May Open Studios

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 Moriah Evans presents, […/+*^%<>€£¥$&@!!!!^^^], an immersive work in progress performance that confronts the body as an ambivalent place of political and existential conundrums. The work unfolds in a manner that prioritizes non-linear thinking and embodied ways of knowing.  Learn more about the showing here. Also on view at the Arts Center, New York City’s first Tempestry Collection: a project featuring sixteen hand-knitted panels or “tempestries,” each depicting a full year of the city’s daily temperature data rendered into various colors. More information on the Tempestry Project at the Arts Center can be found here. About The Arts Center Residency The 2026 Arts Center Residency cohort includes 18 artists, one On-Site Assistant, and, for the first time, two Scholars-in-Residence from Stony Brook University and an Organization-in-Residence: Seaweed City. 2026 marks the inaugural year of a new partnership with Stony Brook University and Seaweed City, expanding the residency as a platform for sustained climate inquiry across artistic and academic disciplines. LMCC’s 2026 Arts Center Residents are Garrett Allen, Rachel Garber Cole, Nicole Cooper, RedMoon Arts Movement Inc, Duy Hoàng, Derek Lee McPhatter, Tijay Mohammed, Sari Nordman, Sabrina Merayo Nuñez, Phoebus Osborne, Marie Lloyd Paspe, Gabriela Salazar, Lisa Ann Schonberg, Sara Stern, Nora Treatbaby, Tanika I. Williams, Darla Migan (Stony Brook University) Nobuho Nagasawa (Stony Brook University), Seaweed City, (Organization-in-Residence), and Noga Cohen (On-Site Assistant). Learn more about the residency here. About The Tempestry Project Madison Square Park Conservancy is proud to present New York City’s first Tempestry Collection. Part of the nationwide Tempestry Project, a collaborative fiber arts initiative that turns climate data into striking visual and tactile works, this collection offers a unique, hands-on perspective on environmental change. Created by a community of volunteer knitters, the project features sixteen hand-knitted panels or “tempestries,” each depicting a full year of the city’s daily temperature data rendered into various colors. The collection weaves together climate storytelling and civic history. The sixteen years selected, one from each decade spanning from 1870 to the present, highlight pivotal moments in Madison Square Park’s evolution, from its 19th-century redesign to the first public Christmas tree lighting in 1912 to its recognition as an accredited Level 2 Arboretum in 2018. Presented in partnership with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council at the Arts Center at Govenors Island. On View at the Arts Center May 16 – September 27, 2026.