Sunday May 31, 2026 | 2:00 – 4:00pm
Location: RU House at Colonels Row, Building #404B on Governors Island (map)
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Free Workshop
Limited to 12 participants. RSVP required.
The Exquisite Landscape mural workshop, led by Maureen Catbagan (2023 NYCBAR/RU alum), is based on the Surrealist game the Exquisite Corpse which utilizes collaborative drawing assemblage to create improvised fantastical compositions.
Participants are divided into groups to fill in sections of the mural based on continued lines from the previous group.
They are also given smaller sheets to practice with each other and take home.
No prior experience is necessary and all materials are provided.
About
Maureen Catbagan is a Filipinx-American multimedia artist based in New York, whose work engages social collectivity and explores the intersections of immigration, labor, and visibility. Collaborations include Flux Factory, Yams Collective, and Abang-guard with artist Jevijoe Vitug. Recent exhibitions include Theseus’s Craft: The Paradox of the Real at Lichtundfire Gallery, NYC (2026); Abang-guard: Makibaka at Queens Museum, Queens, NY (2025-2026); and Alagaan ang Salaysáy (Take Care of the Story), a solo exhibition at Flux IV, Long Island City, NY (2025). Their individual and collaborative works have been exhibited, screened, and/or performed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Abrons Art Center, Socrates Park, and The Contemporary Museum (Honolulu, Hawaii) amongst others. Catbagan has been awarded residencies with Abang-guard at Residency Unlimited (Brooklyn, NY), and The Six-Foot Platform at DUMBO Art (Brooklyn, NY), and with Flux Factory at Governors Island (NYC), ARoS Museum Public Atelier (Aarhus, Denmark), and Art Quarter Budapest (Hungary). Fellowships and grants include NYSCA Support for Artists Grant (2025), NYFA-Queens Arts Fund: Arts Access Grant (2025), and Queens Museum-Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists (2024-2025).
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
RU is grateful for the partnership with Governors Island Arts.
