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laboratory for creative concepts
we value curiosity and collaboration
Welcome
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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Programs and education
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Events
Sat, Nov 18Nov 18, 2023, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ESTArt on Hulfish, Princeton Uni Art Museum, 11 Hulfish St, Princeton, NJ 08542, USANov 18, 2023, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ESTArt on Hulfish, Princeton Uni Art Museum, 11 Hulfish St, Princeton, NJ 08542, USAThe Ten Commandments of Renée Cox explores motherhood, liberation, isolation, self-realization, and joy through the four-decade career of Renée Cox (born in 1960 in Colgate, Jamaica, and active in New York).
Sat, Nov 11Nov 11, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM ESTMillennium Film Workshop, 167 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA
Sat, Oct 28Oct 28, 2023, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDTKODA/RU House #404B, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USAOct 28, 2023, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDTKODA/RU House #404B, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USAJoin us for Open Studios, and Closing Reception for 'Alex Mari: Our heads stuffed with lies, Her Belly Full of Ice,' and the 2023 season on Governors Island. Performances by Alex Mari, and Toisha Tucker, KODA Borders + Boundaries artists in residence.
Thu, Oct 19Oct 19, 2023, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDTZoom
Sat, Sep 30Sep 30, 2023, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDTKODA/RU House on Governors Island, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USASep 30, 2023, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDTKODA/RU House on Governors Island, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USAOur heads stuffed with lies, Her Belly Full of Ice is Alex Mari’s first survey exhibition spanning the past decade highlighting conceptual performances documented solely for photo, video, text or sound (non-live).
Sun, Sep 24Sep 24, 2023, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PMBrooklyn, 6 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA
Sun, Sep 17Sep 17, 2023, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PMBrooklyn, 6 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA
Sun, Sep 10Sep 10, 2023, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PMBrooklyn, 6 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY 11221, USA
Sat, Aug 19Aug 19, 2023, 1:00 PM – Aug 20, 2023, 5:00 PMKODA/RU House, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USAAug 19, 2023, 1:00 PM – Aug 20, 2023, 5:00 PMKODA/RU House, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USAKODA presents a solo survey exhibition and three-month residency with New York based interdisciplinary conceptual artist and writer Toisha Tucker. Featuring a Virginia Woolf altar, video, works on paper, sculptures, and an immersive conceptual installation.
Sat, Jul 22Jul 22, 2023, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMKODA/RU House #404b on Colonels Row, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USAJul 22, 2023, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMKODA/RU House #404b on Colonels Row, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USAOpen Studio with Sa'dia Rehman, closing their KODA artist residency under Borders + Boundaries theme. Followed by Walkthrough with Sa'dia Rehman of solo exhibition with new body of work tracing their family’s displacement from village in Pakistan in 1968-1976.
Sat, Jun 03Jun 03, 2023, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDTKODA House #404B on Colonels Row, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USA
Mon, Apr 17Apr 17, 2023, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDTZoom
Sat, Aug 20Aug 20, 2022, 12:00 PM – Aug 21, 2022, 6:00 PMNew York, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USAAug 20, 2022, 12:00 PM – Aug 21, 2022, 6:00 PMNew York, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USAWorking 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.
Sat, Aug 13Aug 13, 2022, 2:00 PM – Aug 14, 2022, 4:00 PMNew York, 168 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Sat, Aug 06Aug 06, 2022, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PMKODA House #404B on Colonels Row, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USA
Thu, Jul 28Jul 28, 2022, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PMTrotter&Sholer Gallery, 168 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Sat, Jun 25Jun 25, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT – Jul 24, 2022, 6:00 PM EDTNew York, KODA House 404B on Colonels Row on Governors Island, New York
“...a truly great person has a profound curiosity about the world and the people in it, an interest that encompasses everything and everyone. Real curiosity, I now know, doesn't leave much room for judgement.”
Marcia Tucker, the Founder of the New Museum
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