Islanding New York: An Exhibition of Student Work

Join us for Islanding New York, a celebratory showcase highlighting student and faculty projects funded through a recent Mellon Foundation grant. This immersive event explores New York City's rich network of islands鈥攇eographical, cultural, historical, and imagined鈥攖hrough creative and academic lenses.
The program begins with a special reading by Lenape poet Rebecca Haff Lowry, whose work honors the land and voices often overlooked in our urban narratives. Throughout the showcase, you鈥檒l discover cross-disciplinary projects that reflect on islands as spaces of connection, resistance, identity, and renewal.
We鈥檒l close the afternoon with a unique boat tour鈥攁 symbolic gesture toward reclaiming and re-examining the archipelagic nature of the city we call home.
In a time marked by distance and disruption, Islanding New York reminds us of the powerful work our community continues to create鈥攖ogether and apart.
41 Park Row, 2nd Floor
Join us for Islanding New York, a celebratory showcase highlighting student and faculty projects funded through a recent Mellon Foundation grant. This immersive event explores New York City's rich network of islands鈥攇eographical, cultural, historical, and imagined鈥攖hrough creative and academic lenses.
The program begins with a special reading by Lenape poet Rebecca Haff Lowry, whose work honors the land and voices often overlooked in our urban narratives. Throughout the showcase, you鈥檒l discover cross-disciplinary projects that reflect on islands as spaces of connection, resistance, identity, and renewal.
We鈥檒l close the afternoon with a unique boat tour鈥攁 symbolic gesture toward reclaiming and re-examining the archipelagic nature of the city we call home.
In a time marked by distance and disruption, Islanding New York reminds us of the powerful work our community continues to create鈥攖ogether and apart.
Description Erica L. Johnson, PhD ejohnson@pace.edu America/New_York public