Opportunities for Artists

Gov­er­nors Island is home to a diverse com­mu­ni­ty of arts and cul­ture orga­ni­za­tions from across the five bor­oughs and beyond, many of which offer res­i­den­cy pro­grams and oth­er oppor­tu­ni­ties for artists and cul­tur­al prac­ti­tion­ers across a wide vari­ety of fields. See arts and cul­ture orga­ni­za­tions active on Gov­er­nors Island, includ­ing through pub­lic pro­grams and res­i­den­cy pro­grams, on our Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence page.

Pic­tured above, Art­Crawl Harlem 2020 artist-in-res­i­dence Demar­cus McGaugh­ey. Pho­to by Tim­o­thy Schenck

2025 Inde­pen­dent Project Res­i­den­cy — Insti­tute for Pub­lic Archi­tec­ture (IPA)

The IPA Inde­pen­dent Project Res­i­den­cy pro­gram invites emerg­ing and mid-career prac­ti­tion­ers – whose work focus­es on the pub­lic realm – to live and work dur­ing an eleven week live-in Res­i­den­cy at the IPA Block House on Gov­er­nors Island. The Res­i­den­cy seeks to cre­ate new inter­dis­ci­pli­nary oppor­tu­ni­ties for col­lec­tive think­ing by pro­vid­ing com­mu­nal space for archi­tects, urban­ists, land­scape archi­tects, design­ers, artists, cli­mate researchers, and researchers to live, work, and devel­op inde­pen­dent projects with­in the com­mu­ni­ty of the res­i­den­cy. Appli­cants will bring their own inter­ests to the pro­gram and will have oppor­tu­ni­ties to engage with the pub­lic and var­i­ous local com­mu­ni­ty part­ners and social prac­tices with­in the IPA net­work over the course of the Res­i­den­cy, which will cul­mi­nate in an exhi­bi­tion of work at the Block House. Click here to learn more and apply by Jan­u­ary 18, 2025. The IPA is one of Gov­er­nors Island’s year-round tenants. 

Gov­er­nors Island Arts Pub­lic Art Com­mis­sion­ing Program

Gov­er­nors Island Arts presents a lim­it­ed num­ber of pub­lic art projects each year as part of its pub­lic art com­mis­sion­ing pro­gram. Artists and orga­ni­za­tions inter­est­ed in show­ing work on the Island as part of this pro­gram are invit­ed to con­tact the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island’s Arts and Cul­ture team at arts@​govisland.​org.