FIGMENT 362

Our dates for the 2009 FIGMENT event will be June 12-14, 2009. We decided to move two weeks earlier so as not to conflict with the Pride weekend in New York (typically the last weekend in June) and not to conflict with the Coney Island Mermaid Parade (typically the third Saturday in June). We actually checked two farmer’s almanacs, and the the weather for June 12-14 looks pretty good, too!

Stay tuned for our Call for Participation, which will be released in early 2009!

Due to rain on Saturday and Sunday this weekend, the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Open has been postponed to next Saturday, October 4.  Let’s hope for good weather!

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Come play with us! Participate in the City of Dreams Open and Picnic: a free mini golf tournament and day of games and leisure on Governors Island.  Pack a picnic and lawn or board games and enjoy spectacular city views and a free round of mini-golf!

The event’s centerpiece is FIGMENT’s City of Dreams Mini Golf Course, a nine hole mini golf course, with each hole designed and built by a different artist. We will provide scorecards for this event, and encourage an atmosphere of friendly competition for the Open. Prizes will be awarded to the top scorers by age category, as well as to high performers in several fun categories.

Depending on the number of attendees, there will most likely be a certain amount of wait time.  For this reason, we suggest you plan to make a day of the event, and bring a picnic and games and activities to share while waiting for your tee time.

When: Saturday, October 4, 2008, from 10am to 5pm. Please arrive early, as we anticipate that it may be necessary to wait to get a tee time!

Where: The City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course on Governors Island (behind Liggett Hall) . Free ferries to the island leave every hour from the Battery Maritime Building in lower Manhattan (right next door to the Staten Island Ferry). For ferry schedules and more information see http://www.govisland.com/Visit_the_Island/directions.asp.

Cost: Free, but donations are encouraged to support the expansion of the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course, next year’s FIGMENT participatory arts event, and other FIGMENT programs.

Other FIGMENT current exhibitions and upcoming events:

• While you’re on Governors Island, check out the Voyeur photo exhibition in Building 14. Voyeur is a collection of photos from this year’s FIGMENT participatory arts event on Governors Island. Voyeur is open until October 12.

• Please join us for a FIGMENT brainstorming session on Governors Island on October 4, meeting at 12:30pm in Building 14. Bring your big ideas for art on Governors Island next year’s FIGMENT event. For more information, email us at bigidea@figmentnyc.org.

• We’re planning an event in October to commemorate the success of the Emergence Exhibition, and to announce the publication of the Catalogue of the exhibition. Catalogues will be available for purchase. Stay tuned for more information!

If you like what we’re up to, please donate to FIGMENT to support the annual FIGMENT event, our other programs, and to help us expand the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course next year! We are entirely funded by grants and individual donations (no corporate sponsorships!) so we’re counting on you. Click here to donate!

Due to the forecasts for thundershowers through Saturday, we have decided to postpone the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Open until Sunday. Let’s all cross our fingers and hope that we have good weather Sunday! If the weather looks severe for Sunday as well, we will send another email tomorrow, but expect that we will hold the event on Sunday, even if there is some rain.  See you Sunday!

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Come play with us! Participate in the City of Dreams Open and Picnic: a free mini golf tournament and day of games and leisure on Governors Island.  Pack a picnic and lawn or board games and enjoy spectacular city views and a free round of mini-golf!

The event’s centerpiece is FIGMENT’s City of Dreams Mini Golf Course, a nine hole mini golf course, with each hole designed and built by a different artist. We will provide scorecards for this event, and encourage an atmosphere of friendly competition for the Open. Prizes will be awarded to the top scorers by age category, as well as to high performers in several fun categories.

Depending on the number of attendees, there will most likely be a certain amount of wait time.  For this reason, we suggest you plan to make a day of the event, and bring a picnic and games and activities to share while waiting for your tee time.

When: Sunday, September 28, 2008, from 10am to 5pm. Please arrive early, as we anticipate that it may be necessary to wait to get a tee time!

Where: The City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course on Governors Island (behind Liggett Hall) . Free ferries to the island leave every hour from the Battery Maritime Building in lower Manhattan (right next door to the Staten Island Ferry). For ferry schedules and more information see http://www.govisland.com/Visit_the_Island/directions.asp.

Cost: Free, but donations are encouraged to support the expansion of the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course, next year’s FIGMENT participatory arts event, and other FIGMENT programs.

Other FIGMENT current exhibitions and upcoming events:

• While you’re on Governors Island, check out the Voyeur photo exhibition in Building 14. Voyeur is a collection of photos from this year’s FIGMENT participatory arts event on Governors Island. Voyeur is open until October 12.

• Please join us for a FIGMENT brainstorming session on Governors Island on October 4, meeting at 12:30pm in Building 14. Bring your big ideas for art on Governors Island next year’s FIGMENT event. For more information, email us at bigidea@figmentnyc.org.

• We’re planning an event in October to commemorate the success of the Emergence Exhibition, and to announce the publication of the Catalogue of the exhibition. Catalogues will be available for purchase. Stay tuned for more information!

If you like what we’re up to, please donate to FIGMENT to support the annual FIGMENT event, our other programs, and to help us expand the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course next year! We are entirely funded by grants and individual donations (no corporate sponsorships!) so we’re counting on you. Click here to donate!

Think big! Please join us for a FIGMENT brainstorming session on Governors Island on Saturday, October 4. Bring your big ideas for participatory and collaborative art for next year’s FIGMENT event and the summer season on Governors Island! We’ll discuss possibilities for next year’s event and brainstorm ideas for bringing more ambitious art to Governors Island next summer.

Meet in Building 14 in Nolan Park (where the Voyeur photo exhibition is currently installed) at 12:30pm on Saturday, October 4 (so, take the 12:00 ferry from the Battery Maritime Building). We’ll walk from Building 14 to the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course, and tour other possible locations for art on the island.

See you next weekend!

Other FIGMENT current exhibitions and upcoming events:

• This Saturday! Participate in the City of Dreams Open and Picnic: a free mini golf tournament and day of games and leisure on Governors Island. Pack a picnic and lawn or board games and enjoy sunshine, music, spectacular city views and a free round of mini-golf! Prizes will be awarded to the top scorers by age category, as well as to high performers in several fun categories. Saturday, September 27, 2008, from 10am to 5pm (Rain Date Sunday, September 28) at The City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course on Governors Island (behind Liggett Hall). For more information, visit http://figmentnyc.org/blog/?p=5

• This weekend, members of the Governors Island park and promenade design team will host a workshop to hear what kinds of activities you would like in the future park.  The workshop will be offered at 10:15 AM, 12:45 PM and 3:15 PM, beginning in front of Building 110 on Governors Island. If you wish to participate in the tour and workshop, you must RSVP in advance to ecavanagh@empire.state.ny.us. For more information and a more detailed ferry schedule, please visit http://www.govisland.com.

• Now until October 12, check out the Voyeur photo exhibition in Building 14. Voyeur is a collection of photos from this year’s FIGMENT participatory arts event on Governors Island. For more information, see www.figmentnyc.org/voyeur.

• We’re planning an event in October to commemorate the success of the Emergence Exhibition (http://www.emergenceshow.org), and to announce the publication of the Catalogue of the exhibition. Catalogues will be available for purchase. Stay tuned for more information!

If you like what we’re up to, please donate to FIGMENT to support the annual FIGMENT event, our other programs, and to help us expand the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course next year! We are entirely funded by grants and individual donations (no corporate sponsorships!) so we’re counting on you. To donate, visit http://www.figmentnyc.org/donate.

Give your ideas for the future Governors Island Park and Great Promenade. An acclaimed team, led by West 8, is kicking off the design process for these new open spaces. On Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28, members of the design team will host a workshop to hear what kinds of activities you would like in the future park. The workshop includes a tour of the site of the future park, currently off limits to the general public. Visitors have the option of taking the tour on a Governors Island tram or by bike. After the tour, a facilitated conversation will allow you to give your feedback and impressions. The entire workshop, including the tour, will last two hours.

Governors Island is open from 10 AM to 7 PM on Saturdays and Sundays. Ferries leave from the Battery Maritime Building every hour on the hour and return to Manhattan every hour on the half hour. The workshop will be offered at 10:15 AM, 12:45 PM and 3:15 PM and will end in time for participants to take the 12:30 PM, 3:30 PM or 5:30 PM ferries, respectively. Workshops begin in front of Building 110 on Governors Island.

Space is limited. If you wish to participate in the tour and workshop, you must RSVP in advance to ecavanagh@empire.state.ny.us. Please indicate which workshop you would be able to attend and if you will take the tram tour, bring a bike or need to rent one from the kiosk on Governors Island. If you are interested in the workshop but cannot attend at one of the scheduled times, please let us know so we can keep you informed about future opportunities for input. For more information and a more detailed ferry schedule, please visit http://www.govisland.com.

Other FIGMENT current exhibitions and upcoming events:

• Tomorrow! Equinox Celebration at Jeanette’s Folly… From FIGMENT artist Jeannette: “Celebrate the fall Equinox with your drums, etc., music, dance poetry, songs and chants. Help ward off the ever foolish Folly of we Humans, and reinforce our commitment to God, Mother Nature or the Universe to be loving Stewards of the Earth. Meet-up from 2-5pm on Saturday, September 20, at Governor’s Island, across from the Mini Golf Course, at the installation ‘Jeanette’s Folly about Human Folly…’ (Bring your own instruments, snacks, drinks and small blanket).”

• Next weekend! Participate in the City of Dreams Open and Picnic: a free mini golf tournament and day of games and leisure on Governors Island. Pack a picnic and lawn or board games and enjoy sunshine, music, spectacular city views and a free round of mini-golf! Prizes will be awarded to the top scorers by age category, as well as to high performers in several fun categories. Saturday, September 27, 2008, from 10am to 5pm (Rain Date Sunday, September 28) at The City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course on Governors Island (behind Liggett Hall). For more information, visit http://figmentnyc.org/blog/?p=5.

• Now until October 12, check out the Voyeur photo exhibition in Building 14. Voyeur is a collection of photos from this year’s FIGMENT participatory arts event on Governors Island. For more information, see www.figmentnyc.org/voyeur.

• Please join us for a FIGMENT brainstorming session on Governors Island on October 4. Bring your big ideas for art on Governors Island next year’s FIGMENT event. For more information, email us at bigidea@figmentnyc.org.

• We’re planning an event to commemorate the success of the Emergence Exhibition (http://www.emergenceshow.org), and to announce the publication of the Catalogue of the exhibition. Catalogues will be available for purchase. Stay tuned for more information!

If you like what we’re up to, please donate to FIGMENT to support the annual FIGMENT event, our other programs, and to help us expand the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course next year! We are entirely funded by grants and individual donations (no corporate sponsorships!) so we’re counting on you. To donate, visit http://www.figmentnyc.org/donate.

City of Dreams Mini-Golf Open
Governors Island
Saturday, September 27, 10am - 5pm
(rain date Sunday, September 28)

Come play with us! Participate in the City of Dreams Open and Picnic: a free mini golf tournament and day of games and leisure on Governors Island.  Pack a picnic and lawn or board games and enjoy sunshine, music, spectacular city views and a free round of mini-golf!

The event’s centerpiece is FIGMENT’s City of Dreams Mini Golf Course, a nine hole mini golf course, with each hole designed and built by a different artist. We will provide scorecards for this event, and encourage an atmosphere of friendly competition for the Open. Prizes will be awarded to the top scorers by age category, as well as to high performers in several fun categories.

Depending on the number of attendees, there will most likely be a certain amount of wait time.  For this reason, we suggest you plan to make a day of the event, and bring a picnic and games and activities to share while waiting for your tee time.

When: Saturday, September 27, 2008, from 10am to 5pm (Rain Date Sunday, September 28). Please arrive early, as we anticipate that it may be necessary to wait to get a tee time!

Where: The City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course on Governors Island (behind Liggett Hall) . Free ferries to the island leave every hour from the Battery Maritime Building in lower Manhattan (right next door to the Staten Island Ferry). For ferry schedules and more information see http://www.govisland.com/Visit_the_Island/directions.asp.

Cost: Free, but donations are encouraged to support the expansion of the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course, next year’s FIGMENT participatory arts event, and other FIGMENT programs.

Other FIGMENT current exhibitions and upcoming events:

• While you’re on Governors Island, check out the Voyeur photo exhibition in Building 14. Voyeur is a collection of photos from this year’s FIGMENT participatory arts event on Governors Island. Voyeur is open until October 12.

• Please join us for a FIGMENT brainstorming session on Governors Island on October 4. Bring your big ideas for art on Governors Island next year’s FIGMENT event. For more information, email us at bigidea@figmentnyc.org.

• We’re planning an event to commemorate the success of the Emergence Exhibition, and to announce the publication of the Catalogue of the exhibition. Catalogues will be available for purchase. Stay tuned for more information!

• Governors Island is inviting members of the FIGMENT community to participate in a public workshop to hear your ideas for the future park in the Southern half of Governors Island. The workshops take place on Saturday, September 27, and Sunday, September 28. Please email info@figmentnyc.org for more information.
  

If you like what we’re up to, please donate to FIGMENT to support the annual FIGMENT event, our other programs, and to help us expand the City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course next year! We are entirely funded by grants and individual donations (no corporate sponsorships!) so we’re counting on you. Click here to donate!

Tune in and tell your friends!

This sunday, August 3, at 12 noon, watch FIGMENT’s City of Dreams Mini-Golf Course on Channel 13. City of Dreams will be featured during Channel Thirteen/WNET’s program SundayArts, a weekly on-air, online arts and culture showcase of New York City ’s best for everyone to share. The segment will also be viewable online and will be linked from the press page on the FIGMENT website. This is a prestigious public television program and we are honored to be featured on it!

Please support the artists and volunteers who made this fabulous 9-hole minigolf course happen by watching and spreading the word!

By the way, the City of Dreams Mini-Golf course will remain open every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday until Governors Island closes for the season on October 12, 2008. See our webpage for more information about the course, including our gallery of photos. See the Governors Island website for directions and ferry schedules.

Thank you very much for being a part of FIGMENT and the City of Dreams Mini-golf project! We appreciate your participation and support!

photo (c) 2008 Heather White

Our City of Dreams Minigolf course opened on Friday, June 27, 2008, and is open every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday until Governors Island closes for the season on October 12, 2008. See the Governors Island website for directions and ferry schedules.

Each of the 9 holes was designed and built by a different artist or team of artists. Theproject is an example of artists working separately, yet together creating a collaborative work of playable, interactive public art.

If you enjoy the City of Dreams Minigolf Course, here are a few things that you can do to get involved and help us make the course a success:

• Post your images
  Put your images of the City of Dreams Minigolf Course up on Flickr and add them to our photo pool (http://www.flickr.com/groups/cityofdreamsminigolf/), so they’ll show up on the minigolf webpage! (http://www.figmentnyc.org/minigolf)
• Tell us what you think about the City of Dreams Minigolf Course
  Make a comment to this blog post and tell us what you think of the course! We’re gathering all the comments we receive together so we can share them with everyone involved, including the Black Rock Arts Foundation, who provided a grant to make the course happen.
• Make a donation to support the City of Dreams Minigolf Course and FIGMENT
  We are still in need of funds to cover the costs of building the Minigolf course, and to create new programs for next year. If you enjoy the Minigolf coruse, please follow this link to donate to FIGMENT and help us cover our costs and create other works of participatory interactive art: DONATE!

The City of Dreams Minigolf Course is a project of FIGMENT, an annual participatory arts event held on Governors Island. FIGMENT is a project of Action Arts League, and is produced by a coalition of volunteers in partnership with The Pure Project. FIGMENT 2008 is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. In addition, the City of Dreams Minigolf course is supported by a grant from the Black Rock Arts Foundation.