RU Workshop: Reflecting on Migration Through the Visual Arts: What We Leave Behind
Saturday July 4, 2026 | 12:00 – 2:00pm Location: RU House at Colonels Row, Building #404B on Governors Island (map) Ferry information | Video directions Free Workshop Limited to 12 participants. RSVP required. Join Marissa Gutierrez-Vicario (2022 VoM/RU alum) for this interactive workshop, in which participants will explore examples of visual artwork that amplify migrant rights and […]
RU Workshop: Drawing from life – The Nature of Governors Island
Saturday July 11, 2026 | 2:00 – 4:00pm Location: RU House at Colonels Row, Building #404B on Governors Island (map) Ferry information | Video directions Free Workshop Limited to 12 participants. RSVP required. In this life drawing workshop led by painter and visual artist Gabriele Grones (2023 RU alum), participants are invited to slow down and look […]
RU Workshop: SYMBOLIST COLLAGE WORKSHOP
Sunday July 26, 2026 | 2:00 – 4:00pm Location: RU House at Colonels Row, Building #404B on Governors Island (map) Ferry information | Video directions Free Workshop Limited to 12 participants. RSVP required. Join Tharini Sankarasubramanian (2024 RU alum) in this workshop to identify imagery/ symbols and text that speak to us, and assemble them into works […]
RU Workshop: Dialog by Design 2026 Workshop 3—Sculpture (cont.)
Saturday June 13, 2026 | 12:00 – 5:00 PM Location: Residency Unlimited, 360 Court Street (main green church doors), Brooklyn, NY 11231 (map) The “Dialog by Design” program is a platform for new New Yorkers to design objects and sculptures during a series of hand-crafting workshops led by local RU artists Maya McGlynn and Ross Myren. Participants are asylum seekers […]
RU Workshop: Foraged Color—Making a Palette from Governors Island
Sunday June 14, 2026 | 2:00 – 4:00pm Location: RU House at Colonels Row, Building #404B on Governors Island (map) Ferry information | Video directions Free Workshop Limited to 12 participants. RSVP required. Join Rory Torstensson (2025 RU alum) for an exploratory color workshop on Governors Island where art, ecology, and observation come together. Participants will begin […]
RU Workshop: NOTICING TERRESTRIAL NARRATIVES (Imprinting & Frottage Workshop)
Saturday June 6, 2026 | 2:00 – 4:00pm Location: RU House at Colonels Row, Building #404B on Governors Island (map) Ferry information | Video directions Free Workshop Limited to 12 participants. RSVP required. In this workshop, led by Tatiana Arocha (2023 NYCBAR/RU alum), participants will work directly with plants and surrounding surfaces found on the grounds of […]
RU Workshop: Exquisite Landscape Mural Workshop
Sunday May 31, 2026 | 2:00 – 4:00pm Location: RU House at Colonels Row, Building #404B on Governors Island (map) Ferry information | Video directions 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 […]
RU Workshop: Dialog by Design 2026 Workshop 3—Sculpture
Saturday May 23, 2026 | 12:00 – 5:00 PM Location: Residency Unlimited, 360 Court Street (main green church doors), Brooklyn, NY 11231 (map) The “Dialog by Design” program is a platform for new New Yorkers to design objects and sculptures during a series of hand-crafting workshops led by local RU artists Maya McGlynn and Ross Myren. Participants are asylum seekers […]
RU Workshop: Handmade Accordion Books—Memory and Storytelling
Saturday May 23, 2026 | 2:00 – 4:00pm Location: RU House at Colonels Row, Building #404B on Governors Island (map) Ferry information | Video directions Free Workshop Limited to 12 participants. RSVP required. In this hands-on workshop led by Nazanin Noroozi (2021-2022 NYCASHRP/RU alum), participants are invited to explore memory and storytelling by creating a handmade accordion […]
Pinch of Us – A Transcultural Participatory Dumpling-Making Workshop
Sunday, May 17, 2026 | 3:00 PM Location: Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune Street, New York, NY 10014 (map) RSVP required Fold dumplings, share stories. Join us for an afternoon of making, tasting & connecting—from domestic ritual into collective art experience. Pinch of Us is more than a cooking class—it’s a participatory workshop series led by multidisciplinary […]