GreenspaceNYC is pleased to announce the 8th annual Civic Art Lab.

This year’s Civic Art Lab explores the notion of contested spaces through the lens of sustainability, creative placemaking and place-keeping. As it pertains to this year’s theme, a contested space can be a site of resistance, social activism, art, urban design, remembrance, and more. Many ephemeral sites of environmental and social movements have grown into brick-and-mortar community gathering places, public green spaces, safe spaces, and sustained places of protest.

In a global political climate that increasingly disregards the urgency of sustainability and humanitarian challenges, Civic Art Lab 2022’s two-day lab incorporates virtual presentations and in-person NYC-based tours of locations at the center and margins of community-driven sustainability and action.

Civic Art Lab is a pop-up gallery and workshop space, hosted by GreenspaceNYC. This year's lab will be held in a hybrid format. Saturday's talks are virtual. Sunday events are held in person throughout NYC, please wear comfortable shoes and bring water., 726 broadway, New York, United States

GreenspaceNYC is a non-profit collaborative that develops and curates free educational programming, hands-on workshops, and public design projects that encourage dialogue, enliven public spaces, and promote the future of more equitable and sustainable cities.

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