Free
Jul 12–14
Join us on July 12–14 for West Side Fest, a celebration of arts and culture on the West Side of Manhattan. Enjoy artmaking, workshops, dancing, crafts, and other special programming across participating organizations from the West Side Cultural Network (WSCN).
WSCN members include Atlantic Theater Company; Center for Art, Research and Alliances; Chelsea Factory; Dia Chelsea; Hill Art Foundation; the High Line; Hudson Guild; Hudson River Park; The Joyce Theater; The Kitchen; The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center; Little Island; New York Live Arts; NYC AIDS Memorial; Poster House; Print Center New York; Rubin Museum of Art; The Shed; Westbeth; West Village Rehearsal Co-Op; White Columns; Whitney Museum of American Art.
Join a three-day celebration
SUBMERGE Marine
Science Festival
1
The Shed
2
Chelsea
Factory
3
Print Center
New York
4
Atlantic Theater
Company
5
The Joyce Theater
6
Poster House
7
Rubin Museum of Art
8
Center for Art, Research
and Alliances
10
NYC AIDS Memorial
9
The Lesbian, Gay &
Transgender Community Center
12
White Columns
11
West Village
Rehearsal Co-Op
13
Whitney Museum
of American Art
14
The High Line
15
LittleIsland
16
Westbeth
17
The Kitchen
Evening
Block Party
19
Dia Chelsea
Poster House
on the Pier
18
Hudson River
Park
Daylong Offerings
Rubin Museum of Art
11am–5pm
Free museum admission and tours
Hill Art Foundation
Free museum admission and tours
11am–6pm
Center for Art, Research and Alliances
Open to the public
High Line
Open to the public
Hudson River Park
Open to the public
The Kitchen
Open to the public
Little Island
Open to the public
Poster House
Free museum admission and tours
White Columns
Open to the public
Whitney Museum of American Art
Free museum admission
with timed ticketing
New York Live Arts Lobby
Nate Lewis Exhibition
Free and open to the public
10am–1pm
West Village Rehearsal Co-Op
Open Rehearsal with Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Watch a rehearsal of a play written by a Rattlestick fellow in the inaugural Terrence McNally New Works Incubator.
11am–3pm
Hudson River Park
SUBMERGE Marine Science Festival at Pier 84
Learn about NYC’s coastal waters! This free hands-on science festival includes awesome experiments, kid-approved entertainment, wildlife interaction and more, all at Hudson River Park’s Pier 84. Scientists of all ages can engage with marine waterways in fun and educational ways—enter through the impressive Shark Arch, get up close and personal with eels, toadfish, oysters and more and don’t miss an amped up experiment at the Science Stage.
11am
Westbeth
Penny Jones & CO Puppet Show
For 50 years, Penny Jones & Co.
Puppets have charmed audiences with their Old Time interactive puppet theater in an intimate space for young children. Join them for “Peppi and the Pop-Up Dragon”, a puppet show inside a giant pop-up book, which premiered at the Henson International Puppet Festival. The sun rises and sets over a happy fishing village with bells that ring, babies that are rocked, and boats that go out to sea. But the town is threatened by the pop-up dragon from the Blue Mountain. Peppi and Peppina save the day with creativity, co-operation and a happy lesson for all. The audience creates the sounds and songs, and after the show, everyone makes a simple puppet dragon to take home.
11am–3pm
Whitney Museum of American Art
Enjoy free admission from 10:30am to 6pm. Advance registration recommended for timed tickets. Visit the Family Open Studio Art Marking Program from 11am to 3pm, free with admission. Families and visitors of all ages are invited to get creative at the Whitney! Make your own art inspired by works on view in the collection and current exhibitions. At 11am and 5pm, take a stroll during ‘Whitney Neighborhood Arts Walk,’ a free neighborhood walking tour that explores the cultural highlights of the Whitney Museum’s neighborhood led by a Joan Tisch Teaching Fellow.
11am–3pm
Little Island
Creative Break
Stop by for a special Creative Break: Visual Arts & Music! Teaching artists Georgie Flores and Martin Urbach will provide art supplies and music makers, so just bring your creativity. For inspiration, look closely at the lush landscape around you as it begins to change from summer to fall.
11am–5pm
Hill Art Foundation
'The Sea, the Sky, a Window: A Project by Sarah Crowner.'
Join us from 11am–5pm to celebrate the opening of “The Sea, the Sky, a Window: A Project by Sarah Crowner.” Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about this exhibition from our Teen Educators and Foundation staff.
12 noon–10pm
Queer Voices NYC Film Festival
The Center
1–2pm
Print Center New York
Guided Tour of A Model Workshop: ‘Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries’
Join Print Center staff for a conversational walkthrough of A Model Workshop, which tells the story of Margaret Lowengrund’s work, her founding of the hybrid print workshop-gallery space The Contemporaries, and its legacy as the Pratt Graphic Art Center. Explore the networks of artists and printers who shaped developments in mid-century printmaking in New York and the United States.
1–3 pm
Rubin Museum of Art
Healing Through Art
Get creative and connect with your emotions and well-being at the Rubin, a museum dedicated to Himalayan art and cultures. Join an art workshop guided by graduate students from NYU’s Steinhardt Graduate School of Art Therapy. Art prompts are inspired by the current exhibition Death Is Not the End and encourage self-reflection and discovery in a supportive environment. The program takes place in the Spiral Lobby. All ages are welcome and no art experience is required. 30 minute gallery tours will also be offered at 2pm and 3pm. Tours meet in the Spiral Lobby.
1–5pm
Hudson River Park’s Pier 63
Poster House on the Pier
Poster House, the first and only museum in the United States dedicated to the art and history of the poster, and Hudson River Park, a four-mile long recreational space and river sanctuary, join in collaboration for a day of performances, live screen printing and letterpress printing, children’s activities, and much more at Hudson River Park’s Pier 63! At the museum, enjoy free admission and timed tours of newly-opened exhibitions; and on the High Line, check out an interactive wheatpasting wall where you can paste up a poster like the professionals!
1–5pm
Westbeth
Westbeth Open Studios
Be inspired by open studio tours of the work/live spaces and an Art+Craft+Vintage market in the courtyard. Some of Westbeth’s most notable artists will be featured, as well as live music throughout the day!
1–6pm
White Columns
Event celebrating Barbara Ess
White Columns is pleased to present a book sale from the library of Barbara Ess, in collaboration with Boo-Hooray and the Estate of Barbara Ess. All proceeds will go to the Estate of Barbara Ess.
2pm
The Joyce Theater
BalletX Family Matinee
Leading contemporary ballet company, BalletX, has been hailed as a “place of choreographic innovation” and an “epicenter of creation.” During our Family Matinee at 2pm, families and kids of all ages are invited to witness BalletX’s technical precision with vibrant choreography by Jamar Roberts, Jennifer Archibald, and more. Tickets start at $10.
3pm / 4pm
High Line, on the park at 30th Street and 10th Avenue
‘Trees, Blood, and Circulatory Systems’
A Poetry Reading By ‘Old Tree’
In conjunction with Pamela Rosenkranz’s Plinth commission, “Old Tree”, High Line Art will present a poetry reading event at the Spur. The reading will feature New York-based poets, whose poetic practices touch on similar themes of “Old Tree”—the human body, circulatory systems, trees, connection between humans and nature, among others. The reading will occur in two 45-minute sessions with a 15-minute intermission in between. The first reading session will begin at 3pm, and will be organized around the theme of the body and its interconnectedness with other species and the natural world. The second reading session will begin at 4:30pm, and will feature poets working with themes of trees and their spiritual history.
3–7pm
The Shed
Block Party
Celebrate the culmination of West Side Fest with a block party hosted by The Shed! Featuring dance sets by The Dragon Sisters and Ladies of Hip-Hop, as well as ongoing DJ sets by Riobamba, BEARCAT, and Ashley Venom.
The Dragon Sisters, an award-winning multidisciplinary performance duo based in Brooklyn, are presented in partnership with Poster House. Ladies of Hip-Hop, an organization dedicated to uplifting the voices of women in street and club dance forms, is presented in partnership with Chelsea Factory.
4pm
New York City AIDS Memorial
Arthur Russell: ‘City Park’
Join us for a free public outdoor presentation of “City Park”, a controversial early concert work by maverick American composer, cellist, producer, and singer Arthur Russell (1951–1992), which integrates chamber music, electronics, concrete poetry, turntablism, and modern rock.
The new, site-specific version at the Memorial, directed by Nick Hallett, features percussionist David Van Tieghem, who participated in the work’s premiere, and Peter Zummo, another primary Russell collaborator, in collaboration with a later generation of musicians invested in Russell’s legacy, including Nat Baldwin, Lea Bertucci, Shawn O’Sullivan, and Alex Waterman (ensemble subject to change).
The concert is presented in partnership with the Music Department at Wesleyan University and the Arthur Russell Estate.
As you spend the day enjoying all the West Side has to offer, be sure to stop into the neighborhood’s unique restaurants and shops, including these partners:
Grab a bite and drink from one of the nearly 60 vendors at internationally-renowned Chelsea Market, which will also offer special drop-in programming and events.
Cross into the Hudson River Park to visit Pier 57, a new waterfront food hall with amazing views and over a dozen diverse food and beverage options.
Explore and enjoy the historic charm and unrivaled energy of the Meatpacking District whose cobblestone streets are lined with dozens of restaurants, shops, and more to enjoy.