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Sep 28 10:44 am

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island announced today the open­ing of its 2024 Open Call for the sea­son­al Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence pro­gram. Pre­sent­ed through Gov­er­nors Island Arts, the Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence pro­gram offers an excit­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty for arts, cul­tur­al, edu­ca­tion­al, and envi­ron­men­tal non­prof­its to share their work with the pub­lic and advance their mis­sions in a set­ting unlike any­where else in New York City. Start­ing today, New York-based cul­tur­al orga­ni­za­tions are invit­ed to sub­mit pro­pos­als to present exhi­bi­tions and pub­lic pro­grams in his­toric spaces on Gov­er­nors Island between May and Octo­ber 2024. Select­ed orga­ni­za­tions will present pub­lic pro­grams with­in his­toric for­mer mil­i­tary homes in Nolan Park in Colonels Row and receive space free of charge.

“Through Gov­er­nors Island Arts’ annu­al call for pro­pos­als, we are able to advance our mis­sion to pro­vide a plat­form for local orga­ni­za­tions while offer­ing New York­ers and vis­i­tors from around the world high-qual­i­ty, inno­v­a­tive, thought­ful, and free exhibits and activ­i­ties,” said Clare New­man, Pres­i­dent & CEO of The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“As we enter our eleventh year of this sea­son­al pro­gram, we look for­ward to con­tin­u­ing to grow and cre­at­ing long-term, year-round homes for arts and cul­tur­al orga­ni­za­tions on Gov­er­nors Island.”

“In 2023, we had our largest and most diverse group of orga­ni­za­tions ever here in the Island’s his­toric hous­es, pre­sent­ing more events for New York­ers than ever before,” said Juan Pablo Siles, Asso­ciate Cura­tor and Pro­duc­er at the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“We are excit­ed to con­tin­ue to cre­ate oppor­tu­ni­ties for our city’s non­prof­it arts and cul­tur­al com­mu­ni­ty through the Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence pro­gram and look for­ward to wel­com­ing a new cohort of engag­ing and thought-pro­vok­ing orga­ni­za­tions to Gov­er­nors Island in the spring.”

Reflect­ing the diver­si­ty of New York City, Gov­er­nors Island Arts’ sea­son­al Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence present an incred­i­ble range of dynam­ic, acces­si­ble pro­gram­ming to Gov­er­nors Island vis­i­tors and all New York­ers every year. These non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions join a col­lab­o­ra­tive Island com­mu­ni­ty of lead­ing cul­tur­al groups from across New York, who present pro­grams in the fields of visu­al and per­form­ing arts, his­to­ry, archi­tec­ture and design, cli­mate change, ecol­o­gy, sus­tain­abil­i­ty, and more. Togeth­er, the Island’s res­i­dent orga­ni­za­tions hold more than 100 free, pub­lic exhi­bi­tions and out­door projects each year, as well as pro­vide stu­dios and work­space to dozens of artists, writ­ers, researchers, and oth­er cul­tur­al practitioners.

Recent orga­ni­za­tions select­ed as part of this pro­gram have includ­ed the Amer­i­can Indi­an Com­mu­ni­ty House, Art­Crawl Harlem, BronxArt­Space, the Cli­mate Muse­um, Stat­en Island Urban Cen­ter, the West Harlem Art Fund, Low­er East­side Girls Club, Foun­tain House Gallery, Flux Fac­to­ry, the Muse­um of Con­tem­po­rary African Dias­po­ran Art (MoCA­DA), Bil­lion Oys­ter Project, Nation­al Acad­e­my of Design, New Art Deal­ers Alliance (NADA), Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Coun­cil, Swale, the New York Latin Amer­i­can Art Tri­en­ni­al, and Tri­an­gle Arts Asso­ci­a­tion, among many others. 

The full appli­ca­tion is avail­able at www​.gov​is​land​.org/​p​e​rmits. Pro­pos­als will be accept­ed through Novem­ber 3, 2023. Appli­cants will be asked to fill out an appli­ca­tion form and upload a brief writ­ten pro­pos­al that describes their pro­gram in detail. Appli­cants will be noti­fied by Decem­ber 1, 2023. 

Pro­pos­als will be eval­u­at­ed based on the over­all qual­i­ty of the pro­posed pro­gram; fit and align­ment with the Island’s dynam­ic arts, cul­tur­al and edu­ca­tion­al pro­gram­ming; track record of con­cep­tu­al­iz­ing, pro­duc­ing, and orga­niz­ing oth­er pro­grams and events; com­mit­ment to con­nect­ing with diverse audi­ences; and engage­ment with the Island as a site, includ­ing its his­to­ry, ecol­o­gy, archi­tec­ture, and rela­tion­ship to the rest of New York City.

Invest­ment in Gov­er­nors Island Arts advances a key com­po­nent of ​“Rebuild, Renew, Rein­vent: A Blue­print for NYC’s Eco­nom­ic Recov­ery,” New York City May­or Eric Adams’s vision for the future of the city’s econ­o­my. Over the next decade, the City and the Trust will invest in evolv­ing this sea­son­al pro­gram into year-round per­ma­nent homes for cul­tur­al orga­ni­za­tions on Gov­er­nors Island.

Sep 21 10:14 am

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island and the Friends of Gov­er­nors Island today announced the return of Pump­kin Point, a free annu­al pump­kin patch and fall fes­ti­val on Gov­er­nors Island. Locat­ed in his­toric Nolan Park, Pump­kin Point will bring over 10,000 pump­kins of all shapes and sizes to the Island’s his­toric dis­trict, trans­form­ing the idyl­lic set­ting along with its nat­u­ral­ly stun­ning fall foliage into a delight­ful­ly autum­nal escape with free pro­grams and activ­i­ties for vis­i­tors of all ages. Vis­i­tors are invit­ed to pick out their own pump­kins (free with sug­gest­ed dona­tion) on the week­ends of Octo­ber 21 – 22 and Octo­ber 28 – 29, 2023, from 10am to 5pm. 

“Fall is one of the best sea­sons to come explore Gov­er­nors Island. Whether you’re com­ing to check out the beau­ti­ful foliage adorn­ing our 3,500+ trees, explore pub­lic art­works amidst the chang­ing sea­sons, or to enjoy one of New York City’s biggest pump­kin patch­es, there is some­thing for every­one here on the Island this fall,” said Clare New­man, Pres­i­dent and CEO of the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“We invite all New York­ers to hop on the fer­ry and enjoy the incred­i­ble line­up of free pro­grams at Pump­kin Point 2023!”

“We are so excit­ed to host Pump­kin Point on Gov­er­nors Island once again this year. This beloved pub­lic event wel­comes thou­sands of fam­i­lies to cel­e­brate autumn with pump­kin pick­ing, trick-or-treat­ing, free pub­lic per­for­mances, arts and crafts, and so much more,” said Pat­ti Davis, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the Friends of Gov­er­nors Island. ​“We have an enter­tain­ing line­up of kid-friend­ly pro­gram­ming that we can’t wait to share with our vis­i­tors! It is a tru­ly mag­i­cal expe­ri­ence to bask in the beau­ty of Gov­er­nors Island while enjoy­ing a fun-filled fall day.”

This year’s fes­tiv­i­ties will include plen­ty of free fall moments, pump­kin paint­ing, and craft­ing activ­i­ties, as well as a rotat­ing sched­ule of spe­cial events and per­for­mances from Won­der­Spark Pup­pets, Bub­bledad, Brook­lyn Mag­ic Shop, and more to be announced. New for 2023, Pump­kin Point is part­ner­ing with Brook­lyn Book Bode­ga to bring a fall book cor­ner to Nolan Park. Books will be avail­able to take home on the final Sun­day of the event (Octo­ber 29). Nick­elodeon will bring new life to the his­toric Admi­rals House through larg­er-than-life dec­o­ra­tions that will fea­ture char­ac­ters from PAW Patrol, Sponge­Bob SquarePants, Mon­ster High 2, and more, pro­vid­ing an excit­ing pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ty and dai­ly give­aways for kids (and kids at heart). Island vis­i­tors will be able to trick or treat at the Nolan Park hous­es on Sun­day, Octo­ber 29 — cos­tumes encour­aged, fea­tur­ing can­dy from Tony’s Cho­colone­ly along­side oth­er sweet treats. Food will be avail­able for pur­chase onsite from Gov­er­nors Island ven­dors each weekend. 

A full sched­ule of each weekend’s events and ven­dors can be found online at www​.gov​is​land​.org/​p​u​m​p​k​i​n​-​point. Any pump­kins left over from Pump­kin Point will be com­post­ed on Gov­er­nors Island by Earth Mat­ter, which runs a Com­post Learn­ing Cen­ter at the Urban Farm on Gov­er­nors Island.

Pump­kin Point is co-pre­sent­ed by the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island and the Friends of Gov­er­nors Island. Gen­er­ous sup­port for the event is pro­vid­ed by Nick­elodeon, Tony’s Cho­colone­ly, and Bloomberg Philanthropies.

In addi­tion to Pump­kin Point, vis­i­tors can enjoy a ros­ter of new events and activ­i­ties all month long: Gov­er­nors Island Arts will present two free week­ends of per­for­mances, ¡Harken! by Modesto ​“Flako” Jimenez Sep­tem­ber 29-Octo­ber 1 and Indige­nous Enter­prise Octo­ber 7 – 9; Low­er Man­hat­tan Cul­tur­al Council’s Arts Cen­ter at Gov­er­nors Island will be open through Octo­ber 1 with a day of free pub­lic pro­grams on Sep­tem­ber 30; the Island will par­tic­i­pate in For­est for All NYC’s sec­ond annu­al City of For­est Day with a vol­un­teer activ­i­ty and guid­ed tree tour on Octo­ber 14; FAD Mar­ket will hold their final fall pop-up on Octo­ber 21 and 22; NYCRUNS will hold their annu­al Haunt­ed Island 5K and 10K race on Octo­ber 28; the Gov­er­nors Island Arts Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence will present their final month­ly THIRD Sat­ur­days cel­e­bra­tion on Octo­ber 21; QC NY Spa is open dai­ly with dozens of well­ness expe­ri­ences and two large heat­ed pools; and more. See a full event cal­en­dar at www​.gov​is​land​.org/​t​h​i​n​g​s​-​to-do.

Gov­er­nors Island is open to the pub­lic dai­ly from 7am to 6pm. Trust for Gov­er­nors Island-oper­at­ed fer­ries run dai­ly from the Bat­tery Mar­itime Build­ing at 10 South Street in Low­er Man­hat­tan. Sea­son­al Brook­lyn fer­ry ser­vice oper­at­ed by the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island also runs Sat­ur­days and Sun­days through Octo­ber 29 from Red Hook/​Atlantic Basin and Brook­lyn Bridge Park/​Pier 6. For sched­ules and tick­et­ing infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.gov​is​land​.org.

Vis­i­tors are encour­aged to reserve tick­ets for Trust-oper­at­ed fer­ries in advance. Round-trip fer­ry tick­ets cost $4 for adults. Gov­er­nors Island fer­ries are always free for chil­dren 12 and under, seniors 65 and up, res­i­dents of NYCHA, IDNYC hold­ers, cur­rent and for­mer mil­i­tary ser­vice mem­bers, and Gov­er­nors Island mem­bers. Fer­ries before noon on Sat­ur­days and Sun­days are free for all. There is no sur­charge for bicy­cles or strollers at any time.

NYC Fer­ry also serves Gov­er­nors Island week­days on the South Brook­lyn route and week­ends via the Gov­er­nors Island Shut­tle from Wall Street/​Pier 11. For tick­et­ing infor­ma­tion and full sched­ules for NYC Fer­ry, vis­it www.ferry.nyc.

Sep 19 2:49 pm

On Sep­tem­ber 18, Gov­er­nors Island was hon­ored to wel­come William, the Prince of Wales, in hon­or of Cli­mate Week NYC. The Prince, vis­it­ing New York City for the Earth­shot Prize Inno­va­tion Sum­mit, spent the after­noon with Bil­lion Oys­ter Project, meet­ing staff, vol­un­teers, stu­dents from the Urban Assem­bly New York Har­bor School, Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Pres­i­dent and CEO Clare New­man, and oth­er Island stakeholders. 

On Gov­er­nors Island, the Prince got an inside look into Bil­lion Oys­ter Pro­jec­t’s col­lab­o­ra­tive con­ser­va­tion efforts for sus­tain­ing marine life and main­tain­ing water health through oys­ter reef cul­ti­va­tion. While on the Island, he learned first­hand about Bil­lion Oys­ter Pro­jec­t’s vital work and its part­ner­ship with The Har­bor School, speak­ing with stu­dents about their unique expe­ri­ences attend­ing high school in the heart of New York Har­bor. He also par­tic­i­pat­ed in a shell sort­ing vol­un­teer activ­i­ty and met with sev­er­al Bil­lion Oys­ter Restau­rant Part­ners before head­ing across the riv­er to our friends at Brook­lyn Bridge Park, where he explored oys­ter habi­tats with stu­dents from the Brook­lyn Har­bor School and even wad­ed into the East Riv­er!

Gov­er­nors Island is proud to be home to a grow­ing com­mu­ni­ty of year-round non­prof­it and edu­ca­tion­al ten­ants work­ing to com­bat the cli­mate cri­sis, includ­ing Bil­lion Oys­ter Project and New York Har­bor School – who are also Com­mu­ni­ty Part­ners in the New York Cli­mate Exchange, Stony Brook Uni­ver­si­ty’s recent­ly announced glob­al hub for cli­mate research, solu­tion devel­op­ment, edu­ca­tion, work­force train­ing, and pub­lic pro­grams on Gov­er­nors Island.

Check out some more pho­tos below, along with recent press cov­er­age of this his­toric visit: 

• Inside Prince William’s trip to New York City — The Today Show 
• Prince William’s Vis­it to New York City Begins with a Rainy After­noon in the Water — Town & Coun­try Magazine
• Prince William Takes a Dip in New York’s East Riv­er - The New York Times
• Prince William Sees Oys­ter Reef Restora­tion Project on NYC Vis­it for Envi­ron­men­tal Sum­mit — Asso­ci­at­ed Press

Sep 14 10:29 am

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island announced today a line­up of Cli­mate Week activ­i­ties tak­ing place on Gov­er­nors Island, fea­tur­ing guid­ed walk­ing tours, cli­mate art exhi­bi­tions, an inside look into the future of the New York Cli­mate Exchange, a show­case exhi­bi­tion from Oba­ma Foun­da­tion alum­ni, and in-field sci­en­tif­ic demos. Cli­mate Week NYC, which takes place from Sep­tem­ber 17 through Sep­tem­ber 23, 2023, high­lights the excit­ing growth Gov­er­nors Island has made as a resource for cli­mate inno­va­tion, work­ing to imple­ment equi­table cli­mate solu­tions in New York City and around the world. 

“Cli­mate Week is always an impor­tant time for Gov­er­nors Island, and our com­mit­ment to devel­op­ing solu­tions to the cli­mate change — the defin­ing issue of our time — remains as stead­fast as ever,” said Clare New­man, Pres­i­dent & CEO of the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“We encour­age New York­ers and vis­i­tors alike to join us for Cli­mate Week, pre­view our future as the hub for cli­mate solu­tions, engage direct­ly with the incred­i­ble work already hap­pen­ing on the Island, and think more about ways we can reverse course and mit­i­gate the impact of cli­mate change in our city and around the world.” 

With a unique water­front cam­pus envi­ron­ment, an award-win­n­ing park engi­neered for cli­mate change, a diverse and engaged audi­ence of near­ly one mil­lion vis­i­tors every year, a col­lec­tion of pub­lic art com­mis­sions engag­ing direct­ly with cli­mate issues, and a grow­ing com­mu­ni­ty of edu­ca­tion­al, non-prof­it, and com­mer­cial ten­ants — includ­ing Bil­lion Oys­ter Project, the Urban Assem­bly New York Har­bor School, Wind Sup­port NYC, and the soon-to-open But­ter­milk Labs, a new mul­ti-ten­ant hub for coastal cli­mate solu­tions — Gov­er­nors Island is quick­ly grow­ing as a hub for cli­mate edu­ca­tion, train­ing, and research. 

In April 2023, fol­low­ing a two-year com­pet­i­tive process, May­or Eric Adams and the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island announced the selec­tion of a new anchor insti­tu­tion for the Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solu­tions on Gov­er­nors Island. The New York Cli­mate Exchange, led by Stony Brook Uni­ver­si­ty, will be a first-of-its-kind, cross-sec­tor non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to cli­mate research, solu­tion devel­op­ment, edu­ca­tion, work­force train­ing, and pub­lic pro­grams on Gov­er­nors Island. The Trust also recent­ly announced the launch of the Gov­er­nors Island Liv­ing Lab, a new plat­form for research, part­ner­ships, and pro­grams to ampli­fy cli­mate action that includes an annu­al cli­mate solu­tions chal­lenge open to non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions, entre­pre­neurs, and start-ups; the launch of cli­mate field trip pro­grams; and an inter­im com­mu­ni­ty con­ven­ing space on the Island. 

Cli­mate Week NYC on Gov­er­nors Island Schedule:

Sep­tem­ber 17 and Sep­tem­ber 23: ​“Meet the New York Cli­mate Exchange” Info Ses­sions and Tours Liggett Ter­race

Vis­i­tors will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn about the Exchange’s mis­sion, vision, antic­i­pat­ed pro­gram­ming, and phys­i­cal design — even before con­struc­tion offi­cial­ly begins in 2025. Hear how The Exchange will bring peo­ple from across the world togeth­er to tack­le the cli­mate cri­sis. Free, no reg­is­tra­tion required. 

Sep­tem­ber 17 – 21 and Sep­tem­ber 24: Bil­lion Oys­ter Project — Guid­ed Walk­ing Tours and Exhibits Nolan Park Build­ing 16

Beyond soft­en­ing the blow of pow­er­ful waves that threat­en our water­front, oys­ters main­tain a healthy ecosys­tem by fil­ter­ing the water around them, and their reefs fos­ter bio­di­ver­si­ty. Oys­ters also offer a social solu­tion to cli­mate change. In these free tours, led by alum­ni of the New York Har­bor School locat­ed on Gov­er­nors Island, Bil­lion Oys­ter Project will pro­vide hands-on oppor­tu­ni­ties for vis­i­tors to acknowl­edge the real­i­ties of cli­mate change and active­ly adapt to them. Free, pre-reg­is­tra­tion required. Click here.

Bil­lion Oys­ter Project is also one of the Gov­er­nors Island Arts Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence, pre­sent­ing free exhibits and activ­i­ties week­ends from May through Octo­ber in the Island’s his­toric hous­es. They will be open dai­ly Sep­tem­ber 17 – 24 in Nolan Park Build­ing 16. Cur­rent exhibits include Aqua­cul­tur­al Adap­ta­tion, fea­tur­ing works that reflect on humanity’s sig­nif­i­cant impact on the plan­et and high­lights the debate around the term ​“cli­mate change,” which obscures the dis­pro­por­tion­ate envi­ron­men­tal dam­age caused by West­ern civ­i­liza­tions, and Shoals, two oys­ter-inspired out­door sculp­tures by Swedish artist Lin­néa Gad. Free, no reg­is­tra­tion required. 

Sep­tem­ber 18 – 22: From indi­vid­ual to col­lec­tive cli­mate jus­tice lead­er­ship: A show­case fea­tur­ing glob­al cli­mate lead­ers from the Oba­ma Lead­er­ship Net­work Build­ing 403

The Oba­ma Lead­er­ship Network’s Cli­mate Com­mu­ni­ty of Prac­tice will be show­cas­ing diverse work from Oba­ma Foun­da­tion alum­ni work­ing in cli­mate. Projects show­cased are focused on con­nect­ing indi­vid­ual and col­lec­tive efforts to min­i­mize the harms of cli­mate change, includ­ing on the most mar­gin­al­ized groups. Free, no reg­is­tra­tion required. 

Sep­tem­ber 19: Vycarb — Open House and In-Field Demo Pier 101

Wit­ness pio­neer­ing car­bon diox­ide mit­i­ga­tion with Vycar­b’s first-of-its-kind pilot. Vycarb, a Brook­lyn-based com­pa­ny and mem­ber of the Gov­er­nors Island Liv­ing Lab Cli­mate Solu­tions Pilot­ing Pro­gram, will be onsite to demon­strate car­bon removal from the East Riv­er in real-time. Free, pre-reg­is­tra­tion required. Click here.

Sep­tem­ber 22: Gov­er­nors Island Nature Walk Depart­ing from Liggett Terrace

Led by the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island’s hor­ti­cul­ture team along with CCNY Insect Ecol­o­gy Pro­fes­sor Amy Berkov, this tour will take par­tic­i­pants on a jour­ney through the young urban for­est of Ham­mock Grove and the immer­sive spaces at Out­look Hill and Dis­cov­ery Hill. Par­tic­i­pants will learn about these resilient, built land­scapes direct­ly from the peo­ple who know them best, and get the chance to par­tic­i­pate in dif­fer­ent com­mu­ni­ty sci­ence projects. Free, pre-reg­is­tra­tion required. Click here.

Sep­tem­ber 22: Pratt Insti­tute — Island(ing) Adap­ta­tions and Exhib­it Tours Admiral’s House and Nolan Park Build­ing 14

Pratt Insti­tute, along­side part­ners Pace Uni­ver­si­ty and Sin­ga­pore Uni­ver­si­ty of Design and Tech­nol­o­gy, will bring togeth­er cross cut­ting rep­re­sen­ta­tion from high lev­el gov­ern­ment offi­cials to inno­v­a­tive design­ers, finan­cial lead­ers and pol­i­cy mak­ers dis­cussing how land scarce, water scarce, island-based habi­tats could inform future urban devel­op­ment. Free, pre-reg­is­tra­tion required. Click here.

Pratt Insti­tute is also one of the Gov­er­nors Island Arts Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence, pre­sent­ing free exhibits and activ­i­ties week­ends from May through Octo­ber in the Island’s his­toric hous­es. They will be open for free guid­ed exhib­it tours on Sep­tem­ber 19 and Sep­tem­ber 22 in Nolan Park Build­ing 14. Cur­rent exhibits include SO-IL: Ground­ing Adap­ta­tions, which explores adapt­ing build­ings to have ground-like capac­i­ties; BIG: Adap­tive Arch­i­pel­ago, which explores adapt­ing var­i­ous exist­ing and arti­fi­cial arch­i­pel­a­gos to our planet’s chang­ing cli­mate; Con­den­sa­tions: Liv­ing With Water, which exam­ines scal­able, nature-based solu­tions using inte­gra­tive Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence-based design meth­ods; and Archipel­og­ics 2.0, which fea­tures work focused on build­ing adap­ta­tion in Nolan Park on Gov­er­nors Island and urban adap­ta­tion in Red Hook. 

Sep­tem­ber 23: GrowNYC — Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Pledges and Vir­tu­al Gar­den­ing Work­shop Gov­er­nors Island Urban Farm

The GrowNYC Teach­ing Gar­den, locat­ed with­in the Gov­er­nors Island Urban Farm, aims to engage, excite, and edu­cate its vis­i­tors in all aspects of urban farm­ing. On Sep­tem­ber 23, vis­i­tors will be able to make a sus­tain­abil­i­ty pledge in the Teach­ing Gar­den in the Urban Farm, where vis­i­tors can write down their own sus­tain­abil­i­ty pledge on a card that will be dis­played at the Teach­ing Gar­den. Free, no reg­is­tra­tion required. 

GrowNYC is also host­ing a vir­tu­al work­shop that is free for all to join on Sep­tem­ber 18, where par­tic­i­pants will explore how cli­mate change affects grow­ing zones, pests, extreme weath­er events, and more, while dis­cussing solu­tions and ways to intro­duce these com­plex top­ics to your gar­den com­mu­ni­ties. This vir­tu­al work­shop is great for school gar­den­ers, com­mu­ni­ty gar­den­ers, and any­one inter­est­ed in agri­cul­ture and cli­mate change! Free, pre-reg­is­tra­tion required. Click here.

On View Dai­ly: Gov­er­nors Island Arts Pub­lic Artworks

Gov­er­nors Island Arts, the arts and cul­tur­al pro­gram pre­sent­ed by the Trust, boasts a diverse col­lec­tion of pub­lic art pieces, sev­er­al of which engage direct­ly with issues of cli­mate and the envi­ron­ment: Sam Van Aken’s The Open Orchard, locat­ed in The Hills with­in the Island’s award-win­ning park, takes the form of a vast pub­lic orchard of hybrid fruit trees, each con­tain­ing mul­ti­ple heir­loom vari­eties that were once found in abun­dance in the New York City area but have large­ly dis­ap­peared due to cli­mate change and the indus­tri­al­iza­tion of agri­cul­ture; Mark Dion’s The Field Sta­tion of the Melan­choly Marine Biol­o­gist, locat­ed inside Build­ing 105 across from Fort Jay, trans­forms a his­toric for­mer arse­nal build­ing into an aban­doned research out­post that invites vis­i­tors to peer inside and imag­ine the life of a soli­tary researcher faced with the real­i­ties of a future marred by cli­mate change; and Duke Riley’s Not for Nut­ten, locat­ed in the Bat­tery Mar­itime Build­ing fer­ry ter­mi­nal at 10 South Street in Man­hat­tan, is a large-scale mur­al depict­ing vignettes from the Island’s his­to­ry con­tained with­in mod­ern-day sin­gle-use plas­tic con­tain­ers found float­ing in oceans world­wide in a play on the tra­di­tion­al ​“ship in a bottle.”

Sep 7 3:03 pm

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island today announced a sched­ule of free pro­gram­ming and exhi­bi­tions for Gov­er­nors Island Arts’ fall sea­son, includ­ing free per­for­mances by Modesto ​“Flako” Jimenez and Indige­nous Enter­prise, along with new exhi­bi­tions from the New Art Deal­ers Alliance (NADA), Escap­ing Time: Art from U.S. Pris­ons, and oth­er NYC-based non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions. In addi­tion, The Trust announced the exten­sion of Charles Gaines’s mon­u­men­tal art­work Mov­ing Chains, which will be open to the pub­lic through October.

“Gov­er­nors Island is burst­ing with activ­i­ty 365 days a year — and the fall is no excep­tion. The new arts pro­gram­ming announced today fur­ther cements the Island as one of our city’s most dynam­ic, respon­sive des­ti­na­tions for the arts.” said Clare New­man, Pres­i­dent & CEO of the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“We encour­age vis­i­tors to join us on the Island this fall to expe­ri­ence our excit­ing ros­ter of free arts and cul­tur­al offer­ings — along with some of the best fall foliage in New York City!”

“We can­not wait to wel­come New York­ers from all five bor­oughs to expe­ri­ence Gov­er­nors Island Arts this fall,” said Mered­ith John­son, VP of Art and Cul­ture at the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“We are ener­gized by this new slate of per­for­mances and pub­lic pro­grams and are grate­ful to our immense group of part­ners work­ing along­side us here on the Island.”

FALL PER­FOR­MANCES

Curat­ed by Asso­ciate Cura­tor and Pro­duc­er Juan Pablo Siles, Gov­er­nors Island Arts will present two week­ends of free per­for­mances in Sep­tem­ber and Octo­ber: ¡Harken! by Modesto ​“Flako” Jimenez, which guides vis­i­tors through the inter­twined his­to­ries of Juan Rodriguez, the first non-indige­nous res­i­dent of Man­hat­tan, and dance per­for­mances from Indige­nous Enter­prise in hon­or of Indige­nous People’s Day.

¡Harken!

Sep­tem­ber 29-Octo­ber 1

Cre­at­ed and per­formed by Modesto ​“Flako” Jimenez, ¡Harken! is an immer­sive expe­ri­ence that guides vis­i­tors through the few pages of his­to­ry writ­ten about Juan Rodriguez. Also referred to as Jan Rodrigues, a black or mulat­to free man from Saint Domin­go (now the Domini­can Repub­lic), Rodrigues trad­ed fur for Thi­js Vol­ckenz Mos­sel, the com­man­der of the Jonge Tobias ship explor­ing North Amer­i­ca for Its eco­nom­ic poten­tial after the Hen­ry Hud­son explo­ration in 1609. Join us and take in Rodrigues’s and Gov­er­nors Island’s lay­ered his­to­ry brought togeth­er thought poet­ry, guid­ed expe­ri­ence, and sto­ry­telling, offer­ing a look into humanity’s inter­min­gling of races and eth­nic­i­ties and who gets to author those sto­ries. Click here for tickets.

Indige­nous Enterprise

Octo­ber 7 – 9

Indige­nous Enter­prise will present free dance per­for­mances in hon­or of Indige­nous People’s Day (Octo­ber 9). Indige­nous Enter­prise is a Native Amer­i­can col­lec­tive found­ed in 2015 and based in Phoenix, Ari­zona. The com­pa­ny was estab­lished with the goal of shar­ing the pos­i­tive aspects of indige­nous cul­ture through film, fash­ion, and dance. Since their found­ing, Indige­nous Enter­prise has become one of the most dynam­ic and excit­ing cul­tur­al com­pa­nies in the world. Their per­for­mances have cap­ti­vat­ed audi­ences at some of the most icon­ic venues and events, includ­ing the Super Bowl, Syd­ney Opera House, Joyce The­ater, and the 2020 Pres­i­den­tial Inau­gu­ra­tion. They have received crit­i­cal acclaim from pub­li­ca­tions such as the New York Times and Vogue Mag­a­zine for their cap­ti­vat­ing per­for­mances and stun­ning visu­al artistry. Through their work, Indige­nous Enter­prise is ded­i­cat­ed to pre­serv­ing and pro­mot­ing indige­nous cul­ture in a pos­i­tive and inspir­ing way. Click here for tickets.

ORGA­NI­ZA­TIONS IN RESIDENCE

Each year, two dozen arts, cul­ture, edu­ca­tion­al, and envi­ron­men­tal non­prof­its uti­lize space inside the his­toric hous­es of Nolan Park and Colonels Row to present a robust cal­en­dar of free pub­lic pro­grams, host artist res­i­den­cies, and engage vis­i­tors in spe­cial activ­i­ties for all ages through­out the sum­mer months. Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence are open every Fri­day, Sat­ur­day, and Sun­day from 11am to 5pm from May 5 through Octo­ber 29.

Orga­ni­za­tions join­ing the cur­rent group of non­prof­its in Nolan Park and Colonels Row for the fall sea­son include New Art Deal­ers Alliance and Escap­ing Time: Art from U.S. Pris­ons, along with sev­er­al new exhi­bi­tions and events from many cur­rent Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence. See the full list of orga­ni­za­tions and events at www​.gov​is​land​.org/oir. New pro­gram­ming high­lights include:

New Art Deal­ers Alliance

Nolan Park Build­ing 18

• Sep­tem­ber 1‑October 1: NADA House, an annu­al col­lab­o­ra­tive exhi­bi­tion that brings togeth­er 26 art gal­leries and art spaces to present 26 artists, with par­tic­i­pants engag­ing the unique char­ac­ter of the 19^th cen­tu­ry for­mer mil­i­tary res­i­dence and exhibit­ing work in a diverse range of mediums.

Escap­ing Time: Art from U.S. Prisons

Nolan Park Build­ing 8B

• Sep­tem­ber 1‑October 29: Escap­ing Time: Art from U.S. Pris­ons exhibits and sells art­works cre­at­ed with­in prison walls nation­wide, work­ing to dis­rupt the stereo­type soci­ety imag­ines when think­ing about the incarcerated.

Bil­lion Oys­ter Project

Nolan Park Build­ing 16

• Sep­tem­ber 1‑October 29: Aqua­cul­tur­al Adap­tion, a com­pi­la­tion of work from third year Pratt Insti­tute Mas­ter of Archi­tec­ture can­di­dates that explore the link­ages across ecosys­tems, peo­ple, and ani­mals through the lens of an archi­tec­tur­al construct.
• Sep­tem­ber 3‑October 29: Shoals, an oys­ter-inspired sculp­tur­al exhib­it by Swedish artist Lin­néa Gad, curat­ed by Bian­ca Abdi-Bor­a­gi, Kather­ine Adams, and Anna Mikaela Ekstrand. Shoals is part of The Immi­grant Artist Bien­ni­al 2023, held across venues in New York and New Jer­sey from Sep­tem­ber 2023 to Jan­u­ary 2024.

New York Latin Amer­i­can Art Triennial

Colonels Row Build­ing 405B

• Sep­tem­ber 2 – 25: Volver a Regre­sar, a solo show by Pao­la Martínez Fiterre
• Sep­tem­ber 2 – 25: The denied Body: a refuge of trau­ma, a solo show by Nat­acha Voli­akovsky. Pre­sent­ed in part­ner­ship with Trans­bor­der Art in Colonels Row Build­ing 406A.

KODA

Colonels Row Build­ing 404B

• August 19-Sep­tem­ber 24: It’s a most pecu­liar sen­sa­tion; or that time Vir­ginia Woolf wore Black­face, a solo exhi­bi­tion by Toisha Tuck­er fea­tur­ing a Vir­ginia Woolf alter, video, works on paper, sculp­tures, and an immer­sive con­cep­tu­al installation
• Sep­tem­ber 29-Octo­ber 29: Solo exhi­bi­tion from artist Alex Mari.
• Octo­ber 6: Free film screen­ing at Low­er Man­hat­tan Cul­tur­al Council’s Arts Cen­ter at Gov­er­nors Island in part­ner­ship with Gotham Yard­bird Sanctuary

West Harlem Art Fund

Nolan Park Build­ing 10B

• Sep­tem­ber 9‑October 29: Undaunt­ed: We Are Still Here, hon­ors cul­tur­al move­ments that with­stood mis­un­der­stand­ings, eco­nom­ic upheaval, and con­tin­u­al strug­gle. The exhi­bi­tion will present a mashup of graf­fi­ti, prints, instal­la­tion, and por­traits; includ­ing a tat­too salon by Bad­der Ink and the Art Kar­tel. Curat­ed by Savona Bai­ley-McClain and fea­tur­ing works by Damali Abrams, Kraig Blue, Valerie Hal­li­er, Dianne Heb­bert, Bad­der Israel, Mark Gas­ton Pearce, Dianne Smith, Siyan Wong.

PUB­LIC ART COMMISSIONS

The Amer­i­can Man­i­fest Chap­ter Two: Mov­ing Chains, by Charles Gaines, has been extend­ed through the end of Octo­ber. Mov­ing Chains is open to the pub­lic Thurs­day through Sun­day and is pre­sent­ed by Gov­er­nors Island Arts, Cre­ative Time, and Times Square Arts. Mov­ing Chains is a 110-foot-long kinet­ic sculp­ture — the artist’s first pub­lic art­work — that calls atten­tion to the eco­nom­ic, judi­cial, and polit­i­cal frame­works that con­tin­ue the lega­cy of slav­ery in the Unit­ed States today.

Sam Van Aken’s mon­u­men­tal The Open Orchard, on view in the Island’s award-win­ning, cli­mate-resilient park, wel­comes vis­i­tors year-round to expe­ri­ence the chang­ing sea­sons in this orchard com­prised of 102 fruit trees that acts as a liv­ing archive for antique and heir­loom vari­eties that were grown in and around New York City in the past 400 years but have most­ly dis­ap­peared due to cli­mate change and the indus­tri­al­iza­tion of agri­cul­ture. Addi­tion­al long-term pub­lic art instal­la­tions com­mis­sioned through Gov­er­nors Island Arts — includ­ing Rachel Whiteread’s Cab­in, Mark Handforth’s Yan­kee Hang­er, Duke Riley’s Not for Nut­ten, and Mark Dion’s The Field Sta­tion of the Melan­choly Marine Biol­o­gist—remain on view daily.

Gov­er­nors Island Arts was a key com­mit­ment in New York City May­or Eric Adams’ Blue­print for New York City’s Eco­nom­ic Recov­ery, with today’s announce­ment marks the sec­ond set of new initiatives.

Gov­er­nors Island Arts presents its pro­gram with the vision­ary sup­port of the Ford Foun­da­tion, as well the Mel­lon Foun­da­tion, the Cha­ri­na Endow­ment Fund, Don­ald R. Mullen Fam­i­ly Foun­da­tion, Stavros Niar­chos Foun­da­tion, Bloomberg Phil­an­thropies, The Gottes­man Fund, Don­ald A. Pels Char­i­ta­ble Trust, the Nation­al Endow­ment for the Arts, and the New York State Coun­cil on the Arts.

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About Gov­er­nors Island Arts

Gov­er­nors Island Arts, the pub­lic arts and cul­tur­al pro­gram pre­sent­ed by the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island, cre­ates trans­for­ma­tive encoun­ters with art for all New York­ers, invit­ing artists and researchers to engage with the issues of our time in the con­text of the Island’s lay­ered his­to­ries, envi­ron­ments, and archi­tec­ture. Gov­er­nors Island Arts achieves this mis­sion through tem­po­rary and long-term pub­lic art com­mis­sions, an annu­al Orga­ni­za­tion in Res­i­dence pro­gram in the Island’s his­toric hous­es, and free pub­lic pro­grams and events in part­ner­ship with a wide range of cross-dis­ci­pli­nary NYC cul­tur­al orga­ni­za­tions. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.gov​is​land​.org/​g​iarts

About the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island is the non­prof­it cor­po­ra­tion cre­at­ed by the City of New York that is respon­si­ble for the rede­vel­op­ment and oper­a­tion of 150 acres of Gov­er­nors Island. The Trust’s mis­sion is to real­ize the full poten­tial of Gov­er­nors Island for the inspi­ra­tion and enjoy­ment of all New York­ers, demon­strat­ing a bold vision for pub­lic space. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.gov​is​land​.org

Aug 15 8:53 am

Gov­er­nors Island Arts announced today the sec­ond annu­al House Fest, a three-day fes­ti­val cel­e­brat­ing the incred­i­ble range of works pre­sent­ed by the sea­son­al arts, cul­tur­al, edu­ca­tion­al, and envi­ron­men­tal Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence on Gov­er­nors Island. From Sep­tem­ber 1 through 3, 2023, Gov­er­nors Island Arts will bring togeth­er more than two dozen cul­tur­al part­ners for a week­end-long cre­ative cel­e­bra­tion in and around the his­toric for­mer mil­i­tary hous­es of Nolan Park and Colonels Row on the Island, fea­tur­ing free dance and music per­for­mances, out­door instal­la­tions, inter­ac­tive work­shops, open stu­dios, pan­el dis­cus­sions, and more.

“Gov­er­nors Island Arts ful­ly embod­ies the diverse cul­tur­al com­mu­ni­ty here in New York City, and we are thrilled to wel­come all New York­ers to expe­ri­ence it for them­selves at the sec­ond annu­al House Fest” said Clare New­man, Pres­i­dent and CEO of the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“With our acces­si­ble range of pub­lic art, cul­tur­al events, and res­i­den­cy pro­grams, Gov­er­nors Island has grown into one of New York City’s most excit­ing arts and cul­ture des­ti­na­tions. We look for­ward to wel­com­ing vis­i­tors to House Fest once again this Labor Day Weekend.”

“We are so excit­ed to cel­e­brate our largest and most diverse group of Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence yet at House Fest 2023,” said Juan Pablo Siles, Asso­ciate Cura­tor and Pro­duc­er at the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“Fea­tur­ing orga­ni­za­tions and artists from every sin­gle bor­ough, this will be a true city­wide cel­e­bra­tion of all things cul­ture. Gov­er­nors Island Arts is priv­i­leged to work with the incred­i­ble com­mu­ni­ty of orga­ni­za­tions here on the Island, col­lab­o­rat­ing to help bring trans­for­ma­tive, acces­si­ble pro­gram­ming to Island vis­i­tors and all New Yorkers.”

House Fest will fea­ture free per­for­mances, curat­ed by Gov­er­nors Island Arts, along­side pub­lic pro­grams and acti­va­tions from the program’s two dozen sea­son­al Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence that include Amer­i­can Indi­an Com­mu­ni­ty House, Res­i­den­cy Unlim­it­ed, the West Harlem Art Fund, Stat­en Island Urban Cen­ter, Pratt Insti­tute, Swale, Trans­bor­der Art, The Low­er East­side Girls Club, the Muse­um of Con­tem­po­rary African Dias­po­ran Art, and many more. The week­end will cul­mi­nate with a mas­sive Lawn Par­ty on Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 3, fea­tur­ing beats from DJ Mick­ey Pérez and food and drink avail­able from Gov­er­nors Island ven­dors Lit­tle Eva’s and Fauzia’s Heav­en­ly Delights. 

House Fest 2023 Sched­ule of Events

Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 1 

• Open­ing Day of The Process – an art and tech exhi­bi­tion, Har­vest­works
• Open­ing Day at NADA House, New Art Deal­ers Alliance 
• Toisha Tuck­er solo exhi­bi­tion, KODA
• Poet­ry per­for­mance with Aracelis Rivera, Foun­tain House Gallery 
• Art work­shop from Recy­cled Mate­ri­als with Chin-Chih Yang, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council 
• Weav­ing Islands per­for­mance, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council 
• Heal­ing in Motion per­for­mance, ArtsConnection 
• MVP Rara per­for­mance and pro­ces­sion, Gov­er­nors Island Arts
• Free Out­door Film: Set it Off, Gov­er­nors Island Arts and Film at Lin­coln Center 

Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 2 

• Open­ing Day of Masks with works by Gabriele Grones and Peteer Depelchin, Res­i­den­cy Unlimited 
• Poet­ry per­for­mance with Aracelis Rivera, Foun­tain House Gallery 
• Open Stu­dio (Natal­ie Col­lette Wood), BronxArtSpace
• Stat­en Island Music and Dance Live!, Stat­en Island Urban Center 
• Prison Art Work­shop, Escap­ing Time: Art from U.S. Prisons 
• The­atri­cal Games for Social Change work­shop, Foun­tain House Gallery
• The Roots of Sal­sa, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council 
• Milk Kefir SCO­BY work­shop, Swale 
• Sene­galese Dance with Ous­mane, Cumbe
• Kom­pa Dance with Julio & Roben­son, Cumbe
• Soul Can­vas Vor­tex with Danie work­shop, Cumbe 
• Regen­er­a­tion, New York Latin Amer­i­can Art Triennial
• Artist Talk with Miguel Otero Fuentes, West Harlem Art Fund 
• Indi­an Clas­si­cal Dance Show­case, ArtsConnection 
• Oh, Cas­san­dra: An Inter­ac­tive Ode to Yoko Ono, Trans­bor­der Art 
• Flower Rit­u­al, Trans­bor­der Art 
• Sun­set Med­i­ta­tive Per­for­mance with C. Laven­der, Harvestworks 
• Watch Us! We can do it togeth­er, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council 
• Polir­rit­mia | Sineste­sia, Har­vest­works
• IDEN­TI­TIES exhi­bi­tion tour, MoCADA 
• M’Dear: The Black Mater­nal Artist Talk, MoCADA 
• Polir­rit­mia | Sineste­sia, Gov­er­nors Island Arts in part­ner­ship with Harvestworks

Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 3 

• Open Stu­dio (Natal­ie Col­lette Wood), BronxArtSpace
• Prison Art Work­shop, Escap­ing Time: Art from U.S. Prisons 
• Dance per­for­mance with Coco Karol and Sxip Shirey, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council 
• Weav­ing Islands per­for­mance, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council 
• Poet­ry per­for­mance with Aracelis Rivera, Foun­tain House Gallery 
• Butoh Per­for­mance with Angela Rogers, Foun­tain House Gallery 
• Music per­for­mance with Eliana Glass, Gov­er­nors Island Arts
• Island Lumi­nar­ia: Flam­ing Crea­ture Crawl, Flux Factory 
• House Fest Lawn Par­ty with DJ Mick­ey Pérez, Gov­er­nors Island Arts

A full sched­ule of events and list of pre­sent­ing orga­ni­za­tions can be found at www.gov​is​land​.org/​h​o​u​s​e​-fest, with more events to be announced in the com­ing weeks. House Fest 2023 is pre­sent­ed with sup­port from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Enter­tain­ment, and with vol­un­teer sup­port from the Friends of Gov­er­nors Island. 

Gov­er­nors Island Arts, the pub­lic arts and cul­tur­al pro­gram pre­sent­ed by the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island, cre­ates trans­for­ma­tive encoun­ters with art for all New York­ers, invit­ing artists and researchers to engage with the issues of our time in the con­text of the Island’s lay­ered his­to­ries, envi­ron­ments, and archi­tec­ture. Since Gov­er­nors Island opened to the pub­lic in 2005, the Trust has invit­ed cul­tur­al, edu­ca­tion­al, and non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tions to uti­lize its his­toric hous­es to present engag­ing pub­lic pro­grams while pro­vid­ing work­space for artists and cul­tur­al practitioners.

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

The 2023 Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence are: Amer­i­can Indi­an Com­mu­ni­ty House (AICH) Man­hat­tan, Art­Crawl Harlem Man­hat­tan, ArtsCon­nec­tion Man­hat­tan, BronxArt­Space The Bronx, Bil­lion Oys­ter Project Man­hat­tan, Cumbe: Cen­ter for African and Dias­po­ra Dance Brook­lyn, Escap­ing Time: Art from U.S. Pris­ons Man­hat­tan, Flux Fac­to­ry Queens, KODA Brook­lyn, Foun­tain House Gallery Man­hat­tan, Har­vest­works Man­hat­tan, I am caribBE­ING Brook­lyn, The Low­er East­side Girls Club Man­hat­tan, The Muse­um of Con­tem­po­rary African Dias­po­ran Arts (MoCA­DA) Brook­lyn, New Art Deal­ers Alliance (NADA) Man­hat­tan ​‚New York Latin Amer­i­can Art Tri­en­ni­al (NYLAAT) Man­hat­tan, NYC Audubon Man­hat­tan, NYU Gal­latin Wet­Lab Man­hat­tan, Pratt Insti­tute Brook­lyn, Project Bring It Home/​The Stars of Tomor­row Project, Inc. Man­hat­tan, Res­i­den­cy Unlim­it­ed (RU) Brook­lyn, Stat­en Island Urban Cen­ter Stat­en Island, Swale Brook­lyn, Syra­cuse Uni­ver­si­ty Stu­dio Art M.F.A. Syra­cuse, NY, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Coun­cil Queens, Trans­bor­der Art Queens, and the West Harlem Art Fund Man­hat­tan.

Invest­ment in Gov­er­nors Island Arts advances a key com­po­nent of ​“Rebuild, Renew, Rein­vent: 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 evolv­ing this sea­son­al pro­gram into year-round per­ma­nent homes for cul­tur­al orga­ni­za­tions on Gov­er­nors Island.

Gov­er­nors Island is open to the pub­lic Sun­day through Thurs­day from 7am to 10pm and Fri­day through Sat­ur­day from 7am to 11pm. The South Island Park, includ­ing The Hills, Ham­mock Grove, Pic­nic Point, and the ball fields, is open until 6pm dai­ly. Trust for Gov­er­nors Island-oper­at­ed fer­ries run dai­ly between the Bat­tery Mar­itime Build­ing at 10 South Street in Low­er Man­hat­tan and Sois­sons Land­ing on the Island. Trust-oper­at­ed fer­ries also serve two Brook­lyn loca­tions dur­ing the sum­mer months — Pier Six in Brook­lyn Bridge Park and Atlantic Basin in Red Hook. These routes run direct­ly to Yan­kee Pier on Gov­er­nors Island from each loca­tion every Sat­ur­day, Sun­day, and hol­i­day Mon­day from May 27 through Octo­ber 29. For sched­ules and tick­et­ing infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.gov​is​land​.org/​ferry.

Vis­i­tors are encour­aged to reserve fer­ry tick­ets in advance of their trip on the Gov­er­nors Island web­site. Round-trip fer­ry tick­ets cost $4 for adults. Fer­ries oper­at­ed by the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island are always free for chil­dren 12 and under, old­er adults 65 and up, res­i­dents of NYCHA, IDNYC hold­ers, cur­rent and for­mer mil­i­tary ser­vice mem­bers, and Gov­er­nors Island mem­bers. Fer­ries before noon on Sat­ur­days and Sun­days are free for all. There is no sur­charge for bicy­cles or strollers on Trust-oper­at­ed fer­ries at any time.

NYC Fer­ry also serves Gov­er­nors Island week­days on the South Brook­lyn route and sum­mer week­ends via the sea­son­al Gov­er­nors Island shut­tle. For tick­et­ing infor­ma­tion and full sched­ules for NYC Fer­ry, vis­it www.ferry.nyc.

Jun 20 12:00 am

The Liv­ing Lab on Gov­er­nors Island, a key part of the Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solu­tions, includes annu­al cli­mate solu­tions chal­lenge, edu­ca­tion­al field trips, and cli­mate-focused com­mu­ni­ty con­ven­ing space.

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island announced today the launch of the Liv­ing Lab, a new plat­form for research, part­ner­ships, and pro­grams to ampli­fy cli­mate action. Ini­tia­tives announced today include an annu­al cli­mate solu­tions chal­lenge open to non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions, entre­pre­neurs, and start-ups; the launch of cli­mate field trip pro­grams; and an inter­im com­mu­ni­ty con­ven­ing space on the Island. The Liv­ing Lab marks an excit­ing step for­ward in Gov­er­nors Island’s growth as a resource for cli­mate inno­va­tion and will help accel­er­ate, adopt, and imple­ment equi­table cli­mate solu­tions here in New York City and across the world. 

“When we announced the New York Cli­mate Exchange as part of the Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solu­tions, we said New York­ers and vis­i­tors to Gov­er­nors Island would start to see an impact quick­ly. The Liv­ing Lab is one exam­ple of that impact,” said New York City May­or Eric Adams. ​“Through this plat­form, New York City pub­lic school stu­dents will have oppor­tu­ni­ties for hands-on learn­ing about solu­tions to the cli­mate cri­sis, and experts will devel­op tools for them to bring what they learn back to their schools and their com­mu­ni­ties. We can­not just talk about solv­ing the cli­mate cri­sis — we must be about it, and the Liv­ing Lab will give all of us more tools to turn our words into actions.”

“The Liv­ing Lab will help shine a light on the incred­i­ble research and inno­va­tions our city has to offer,” said Deputy May­or for Eco­nom­ic and Work­force Devel­op­ment Maria Tor­res-Springer. ​“The ini­tia­tives announced today will cre­ate more oppor­tu­ni­ties for New York­ers of all ages and back­grounds to direct­ly engage with cli­mate solu­tions — in the class­room, on Gov­er­nors Island, and beyond.”

“Gov­er­nors Island is an unmatched set­ting for stu­dents, non­prof­its, busi­ness­es, and entre­pre­neurs alike to learn about and test real world cli­mate solu­tions. Through the Liv­ing Lab, our com­mit­ment to equi­table cli­mate edu­ca­tion and action, com­mu­ni­ty con­ven­ing, and one-of-a-kind pilot oppor­tu­ni­ties will bring tan­gi­ble solu­tions one step clos­er to becom­ing a real­i­ty both here in NYC and around the world,” said Clare New­man, Pres­i­dent and CEO of the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island.

“At Ama­zon, we’re active­ly work­ing to reduce emis­sions to reach net zero car­bon by 2040, so this part­ner­ship is one that we deeply val­ue. We’re also thrilled to sup­port this col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Liv­ing Lab, so we can work with the smartest minds to help tack­le solu­tions to cli­mate change,” said Car­ley Gra­ham Gar­cia, Amazon’s Head of Com­mu­ni­ty Affairs, New York.

“Gov­er­nors Island is a lit­tle island with big ideas,” said Arturo Gar­cia-Costas, The New York Com­mu­ni­ty Trust’s pro­gram offi­cer for envi­ron­men­tal grant­mak­ing. ​“We are thrilled to sup­port its efforts to encour­age new think­ing and inno­v­a­tive prob­lem-solv­ing to the all-hands-on-deck chal­lenge of human-dri­ven cli­mate change.”

“Cli­mate mit­i­ga­tion and resilience work is essen­tial to pro­tect­ing our com­mu­ni­ties, espe­cial­ly our most vul­ner­a­ble com­mu­ni­ties, from the impacts of cli­mate change. Deutsche Bank Amer­i­c­as Foun­da­tion is proud to sup­port the Liv­ing Lab in order to fos­ter a space for solu­tions to cli­mate change,” said Lisa Tal­ma, Vice Pres­i­dent of Phil­an­thropic Ini­tia­tives in the Com­mu­ni­ty Devel­op­ment Finance Group at Deutsche Bank.

“We are proud to sup­port the Liv­ing Lab and the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island’s work to bring togeth­er research, part­ner­ships, and pro­grams to ampli­fy cli­mate action as part of May­or Adams’ Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solu­tions. Cli­mate change threat­ens our under­served com­mu­ni­ties the most, and through ini­tia­tives such as the annu­al cli­mate solu­tions chal­lenge, edu­ca­tion­al field trips, and the cli­mate-focused com­mu­ni­ty con­ven­ing space, the Liv­ing Lab will fos­ter fresh ener­gy, build bridges toward equi­table solu­tions, and inspire pos­i­tive change for all New York­ers,” said Valerie White, LISC NY Senior Exec­u­tive Director.

The Liv­ing Lab’s Cli­mate Solu­tions Pilot­ing Pro­gram includes two com­po­nents: a themed Annu­al Chal­lenge and a gen­er­al rolling call. Appli­ca­tions for the Annu­al Chal­lenge, a recur­ring sum­mer chal­lenge with new themes and a cash prize, are due by August 15, 2023. This year’s theme, Water Abun­dance, seeks pro­pos­als address­ing how water can help to pow­er cli­mate solu­tions that grow blue and green jobs and cre­ate health­i­er com­mu­ni­ties. Through the Annu­al Chal­lenge, up to five win­ners will receive a pilot­ing project site, a $10,000 grant award, and access to a com­mon pool of $100,000 in addi­tion­al sup­port. Sep­a­rate­ly, the gen­er­al rolling call for pro­pos­als is open for test­ing and demon­strat­ing cli­mate solu­tions across all dis­ci­plines. Non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tions, entre­pre­neurs, and start-ups are invit­ed to apply to the Annu­al Chal­lenge online at www​.gov​is​land​.org/​c​h​a​l​lenge.

Anoth­er inte­gral edu­ca­tion­al com­po­nent of the Liv­ing Lab is the devel­op­ment of a suite of envi­ron­men­tal cur­ric­u­la for edu­ca­tors and stu­dents to access dur­ing vis­its to Gov­er­nors Island, pro­vid­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for young New York­ers to learn about cli­mate change and prac­tice cli­mate actions that they can take back to their class­room and com­mu­ni­ty. The cli­mate focused field trips pilot will launch in the fall of 2023 and expand to year-round day trips for New York City stu­dents grades three through eight. The Trust is cur­rent­ly seek­ing an edu­ca­tion­al cur­ricu­lum con­sul­tant as part of this ini­tia­tive via a Request for Pro­pos­als. An inter­im con­ven­ing space that show­cas­es inno­v­a­tive resilient and sus­tain­able design and sup­ports pro­gram­ming, work­shops and gath­er­ings host­ed by non-prof­its, envi­ron­men­tal jus­tice orga­ni­za­tions, and com­mer­cial part­ners that are open to all Gov­er­nors Island vis­i­tors, will also be a fea­ture of the Liv­ing Lab. 

The Liv­ing Lab is made pos­si­ble with the gen­er­ous sup­port of Ama­zon, Con Edi­son, Don­ald A. Pels Char­i­ta­ble Trust, the New York Com­mu­ni­ty Trust, Deutsche Bank, and LISC.

The Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solu­tions was announced as a key piece of New York City May­or Eric Adams’ ​“Rebuild, Renew, Rein­vent: A Blue­print for New York City’s Eco­nom­ic Recov­ery.” Ded­i­cat­ed to prepar­ing New York City and cities around the world for cli­mate change, the Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solu­tions is a mul­ti-pronged ini­tia­tive that will cre­ate a sin­gu­lar phys­i­cal hub com­mit­ted to research­ing and demon­strat­ing urban cli­mate solu­tions, and advanc­ing edu­ca­tion, train­ing, and work­force devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties for New York­ers in cli­mate and envi­ron­men­tal fields. 

Fol­low­ing a two-year com­pet­i­tive process, in May May­or Eric Adams and the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island announced the selec­tion of The New York Cli­mate Exchange, a new cross-sec­tor non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tion as the anchor edu­ca­tion­al and research insti­tu­tion for the Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solu­tions. Led by Stony Brook Uni­ver­si­ty, the Exchange will cre­ate a state-of-the-art, $700-mil­lion, 400,000-square-foot cam­pus ded­i­cat­ed to research­ing and devel­op­ing inno­v­a­tive cli­mate solu­tions that will be scaled across New York City and the world and that will equip New York­ers to hold the green jobs of the future. The Exchange will also cre­ate thou­sands of per­ma­nent green jobs and gen­er­ate $1 bil­lion in eco­nom­ic impact for New York City. The con­sor­tium will func­tion as a hub for edu­ca­tion and train­ing to grow green jobs for New York­ers and includes 15 mem­bers rep­re­sent­ing lead­ing uni­ver­si­ties from around the world, as well as busi­ness and non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions ded­i­cat­ed to devel­op­ing and deploy­ing solu­tions to the glob­al cli­mate crisis. 

Jun 15 4:37 pm

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island today announced the launch of THIRD Sat­ur­days, a Gov­er­nors Island Arts ini­tia­tive cel­e­brat­ing the Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence pro­gram. THIRD Sat­ur­days pro­gram­ming will run every third Sat­ur­day of the month from May through Octo­ber and will fea­ture spe­cial indoor and out­door pro­grams from the two dozen orga­ni­za­tions pre­sent­ing free activ­i­ties and exhi­bi­tions in the his­toric hous­es of Nolan Park and Colonels Row. All events are free and open to the public. 

“We are thrilled to launch THIRD Sat­ur­days, bring­ing anoth­er acces­si­ble pub­lic arts pro­gram to the Island’s estab­lished hub and to be able to offer this plat­form to local non­prof­its and artists,” said Juan Pablo Siles, Asso­ciate Cura­tor and Pro­duc­er at the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“This sea­son’s diverse group of orga­ni­za­tions rep­re­sent the five bor­oughs of New York, and a wide range of artis­tic per­spec­tives, offer­ing unique pro­gram­ming for every­one to enjoy.”

June’s THIRD Sat­ur­day Sched­ule of Events (Sat­ur­day, June 17):

Colonels Row

• Art Pro­jec­tion: Duty of the Hearts, Res­i­den­cy Unlim­it­ed: 11am-5pm
• Art Exhi­bi­tion: Faster and Faster, Res­i­den­cy Unlim­it­ed: 11am-5pm
• Print­mak­ing Work­shop, Trans­Bor­der Art: 12 – 2pm
• Queer Care Work­shops, Foun­tain House Gallery: 12 – 5pm
• LGBT Pride Por­trait Exhib­it Open­ing & Artist Talk, Art­Crawl Harlem: 1 – 5pm
• Guid­ed Sound Walk, Low­er East­side Girls Club: 1 – 2pm, 3 – 4pm
• Pre-June­teenth Dance Class, Cumbe: 1 – 2pm & 2:30 – 3:30pm
• CADAF & Christie’s Edu­ca­tion, Trans­Bor­der Art: 2 – 3:30pm
• Art & Med­i­ta­tion Work­shop, ArtsCon­nec­tion: 3 – 4:30pm

Nolan Park

• Inter­ac­tive Per­for­mance: Watch Us!, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Coun­cil: 11am-5pm
• Cel­e­brat­ing Black Amer­i­cana, West Harlem Art Fund: 11am-4pm
• Open Stu­dios, Swale: 12 – 5pm
• Open House, Stat­en Island Urban Cen­ter: 12 – 4pm
• June­teenth Sound Bath & Cura­tor Tour, MoCA­DA: 1 – 2pm
• Guid­ed Bird Out­ings, NYC Audubon: 2 – 3:30pm
• Bird-Friend­ly Glass Work­shops, NYC Audubon: 3:30 – 4:30pm
• Elec­tro-Acoustic Music Per­for­mance, Har­vest­works: 7 – 8pm

The Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence pro­gram fea­tures over two dozen arts, cul­tur­al, and edu­ca­tion­al non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions from through­out the five bor­oughs that uti­lize space inside the his­toric hous­es of Nolan Park and Colonels Row. The orga­ni­za­tions present a robust cal­en­dar of free pub­lic pro­grams and artist res­i­den­cies and engage vis­i­tors in spe­cial activ­i­ties for all ages through­out the sum­mer months. Vis­it www​.gov​is​land​.org/oir to meet this season’s cohort.

May 25 2:17 pm

L to R: Dr. Chris­t­ian V. Bra­ne­on and Tim Cawley

May­or Eric Adams and The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island announced today the appoint­ments of Dr. Chris­t­ian V. Bra­ne­on and Tim Caw­ley to their Board of Direc­tors. With lead­er­ship in cli­mate change research and the ener­gy sec­tor Dr. Bra­ne­on and Mr. Caw­ley each bring decades of expe­ri­ence and exper­tise to the Board of Direc­tors and will help over­see the Trust’s activ­i­ties in the plan­ning, oper­a­tions and devel­op­ment of Gov­er­nors Island’s forth­com­ing Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solutions. 

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island is gov­erned by a 17-mem­ber Board of Direc­tors appoint­ed by the May­or of New York City, with rep­re­sen­ta­tives nom­i­nat­ed by the May­or, the Gov­er­nor of New York, state and city elect­ed offi­cials, and Man­hat­tan Com­mu­ni­ty Board 1. The pri­ma­ry respon­si­bil­i­ty of the Trust’s board is strate­gic over­sight, review­ing and approv­ing its oper­at­ing and cap­i­tal bud­gets, and autho­riz­ing sig­nif­i­cant contracts. 

“Gov­er­nors Island is set to play a mas­sive role in our city’s plan­ning for a future in the face of cli­mate change, and the suc­cess of that mis­sion requires strong lead­er­ship,” said May­or Eric Adams. ​“Chris­t­ian Bra­ne­on and Tim Caw­ley bring unique expe­ri­ence and per­spec­tives to the board of the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. I am excit­ed to work with them and the entire board to strength­en the Trust as both a wel­com­ing des­ti­na­tion for vis­i­tors and the pre­mière cli­mate change research cen­ter the world has to offer.” 

“We are pleased to wel­come Chris­t­ian Bra­ne­on and Tim Caw­ley to our esteemed Board of Direc­tors,” said Clare New­man, CEO and Pres­i­dent of the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“I have the utmost con­fi­dence that they will pro­vide valu­able insight and offer a breadth of knowl­edge to help fur­ther guide and inform the Trust’s civic and envi­ron­men­tal stew­ard­ship of the Island. We look for­ward to work­ing with May­or Adams and our two newest board mem­bers to con­tin­ue to offer New York­ers a place of soli­tude and respite that is Gov­er­nors Island.” 

About Today’s Appointments:

Chris­t­ian V. Bra­ne­on, PhD

Dr. Chris­t­ian V. Bra­ne­on is Head of Cli­mate Jus­tice at Car­bon Direct. He leads the inte­gra­tion of envi­ron­men­tal and cli­mate jus­tice into Car­bon Direct’s cul­ture, oper­a­tions, and ser­vices across the car­bon man­age­ment indus­try. With Car­bon Direct, clients can set and equi­tably deliv­er on their cli­mate com­mit­ments, stream­line com­pli­ance, and man­age risk through trans­paren­cy and sci­en­tif­ic credibility.

Dr. Bra­ne­on also co-leads the Envi­ron­men­tal Jus­tice and Cli­mate Just Cities Net­work at Colum­bia University’s Earth Insti­tute and serves as Co-Chair of the New York City Pan­el on Cli­mate Change. He received an AXA Award for Cli­mate Sci­ence in 2021 for his con­tri­bu­tions to the under­stand­ing of cli­mate change and relat­ed adap­ta­tion strategies. 

Dr. Bra­ne­on pre­vi­ous­ly served as Co-Direc­tor of the Unit­ed States Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion Agency’s inau­gur­al Envi­ron­men­tal Jus­tice Acad­e­my for com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers. With NASA, as part of its part­ner­ship with Microsoft, he devel­oped nov­el appli­ca­tions of satel­lite data that aim to enhance resilience to urban heat stress. Dr. Bra­ne­on earned a B.S. in applied physics from More­house Col­lege as well as B.S., M.S., and PhD degrees in civ­il engi­neer­ing from Geor­gia Tech.

Tim Caw­ley

Tim Caw­ley over­sees the activ­i­ties of Con Edi­son, Inc, one of the largest U.S. ener­gy com­pa­nies, sup­ply­ing ener­gy to 10 mil­lion peo­ple in the New York City region and serv­ing as an anchor for the local econ­o­my. Con Edison’s resilient and flex­i­ble grid allows the com­pa­ny to deliv­er world-class reli­a­bil­i­ty. The com­pa­ny is mak­ing his­toric invest­ments in clean ener­gy tech­nolo­gies that will help New York meet our cli­mate goals and deliv­er 100 per­cent clean ener­gy by 2040.

Mr. Caw­ley serves as a direc­tor of the Edi­son Elec­tric Insti­tute and the Amer­i­can Gas Asso­ci­a­tion boards. He is a mem­ber of the exec­u­tive com­mit­tee for the Part­ner­ship for New York City.

Before becom­ing pres­i­dent of Con Edi­son, Mr. Caw­ley served as pres­i­dent and CEO of O&R. Ear­li­er, he held a series of increas­ing­ly impor­tant senior roles. He orig­i­nal­ly joined Con Edi­son in 1987. Mr. Caw­ley earned an M.B.A. from New York Uni­ver­si­ty and a bachelor’s degree in elec­tri­cal engi­neer­ing from Union College.

May 23 11:12 am

Film at Lin­coln Cen­ter, and Gov­er­nors Island Arts announce a pro­gram of free out­door film screen­ings for sum­mer 2023, open­ing a three-film series on June 9.

From June through August, Gov­er­nors Island Arts and Film at Lin­coln Cen­ter presents ​“Rule-Break­ers and Trou­ble­mak­ers,” a line­up of free out­door movie screen­ings for the 2023 sea­son. This year’s out­door film series will take place on the Island’s his­toric Parade Ground, an eight-acre lawn with expan­sive open views of Low­er Man­hat­tan. The series will be pro­duced by Rooftop Films.

This year’s Governor’s Island screen­ings will fea­ture a selec­tion of films that cel­e­brate relat­able, resilient pro­tag­o­nists who refuse to accept the con­straints that soci­ety has imposed on them. Films in this year’s line­up are F. Gary Gray’s Set It Off; Steven Soderbergh’s Out of Sight, and Gurinder Chadha’s Bend It Like Beck­ham.

Orga­nized by Made­line Whittle.

FILMS & DESCRIPTIONS

“Rule-Break­ers and Troublemakers”

Set It Off

F. Gary Gray, 1996, USA, 124m

For­mer bank teller Frankie (Vive­ca A. Fox) is strug­gling to make ends meet, work­ing a low-pay­ing job as a jan­i­tor along­side close friends Cleo (Queen Lat­i­fah), Stony (Jada Pin­kett Smith), and T.T. (Kim­ber­ly Elise) in mid-’90s Los Ange­les. When the four women, angered and demor­al­ized by the sta­tus quo of relent­less injus­tice that cur­tails and under­mines their aspi­ra­tions, set about sys­tem­at­i­cal­ly rob­bing banks around the city, com­pli­ca­tions soon arise in the dis­parate forms of their tyran­ni­cal boss (Thomas Jef­fer­son Byrd), an unsym­pa­thet­ic LAPD detec­tive (John C. McGin­ley), and a bud­ding romance between Stony and a charm­ing bank man­ag­er (Blair Under­wood). Direc­tor F. Gary Gray infus­es the heist genre with brac­ing emo­tion­al clar­i­ty, sen­si­tive­ly yet unsen­ti­men­tal­ly dra­ma­tiz­ing the chal­lenges faced by work­ing-class women of col­or who are forced to nav­i­gate an unac­cept­ably inhos­pitable socioe­co­nom­ic reality.

Fri­day, June 9 at 8:30pm

Out of Sight

Steven Soder­bergh, 1998, USA, 123m

Razor-sharp wit and expert­ly deployed star wattage — not to men­tion crack­ling sex­u­al chem­istry between the two leads — were in abun­dant sup­ply when Steven Soder­bergh burst into the main­stream, direct­ing Scott Frank’s ultra-cool adap­ta­tion of Elmore Leonard’s 1996 nov­el. George Clooney is Jack Foley, a career bank rob­ber on the run after break­ing out of a Flori­da pen­i­ten­tiary; Jen­nifer Lopez is U.S. Mar­shal Karen Sis­co, the no-non­sense law enforce­ment offi­cer who’s deter­mined to put Foley back behind bars. Along­side a stacked sup­port­ing cast that also includes Ving Rhames, Don Chea­dle, Albert Brooks, and Vio­la Davis in one of her ear­li­est film roles, Clooney and Lopez bring humor and heat to a sin­gu­lar­ly sexy game of cat-and-mouse as Foley makes his way to Detroit in pur­suit of a rumored stash of dia­monds, with Sis­co in hot pur­suit. Edit­ed with wry pre­ci­sion by the leg­endary Anne V. Coates, Soderbergh’s sev­enth fea­ture is a mas­ter class in smart, ensem­ble-dri­ven genre film­mak­ing, and remains a relent­less­ly enter­tain­ing crowd-pleas­er 25 years after its release.

Fri­day, July 7 at 8:30pm

Bend It Like Beckham

Gurinder Chad­ha, 2002, U.K./Germany/USA, 112m

Eng­lish, Pun­jabi, Hin­di, and Ger­man with Eng­lish subtitles

British Indi­an direc­tor Gurinder Chadha’s third fea­ture tells the sto­ry of teenag­er Jess Bham­ra (Par­min­der Nagra in a win­ning break­out per­for­mance), an avid soc­cer fan, dreams of liv­ing up to the exam­ple of her idol, star play­er David Beck­ham, against the wish­es of her cul­tur­al­ly con­ser­v­a­tive Pun­jabi elders. When new friend Jules (Keira Knight­ley) per­suades her to join the local women’s team with­out her par­ents’ knowl­edge, Jess quick­ly wins the accep­tance and respect of her team­mates and their coach (Jonathan Rhys Mey­ers), but must strug­gle to rec­on­cile her pas­sion for the game with her family’s expec­ta­tions. In the 21 years since its U.K. release, Chadha’s film — which remains the high­est-gross­ing soc­cer film of all time, and boasts scene-steal­ing sup­port­ing per­for­mances by Anu­pam Kher, Archie Pun­jabi, and Juli­et Steven­son — has con­tin­ued to be hailed as a lat­ter-day clas­sic of its inter­sect­ing gen­res, simul­ta­ne­ous­ly excelling as crowd-pleas­ing sports movie, win­ning roman­tic com­e­dy, and heart­felt cross-cul­tur­al com­ing-of-age fable.

Fri­day, August 11 at 8:30pm

GOV­ER­NORS ISLAND ARTS

Gov­er­nors Island Arts, the pub­lic arts and cul­tur­al pro­gram pre­sent­ed by the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island, cre­ates trans­for­ma­tive encoun­ters with art for all New York­ers, invit­ing artists and researchers to engage with the issues of our time in the con­text of the Island’s lay­ered his­to­ries, envi­ron­ments, and archi­tec­ture. Gov­er­nors Island Arts achieves this mis­sion through tem­po­rary and long-term pub­lic art com­mis­sions, an annu­al Orga­ni­za­tion in Res­i­dence pro­gram in the Island’s his­toric hous­es, and free pub­lic pro­grams and events in part­ner­ship with a wide range of cross-dis­ci­pli­nary NYC cul­tur­al orga­ni­za­tions. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.gov​is​land​.org/​g​iarts.

FILM AT LIN­COLN CENTER

Film at Lin­coln Cen­ter is ded­i­cat­ed to sup­port­ing the art and ele­vat­ing the craft of cin­e­ma and enrich­ing film culture.

Film at Lin­coln Cen­ter ful­fills its mis­sion through the pro­gram­ming of fes­ti­vals, series, ret­ro­spec­tives, and new releas­es; the pub­li­ca­tion of Film Com­ment; and the pre­sen­ta­tion of pod­casts, talks, spe­cial events, and artist ini­tia­tives. Since its found­ing in 1969, this non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tion has brought the cel­e­bra­tion of Amer­i­can and inter­na­tion­al film to the world-renowned Lin­coln Cen­ter arts com­plex, mak­ing the dis­cus­sion and appre­ci­a­tion of cin­e­ma acces­si­ble to a broad audi­ence and ensur­ing that it remains an essen­tial art form for years to come.

Film at Lin­coln Cen­ter receives gen­er­ous, year-round sup­port from the Nation­al Endow­ment for the Arts and the New York State Coun­cil on the Arts with the sup­port of the Office of the Gov­er­nor and the New York State Leg­is­la­ture. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.film​linc​.org and fol­low @filmlinc on Twit­ter and Insta­gram.