Climate Week Open Studios & Reception with Stony Brook University

On Saturday, September 27, enjoy a full day of Climate Week programs at The Arts Center at Governors Island! Presented in partnership with Stony Brook University, the day will include Open Studios with current Artists-in-Residence, performances and presentations by Stony Brook Faculty, and a reception to follow.

Open Studios

Arts Center Residency Open Studios
12-5pm
Meet our current Arts Center Artists-in-Residence in their studios and experience live performances and time-based activations (listed below). The 2025 Arts Center Residency  program is dedicated to artists addressing climate change, environmental sustainability, and resilience through their creative practices.

Destinie Adélakun | Daphne Arthur | Jessica Bardsley | Noga Cohen | Patrick Costello | Jing Dong | Sonja John | Lola Lefrançois | Lu | Libby Mislan | Raelle Myrick-Hodges | Layla Nk | Curious Orange / Claire Fleury | Carlos Rigau | Romilly Rinck | Andreia Santana | Laura Chipley and Samara Smith | Walker Tufts | Jaleeca Yancy, On Site Assistant, ‘24 A-i-R

Stony Brook University Faculty
12-5pm
Engage with Stony Brook University faculty at activations throughout the day.

Esteban Agosin Otero, Assistant Professor of Art
Paul Firbas, Associate Professor & Chair of Hispanic Languages & Literature
Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz, Executive Director, FoodLab
Sohl Lee, Associate Professor of Art
Carl Safina, Endowed Research Chair for Nature and Humanity
David Taylor, Associate Professor & Division Director, Sustainability Studies Program

On View

Works on Water 2025 Triennial Exhibition
Upper & Lower Galleries | 12-5:30pm | Learn More

Presentations & Workshops

Sunk Shore: Understanding Climate Change, Embodying Shorelines
1pm | Cafe | RSVP
Artist workshop as part of Works on Water triennial. Click here for workshop details.

Libby Mislan | Experiments in Widening: Finding Solidarity with a Ruptured Earth
2:30pm | Artist’s Studio
A 20-minute Reading from a current writing project that reflects on fertility challenges, kinship with the more-than-human, and solidarity with the earth amid environmental degradation.

Destinie Adélakun | Sonic Wave: A Calabash of Existence
2:45pm | Studio A3
A 20-minute sonic performance that reimagines the Indian jaal tarang through a Yoruba lens, weaving porcelain bowls and calabash vessels into a meditation on water, memory, and ocean health. 

Jaleeca Yancy | Mitochondrial relics (mtRelic)
3:15pm | Studio A3
A 20-minute performance that centers on the migration of relics carried from sea to space, spanning past, present, and future. 

Art, Creativity and Climate: A Conversation among SBU faculty and LMCC Arts Center Residents
4pm | Studio A4

Moderated by LMCC Director of Artist Programs, Will Penrose, this panel brings together ecologist and MacArthur Fellow Carl Safina, Endowed Research Chair for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University, cross-disciplinary scholar David Taylor, Associate Professor & Director, Sustainability Studies Program, Stony Brook University, and current LMCC Arts Center Artists-in-Residence Libby Mislan, Laura Chipley and Samara Smith.

Reception
5-7pm | Cafe

Welcome remarks at 5:30pm by Moe Yousuf, LMCC President & CEO, Carl Lejuez, Executive Vice President & Provost, Stony Brook University, Andrew Winters, Director of Capital Projects, Planning, & Development, New York Climate Exchange
Featuring music by The Jazz Loft, with Mark Wade, Dr. Darrell Smith, and Dario Chiazzolino