Governor's Island House Fest

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.

House Fest is made pos­si­ble through the gen­er­ous sup­port of the NYC May­or’s Office of Media and Enter­tain­ment, and with vol­un­teer sup­port from the Friends of Gov­er­nors Island.

Please note: House Fest is rain or shine!

House Fest 2023 Sched­ule of Events

Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 1:
- Open­ing Day of The Process – an art and tech exhi­bi­tion, Har­vest­works
- Open­ing Day at NADA House, New Art Deal­ers Alliance Toisha Tuck­er solo exhi­bi­tion, KODA
- Poet­ry per­for­mance with Aracelis Rivera, Foun­tain House Gallery Art work­shop from Recy­cled Mate­ri­als with Chin-Chih Yang, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council
- Weav­ing Islands per­for­mance, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council
- Heal­ing in Motion per­for­mance, ArtsConnection
- MVP Rara per­for­mance and pro­ces­sion, Gov­er­nors Island Arts
- Free Out­door Film: Set it Off, Gov­er­nors Island Arts and Film at Lin­coln Center

Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 2:
- Open­ing Day of Masks with works by Gabriele Grones and Peteer Depelchin, Res­i­den­cy Unlimited
- Poet­ry per­for­mance with Aracelis Rivera, Foun­tain House Gallery
- Open Stu­dio (Natal­ie Col­lette Wood), BronxArtSpace
- Stat­en Island Music and Dance Live!, Stat­en Island Urban Center
- Prison Art Work­shop, Escap­ing Time: Art from U.S. Prisons
- The­atri­cal Games for Social Change work­shop, Foun­tain House Gallery
- The Roots of Sal­sa, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council
- Milk Kefir SCO­BY work­shop, Swale
- Sene­galese Dance with Ous­mane, Cumbe
- Kom­pa Dance with Julio & Roben­son, Cumbe
- Soul Can­vas Vor­tex with Danie work­shop, Cumbe
- Regen­er­a­tion, New York Latin Amer­i­can Art Triennial
- Artist Talk with Miguel Otero Fuentes, West Harlem Art Fund
- Indi­an Clas­si­cal Dance Show­case, ArtsConnection
- Oh, Cas­san­dra: An Inter­ac­tive Ode to Yoko Ono, Trans­bor­der Art
- Flower Rit­u­al, Trans­bor­der Art
- Sun­set Med­i­ta­tive Per­for­mance with C. Laven­der, Harvestworks
- Watch Us! We can do it togeth­er, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council
- Polir­rit­mia | Sineste­sia, Har­vest­works
- IDEN­TI­TIES exhi­bi­tion tour, MoCADA
- M’Dear: The Black Mater­nal Artist Talk, MoCADA
- Polir­rit­mia | Sineste­sia, Gov­er­nors Island Arts in part­ner­ship with Harvestworks

Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 3:
- Open Stu­dio (Natal­ie Col­lette Wood), BronxArtSpace
- Prison Art Work­shop, Escap­ing Time: Art from U.S. Prisons
- Dance per­for­mance with Coco Karol and Sxip Shirey, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council
- Weav­ing Islands per­for­mance, Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Council
- Poet­ry per­for­mance with Aracelis Rivera, Foun­tain House Gallery
- Butoh Per­for­mance with Angela Rogers, Foun­tain House Gallery
- Music per­for­mance with Eliana Glass, Gov­er­nors Island Arts
- Island Lumi­nar­ia: Flam­ing Crea­ture Crawl, Flux Factory
- House Fest Lawn Par­ty with DJ Mick­ey Pérez, Gov­er­nors Island Arts