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LAST CHANCE!

Sep 27, 2012 10:47 am
[cap­tion id=“attachment_5973” align=“aligncenter” width=“300”] Get in as much car free bik­ing, pub­lic art and exhibits as you can this week­end as Gov­er­nors Island clos­es on Sun­day. The Island will re-open in May.[/caption] Don’t miss the last week­end to vis­it Gov­er­nors Island this sea­son! We con­clude our 2012 pub­lic sea­son on Sun­day and will re-open on Memo­r­i­al Day week­end in 2012. Below is a sam­pling of this week­end’s great events. Spe­cial Events Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 29 and Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 30: Open Stu­dios at Build­ing 110: LMCC’s Arts Cen­ter at Gov­er­nors Island, 12 pm — 5 pm LMCC’s artist stu­dios cur­rent­ly host more than 20 artists-in-res­i­dence who have been work­ing in diverse media includ­ing draw­ing, paint­ing, instal­la­tion, sculp­ture, per­for­mance, and new media. Stop by Build­ing 110 for LMCC’s Open House, and vis­it LMCC’s artists in res­i­dence on Gov­er­nors Island! www​.lmcc​.net. Pro­grams All Week­end Long 4heads Art Fair: All Sep­tem­ber week­ends, 11 am — 6 pm Run by artists, for artists, the Gov­er­nors Island Art Fair enters its 5th year this fall as 4heads ral­ly an excit­ing and diverse selec­tion of artists from around the world. Well over 100 inde­pen­dent artists are select­ed entire­ly on the mer­it of their work and, once cho­sen, each is giv­en a room of their own in which to cre­ate an exhi­bi­tion envi­ron­ment of their own design. Bet­ter Than Jam Pop Up Shop, Gov­er­nors Galleries Bet­ter Than Jam is bring­ing Gov­er­nors Island the cre­ations of New York City’s most tal­ent­ed artists and crafters. Pop­ping up in the Gov­er­nors Gal­leries, the shop is filled with the work of local design­ers, artists, and crafts peo­ple. Bet­ter Than Jam’s gift shop allows vis­i­tors to take home a tan­gi­ble memen­to from their vis­it — a sou­venir that was designed and craft­ed with the island in mind. With the help of the Etsy New York Team, the shop will also host demon­stra­tions and work­shops on Sat­ur­days 12 — 4. Trans­form­ing Func­tion at Build­ing 110: LMC­C’s Art Cen­ter, 12 pm — 5 pm The artists in this exhi­bi­tion, by cre­at­ing works that reimag­ine pur­pose, urge us to devel­op rela­tion­ships to these envi­ron­ments that extend beyond pas­sive con­sump­tion. Through adapt­ing uses and sub­vert­ing func­tions, the result­ing work takes many forms and offers new per­spec­tives and approach­es to view­ing, lis­ten­ing, expe­ri­enc­ing, and inter­act­ing. Addi­tion­al pro­gram­ming such as work­shops, demon­stra­tions, and talks to be announced. Chil­dren’s Muse­um of the Arts Free Art Island Out­post Pro­gram, 11 am — 3 pm Join the Chil­dren’s Muse­um of the Arts Teach­ing Artists for new themes and projects each week­end, includ­ing every­thing from paint­ing and draw­ing to large-scale sculp­ture. Chil­dren and fam­i­lies can stop by for hands-on art for kids! Earth Mat­ter Com­post Learn­ing Cen­ter, 12 pm — 4 pm Head to Pic­nic Point to dis­cov­er com­post­ing, the art and sci­ence of turn­ing food and yard waste into a healthy soil amend­ment, rich in the nutri­ents that plants need to grow. Come for a fun and free hands-on expe­ri­ence and unrav­el the mys­ter­ies of ​“black gold” and pet our newest com­post work­ers — 38 adorable chicks and two kid goats, Pearl and Brows­er! Vis­it Cas­tle Williams Vis­i­tors inter­est­ed in vis­it­ing the new­ly re-opened Cas­tle Williams will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn about the his­to­ry of Gov­er­nors Island in an inti­mate set­ting led by a Nation­al Park Ser­vice Ranger, as tours to the top of the Cas­tle are lim­it­ed to small groups. Tick­ets will be on a first-come, first-served basis for the roof tour. In The Gov­er­nors Galleries Street Math Inves­ti­ga­tions Presents Mü-Math: The Mobile Unit to Pro­mote Math­e­mat­i­cal Thinking Chil­dren 5 and up are invit­ed to immerse them­selves in dif­fer­ent styles of math­e­mat­i­cal think­ing in ways that are play­ful and engag­ing. The 15 New York City-themed instal­la­tions are designed to offer dif­fer­ent lev­els of chal­lenge for all ages. ICP Occu­pies Gov­er­nors Island: Exhibit­ing Pow­er­ful Images from the 99 Per­cent: 11:30 am — 5:00 pm To mark the one-year anniver­sary of Occu­py Wall Street (OWS), the Inter­na­tion­al Cen­ter of Pho­tog­ra­phy (ICP) presents Occu­py! The exhi­bi­tion acknowl­edges the rel­e­vance of pop­u­lar protest dur­ing this cru­cial pres­i­den­tial elec­tion year, and cel­e­brates the sig­nif­i­cant uses of pho­tog­ra­phy, film, and social media in record­ing and com­mu­ni­cat­ing the mes­sage of the OWS move­ment. Paint­ing Gov­er­nors Island: 10 am — 6:30 pm An exhi­bi­tion of en-plein-air water­col­or and oil paint­ings explor­ing the island’s unique set­ting. The har­bor, the indus­tri­al Brook­lyn water­front, the New York City sky­line, and the bridges are all won­der­ful motifs from this inspir­ing loca­tion. The island, with its strange mix­ture of build­ings, both util­i­tar­i­an and his­toric, is in itself a fas­ci­nat­ing sub­ject. Each artist rein­vents the island through their own eyes, find­ing sur­pris­ing mem­o­rable images. While car­ing about the motifs, these paint­ings are not mere­ly depic­tions, but rather per­son­al, painter­ly truths about the island. Process: 5th Annu­al Sculp­tors Guild Exhi­bi­tion on Gov­er­nors Island: 10 am — 6:30 pm Curat­ed by Mikaela Sar­do Lamarche, and fea­tur­ing work from mem­bers of the Guild and an invit­ed guest artist, Faith Rin­ngold. Empire His­toric Arts Fund Presents the Fash­ion Exhib­it: ​“Tat­tered and Torn” (On The Road To Deac­ces­sion): 10 am — 6:30 pm An instal­la­tion of cos­tume de-acces­sioned from var­i­ous muse­ums due to con­di­tion issues that make them unde­sir­able for exhib­it in the upper ech­e­lon muse­um world. Empire His­toric Arts takes a dif­fer­ent stance and offers them as an amaz­ing resource to peo­ple inter­est­ed in the design and con­struc­tion of 19th cen­tu­ry cos­tume. Get the full list of all pro­grams and events! 
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