Project Mail Storm + Harvesting a Scream to Energize Our Creative Work
Due to bad air quality caused by wildfires in Ontario, Canada, this workshop will be VIRTUAL. If anyone happens to still be on Governors Island that day, we will still have materials available in our air conditioned space at the Climate Imaginarium (Building 406A)!
How can we harvest our built-up rage, grief, and other emotions to power our stories, our poems, our art? ...to make our work vibrate with urgency? ...to offer visceral experiences for our audience? Join artist BrightFlame and friends from Climate Cafe NYC and the New York City Climate Writers Collective to harvest our built-up rage, grief, etc. to power our stories, our poems, our art; and make our work vibrate with urgency. We'll work with various media (visual art, writing, sound, movement) to express our scream and gather its energy into our projects.
Play with the medium that draws you—a scream need not be vocalized. This session is not only productive, it is a lovely restorative.
We will also have the option to postcard trash to the government to address the climate crisis. This activity, "Project Mail Storm," is inspired by YouTuber The Simple Environmentalist.
Suggested donation is $5 to support our community space at the Climate Imaginarium, but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
⛵ Getting to the Climate Imaginarium
For the weekend ferry schedule to Governors Island, please check here. Ferries run every 15 minutes. Take the ferry that’s most convenient for you from either Lower Manhattan (10 South Street), Brooklyn Bridge Park (Pier 6), or Red Hook/Atlantic Basin. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your ferry departure time with your ticket ready to display.
Ferry tickets must be purchased at the ferry terminal or online. Fares are $5 for a round trip ticket and free for adults over 65, children 12 and under, Climate Imaginarium summer volunteers, and others. All passengers ride free before 11am on weekends. Cars are not permitted.
Governors Island is also accessible from any route via NYC Ferry by transferring at Wall Street/Pier 11. You can find the NYC Ferry schedule here. Tickets on NYC Ferry are $4.50 each way.
Once you get to Governors Island, you will either get out at Soissons Landing (from Manhattan) or Yankee Pier (from Brooklyn). You can use this map of Governors Island to locate Colonels Row. The Climate Imaginarium is in Building 406A, in the middle of Colonels Row, and will have a visible sign outside the doorway. Our address is 406A Comfort Road.