Pioneer Works

Pio­neer Works is an artist-run cul­tur­al cen­ter that opened its doors to the pub­lic, free of charge, in 2012. Imag­ined by its founder, artist Dustin Yellin, as a place in which artists, sci­en­tists, and thinkers from var­i­ous back­grounds con­verge, this ​“muse­um of process” takes its pri­ma­ry inspi­ra­tion from utopi­an vision­ar­ies such as Buck­min­ster Fuller, and rad­i­cal insti­tu­tions such as Black Moun­tain College.

Gov­er­nors Island’s his­toric Nolan Park 8B will be acti­vat­ed by Pio­neer Works Nar­ra­tive Arts Res­i­dents as well as peri­od­ic social­ly dis­tanced book talks and sci­ence pro­grams from May-Octo­ber 2021.