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A Look Back at Summer

Oct 23, 2014 8:25 pm
Thank you to all the won­der­ful pro­gram­ming orga­ni­za­tions and vis­i­tors that made the 2014 Pub­lic Sea­son on Gov­er­nors Island so spe­cial. We were open sev­en days a week, and we had more vis­i­tors and more events on the Island than ever before. It is hard to believe that the Island closed already one month ago. In the mean­time, the leaves have begun to change and New York City has ful­ly embraced fall. On a day like today though, it is hard not to think of all the great times we had this sum­mer. Here is a look at some of our favorite sum­mer moments. Share your favorites in the com­ments below! Open­ing of the New Ball Fields on the South Island!  [cap­tion id=“attachment_7837” align=“aligncenter” width=“468” class=” ”]The little league team gets ready for the game. Image courtesy of the Trust. The lit­tle league team gets ready for the game. Image cour­tesy of the Trust.[/caption] At the south­ern end of the 30 acres of new park and pub­lic space opened to the pub­lic this year are two grass ball fields over­looked by the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty. The fields host­ed pick-up soc­cer games, adult soft­ball, and many lit­tle leagues all sum­mer long. Did you have a chance to test them out? Jazz Age Lawn Party  [cap­tion id=“attachment_7838” align=“aligncenter” width=“468” class=” ”]The Jazz Age Lawn Party blew us all away once again. Image courtesy of Driely S - drielys.com. The Jazz Age Lawn Par­ty came dressed to impress. Image cour­tesy of Driely S — drielys.com.[/caption] Michael Arenel­la and his Dream­land Orches­tra blew us away twice this sum­mer. The Jazz Age Lawn Par­ty, so per­fect­ly placed among the ear­ly 1900’s hous­es in Colonels Row, brought some of the best dressed New York­ers to Gov­er­nors Island this sum­mer. It was so good, even Vogue Brazil’s cov­ered it! FIFA 2014 World Cup [cap­tion id=“attachment_7839” align=“aligncenter” width=“468” class=” ”]Spontaneous Intervention created an official viewing area for the FIFA 2014 World Cup on Governors Island. Spon­ta­neous Inter­ven­tion cre­at­ed an offi­cial view­ing area for the FIFA 2014 World Cup on Gov­er­nors Island. Image cour­tesy of Spon­ta­neous Interventions.[/caption] For many, this sum­mer was all about the World Cup. Thanks to Spon­ta­neous Inter­ven­tions, Gov­er­nors Island was an offi­cial view­ing area of the games. The US heart pound­ing games brought sev­er­al thou­sand fans to the Island. We made it out of the group stages this time, and in 2018 I believe that we will win! The AIDS Memo­r­i­al Quilt [cap­tion id=“attachment_7840” align=“aligncenter” width=“468” class=” ”]A part of the AIDS Memorial Quilt was exhibited on Governors Island. Image courtesy of the Trust. A part of the AIDS Memo­r­i­al Quilt was exhib­it­ed on Gov­er­nors Island. Image cour­tesy of the Trust.[/caption] For the first time in more than 10 years, the AIDS Memo­r­i­al Quilt was on view in NYC on Gov­er­nors Island. The Aids Memo­r­i­al Quilt is a memo­r­i­al to those who have died of AIDS. Today, it is made up of more that 48,000 3 by 6 foot pan­els that each memo­ri­al­ize the name of some­one who has died of AIDS. The quilt was first begun in 1987 by a group in San Fran­cis­co, and today the project is con­tin­ued by The Names Project Foundation. The NYC Uni­cy­cle Festival  [cap­tion id=“attachment_7841” align=“aligncenter” width=“426” class=” ”]The Unicycle Festival was back on Governors Island this summer. Image courtesy of the Unicycle Festival. The Uni­cy­cle Fes­ti­val was back on Gov­er­nors Island this sum­mer. Image cour­tesy of the Uni­cy­cle Festival.[/caption] What is more fun than rid­ing a bike around Gov­er­nors Island? Rid­ing a uni­cy­cle! The NYC Uni­cy­cle Fes­ti­val came to the Island in August, bring­ing with them uni­cy­cle bas­ket­ball, uni­cy­cle piñatas, and work­shops to teach new­com­ers how to ride uni­cy­cles. Gov­er­nors Island Art Fair [cap­tion id=“attachment_7842” align=“aligncenter” width=“468” class=” ”]The Governors Island Art Fair showcased work by 100 artists in Colonels Row. Piece by Chaney Trotter, courtesy of Hyperallergic.com The Gov­er­nors Island Art Fair show­cased work by 100 artists in Colonels Row. Art­work by Chaney Trot­ter, image cour­tesy of Hyperallergic.com[/caption] The 4 Heads Gov­er­nors Island Art Fair was back on Gov­er­nors Island this year dur­ing week­ends in Sep­tem­ber. 100 artists trans­formed the hous­es in Colonels Row with inno­v­a­tive sculp­ture, paint­ings, video, sound instal­la­tions, and oth­er instal­la­tion works. See more images of the fair at Hyper​al​ler​gic​.com. We look for­ward to wel­com­ing you all again next May! Until then, keep in touch with what is hap­pen­ing on Gov­er­nors Island on our blog or head to our Face­book and Twit­ter pages! If you are look­ing for more amaz­ing pho­tographs of Gov­er­nors Island, head to our sum­mer Tum­blr page #your­go­v­is­land.
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