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 Gov­er­nors Island Ice Sculp­ture Show

New York City-based artists, and col­lec­tives (of up to four peo­ple) are invit­ed to sub­mit ideas for an ice sculp­ture, to be com­plet­ed at the fourth annu­al Gov­er­nors Island Ice Sculp­ture Show on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 8, 2025. The theme of this year’s com­pe­ti­tion is Gov­er­nors Island + Nature. Appli­cants are encour­aged to think out­side the box and share with us a cre­ative inter­pre­ta­tion of this theme.

Ten pro­pos­als will be select­ed to par­tic­i­pate in the live carv­ing event. Select­ed appli­cants or teams will receive an award of $2,000 to par­tic­i­pate, and will be pro­vid­ed with tools, pro­duc­tion mate­ri­als, and will be matched with a pro­fes­sion­al ice carv­er to com­plete the work on the day of the event. The dead­line to sub­mit pro­pos­als is Sun­day, Novem­ber 17, 2024. Click here to learn more and apply by Novem­ber 17, 2024.

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.