Photos by Nate Dorr

On April 21st, Underwater New York presented an evening of programming at Marie Lorenz's exhibition Flow Pool at Recess. Read more about the project here. We invited poet Kelly Sullivan and artists Nicole Antebi, Meredith Drum, Maya Edelman and Nate Dorr, Mark Joshua Epstein, Emily Gibson, and Alexis Neider to offer words and artwork based on our list of underwater objects to the pool. 

Photos by Dan Selzer

Photo by Farooq Ahmed 

On April 16th from 3-5pm, we will be trekking out to Coney Island Creek--home to NYC's infamous real-life yellow submarine--as part of Obscura Day 2016. This will be our fifth time participating in the international day of exploration and it is always a really good time! 

Get your tickets and more information here! 

Join us on Thursday November 5th at 7pm at the Melville Gallery at the South Street Seaport Museum to celebrate the launch of Oceanic New York, a collection of essays engaging with New York City and its waterways, edited by Steve Mentz. There will be readings, Dark 'n' Stormies, and celebration! 

Join UNY at the newly launched Brooklyn Barge Bar for an evening of drinks for the thirsty, views (and food) for the hungry, and music for the lonely, in love, and everywhere between. 

October is our birthday month, and in our 7th year we want to hear you sing. We're kicking off a year of music with a casual party on the barge, where we'll screen SEA ELEGY, an original song composed, performed, and set to film by Bobby Gagnon. Inspired by one of UNY's most evocative underwater objects, the giraffe, Bobby's short film is not to be missed. 

Join us aboard this gorgeous barge in Greenpoint, and we'll toast the end of the outdoor event season and the beginning of a year of underwater music.

Wednesday, October 14
7 pm - late
Brooklyn Barge Bar
3 Milton Street, Greenpoint

Underwater New York is thrilled to partner with A.I.R. Gallery for a day of history, art and poetry on Saturday September 12th in the exhibition, If These Walls...

A.I.R. Gallery, which has been advocating for women in the visual arts since 1972, is transforming one of the 19th century houses in Governor's Island's Nolan Park with a series of site-specific works including painting, sculpture, photography, works on paper and more. Alongside their annual group exhibition will be the Underwater New York Project Room, where seven A.I.R. Gallery artists will be exhibiting work based on the NYC waterways.

On September 12th, at 3pm, UNY has invited three poets--Hossannah Asuncion, Morgan Parker and Katy Lederer--to read new work inspired by the visual art of Melissa Murray, Erica Stoller and Maxine Henryson. The reading will coincide with the Gallery's reception for the exhibition, as well as other exciting programming we'll announce soon.

Please mark your calendars for September 12th, 3pm, on Governor's Island! More details to come. Read more about the exhibition here.