Participate in the Governors Island Park Design Process!
Give your ideas for the future Governors Island Park and Great Promenade. An acclaimed team, led by West 8, is kicking off the design process for these new open spaces. On Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28, members of the design team will host a workshop to hear what kinds of activities you would like in the future park. The workshop includes a tour of the site of the future park, currently off limits to the general public. Visitors have the option of taking the tour on a Governors Island tram or by bike. After the tour, a facilitated conversation will allow you to give your feedback and impressions. The entire workshop, including the tour, will last two hours.
Governors Island is open from 10 AM to 7 PM on Saturdays and Sundays. Ferries leave from the Battery Maritime Building every hour on the hour and return to Manhattan every hour on the half hour. The workshop will be offered at 10:15 AM, 12:45 PM and 3:15 PM and will end in time for participants to take the 12:30 PM, 3:30 PM or 5:30 PM ferries, respectively. Workshops begin in front of Building 110 on Governors Island.
Space is limited. If you wish to participate in the tour and workshop, you must RSVP in advance to ecavanagh@empire.state.ny.us. Please indicate which workshop you would be able to attend and if you will take the tram tour, bring a bike or need to rent one from the kiosk on Governors Island. If you are interested in the workshop but cannot attend at one of the scheduled times, please let us know so we can keep you informed about future opportunities for input. For more information and a more detailed ferry schedule, please visit http://www.govisland.com.
Other FIGMENT current exhibitions and upcoming events:
- Tomorrow! Equinox Celebration at Jeanette’s Folly… From FIGMENT artist Jeannette: “Celebrate the fall Equinox with your drums, etc., music, dance poetry, songs and chants. Help ward off the ever foolish Folly of we Humans, and reinforce our commitment to God, Mother Nature or the Universe to be loving Stewards of the Earth. Meet-up from 2-5pm on Saturday, September 20, at Governor’s Island, across from the Mini Golf Course, at the installation ‘Jeanette’s Folly about Human Folly…’ (Bring your own instruments, snacks, drinks and small blanket).”
- Next weekend! Participate in the City of Dreams Open and Picnic: a free mini golf tournament and day of games and leisure on Governors Island. Pack a picnic and lawn or board games and enjoy sunshine, music, spectacular city views and a free round of mini-golf! Prizes will be awarded to the top scorers by age category, as well as to high performers in several fun categories. Saturday, September 27, 2008, from 10am to 5pm (Rain Date Sunday, September 28) at The City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course on Governors Island (behind Liggett Hall). For more information, visit http://figmentnyc.org/blog/?p=5.
- Now until October 12, check out the Voyeur photo exhibition in Building 14. Voyeur is a collection of photos from this year’s FIGMENT participatory arts event on Governors Island. For more information, see www.figmentnyc.org/voyeur.
- Please join us for a FIGMENT brainstorming session on Governors Island on October 4. Bring your big ideas for art on Governors Island next year’s FIGMENT event. For more information, email us at bigidea@figmentnyc.org.
- We’re planning an event to commemorate the success of the Emergence Exhibition (http://www.emergenceshow.org), and to announce the publication of the Catalogue of the exhibition. Catalogues will be available for purchase. Stay tuned for more information!
If you like what we’re up to, please donate to FIGMENT to support the annual FIGMENT event, our other programs, and to help us expand the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course next year! We are entirely funded by grants and individual donations (no corporate sponsorships!) so we’re counting on you. To donate, visit http://www.figmentnyc.org/donate.