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Announc­ing Shan­dak­en: Gov­er­nors Island, a new artist residency

Jun 28, 2018 10:55 am

One year of free stu­dio space on Gov­er­nors Island for five cul­tur­al prac­ti­tion­ers: appli­ca­tion open through July 30.

Shan­dak­en Projects and the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island are proud to announce Shan­dak­en: Gov­er­nors Island, a new, free, inter­dis­ci­pli­nary res­i­den­cy pro­gram. We invite cul­tur­al prac­ti­tion­ers work­ing in any media — includ­ing the visu­al arts, writ­ing, dance, and more — and cur­rent­ly liv­ing in New York City to apply now through July 30.

Shan­dak­en: Gov­er­nors Island will award one year of free stu­dio space on Gov­er­nors Island to five res­i­dents at a time. Stu­dios for the upcom­ing sea­son are avail­able Octo­ber 15, 2018 through Sep­tem­ber 30, 2019. 

Although the main focus of this col­lab­o­ra­tion is res­i­dents’ stu­dio prac­tice, par­tic­i­pants will also be invit­ed to explore, study, and learn about the island. These on-site expe­ri­ences will result in pub­lic pro­gram­ming that res­i­dents will present to the island’s hun­dreds of thou­sands of vis­i­tors in sum­mer 2019. 

Locat­ed in the heart of New York Har­bor between Low­er Man­hat­tan and the Brook­lyn water­front, Gov­er­nors Island is an unpar­al­leled place for cul­tur­al prac­ti­tion­ers to work. An eight-minute fer­ry ride away from Low­er Man­hat­tan, the island boasts 172 acres of pub­lic park­land, his­toric archi­tec­ture, and wide-open views. It holds a unique­ly impor­tant place in the his­to­ry of New York, and is cur­rent­ly home to a robust cul­tur­al program.