly dis­cov­ered emerg­ing artists in what the New York Times has dubbed, ​“The Art Fair for the 99%.” 

Por­tal: Gov­er­nors Island will be open from August 31-Sep­tem­ber 29.

Dys­func­tion­al Col­lec­tive

The Dys­func­tion­al Col­lec­tive turns a his­toric house on Colonels Row into a grab box of art, the­ater, music and dance. Stop by to hear a song, write a poem, see a play, learn to dance, solve a mys­tery and make some­thing new – or just come and explore the house. 

Exquis­ite Corpse Company

In Exquis­ite Corpse Company’s per­for­ma­tive exhi­bi­tion Water, Water, Every­where, the lamp­shade remem­bers lul­la­bies, and the teacup can tell you a secret. It is up to you to lis­ten. Four over­lap­ping sto­ry­lines unfold in an immer­sive, inter­dis­ci­pli­nary expe­ri­ence inspired by Gov­er­nors Island’s his­to­ry inside a his­toric house that was once a home. The show invites vis­i­tors to explore the exhuma­tion of mem­o­ry, what makes a home and how water con­nects us all. 

Holo­Cen­ter

How do we rep­re­sent our bod­ies in holo­graph­ic space, and how are we embody­ing the vir­tu­al? Holo­graph­ic Embod­i­ment is an exhi­bi­tion of art holo­grams and holo­graph­ic media that explore phys­i­cal­i­ty at the con­flu­ence of the real and vir­tu­al. Per­cep­tions and sen­sa­tions are aug­ment­ed as our bod­ies extend into and enfold vir­tu­al engage­ment. Explore instal­la­tions and art­works and cre­ate in the mixed real­i­ty stu­dio for col­lab­o­ra­tive drawing. 

Linked Dance The­atre

Remem­brance is the sto­ry of a woman who is suf­fer­ing from Alzheimer’s. Part free, edu­ca­tion­al art instal­la­tion and part tick­et­ed, immer­sive show, the pro­gram will explore the frac­tur­ing mem­o­ries of Mar­garet. Come dis­cov­er her mind on your own time or help cel­e­brate Margaret’s 65^th birth­day as one of her close friends or fam­i­ly mem­bers – either way, vis­i­tors will unearth things for­got­ten and wit­ness what hap­pens when our minds are no longer our own. 

For a full list of exhi­bi­tions and for more infor­ma­tion, please vis­it www​.gov​is​land​.org.

About The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island is the non­prof­it cor­po­ra­tion cre­at­ed by the City of New York that is respon­si­ble for the rede­vel­op­ment and oper­a­tion of 150 acres of Gov­er­nors Island. The Trust’s mis­sion is to trans­form Gov­er­nors Island into a vibrant resource for New York City, mak­ing this island at the cen­ter of New York Har­bor a des­ti­na­tion with extra­or­di­nary pub­lic open space, as well as edu­ca­tion­al, not-for-prof­it and com­mer­cial facilities. 

For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.gov​is​land​.org