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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.
Artists
Residencies and exhibitions
Community
Programs and education
Partners
Socially engaged businesses
Events
Sat, Sep 21Sep 21, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDTKODA House, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USA
Sat, Sep 07Sep 07, 2024, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDTKODA x Stilt City Retreat, 117-97 Rockaway Beach Blvd, Rockaway Park, NY 11694, USA
Sat, Jul 20Jul 20, 2024, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PMKODA House 407b on Governors Island, NY, Governors Island, New York, NY 11231, USA
Mon, Jun 24Jun 24, 2024, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PMLentol Garden, 178 Bayard St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA
Thu, May 30May 30, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PMGreenpoint Library, 107 Norman Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA
Sat, May 04May 04, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PMMeet outside the Greenpoint Library, 107 Norman Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA
Sat, Apr 20Apr 20, 2024, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PMLentol Community Garden, 178 Bayard St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA
Thu, Jan 18Jan 18, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM ESTPrinceton University Art Museum, 11 Hulfish St, Princeton, NJ 08542, USA
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.
“...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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