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Four NYC Open Studios to Visit in June

by Rhea Nayyar May 29, 2023May 26, 2023

Across the boroughs, artists are opening their studios for some much-needed creative collaboration as the summer vibes ramp up.

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Art for the Sun Worshippers in All of Us

by Christen Clifford October 16, 2022October 14, 2022

Sun Seekers, by sisters Amy and Jennifer Khoshbin, seems to say: we’ve been cooped up for too long; it’s time to get some fresh air.

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Governors Island Gets Its First Ever Ice Sculpture Competition, and You Can Enter

by Sarah Rose Sharp January 28, 2022November 15, 2022

As New York braces for a powerful storm, local artists can share their designs for ice sculptures to be constructed and displayed in the island’s new Winter Village.

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Birds Can Now Nest in a Living Sculpture in Brooklyn

Avatar photo by Allison Meier December 4, 2018December 5, 2018

Anina Gerchick’s “Birdlink” is a year-round sculpture of native plants that serves as a habitat for New York City’s local and migrating birds.

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14 Arts Organizations Protest Governors Island Rezoning [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber September 28, 2018October 2, 2018

Arts and cultural organizations have voiced their fears of changing socioeconomic standards on the island, and laid out a plan to maintain the public space in the face of gentrification.

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Dance with Digital Flamingos to Raise Awareness of Habitat Loss

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 27, 2018October 2, 2018

Flarmingos is an ongoing augmented reality project, on Governors Island in New York, in which artist Kristin Lucas asks people to join digital flamingos in a dance of ecological awareness.

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Immigrant Stories Dock at Governors Island in Two Exhibitions

by Peter Malone July 2, 2018July 5, 2018

Artists in both exhibitions were inspired by the harbor itself and how it has been a witness to immigrant narratives.

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Art Amid Governors Island’s Architectural Decay

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 25, 2017September 25, 2017

In its 10th edition, the Governors Island Art Fair in New York expands its installations into 1920s barracks.

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Exploring Blackness in Enigmatic, Black-and-White Fragments

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney September 13, 2017

Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s exhibition on Governors Island is overwhelming in its maximalism as it attempts to address the enormous issue of blackness.

Cynthia Karasek's "Heaven and Earth" (2015-16) from AIR Gallery's programs on Governors Island in 2016 (courtesy AIR Gallery)
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Visit Open Studios in a Former Officer’s House on Governors Island

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton July 26, 2017July 25, 2017

The nine artists participating in AIR Gallery’s inaugural residency program on Governors Island will welcome visitors into their studios on July 29 and 30.

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Artists Consider Race in Response to the American Revolution

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney September 15, 2016September 16, 2016

The curatorial scheme of the Race and Revolution exhibition at Nolan Park on Governors Island is bold and seditious.

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The Prescient Work of an Artist Killed on 9/11

by Ellen Pearlman September 7, 2016September 7, 2016

The Michael Richards exhibition on Governors Island, curated by Alex Fialho and Melissa Levin, proves what an astonishing loss it was when the artist was killed on 9/11.

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