House Crawl & Parade

Sal­ly Beau­ti Twin​’s sig­na­ture eco-lumi­nary art parade will take over Nolan Park and Colonels Row, with par­tic­i­pants DIY-ing their own cos­tumes, lumi­nar­ies, and pup­pets before engag­ing in a house-to-house parade that hon­ors the flo­ra, fau­na, and celes­tial bod­ies of Gov­er­nors Island.

SCHED­ULE

• August 15, 2 – 4PM — House Crawl; an explo­rative tour of the Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence through Nolan Park and Colonels Row, fea­tur­ing a per­for­mance by Pinc Louds at 3pm on the Parade Ground.
• August 15, 7 – 9PM — Parade; an illu­mi­nat­ed sun­set sculp­ture parade with batiks, giant pup­pets, and lumi­nar­ies depict­ing the flo­ra, fau­na, and celes­tial bod­ies of Gov­er­nors Island, rep­re­sent­ing the 1200 species on the Island. Fea­tur­ing bag­piper David Wat­son.

LOCA­TION

Nolan Park + Colonels Row, Gov­er­nors Island

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Sal­ly Beau­ti Twin has been a com­mu­ni­ty activist and artist in Brook­lyn and Queens since depart­ing a career as an epi­demi­ol­o­gist a decade ago. Born in New Orleans to a fam­i­ly that start­ed a giant annu­al parade, in the past four years she has made eight NYC art parades — almost all on Gov­er­nors Island with a focus on its native species.

She has co-orga­nized and co-direct­ed many com­mu­ni­ty orga­ni­za­tions. Her art has been shown at Mizu­ma and Kips, Toma­to Mouse, Stephen Street, LMCC, Flux Fac­to­ry, Art Crawl Harlem, 7 Belvidere, Bul­let Space, Wood­bine, Shak­er Muse­um, Spring/​Break, 14C, DuYe Moves and more.

Heal­ing col­or and detailed paint­ings pre­dom­i­nate Sal­ly’s art. But it’s increas­ing­ly focused on parades with ethe­re­al music, weeks of free work­shops and eco­log­i­cal dis­cus­sion groups. All mate­ri­als are upcy­cled from dis­cards. Solar charged bat­ter­ies run the lights, ampli­fiers and projectors.

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Pre­sent­ed as part of THIRD Sat­ur­days, the Gov­er­nors Island Arts ini­tia­tive cel­e­brat­ing the Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence pro­gram. THIRD Sat­ur­days pro­gram­ming occurs every third Sat­ur­day of the month from May through Octo­ber and fea­tures spe­cial indoor and out­door pro­grams, which are always free and open to the public.