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Mission

KODA is a nonprofit arts organization based in New York dedicated to mid-career artists of diverse backgrounds. We grant residencies to allow for experimentation and facilitate creative projects through strategic partnerships with socially engaged partners. We are the go-to thinking spot and serve the community through exhibitions of contemporary art, events and outreach to strengthen art education.

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Events

Artist Tour of Sa'dia Rehman: Desire Lines
Jun 03, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
KODA House #404B on Colonels Row, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USA
Tour with Sa'dia Rehman of solo exhibition with new body of work tracing their family’s displacement from village in Pakistan in 1968-1976.
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KODA Professional Development for Artists Symposium 2023
Apr 17, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Zoom
Practical seminars for artists to maintain a successful art career by Cynthia Tobar, Eva Mayhabal Davis, Hayley Ferber, and Renée Cox.
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Empowering Immigrant Stories of Labor
Nov 07, 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
Zoom
Online talk with Cynthia Tobar, Julia Justo and Rochelle Kwan honoring stories of immigrant New Yorkers to win racial & workplace justice.
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Opening Reception: Mildred Beltré: Working to get there
Aug 20, 2022, 12:00 PM – Aug 21, 2022, 6:00 PM
New York, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USA
Working to get there’ takes its title from pre-figurative and abolitionist writing and presents prints, drawings, crochets, and human hair installations created between the years of 2002-2022 that represent a powerful struggle for racial and gender equity that is crucial to hope and joy.
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Tour + Garden Tea
Aug 13, 2022, 2:00 PM – Aug 14, 2022, 4:00 PM
New York, 168 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Exhibition tour with Bahar Behbahani and tea with the artist
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Tour of Rowan Renee: Solo Exhibition + Picnic on Governors Island
Aug 06, 2022, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
KODA House #404B on Colonels Row, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USA
Join us for an exhibition tour with artist Rowan Renee, followed by a picnic on Governors Island, NY
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Bahar Behbahani: 'Water binds me to your name' Opening Reception
Jul 28, 2022, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Trotter&Sholer Gallery, 168 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002, USA
This exhibition presents works anchored in the politics of water stewardship, and dares to reclaim a new mythical form of architecture that holds the water ecosystem.
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Rowan Renee: Solo Exhibition
Jun 25, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT – Jul 24, 2022, 6:00 PM EDT
New York, KODA House 404B on Colonels Row on Governors Island, New York
No Spirit For Me (2019) and Bodies of Wood (2016).
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Closing Reception: Lina Puerta: Migration, Nature, and the Feminine
Mar 05, 2022, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST
Hunter East Harlem Gallery, 2180 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10035, USA
Lina Puerta: Migration, Nature, and the Feminine is a survey exhibition of the artist’s work spanning the last eighteen years and created mostly during her time as an East Harlem resident.
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KODA’s Professional Development for Artists Symposium
Feb 23, 2022, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST
Zoom Webinar
Seminars by Fabri, Scenna, Goldbeck, & Perez, upskilling professional artists with practical competences to maintain a successful art career
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Exhibition Tour: Lina Puerta: Migration, Nature, and the Feminine
Feb 19, 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Hunter East Harlem Gallery, 2180 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10035, USA
Lina Puerta: Migration, Nature, and the Feminine is a survey exhibition of the artist’s work spanning the last eighteen years and created mostly during her time as an East Harlem resident.
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Tree Care and Art-Making Workshop with Sari Carel and Trees New York
Nov 07, 2021, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Brooklyn, 558 St Johns Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA
Join KODA and Trees New York for a tree care and art-making workshop with artist Sari Carel.
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Lina Puerta: Migration, Nature, and the Feminine
Oct 13, 2021, 12:00 PM – Feb 05, 2022, 6:00 PM
New York, 2180 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10035, USA
Lina Puerta: Migration, Nature, and the Feminine is a survey exhibition of the artist’s work spanning the last eighteen years and created mostly during her time as an East Harlem resident.
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Zine Making Workshop with Drew Brown
Sep 25, 2021, 8:00 PM – 8:05 PM EDT
Zoom
Join KODA in this artist-activist workshop led by photographer Drew Brown through the process of zine creation.
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Maple Tree of Love Tapestry: Public Art Installation by Lina Puerta
Jul 20, 2021, 7:00 PM
Montefiore Hospital, 111 E 210th St, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
An outdoor art exhibition co-organized by KODA and Montefiore Fine Art Program and Collection is being displayed outside the Montefiore’s Moses Campus, in the Bronx.
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Performance: Earth Day Embodied Activism
Apr 22, 2021, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Brooklyn, 157 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
KODA presents Embodied Activism on the occasion of Earth Day
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Artist Talk: Farideh Sakhaeifar & Regine Basha
Apr 13, 2021, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Webinar
Artist talk with Farideh Sakhaeifar and Regine Basha, as part of the exhibition You are in the war zone.
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Performance: Amir ElSaffar
Apr 03, 2021, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
New York, 168 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Accessible outdoors—performance by Amir ElSaffar, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Farideh Sakhaeifar: You are in the war zone.
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