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Open Call: 2025 Orga­ni­za­tions in Residence

Sep 24, 2024 9:18 am

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island announced today the open­ing of its 2025 open call for the sea­son­al Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence pro­gram. Pre­sent­ed through Gov­er­nors Island Arts, the pro­gram offers an excit­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty for arts and cul­tur­al 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 orga­ni­za­tions are invit­ed to sub­mit an appli­ca­tion to present exhi­bi­tions and pub­lic pro­grams in his­toric spaces on Gov­er­nors Island between May and Octo­ber 2025. Select­ed orga­ni­za­tions will receive space free of charge in the his­toric for­mer mil­i­tary hous­es in Nolan Park and in Colonels Row.

“We are excit­ed for anoth­er year of invit­ing our city’s non­prof­it arts and cul­tur­al com­mu­ni­ty to cre­ate on Gov­er­nors Island,” said Lau­ren Haynes, Head Cura­tor, Gov­er­nors Island Arts and Vice Pres­i­dent at the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island. ​“The Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence pro­gram and the myr­i­ad artists and cul­tur­al prac­ti­tion­ers that par­tic­i­pate each year help to breathe new life into the Island’s his­toric spaces while pro­vid­ing thought-pro­vok­ing exhi­bi­tions, instal­la­tions, work­shops, and pub­lic pro­grams for the Island’s near­ly one mil­lion annu­al visitors.”

Reflect­ing the diver­si­ty of New York City, Gov­er­nors Island Arts’ sea­son­al Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence present an incred­i­ble range of dynam­ic pro­gram­ming to Gov­er­nors Island vis­i­tors each year. They 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 hun­dreds of artists, writ­ers, researchers, and oth­er cul­tur­al practitioners.

Recent orga­ni­za­tions select­ed as part of this pro­gram have includ­ed the New York Latin Amer­i­can Art Tri­en­ni­al, Amer­i­can Indi­an Com­mu­ni­ty House, Art­Crawl Harlem, BronxArt­Space, 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), Filmshop, New York Arts Pro­gram, New Art Deal­ers Alliance (NADA), Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Coun­cil, Res­i­den­cy Unlim­it­ed, and the Cli­mate Imag­i­nar­i­um, among many others. 

The full appli­ca­tion is avail­able at www​.gov​is​land​.org/​p​e​rmits. Appli­ca­tions will be accept­ed through Octo­ber 20, 2024, and appli­cants will be noti­fied by Novem­ber 11, 2024.

Appli­ca­tions 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.