Labor of Love: An Interactive Celebration of Our Hardworking Ecosystems

Celebrate the hardworking art and aquatic ecosystems that shape life in our city! Through performance and interactive art-making, we’re throwing a party for these mighty workforces!

Take part in an experiential puppet procession, featuring giant, larger-than-life aquatic creations that bring the climate-resilient magic of the underwater oyster reef to the surface. Then, in workshops to create your own personal regalia, drawing inspiration from May 1st’s significance as International Workers’ Day.

Be in community with artists and creatives, including the latest cohort of Arts Center Residents, for a morning of action, artmaking, food, and live music.

To arrive on time, please take the 9:30am ferry from the Battery Maritime Building (10 South Street, New York, NY 10005). Guests can take the 11:45am ferry from Governors Island to continue the day of festivities across Manhattan with the Doris Duke Foundation and the Apollo Theater, Lincoln Center, The Moth, and New York Theater Workshop.

The ferry fee will be waived for guests who RSVP!

Learn more about the Labor of Love here. To learn more about Doris Duke Foundation's Creative Labor, Creative Conditions campaign, click here.

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Host or Publisher Lower Manhattan Cultural Council