• World Oceans Day: A Musical Celebration

    LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island Building 110, Governors Island, New York, NY, United States

    5:30-7:30pm Monday, June 8 On the evening of June 8,​​ the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the New York Climate Exchange, and the Climate Museum will present a free concert in honor of World Oceans Day at the Arts Center at Governors Island. The concert will weave together music, dance, and advocacy—featuring musicians from the Metropolitan…

  • Lunar Retreat by Nichole Canuso | Branching Paths

    LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island Building 110, Governors Island, New York, NY, United States

    Lunar Retreat is a multi-sensory performance inspired by the gradual distance growing between the Moon and Earth. This immersive journey invites audiences to wander, witness, and reflect on how we move through care, loss, and transformation—both individually and collectively. Created by choreographer Nichole Canuso in collaboration with a visionary team of designers, Lunar Retreat opens…

  • June Open Studios

    LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island Building 110, Governors Island, New York, NY, United States

    With Open Studios, LMCC invites the public into the workspaces and creative processes of the 2026 Cohort of Arts Center Residents. These open house events are free and welcoming, informal, and accessible to all ages. In addition to the ongoing practices of Arts Center Residents in their studios, LMCC Dance Resident Nichole Canuso | Branching…

  • CATCH Performance Series

    LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island Building 110, Governors Island, New York, NY, United States

    Taking place the day after the 4th of July, join in a convening of artists and audience for an unruly evening of performance that considers the complexities of that history and this moment (in a building first erected as a munitions warehouse for a military headquarters and repurposed as a 40,000 square-foot cultural destination). Hosted…

  • Recycled Runway

    LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island Building 110, Governors Island, New York, NY, United States

    Recycled Runway: an All-Ages Climate Art Workshop with Sari Nordman. Create a colorful, one-of-kind wearable accessory from recycled plastic that celebrates your individual NYC style! Arts Center Resident Artist Sari Nordman addresses eco-anxiety through environmental art projects that foster social engagement and utilize recycled plastic. Drawing on 15 years of experience as a teaching artist…

  • Hybrid Animal Encyclopedia

    LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island Building 110, Governors Island, New York, NY, United States

    Hybrid Animal Encyclopedia: An All-Ages Workshop with Nobuho Nagasawa  Step into a space of imagination and invention, where new hybrid creatures begin to appear! Using images from books and their own drawings, participants will create collages that merge dinosaurs with present-day animals, and build three-dimensional beings from dinosaur parts— assembled from other materials. As these…

  • Hybrid Animal Encyclopedia

    LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island Building 110, Governors Island, New York, NY, United States

    Hybrid Animal Encyclopedia: An All-Ages Workshop with Nobuho Nagasawa  Step into a space of imagination and invention, where new hybrid creatures begin to appear! Using images from books and their own drawings, participants will create collages that merge dinosaurs with present-day animals, and build three-dimensional beings from dinosaur parts— assembled from other materials. As these…

  • Recycled Runway

    LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island Building 110, Governors Island, New York, NY, United States

    Recycled Runway: an All-Ages Climate Art Workshop with Sari Nordman. Create a colorful, one-of-kind wearable accessory from recycled plastic that celebrates your individual NYC style! Arts Center Resident Artist Sari Nordman addresses eco-anxiety through environmental art projects that foster social engagement and utilize recycled plastic. Drawing on 15 years of experience as a teaching artist…