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Join Governors Island Arts for a three-day celebration of the seasonal Organizations in Residence in Nolan Park and Colonels Row! From September 1 through 3, 2023, Governors Island Arts will bring together more than two dozen cultural partners for a weekend-long creative celebration in and around the historic former military houses of Nolan Park and Colonels Row on the Island, featuring free dance and music performances, outdoor installations, interactive workshops, open studios, panel discussions, and more.
The three-day celebration will also feature the incredible lineup of works already on display from the two dozen Organizations in Residence in the historic houses in Nolan Park and Colonels Row—click here to meet them all, and scroll down for the full House Fest schedule.
Please note: House Fest is rain or shine!
House Fest 2023 Schedule of Events
Friday, September 1
- 11am-5pm: Opening Day of The Process – an art and tech exhibition, Harvestworks
- 11am-5pm: Toisha Tucker solo exhibition, KODA
- 12 – 2pm: Red Hook Art Project workshop, Governors Island Arts
- 2 – 5pm: NADA House Opening Reception, New Art Dealers Alliance
- 2 – 2:30pm: Poetry performance with Aracelis Rivera, Fountain House Gallery
- 2 – 4pm: Art workshop from Recycled Materials with Chin-Chih Yang, Taiwanese American Arts Council
- 3 – 4pm: Weaving Islands performance, Taiwanese American Arts Council
- 3 – 4pm: Healing in Motion performance, ArtsConnection
- 4:30 – 6pm: MVP Rara performance and procession, Governors Island Arts
- 7:30 – 10pm: Free Outdoor Film: Set it Off, Governors Island Arts and Film at Lincoln Center
Saturday, September 2
- 11am-5pm: Opening Day of Masks with works by Gabriele Grones and Peter Depelchin, Residency Unlimited
- 11am-5pm: Open Studio (Natalie Collette Wood), BronxArtSpace
- 12 – 12:30pm: Poetry performance with Aracelis Rivera, Fountain House Gallery
- 12 – 3pm: Theatrical Games for Social Change workshop, Fountain House Gallery
- 1 – 2pm: Staten Island Live!, Staten Island Urban Center
- 1 – 2pm: Prison Art Workshop, Escaping Time: Art from U.S. Prisons
- 1 – 2pm: Artist Talk with Miguel Otero Fuentes, West Harlem Art Fund
- 1 – 3pm: Milk Kefir SCOBY workshop, Swale
- 2 – 4pm: The Roots of Salsa, Taiwanese American Arts Council
- 2 – 3pm: Senegalese Dance with Ousmane, Cumbe
- 2 – 3pm: The Cobalt Blue Shrine artist talk, Fountain House Gallery
- 2:30 – 5pm: Performance from Lehna Hui and YaliniDream, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA)
- 2 – 3pm: Soul Canvas Vortex with Danie workshop, Cumbe
- 3 – 4pm: DJ YONGOLAILAN Regeneration performance, New York Latin American Art Triennial
- 3:30 – 5pm: Compas/Social Dance with Julio & Robenson, Cumbe
- 4 – 5pm: Indian Classical Dance Showcase, ArtsConnection
- 4 – 5pm: Oh, Cassandra: An Interactive Ode to Yoko Ono, Transborder Art
- 5 – 6pm: Flower Ritual performance, Transborder Art
- 7:30 – 8pm: Sunset Meditative Performance with C. Lavender, Harvestworks
- 8 – 9pm: Watch Us! We can do it together, Taiwanese American Arts Council
- 9 – 10pm: Polirritmia | Sinestesia, Harvestworks
Sunday, September 3
- 11am-1pm: Red Hook Art Project workshop, Governors Island Arts
- 11am-5pm: Open Studio (Natalie Collette Wood), BronxArtSpace
- 1 – 2pm: Prison Art Workshop, Escaping Time: Art from U.S. Prisons
- 2 – 3pm: Dance performance with Coco Karol and Sxip Shirey, Taiwanese American Arts Council
- 2 – 2:30pm: Poetry performance with Aracelis Rivera, Fountain House Gallery
- 3 – 4pm: Weaving Islands performance, Taiwanese American Arts Council
- 2:30 – 4pm: House Fest Lawn Party with DJ Mickey Pérez, Governors Island Arts
- 4 – 5pm: Butoh Performance with Angela Rogers, Fountain House Gallery
- 5 – 6pm: Music performance with Eliana Glass, Governors Island Arts
- 7:30 – 9pm: Island Luminaria: Flaming Creature Crawl, Flux Factory