Opportunities for Artists
Gov?er?nors Island is home to a diverse com?mu?ni?ty of arts and cul?ture orga?ni?za?tions from across the five bor?oughs and beyond, many of which offer res?i?den?cy pro?grams and oth?er oppor?tu?ni?ties for artists and cul?tur?al prac?ti?tion?ers across a wide vari?ety of fields. See arts and cul?ture orga?ni?za?tions active on Gov?er?nors Island, includ?ing through pub?lic pro?grams and res?i?den?cy pro?grams, on our Orga?ni?za?tions in Res?i?dence page.
Pic?tured above, Art?Crawl Harlem 2020 artist-in-res?i?dence Demar?cus McGaugh?ey. Pho?to by Tim?o?thy Schenck
Insti?tute for Pub?lic Archi?tec?ture (IPA) 2026 Inde?pen?dent Project Residency
The IPA Inde?pen?dent Project Res?i?den?cy pro?gram invites emerg?ing and mid-career prac?ti?tion?ers ¨C whose work focus?es on the pub?lic realm ¨C to live and work dur?ing an eleven week live-in Res?i?den?cy in their space on Gov?er?nors Island. The Res?i?den?cy seeks to cre?ate new inter?dis?ci?pli?nary oppor?tu?ni?ties for col?lec?tive think?ing by pro?vid?ing com?mu?nal space for archi?tects, urban?ists, land?scape archi?tects, design?ers, artists, and researchers to live, work, and devel?op inde?pen?dent projects with?in the com?mu?ni?ty of the res?i?den?cy.
Gov?er?nors Island Arts Pub?lic Art Com?mis?sion?ing Program
Gov?er?nors Island Arts presents a lim?it?ed num?ber of pub?lic art projects each year as part of its pub?lic art com?mis?sion?ing pro?gram. Artists and orga?ni?za?tions inter?est?ed in show?ing work on the Island as part of this pro?gram are invit?ed to con?tact the Trust for Gov?er?nors Island¡¯s Arts and Cul?ture team at arts@?govisland.?org.