Season Closing Event & Fundraiser (for the conservation and restoration of the Amazon rainforest through the Boa Foundation)

DANCE: Becoming by Alexandre Barranco: a solo act inspired by the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly
LIVE MUSIC: Denise Reis SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE: Ezra Campelli and Jeremy Clemente PERFORMANCE: Bottlecap by Fantasy Grandma POETRY: Reading by Honeychild Coleman
SOUND HEALING: Inner Sanctuary Activation with Boshko Boskovic
WISE WORDS: Fritjof Capra & Benki Piyako

+ Vegan Bites by Mariana Tamiozzy + Herbal elixirs by Crystal Drip Elixirs

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Our programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and by Council Member Lincoln Restler of District 33.

Sat, Oct 21 @NOoSPHERE Arts | @Last Frontier NYC | @Kingsland Wildflowers

Open House New York promotes unparalleled access to the city—to the places, people, projects, systems, and ideas that define New York and its future.

GUIDED TOURS:
~ Sign up through OHNY (12 PM & 1 PM)

OPEN ACCESS: ~ Our spaces will be open to the public between 2 PM-4 PM

VISIT HIGHLIGHTS:
~ Artist studio & Paintings at Last Frontier NYC
~ Site-Specific Installation: Westerlies by the 2023 season's KWBS Residency Award winners: Ezra Campelli and Jeremy Clemente (Upper Meadow)

Our programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and by Council Member Lincoln Restler of District 33.

We are very pleased to present this year’s NOoSPHERE Arts’ Residency Award Winner @MothershipNYC: Faith XLVII, a multidisciplinary street artist from South Africa. Complementing the unveiling of her winning proposal, we’ll also feature the current batch of Mothershippers: Clown provocateur Anna Thomson (Australia) on the roofs; a second live painting performance by Michel Platnic (France/Israel) and his team of local painters; and a solo act by singing cellist and visual artist Syngja (Canada) in an as-of-yet unexplored nook of our outdoor domain.

There is no cover charge, but do bring some cash to make it rain on our talented artists — tipping the performers is part of the fun! Delicious herbal concoctions by Crystal Drip Elixirs will be on hand!

@NOoSPHERE Arts | @Last Frontier NYC | @Kingsland Wildflowers
As a Kingsland Wildflowers partner, NOoSPHERE Arts is proud to present visual arts, dance, music, performance, and more across and below the rooftops! (Free & Open to All ) VISUAL ARTS:
~ Small-Works Exhibition: Nature’s Cycles (KWBS Community Room)
~ Paintings (Last Frontier NYC)
~ Site-Specific Installation: Westerlies by KWBS Residency Award winners: Ezra Campelli and Jeremy Clemente.
DANCE:
~ It’s Showtime New York! (Stage Roof and more)
LIVE MUSIC:
~ MOMENTUM + Dance Improvi by Matlakas & Gabrielle (Stage Roof)

~ Tyr Jami aka Syngja (Last Frontier NYC)
PERFORMANCE:
~Live painting by  Michel Platnic  (Last Frontier NYC)
~Puppetry: “Movement Dreaming with Soils” with Marina ‘heron’ Tsaplina and Moira Williams (Upper Meadow & Back Field)
WISE WORDS:
~ Fritjof Capra on the essential characteristics of life (Teepee)
WORKSHOP:
~ Nature painting for kids by Asia Sztencel - (CreekSide) 

Co-Hosts: Broadway Stages, Newtown Creek Alliance, and Alive Structures

Our programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and Broadway Stages.

We will take on the path of the mystics, a journey of discovery, in space and time, reconnecting with our ancient ancestors and the origin of Sema (Sufi Whirling) and traditions of Ancient Iran, Greater Khorasan, Kurdistan, Central Asia, and the Indus Valley. We will study the sacred rituals, whirling, mystic teachings, music, and prayers of our ancient past from great masters such as Attar, Shams, Rudaki, Khayyám, Khwarizmi, and Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (Rumi).

Join world renowned scholar and Master of Yarsani Order, Dr. Farima Berenji for a day/evening of sacred gathering to learn the Sufi traditions of Greater Khorasan, Qaderi, and Yarsani order or Iran. We will take on the path of the mystics, a journey of discovery, in space and time, reconnecting with our ancient ancestors. We will sing, dance in prayer, and immerse ourselves in the Soul of the Sema.

Beginning Level | 12-1:30pm | $45
Advanced Level | 2-2:30pm | $45
Love is Calling - Sema Gathering | 2:30 pm (free and open to all/ by donation)

More information and tickets on Eventbrite

An Ecstatic Solstice Celebration
ROOFTOP SEASON-OPENING EVENT
Sat, Jun 24 @NOoSPHERE Arts

We will kick off our outdoor season with a music, dance, and performing arts event celebrating the summer solstice. Held in the spectacular, one-of-a-kind setting of wildflower meadows stretching across the roofs of an industrial plant against the iconic backdrop of the NYC skyline, the event will be centered around a Sufi opening ritual honoring nature's cycles, performed by Whirling Dervish Farima Berenji. Farima—a Sufi Master and Magi from the bloodline of Iranian Zoroastrian Magi—and her sacred dancers will be accompanied by the klezmer music and Sephardic folk melodies of The Shul Band.

The ceremony has been designed as a unique blend of Muslim and Jewish elements—epitomizing the possibility of interfaith collaboration.

In addition, don’t miss the unveiling of Westerlies (a sonic and sculptural installation devised for the Kingsland Wildflowers Green Roof) by the 2023 season's KWBS Residency Award winners: Ezra Campelli and Jeremy Clemente

Our programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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@Mothership's Main Deck

Performance, Picture Books, Puppetry, Poetry & Pop
presented by our current sailors: Visual/Performance Artist Matlakas (Italy/UK); Illustrators Niels Blaesi & Till Lauer (Switzerland); and Filmmaker Louis Detroit (UK). Finally, a musical dessert by the brand new Brooklyn band Mad Nice under the night sky – bring your dancing shoes!

There is no cover charge, but please bring some cash to make it rain on our talented presenters — tipping the performers is part of the fun! This event is generously supported by The Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.

The monthly salon series, which aims to nurture artists and our local community, is part of an ongoing collaboration with nearby artist residency platform Mothership NYC.

Come join us for an eclectic lineup of Visual Arts, High-Wire Acts, Poetry & Prose + Live Music courtesy of our current sailors,: painter Lars Fredriksson (Sweden) and Illustrator Arbnore Toska (Switzerland); along with guest appearances by a motley, international crew: Contortionist Shipra Shipwreck Saraogi (India); Performance Artist Kokou Ferdinand Makouvia (Togo); Novelist Ian Singleton (US) & Poet Eugene Ostashevsky (US); as well as our very favorite NYC-based Italian-Latino band, Tinto Frio.

There is no cover charge, but please bring some cash to make it rain on our talented presenters — tipping the performers is part of the fun! 

Conceptual Art, Spoken Word, Live Music & Animal Sounds,
courtesy of our current sailors: Berlin-based Contemporary Artist Hulda Rós Gudnadóttir (Iceland), as well as Curator Natalia Ivanova (Mount) (Bulgaria) & her Leipzig-based Artist/Writer/Activist collaborator Marc Herbst (US). Guest appearances by Scientist/Writer/Guitarist Matteo Rini (Italy)
and Brooklyn’s very own Singer/Songwriter/Poet Honeychild Coleman with her magic guitar!

Resident artist's Hulda's participation in this upcoming event is generously sponsored by The Consulate General of Iceland.

More info available here !!!

Live performances, art exhibits, film, theater & artist presentations courtesy of current sailors onboard @mothershipnyc:
Visual Artists Mary Naylor (UK)  & Chantal deFelice (US), Curator Natalia Ivanova (Mount) (Bulgaria),
Actress Giselle Barcasi (Brazil)
Percussionist/Conductor/Composer Marshall Trammell (US)

Plus, visiting multidisciplinary duo Patera+Perego (Italy)
as well as our near neighbour from down the street,
Contortionist Shipra 'Shipwreck' Saraogi (India).

More info available here !!!