Forest for Trees Collective

For­est for Trees is a diverse and expand­ing envi­ron­men­tal art and edu­ca­tion col­lec­tive, respond­ing to gaps in pub­lic and pri­vate cli­mate change edu­ca­tion with deeply res­o­nant and infor­ma­tive art. They work with emerg­ing and estab­lished inter­dis­ci­pli­nary artists who are invest­ed in respond­ing to the cli­mate cri­sis with style, orig­i­nal­i­ty, and emo­tion­al res­o­nance. On Gov­er­nors Island, they will offer four rotat­ing group exhi­bi­tions open to the pub­lic, cor­re­lat­ing pro­gram­ming (work­shops and events), as well as month-long stu­dio res­i­den­cies for artists work­ing at the inter­sec­tion of pub­lic art and cli­mate education.

Ongo­ing Events

LOCAL­I­TIES, June 28-July 27
In a glob­al city, how do we relate to the hyper-local? How do we stew­ard land from the sub­way sys­tems? How do micro­economies make waves on Wall Street? What does ground-up med­i­cine teach us? How is a park polit­i­cal? How do poets pre­serve a moment? How do the local mass­es make a mood? Cel­e­brat­ing New York City artists and lega­cies, hon­or­ing the sto­ries, ecolo­gies, and rela­tions of Lenape­hok­ing, and enact­ing change one small rad­i­cal action at a time, we wrin­kle time and space.

Getting to Nolan Park

3 Minutes from Soissons Landing 7 Minutes from Yankee Pier

1 Minutes from Soissons Landing 5 Minutes from Yankee Pier