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ArtCrawl Harlem at Colonels Row on Governors Island, one of more than a dozen Organizations in Residence that will feature free workshops and open studios during Governors Island Arts’ House Fest on August 5-7, 2022. Photo: The Trust for Governors Island / Julienne Schaer

Free weekend celebration of Seasonal Organizations in Residence on Governors Island to present dance performances and artistic, cultural, educational and environmental public programs

Governors Island Arts today announced the launch of ‘House Fest,’ a three-day festival celebrating the incredible range of works presented by the seasonal artistic, cultural, educational and environmental organizations at Residence on Governors Island. From August 5 to 7, 2022, Governors Island Arts will bring together more than 15 cultural partners for a weekend creative celebration at the historic sites of Nolan Park and Colonels Row on the Island, featuring free dances and musical performances, outdoor facilities , interactive. workshops, open studios, panel discussions, and more.

“Governors Island attracts New Yorkers and international visitors alike with its vast Organizations in Residence highlighting the arts, culture and the environment,” said Deputy Mayor for Economic and Labor Development Maria-Torres Springer. “This weekend’s celebration of these unique organizations will bring even more attention to the educational and cultural gems in the heart of New York Harbor.”

“Through Governors Island Arts, we are excited to bring together a unique group of organizations that fully embody the diverse cultural community here in New York City,” said Clare Newman, President and CEO of the Trust for Governors Island. “Governors Island’s unique environment nurtures a cultural experience like no other, and I encourage all New Yorkers to go out and celebrate with Governors Island Arts at House Fest this August.”

“Every year, the Organizations in Residence activate Nolan Park and Colonels Row with evocative artistic experiences, and we are so excited to celebrate this cultural community with the inaugural House Fest,” said Juan Pablo Siles, Associate Curator and Producer at the Trust for Governors . Island. “Governors Island Arts has the privilege of having such a diligent group of organizations here on the Island collaborating to help bring transformative, accessible programming to Island visitors and all New Yorkers.”

House Fest will invite collaboration between two dozen seasonal organizations at Governors Island Arts Residence and a diverse roster of choreographers and performers from all over New York City, building on the cultural landscape the program grows each year in the former military homes of Nolan Park and Colonels. Row on Governors Island.

The three-day celebration will feature free performances by Pigeonwing Dance, Jerron Herman and Dance to the People, along with free public programs and activations by Organizations in Residence, which include the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Art (MoCADA), Harvestworks, The Climate. Museum, ArtCrawl Harlem, 4heads, NYU Gallatin WetLab, Triangle Arts, and more to announce.

Central to the weekend’s festivities is “Dance Party NYC” on Saturday, August 6, a citywide dance party taking place on the same night through 80 locations across the five townships – including Nolan Park on Governors Island. Festivalgoers will dance their hearts out along with their New Yorkers, with music provided by Brooklyn United Marching Band, Brass Queens, DJ Aguapanela Mami and DJ Yung Mayne. Dance Party NYC on Governors Island is presented by Governors Island Arts in collaboration with Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

A full schedule of events and a list of performing organizations can be found at govisland.org/housefest, with more events to be announced in the coming weeks.

Governors Island Arts, the public arts and culture program presented by the Trust for Governors Island, creates transformative encounters with art for all New Yorkers, inviting artists and researchers to engage in the affairs of our time in the context of the layered histories, environments of the Island . , and architecture. Since Governors Island opened to the public in 2005, the trust has invited cultural, educational, and nonprofit organizations to utilize its historic houses to present attractive public programs by providing a workspace for artists and cultural therapists.

Through this unique Program on Organizations in Residence, Governors Island Arts provides a platform for nonprofit groups to reach a diverse and growing audience of engaged visitors, where collaboration is encouraged between participating organizations and space is provided to performers free of charge.

Investment in Governors Island Arts promotes a key component of “Rebuilding, Renovating, Reinventing: A Blueprint for NYC’s Economic Recovery,” the mayor’s vision for the future of the city’s economy. Over the next decade, the City and the Trust will invest in developing this seasonal program into year-round permanent homes for cultural organizations on Governors Island.

Governors Island Arts 2022 Organizations in Residence include 4heads, American Indian Community House, ArtCrawl Harlem, Beam Center, Billion Oyster Project, BronxArtSpace, The Climate Museum, Escaping Time: Art of U.S. Prisons, Flux Factory, Harvestworks, KODA, MoCADA, NARS Foundation, National Academy of Design, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), New York Virtual Volcano Observatory, NYC Audubon, NYU Gallatin WetLab, Pratt School of Architecture, Swale, Syracuse University, Triangle Arts, and West Harlem Art Fund.

House Fest 2022 is presented with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.

House Fest 2022 Schedule of Events

Portal HousePresented by 4headsSeeing August 5-7 Colonels Row Building 408Celebrating 15 years on the Island, 4heads features an intense summer-long residency, featuring eight dynamic emerging and mid-career female artists. Inspired by the historic, formerly home spaces on Governors Island, each artist was challenged to create immersive, site-specific environments that transform individual rooms as well as connective indoor and outdoor spaces.

The Carpet Series, Pigeonwing Dance Friday, August 5, at 5pm & amp; Saturday, August 6, at 2pm Colonels Row, Governors IslandA pop-up performance that is rich in detail, complexity and virtuosity, all taking place on and around a 5 × 8 Persian rug.

Emotional Luggage Cart in ProgressPresented by ArtCrawl HarlemSaturday, August 6, at 11th Colonels Row Building 406B Spend time with Theda Sandiford’s Emotional Baggage Cars – ships for unresolved emotional baggage related to racial trauma. Each rediscovered shopping cart is woven with fabric, paracord, thread, tulle, ribbon, fishnets, pompoms, pony beads, zip ties, LED lights and more.

WRITE NYC: Street Lab on Saturday, Aug. 6, at 12 p.m. Nolan Park, the Governors IslandStreet Lab’s public office comes to Governors Island for just one day. The porch of Nolan Park Building 6 will be provided with supplies, typewriters and other tools and materials for writing on the fly.

Dance Party NYCSaturday, August 6, at 3:00 pm Nolan Park, Governors IslandPart of The New York Public Library’s summer program, Dance Party NYC is a joyous citywide festival that will take place in more than 80 venues across the city — including Nolan Park on Governors Island. , with performances by Brooklyn United Marching Band and Brass Queens, tunes by DJ Aguapanela Mami and DJ Yung Mayne, food trucks, and a beer garden by Threes Brewing.

Triangle Arts Open StudiosSaturday, August 6, at 5:00 pm Colonels Row Building 405AA event featuring works in progress by Triangle Arts artists in residence, including pieces by Slinko, Malado Francine, Sally Lelong, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Ariel Kleinberg , and Eric Ramos Guerrero. .

Porch Life, Urban Bush WomenPresented by MoCADASabate, Aug. 6, at the 18th Nolan Park Building 7A, Governors IslandA work-in-progress section of Haint Blu, an ensemble dance-theater work by Urban Bush Women that is leaked into memory and magic. Known as the color that Southern families paint their front porches to ward off evil spirits, Haint Blu utilizes effectiveness as a center and source of healing, leading us through movement into quiet and rest: remembering, recovering, liberating, and restoring.

APOCALIZIN, dance to the people’s Saturday, August 6, at 7 p.m. On Sunday, August 7, at 2 p.m., Colonels Row, Governors Island, an epic dance play set in a landscape of environmental crisis following the adventures of its heroine of the same name, a futuristic hybrid of man and plastic from Mēxihcah ) people. The piece tells a story of possibility and transformation, celebrating and exploring the people and values ​​that can help stop and repair the damage that societies are doing to nature and those living on the margins of capitalism.

Electric Pixel 12 – Nature and Cities Presented by HarvestworksSaturday, August 6, at 7pm Nolan Park Building 10A, Governors Island Outdoor presentation of sound art and live cinema that includes the sounds of nature and listening in different cities around the globe. Featuring performances by Ben Owen, Solar Return, Jenny Pickett, Julien Ottavi and the Horspiel Machine.

Changemaker StationPresented by The Climate MuseumSunday, August 7, 2: 30-4: 30 PMNolan Park Building 18, Governors IslandInteractive hub for civic climate action, where visitors can learn how to raise their voice and do tangible actions in their communities.

With the Sea: Climate Art, Science and Human Links to Sea Level Rise Presented by The Climate Museum in partnership with NYU Gallatin WetLabSunday, August 7, 1:00 pm The LMCC Art Center at Governors Island Panel discussion and live questions and answers that will explore sea level rise, our embodied relationships with water, climate justice and lobbying in NYC. Moderated by Anais Reyes, Senior Exhibitions Associate at the Climate Museum.

Silver Fleece, William HookerPresented by HarvestworksSunday, August 7, 3pm Nolan Park Building 10A, Governors Island Unit for the outdoor house in six parts. Featuring William Hooker, drums / composer, On Kaa Davis, guitar, Hans Tammen, guitar, Jair Rohm Wells, bass, David Soldier, violin, and Kevin Ramsey, electronics.

VITRUVIAN (excerpts), Jerron HermanSunday, August 7, at 4:30 pm Nolan Park, Governors Island Solo performance by Jerron Herman. From being built from nothing to a disgraceful statement of self, two solos operate to bless the earth with a Disabled Black body exploring the classic image of Da Vinci’s “The Vitruvian”.

Access to Governors IslandGovernors Island is open to the public Sunday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. From Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day, the Island is open to the public until the 22nd on Fridays and Saturdays. Trust for Governors Island-operated ferries operate daily between the Battery Marine Building at 10 South Street in Lower Manhattan and Soissons Landing on the Island. Trust-operated ferries also serve two Brooklyn locations over the weekend until September 25, 2022: Pier Six in Brooklyn Bridge Park and Atlantic Basin in Red Hook. For timetables and ticket information, visit www.govisland.org.

In addition, the Soissons Landing area immediately adjacent to the Manhattan ferry dock on Governors Island will remain open until the 22nd Sunday through Thursday and the 23rd Friday and Saturday as part of “Sunset at Soissons Landing,” a new initiative this summer that will expand evening access. to Governors Island, allowing visitors to enjoy the food, drinks and sunsets of the Soissons Landing area evenings until October 31st.

Back-travel ferry tickets cost $ 4 for adults. Governors Island ferries are always free for children 12 and under, seniors 65 and older, NYCHA residents, IDNYC owners, current and former military service members and members of Governors Island. Ferries before noon on Saturdays and Sundays are free for all. There is no extra charge for bikes or vehicles at any time.

NYC Ferry also serves Governors Island daily, with weekday service on the South Brooklyn route and via the Wall Street / Pier 11 summer weekend shuttle. For ticket information and full schedules for NYC Ferry, visit www.ferry.nyc.

About Governors Island ArtsGovernors Island Arts, the public arts and culture program presented by the Trust for Governors Island, creates transformative encounters with art for all New Yorkers, inviting artists and researchers to engage in the affairs of our time in the context of the Island’s stratification . histories, environments and architecture. Governors Island Arts accomplishes this mission through interim and long-term publicity commissions, an annual Organization in Housing program in the historic houses of the Island, and free public programs and events in partnership with a wide range of transdisciplinary NYC cultural organizations. For more information, visit www.govisland.org

About the Governors Island TrustThe Governors Island Trust is the non-profit corporation created by the City of New York City, which is responsible for the renovation and operation of 150 acres of Governors Island. The Trust’s mission is to realize Governors Island’s full potential for the inspiration and enjoyment of all New Yorkers, demonstrating a bold vision for public space. For more information, visit www.govisland.org

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