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Join LMCC for the Last Week
of our Inaugural Season!

We’re capping off our transformative fall season with a holistic weekend of hands-on artmaking. Join us as traditional crafts are revived and celebrated this coming Saturday, October 26 in the final installment of the Take Care Series at LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island. 

Artist Anne Mourier presents Taking Care Laundry, a performance of domestic rituals in which audience members are invited to do laundry—with intention. Learn the basics of embroidery from artist Iviva Olenick in a walk-in workshop for all ages. With Love from Rajasthan is a block printing workshop presented by IXV coffee with Studio Bagru from Jaipur, India. Create new favorites from old garments using our traditional Rajasthani wooden blocks as well as modern designs carved by artisans in Bagru, a small village dedicated to textiles and the art of block printing. 

LMCC's Arts Center is open until October 31, every Thursday – Sunday from 12pm - 5pm. Visit Yto Barrada with guest artist Bettina: The Power of Two Suns and Michael Wang: Extinct in New York. 

All events are free and all are welcome! 
Inaugural Exhibitions

Yto Barrada with guest artist Bettina
The Power of Two Suns

On view September 19–October 31, Thursdays–Sundays, 12pm-5pm
LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island | Upper Gallery

Can solace be found in the power of solidarity? Yto Barrada and guest artist Bettina reflect on our individual and collective reactions to the onset of disaster. Through documentary abstraction channeled through clear lines, simple shapes, and a reduced palette, Barrada and Bettina imagine a quieter beginning.

Michael Wang
Extinct in New York

On view September 19–October 31, Thursdays–Sundays, 12pm-5pm
LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island | Lower Gallery

The gallery becomes a greenhouse, a sanctuary of care, and a time capsule for the city's extinct flora in Michael Wang's reverent Extinct in New York.
Michael Wang: Extinct in New York in the News
Critics' Pick: Michael Wang at LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island

"Michael Wang’s 'Extinct in New York,' a botanical triage unit of sorts, propagates and tenderly cares for dozens of plants that have been driven out—or otherwise eradicated—from the five boroughs due to overdevelopment, pollution, and other adverse conditions." Read more in Artforum.
 

Performance: Anne Mourier, Taking Care Laundry

Saturday, October 26 from 2pm - 5pm
Studios, Lower Level

Favorite white articles of clothing will be collected, washed by hand, dried in the sun, ironed and folded, perfumed with fresh lavender, and returned to their owners by artist Anne Mourier.

Workshop: Embroidery with Iviva Olenick

Saturday, October 26 from 2pm - 5pm
Studios, Lower Level

Learn how to do simple embroidery in this drop in workshop so that you can breathe new potential into old and worn clothes, giving them a second life.

Workshop: Block Printing, With Love from Rajasthan

Saturday, October 26 from 2pm - 5pm
Studios, Lower Level

Remake your clothes into exciting new favorites using traditional Rajasthani wooden blocks as well as modern designs carved by artisans in Bagru, a small Rajasthani village dedicated to textiles and the art of block printing.

LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island (map)
110 Andes Rd
New York, NY 10004

LMCC's Arts Center is accessible by ferry and a one-minute walk from Soissons Landing when arriving from Manhattan.

The galleries at LMCC's Arts Center are open to the public from September 19 - October 31, Thursday-Sunday from 12pm - 5pm. The Take Care Series takes place every Saturday until October 26.

Coperaco Café at LMCC's Arts Center
 is open Wednesday-Sunday from 9am - 5pm.

LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island is ADA accessible.  
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The renovation of LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island was made possible
by our generous supporters.
For a complete list of supporters, please click here.

Photo credits (from top to bottom): 
Photo courtesy of Anne Mourier; Photo courtesy of Studio Bagru; Photo by Iviva Olenick; Yto Barrada, After Stella (Ibn Battouta) Fig. 1 (of 6). Cotton, linen, silk, plant extracts. 2019; Michael Wang, Platanthera ciliaris, 2019. Photo by Brian J. Green, Photo courtesy of Anne Mourier; Photo by Iviva Olenick; Photo courtesy of Studio Bagru
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