Thank You For Crafting With Us!
Many thanks to everyone who helped Textile Lab felt together two amazing textiles to give to the farmers at Garden Of Eve and Norwich Meadows Farm. The farms…
Locating the Sacred: a new Asian American arts festival
The Locating the Sacred Festival is a series of New York City events that showcase a range of Asian American artists, from dancers and musicians to writers and thinkers, who use art to explore what constitutes the sacred.
This weekend: explore Newtown Creek at the helm of a motorized toy boat
A unique nautical adventure begins this weekend, and you can participate: it’s the launch of the Newtown Creek Armada, an interactive model boat pond.
Abandoned bikes resurrected for art exhibit
New exhibit features photographs, poetry, and sculptural installations of abandoned bicycles.
Warm Up Saturdays at MoMA PS1
A Saturday at MoMA PS1 in the summer is not your average visit to a museum. Sure, the museum is open, but once you walk…
Storefront’s post-Olympic city
The Storefront for Art and Architecture’s new exhibit examines Olympics Legacies— both the good, and the bad.
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Currently playing at several locations throughout the city, “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” addresses climate change in an intriguing and artistic way.
Using apps to enjoy the NYC summer
Check out a list of our favorite apps that help make spending time outside in NYC fun and easy.
Visions of a future city
This year’s annual CityVision design competition prompts designers to envision NYC “shaped by an alternate history, a complete failure of modern urban policy, or any combination of the two themes.”
A weekend activity guide to art and nature around NYC
A variety of projects, parks, and art shows currently on display provide viewers with an interactive way to explore nature without leaving New York City.
Chelsea Art Walk
Stroll from one art gallery to the next this Thursday evening 5-8 pm in the third annual Chelsea Art Walk.
Reimagining the East River Esplanade
Currently on display at the Museum of the City of New York , “Reimagining the Waterfront: Manhattan’s East River Esplanade” features design proposals for the East River Esplanade, a strip of land between 60th and 125th Street.
Weekend Warm Up and cool down at MoMA PS 1
Currently on display at MoMA PS 1, the sculptural installation “Wendy” uses pollutant neutralizing materials equivalent to removing 260 cars from the road.
NPR listens to the heart of the city
NPR is asking listeners from all around the United States to capture short recordings of sounds they feel embody the quintessential “heart” of their city.
River to River to ease the heatwave
NYC’s annual River to River Festival helps make the sweltering summer a little more bearable. The festival features an eclectic mix of free events, including performances, interactive workshops, and family friendly activities.
An intern in Cloud City
Currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Roof Garden, Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno’s “Cloud City” installation looks like a hip modern artist designed a playground for the moon but took a detour for the museum’s roof.
Can art encourage sustainable change?
A panel at CUNY addressed this challenging question through the lens of artist Mary Miss /City as Living Laboratory’s Broadway: 1000 Steps.
Microscopic landscape by Malcolm MacDougall III
Visit Union Square Park tonight, June 19, 2012, at 7pm for the ribbon cutting on a new Art in the Parks installation. The installation will be there through January 30, 2013.