By Melissa West In this interview, current PASS artist in residence Elena Moon Park shares insights and ideas emerging from her creative residency experience.  Can you describe your creative process during this residency? What have you been up to, what ideas are you exploring, how have you been engaging with the site? At its core, […]

On Sunday, February 12, our current artists in residence, J. Bouey with George Del Barrio, will share SATURN: A Revelation. This performance installation in process is described as “otherworldly and explor[ing] the extremes of light and dark to invite us to consider one question: what kind of ancestor will you be to our descendants that will […]

By Olivia Silvestro, Snug Harbor Arts Intern Spring 2022 Elizabeth Sollazzo-Daland started her relationship with Snug Harbor at just thirteen years old when she learned about the Art Lab School of Fine & Applied Arts studio. “This is going back thirty-five, forty years ago at least, but I remember meeting Craig Manister, who is one […]

By Amanda Calvin, Snug Harbor Arts Intern (Spring 2021)    “ At an early age, my body was finding the dance within it.” Kathy Westwater, choreographer, director and recent PASS (Performing Arts Salon Saturdays) artist in residence at Snug Harbor, discovered her passion for dance upon realizing her ability to express herself through the art form. […]

By Amanda Calvin, Snug Harbor Arts Intern (Spring 2021)    “I make art wherever I am.” Jill Jichetti is the perfect example of a multidisciplinary artist. Hailing from Brooklyn, the current Staten Island resident is presenting a collection of her work, “JillWrites: On Art & Poetics,” at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor […]

By Amanda Calvin, Snug Harbor Arts Intern (Spring 2021) “I have had an art practice for as long as I can remember,” said Staten Island native Zoë Tirado, the artist behind upcoming Newhouse Center exhibition “Ghoulfriends.” While Tirado now describes her unique style as “the line between what is considered traditional and what is obscene,” […]

By: Susannah Abbate, Director of Education & Engagement and Melissa West, Vice President of Curation, Visual & Performing Arts The Staten Island Urban Center recently partnered with Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden on the Josephine Baker Project, a visual arts workshop involving a multi-generation of participants to examine the life work of Josephine […]

By: Susannah Abbate, Director of Education & Engagement and Melissa West, Vice President of Curation, Visual and Performing Arts The Staten Island Urban Center recently partnered with Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden on the Josephine Baker Project, a visual arts workshop involving a multi-generation of participants to examine the life work of Josephine […]

  Led by the impish, sweet-voiced, Greek-born singer and accordionist Magda Giannikou, Banda Magda’s music taps into a wide range of international influences. In addition to Giannikou, voices of band members from Japan and Argentina are heard, making each concert a colorful global experience. With songs sung in French as well as six other languages, […]

  The Itty Biddies are a rocking bundle of fun for the entire family. The trio’s danceable tunes, soaring vocals, and instrumentals that feature ukulele, keyboard, melodica, and bass will take you on a journey filled with storytelling and song. With roots in jazz and cabaret, The Itty Biddies celebrate the world around us with […]