LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island

Exhi­bi­tions at The Arts Cen­ter explore a range of ideas and media with an empha­sis on site-spe­cif­ic projects that take the Art Center’s unique loca­tion into con­sid­er­a­tion. Spe­cial events take place through­out the Sum­mer in con­junc­tion with each of three annu­al exhi­bi­tions, includ­ing artist talks, work­shops, and The Take Care Series.

On View

Can­su Yıldıran: Haunt the Present

Pre­sent­ed by Protocinema

Low­er Gallery at The Arts Cen­ter at Gov­er­nors Island
Octo­ber 5 — Novem­ber 10, 2024

Pro­tocin­e­ma, in part­ner­ship with the Low­er Man­hat­tan Cul­tur­al Coun­cil (LMCC), presents Can­su Yıldıran​’s (pro­nounced Jan-Sue Yuhl-duh-rahn) New York pre­mière: Haunt the Present, a pho­to­graph­ic-sculp­tur­al instal­la­tion draw­ing on their own expe­ri­ences of the pain of being forced to leave a place that you love, and inves­ti­gat­ing dis­pos­ses­sion and migra­tions. Can­su Yıldıran’s Haunt the Present, will be on view from Octo­ber 5 until Novem­ber 10, 2024, at the Arts Cen­ter at Gov­er­nors Island.

Love Tapes by Wendy Clarke

Café at The Arts Cen­ter at Gov­er­nors Island

First exhib­it­ed as a part of LMCC’s World Views res­i­den­cy pro­gram in 1980 at the World Trade Cen­ter, Love Tapes by Wendy Clarke is one of the ear­li­est and active­ly ongo­ing projects that LMCC has supported.

Love Tapes is a par­tic­i­pa­to­ry video art project that has cap­tured the ideas, beliefs, and sto­ries about love from every­day peo­ple. For almost five decades, Clarke has doc­u­ment­ed these inti­mate and vul­ner­a­ble sto­ries amass­ing a col­lec­tion of over 2500 tapes. Each tape is a reminder of our shared human­i­ty and that love unites us all.

89^th Annu­al Mem­bers Exhibition

Pre­sent­ed by the Soci­ety of Amer­i­can Graph­ic Artists (SAGA)

Upper at The Arts Cen­ter at Gov­er­nors Island
Octo­ber 22 — Novem­ber 3, 2024

The Soci­ety of Amer­i­can Graph­ic Artists (SAGA) is excit­ed to announce its 89^th Annu­al Mem­bers Exhi­bi­tion, held at the Arts Cen­ter on Gov­er­nors Island Octo­ber 22 — Novem­ber 3, 2024, Thurs­days — Sun­days, 9am-6pm, Tues­days and Wednes­day by appoint­ment (saga@​sagaprints.​com). It will fea­ture 159 hand-pulled prints rep­re­sent­ing a broad range of tech­niques and sub­jects, cre­at­ed by SAGA artists from across the coun­try. The show will be juried by Jenn Bra­tovich, Direc­tor of Exhi­bi­tions and Pro­grams at Print Cen­ter New York. Open­ing recep­tion: Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 26, 3 – 5pm.