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FIG­MENT Pavil­lion Com­pe­ti­tion Win­ners and ELNYA Cre­ative Conversation

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Ear­li­er this year, FIG­MENT, The Emerg­ing New York Archi­tect Com­mit­tee (ENYA) of the Amer­i­can Insti­tute of Archi­tects New York Chap­ter (AIANY) and the Struc­tur­al Engi­neers Asso­ci­a­tion of New York (SEAoNY) announced a com­pe­ti­tion call for an archi­tec­tur­al pavil­ion for the 2010 sum­mer sea­son on Gov­er­nors Island. This week they announced the selec­tion of Ann Ha and Behrang Behin’s Liv­ing Pavil­ion.” Check out their web­site for more info and images. And if you’ve been inspired by your expe­ri­ence of art on Gov­er­nors Island in the past, you’ll want to check out ELNYA’s Cre­ative Con­ver­sa­tion tonight: Pub­lic (Art x Space). Speak­ers from FIG­MENT, the High Line and NYC DOT’s Urban Art Pro­gram will dis­cuss the role of art in pub­lic space. We like that! Pub­lic (Art x Space) Wednes­day, April 21, 6:30pm WNYC’s Jerome L. Greene Per­for­mance Space 44 Charl­ton Street (at Var­ick Street)