2025 Longwood @ Governors Island
Meet the 2025 Longwood @ Governors Island residents:
EXHIBITIONS
In The Round
The Opening Reception of In the Round, the curatorial debut of BCA’s 2025 Curatorial Fellow, Briana Thompson, took place on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at Longwood @ Governors Island. The exhibition will be on view through July 20, 2025 and features artists Antoinette Legnini, Gillian Goris, Helina Metaferia, and Jill Cohen-Nuñez.
In the Round draws inspiration from Alice Walker’s We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For and Jean Shinoda Bolen’s The Millionth Circle, exploring the symbolic and literal power of the circle as a vessel for healing, connection, and transformation. Across generations and cultures, circles have served as sacred gathering spaces, sites of ritual, restoration, and radical community. In this time of collective searching—for peace, grounding, and new ways to shape our society—this exhibition invites us to return to the wisdom of the circle. It calls us to lean on one another, to embrace simplicity, spirituality, compassion, and above all, love. With these as our pillars, how might we move forward together?
CURATOR:
Briana Thompson
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Antoinette Legnini
Gillian Goris
Helina Metaferia
Jill Cohen-Nuñez
Longwood @ Governors Island furthers BCA’s mission to create connections between local artists and others outside The Bronx, while addressing the need for affordable studio space.
Longwood @ Governors Island is located in House 406B on Colonels Row in Governors Island.
Directions
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STUDIO VIEWING HOURS
The residency runs through November 2025, with open studios every Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
RESIDENT ARTIST-LED WORKSHOPS
All About Community by Taiitan - Saturday, June 21, 2025, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Power in Reimagining Your Space Through Spatial Design Using Feng Shui by Bree Person - Saturday, July 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
2025 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
In The Round
June 21 – July 20, 2025
