River To River ⌇ Workshops ⌇ Open Studios
Experience art in action with LMCC's 2025 Summer Season—free and open to all. From the River To River Festival's public installations and performances to hands-on workshops and open studios, this season invites everyone to engage in the creative process, strengthen community, and imagine new ways of living in resonance with New York City’s changing climate. LMCC’s 2025 Summer Season celebrates the creative visions shaping our city's future.
Registration for summer programs will be released on a rolling basis. All events are free and open to all. RSVP is requested for some events with limited capacity. Visit our events calendar for more information on upcoming programs.
LMCC is celebrating the 24th annual River To River Festival, Downtown New York City’s leading arts festival, featuring 23 events activating spaces throughout Lower Manhattan, with an expanded programming window from May 31 to October 26, 2025.
The 2025 River To River Festival, headlined by decorated artist Taylor Mac, will focus on climate change, collective resilience, and creative vibrancy in the face of crisis. The extended Festival, running from June through October, will feature a wide array of performances, film, installation, and participatory events through Governors Island and Lower Manhattan that reflect LMCC's inclusive and interdisciplinary ethos.
Fish Migration Celebration
Riverkeeper
in collaboration with Greg Corbino, Superhero Clubhouse, and the New York Harbor School
Riverkeeper’s first annual Fish Migration Celebration will be a fun and beautiful day where art and advocacy set sail together! A whimsical flotilla of artist-designed boats, inspired by the fishes themselves, will trace their path upriver, turning the water into a moving masterpiece.
June 14, 9:30am-12pm
Hudson River Park, Pier 64 (163 12th Ave)
Free Admission
Learn More | Open Entry
Taylor Mac's 24 Decade History of Popular Music
Oculus Outdoors Screening Series
Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History of Popular Music was a decade in the making and captures Mac’s lens on the entirety of US history from 1776 to the present day. Oscar-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman adapt this tour de force performance in all its righteous outrage and radical humanity in this feature-length documentary.
July 12, 7pm
Oculus Plaza, at Church Street & Fulton Street
50 Church Street New York, NY 10006
Free Admission | RSVP Requested
Presented in partnership with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Taylor Mac: In Concert
Taylor Mac
with Matthew Dean Marsh, Viva DeConcini, and Joel E. Mateo
LMCC is thrilled to present Taylor Mac: In Concert, a one-night-only intimate performance by Pulitzer Prize-nominated, genre-defying artist Taylor Mac.
“Fabulousness can come in many forms, and Taylor Mac seems intent on assuming each and every one of them.” – The New York Times
July 29, 7pm
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park (20 Battery Place)
Free Admission | RSVP Requested
Presented in partnership with Battery Park City Authority / Worldwide Representation: Pomegranate Arts
Maison Millefleurs
Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky
A small jewel box of a greenhouse is filled with a tangled garden of handmade life-sized flowers, and lit using LED programmable lights. The outdoor installation is based on the format of a community garden and will pique the curiosity of viewers of all ages.
August 2 - September 21
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park (20 Battery Place)
Free Admission | Drop-In
Presented in partnership with Battery Park City Authority
Works on Water 2025 Triennial
Curated by Emily Blumenfeld and Kendal Henry
The Works on Water 2025 Triennial is a multi-sited exhibition and series of public art interventions made on, in, and with urban bodies of water, created in response to our global climate crisis. Artists include Frank Bloem, Jeremy Dennis, Marie Lorenz, sTo Len, Lize Mogel, Eve Mosher, Nancy Nowacek, Sarah Cameron Sunde, Sunk Shore (Carolyn Hall and Clarinda MacLow), and Marina Zurkow.
August 28 - October 26 | Saturdays & Sundays, 12-6pm
The Arts Center of Governors Island, Upper & Lower Galleries
Free Admission | Drop-In
Learn More | RSVP Coming Soon
Fish Migration Celebration: Puppet-Making Workshop & Open Studio
Greg Corbino & Riverkeeper
Join artist Greg Corbino for a marine Puppet-Making Workshop and view artwork inspired by Hudson River fishes like the sturgeon, eel, and striped bass. This artwork will be used to tribute these magnificent creatures on a flotilla of art boats.
May 31 | 11am-3pm Open Studio, 1-3pm Workshop
The Arts Center of Governors Island, Studio A4
Free Admission | RSVP or Drop-In
House of a Thousand Flowers: Paper Flower-Making Workshops
Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky
Learn about the history of paper flower making and the symbolism and mythology surrounding flowers. Participants will learn to make unique paper flowers using punches, colored paper, watercolor paints, and markers. Each workshop will introduce different flowers for crafting. Take your creations home or donate them to become an integral piece of Maison Millefleurs, an illuminated public art piece, presented by LMCC as part of the 2025 River To River Festival, premiering this summer in Battery Park.
June 7 | June 14 | June 21 | June 28, 1-2:30pm
The Arts Center of Governors Island, Studio A4
Free Admission | RSVP Requested
Works on Water Workshop Series
Works on Water 2025 Triennial Artists
Participate in a series of workshops inspired by bodies of water and NYC waterways.
July 12 | July 26 | September 6 | September 27, 1-3pm
The Arts Center of Governors Island, Studio A4
Free Admission | RSVP Requested
Learn More → July 12 | July 26 | September 6 | September 27
RSVP Coming Soon
Power Flower Wearables: Maison Millefleurs Opening Night Workshop
Rhonda Weppler & Trevor Mahovsky
Express your creativity while celebrating the opening of Maison Millefleurs. Use paper, LED lights, watercolor paints and markers to create wearable, illuminated artworks.
August 2, 7-8:30pm
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park (20 Battery Place)
Free Admission | RSVP Requested
Learn More | RSVP Coming Soon
Workspace Residency Open Studios
2024-2025 Artists-in-Residence
Antoinette Cooper, Liliana Farber, Nima Jeizan, Delvin Lugo, Sunnie Liu, Spandita Malik, sadé powell, Alex Dolores Salerno, Kiyomi Quinn Taylor, Ye Qin Zhu, SaraNoa Mark (On-Site Assistant, 2023-24 Alum)
Open Studios offers a glimpse into the creative process and artistic development of LMCC’s Workspace artists-in-residence.
June 13, 5-8pm & June 14, 12-5pm
101 Greenwich Street (2 Rector Street)
Free Admission | RSVP Requested
Open Rehearsal: Mammal Mountain (work-in-progress)
Ivy Baldwin
Mammal Mountain, a multidisciplinary dance commissioned by NYU Skirball, will premiere in April 2026. Award-winning choreographer Ivy Baldwin invites the public to view a sneak peek of this new work.
June 14, 4pm
The Arts Center at Governors Island, Studio A3
Free Admission | RSVP Requested
Arts Center Residency Open Studios
2025 Artists-in-Residence
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, 2024 Alum)
Open Studios offers a glimpse into the creative process and artistic development of LMCC’s Arts Center artists-in-residence.
June 28, 12-5pm
The Arts Center at Governors Island
Free Admission | RSVP Requested
Open Rehearsal: Optimistic Voices (work-in-progress)
Juliana F. May
Optimistic Voices probes the intractable contradictions of family, eroticism, and motherhood. Influenced by Postmodern dance, musical theater, and Bob Fosse's sexed-yet-sexless movement idiom, Juliana F. May will host a work-in-progress showing during a creative residency at the Arts Center on Governors Island.
June 28, 4pm
The Arts Center at Governors Island, Studio A3
Free Admission | RSVP Requested
