Korean Lunar New Year: Seollal Crafts and Games
2022-02-12 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
This year’s Lunar New Year celebration has been rescheduled to Saturday, February 12.
$15 adults/$10 children (includes museum admission)
Celebrate at home by downloading the interactive guide below!
Lunar New Year Guide
Lunar New Year Guide
Ring in the Year of the Tiger with the Staten Island Museum and Korean Community Development Center!
Unleash your creative side by making festive ornaments with custom maedeup (매듭) accessories, have your name written in calligraphy, and put your game face on to compete with your friends and family in jegichagi. Make sure to pick up a goodie bag to take home with traditional Korean treats including dalgona (달고나) or ppopgi (뽑기).
새해 복 많이 받으세요
saehae bog manh-i bad-euseyo
Happy New Year!
This program is produced in partnership with the Korean Community Development Center.
Updated Visitor Information: All visitors ages 5 and older must show proof they have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for admission to the museum, in accordance with NYC requirements. Visitors over 18 will also be asked to show photo ID. Face coverings are required for all over the age of 2, even if vaccinated. For more information and additional details, see the visit section of our website.

Black History Month Transcribe-a-thon
2022-02-13 13:00 - 16:00 | Online
Free, Donations Welcome
We need your help!
The Staten Island Museum has partnered with the Staten Island Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society and Frederick Douglass Memorial Park to transcribe newly digitized family history records making them more easily searchable and accessible for families and historical research.
A transcribe-a-thon is an event where people gather to work simultaneously on a transcription project. No previous experience is required. Training will be provided.
This program will be continuing virtually all year long! Watch the introductory video, set up an account with From the Page, and start transcribing! Instructions below.
Transcriber Resources

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Lunch and Learn: The Pecan
2022-02-17 12:00 - 12:30 | Online
Free, Donations welcome.
Clementine Hunter is one of the most important self-taught contemporary American artists of the 20th Century. Dive deeper into the content of her painting “Threshing Pecans” with botanist Dr. Kobinah Abdul-Salim. Join us for an exploration of the important history and cultural significance of the pecan — North America’s only native tree nut.
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Dr. Abdul-Salim is a botanist with interests in the evolution of plants of the world’s tropical forests. He has conducted field research in Africa and Madagascar and worked as a fellow at both the New York Botanical Garden and Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He holds a PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University, a Masters degree in Biology from University of Missouri-St. Louis, and a Bachelor’s degree from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He has taught at Ohio State University and the City University of New York, and is currently President of Protologue, LLC, an educational media publishing and consulting firm based in Trenton, NJ.
The conservation of Threshing Pecans was supported by a grant from

Mid-Winter Recess: Storytelling through Printmaking
2022-02-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
$10/$5 members includes museum admission
Artist Jennifer Angus custom printed the curtains in Magicicada with dandy anthropomorphic insects. Get creative using the collagraph technique, a type of printmaking process in which a print is taken from a collaged textured plate, and create your own story and imagery.
Updated Visitor Information: All visitors ages 5 and older must show proof they have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for admission to the museum, in accordance with NYC requirements. Visitors over 18 will also be asked to show photo ID. Face coverings are required for all over the age of 2, even if vaccinated. For more information and additional details, see the visit section of our website.

Mid-Winter Recess: Exotic Insect Collage
2022-02-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
$10/$5 members includes museum admission
Inspired by some of the most beautiful and exotic insects found in Magicicada, this workshop examines symmetry found in art and nature. After observing various insects, participants will use collage to create their own imaginative insect.
Updated Visitor Information: All visitors ages 5 and older must show proof they have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for admission to the museum, in accordance with NYC requirements. Visitors over 18 will also be asked to show photo ID. Face coverings are required for all over the age of 2, even if vaccinated. For more information and additional details, see the visit section of our website.

Site Unseen Podcast: Beryl Thurman and the North Shore Waterfront
2022-03-05 | Online
Site Unseen takes listeners into the Staten Island Museum’s collections to see how documents, photos, and objects illuminate local history. Audio shorts bring together present-day advocates, policymakers and historians, to retell, reveal, and amplify site-specific stories.
Episode 2: Beryl Thurman and the North Shore Waterfront

Staten Island Museum · Site Unseen: Beryl Thurman and the North Shore Waterfront
As industries sprouted up on the Kill Van Kull, Staten Island’s economy became ever more linked with the rest of the region – a link that was strengthened with the construction of the Bayonne Bridge, which opened in 1931. Beryl Thurman’s work explores the extent to which the remnants of this industrial age still impact the residents who live along the Kill today.
“The more you know about your environment, the better advocate you can be for Staten Island. And that’s what Staten Island really needs, it needs more advocates, it needs more people that think through the process.”
– Beryl Thurman
About Beryl Thurman

Beryl Thurman is originally from Cleveland, Ohio, she is graduate of Baldwin Wallace University where she majored in Art, and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
She is a founding member of the North Shore Waterfront Conservancy of Staten Island, Inc. In 2005 the same year that Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Beryl became the executive director/president of NSWC. From that point on she combined the research that she had done on the waterfront contaminated sites with realities of living in a waterfront community that is extremely vulnerable to Climate Change’s sea level rising, storm surges and flooding. From 2005 until present NSWC has dedicated its efforts by attempting to fast track the remediation that are needed for these contaminated waterfront sites on Staten Island’s North Shore to protect the Environmental Justice communities that are behind them. She authored two Environmental Justice booklets: “Staten Island’s Gold Coast: 5.2 miles from St. George to Arlington” and “Shore Up: Community Resilience and Adaptation.”
Click here to read the Show Notes.

Book Talk: The Sustainability Myth
2022-03-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Free with museum admission
Registration required
To join this program virtually, please email Rylee Eterginoso to receive the zoom link.
Join Dr. Melissa Checker for a discussion around her award-winning book The Sustainability Myth. Focusing on industrial waterfronts and historically underserved places like Harlem and Staten Island’s North Shore, Dr. Checker takes an in-depth look at the dynamics of environmental gentrification while highlighting the valiant efforts of local environmental justice activists (such as Staten Island’s Beryl Thurman) who work across racial, economic, and political divides to challenge sustainability’s false promises and create truly viable communities.
You can listen to Episode 2 of the Site Unseen Podcast: Beryl Thurman and the North Shore Waterfront to learn more about the extent to which the industrial age still effects the residents who live along the Kill Van Kull today.
Updated Visitor Information: All visitors ages 5 and older must show proof they have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for admission to the museum, in accordance with NYC requirements. Visitors over 18 will also be asked to show photo ID. Face coverings are required for all over the age of 2, even if vaccinated. For more information and additional details, see the visit section of our website.

Lunch and Learn: Serpentinite with Yesenia Arroyo
2022-03-17 12:00 - 12:30 | Online
Click the video on the right to view the recorded program.
$5 Recommended Donation/Free for Members
Is Staten Island the real emerald city? Join geologist Yesenia Arroyo to learn more about the unique greenish rock known as serpentinite. This metamorphic rock underlies a large part of this borough and helps makes up the highest elevation of any natural feature in NYC. In fact, it is the highest point on the US eastern seaboard south of Maine.

Yesenia Arroyo is a geologist, host of the YouTube series “Y’all Need Science”, and fab lab instructor at the Melrose Center in Orlando, Florida. Yesenia loves to teach STEM classes in informal education settings, like museums and libraries. They are enthusiastic about making science accessible for everyone by focusing on big science concepts that they believe everyone knows intuitively.

Josephine's Cotton: The Revue by Skin Dance Company
2022-04-02 14:00 - 15:30 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
$20 per person
Travel back in time through song and dance to join Josephine Baker, the first Black American superstar, as she dives deeper into the experiences of her childhood and adult life. Through a series of reflections, she reimagines a world that could have existed during the Harlem Renaissance featuring icons such as Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, Eartha Kitt, Carmen Miranda, Paul Robeson, Little Richard, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and more. This fictional portrayal captures the timeless stories of potent pioneers through dance and song.
Produced, directed, choreographed, and conceptualized by Tina Thompson
Performed by SKIN Dance Company

Lunch and Learn: Garden Design with Wambui Ippolito
2022-04-21 14:00 - 14:30 | Online Live Event, * Please register.
NEW TIME
Free. Donations welcome.
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Zoom link will be sent upon registration.
Learn more about the thoughts, intentions, and design process behind “Etherea” Best-in-Show Garden at the 2021 Philadelphia Flower Show.
Wambui Ippolito is the horticulturist and principal designer of her own New York based landscape design. She is a graduate of the New York Botanical Garden’s School of Professional Horticulture where she studied under some of the country’s top gardening experts. Wambui teaches horticulture classes in botanical gardens and horticulture institutions in New York and New Jersey.

Unnatural History: Colonial Collecting and the Politics of Display in Natural History Museums
2022-04-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Online Live Event, * Please register.
NEW DATE!
$5.
Live via Zoom
A Presentation with Elaine Ayers, Ph.D.
What does the history of collecting, preservation, and display have to do with legacies of violence and inequity? How do shifting categories of race, gender, and sexuality appear throughout natural history museums, even in seemingly innocuous objects like plants and insects? By unraveling the long colonial history of the institutions that we care for and work with, from herbaria to anthropological exhibits, this talk will point to the instabilities of collecting and collections from the eighteenth century to the present while offering hope for new, more inclusive ways forward.
Elaine Ayers is a faculty member in the Program in Museum Studies and an affiliate of the Program in the History of Science at NYU, where she works on the entangled histories of science, art, and collecting. She received her Ph.D. in the History of Science from Princeton University, and her work has been supported by institutions like the New York Botanical Garden, the Yale Center for British Art, the NSF, and Stanford University.
This program is produced in partnership with the Staten Island Archaeological Society.
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Earth Day Celebration: Seeds and Soil
2022-04-30 13:00 - 16:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
$10 Adults/$5 Children/Free for Members
(includes museum admission)
Explore the ground below and world above with activities and presentations in art, science, and history.
Get your hands dirty with activities for all ages, learn something new, and help protect the only world we have!
Workshops and Presentations
Seed Engraving
Explore the wondrous stories of seeds and seed-savers with artist Sergey Jivetin, who will memorialize these stories by engraving seeds using specially-designed cutting tools under magnification. (Check out the video below)

Furrow from Digi Ranch on Vimeo.
Underground Sounds
Listen the ground beneath your feet! Artist Nikki Lindt recorded underground and underwater sounds in several locations in Staten Island!
Seed Paper
Plant wildflowers using recycled materials with teaching artist Jenya Frid
Clay Garden Markers
Make reusable garden markers to remind you what you planted where with teaching artist Janet Gonzalez
Seed Packets
Design the covers to your own seed packets and take home wildflower seeds for planting with teaching artist Pauline Velez-Romano
Birding by Ear
Listen to the sounds of spring and learn how to identify what you hear with the Greenbelt Nature Center
Test Your Garden Soil
Bring a sample of your garden soil and learn what will grow best with expert gardener Lenny Librizzi
Learn how to support and promote pollinator activity with Cooper Keane and the Mobile Monarch Museum
Tour Magicicada with Colleen Evans, Director of Natural Science, and take a closer look at some of the smallest details in this exhibition with a scavenger hunt
Connect to community science projects with help from New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
Explore the benefits of native plants with the Native Plant Society of Staten Island

Gala
2022-05-13 19:00 - 23:00 | Richmond County Country Club, 1 the oval, Staten Island, NY, 10304, United States
Join us for cocktails, dinner, live music, and auction.
Formal/Business Attire
Please note that proof of vaccination is required to attend this event.
To be held at the
Richmond County Country Club
1 The Oval, Staten Island, NY 10304
Please RSVP before May 2, 2022
Tickets
$250 per Individual ($120 fully tax deductible)
$225 per Member ($95 full tax deductible)
Table of Ten*: $2,250
Proof of full vaccination required.
TICKETS
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Sponsorship Opportunities
In addition to the Commemorative Journal, you can support the Staten Island Museum with a Gala Sponsorship. View full sponsorship opportunities here or contact Pamela Adamo, Director of Development at 718.483.7114.
Honorees

Dr. Kerry Kelly served as a Medical Officer with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) for 37 years, until her retirement in 2018. She held the position of Chief Medical Officer for the last 24 of those years, including during 9/11, for which NYC recently marked the 20th anniversary, and she continues to help surviving first responders. Additionally, Dr. Kelly maintains a family medicine practice on Staten Island with Northwell Health.
Dr. Ginny Mantello currently serves as the Director of Health and Wellness, Office of the Staten Island Borough President and has been instrumental providing COVID-19 health information to the community during the pandemic. Dr. Mantello is also the co-chair of the Staten Island Community Organizations Active in Disaster (SI COAD), a program of the Staten Island Not for Profit Association (SINFPA), to coordinate preparedness and planning efforts across Staten Island.

Presentation: Staten Island is Ours! An Altered Book Project
2022-05-15 13:00 - 14:30 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Free with museum admission
Staten Island is Ours! An Altered Book Project is a multidisciplinary art-making project created by Caryn T. Davis in collaboration with Kelly Villar and the Staten Island Urban Center, a youth development program for young people of color on the North Shore of Staten Island. This project took place in April and the artwork created will be on display at the museum in this pop-up exhibition.
Altered books are individual art objects created from an existing printed book. Debbie-Anne Paige, Co-President, Staten Island Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, introduced participants to the history of African heritage communities on Staten Island, including the Underground Railroad. And, in turn, participants cut, folded, pasted, stamped, painted, and decorated their altered books with 3-D objects, collage, pockets and more in response.
“At our May 15 presentation, we will elevate and spread the word about Staten Island’s Black history, and about who we are, while we show you the pages of our books and discuss the significance of what we’ve learned.” – Caryn T. Davis
This project is made possible by a DCA Premier Grant from Staten Island Arts, with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Lunch and Learn: Staten Island Pridefest - LAMBDA Associates
2022-05-19 12:00 - 12:30 | Online Live Event, * Please register.
Free. Donations welcome.
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Lambda Associates of Staten Island (LASI) was incorporated in April 1983 with a mission to “institute and promote a Social, Cultural, and Educational association on Staten Island for Gay Men and Women.” The organization celebrated its first anniversary with a dance at the Columbian Lyceum on October 8, 1983.
Join former board member Mitchell Grubler and other Lambda friends to learn about the power of joy and celebration as a tool for LGBTQ organizing in 1980s Staten Island.

Gallery Talk and Closing Reception: Magicicada
2022-05-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Final Weekend!
Free with Museum Admission
Join artist Jennifer Angus in the gallery for an intimate look at the creation and intention of Magicicada – an immersive environment full of exquisite and ornamental patterns and imaginative vignettes, unexpectedly created with hundreds of preserved insects. This is the final weekend to experience Magicicada.

Yes, And: Members' Only Preview
2022-06-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Registration coming soon.
Become a member
Become a member to attend the preview of Yes, And – a survey exhibition of art and artists connected to Staten Island. It is a current version of the Staten Island Museum’s longstanding tradition of holding juried art shows for more than 70 years. Yes, And presents over 30 artists showcasing recent work in video, performance, painting, photography, installation, drawing, and more.
The theme Yes, And suggests the abundance of experience on and perception of Staten Island. This complicated and prodigious borough contains a multitude of narratives that cumulatively offer an earnest impression of life in the United States. The title is a reference to a classic improv rule-of-thumb requiring performers to accept what another participant is suggesting, and then build on it. In this way, Yes, And presents an expansive theme for artists to consider and encourages the open sharing of ideas and perspectives.

Yes, And: Public Opening Reception
2022-06-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Free with Museum Admission
Join the opening reception for Yes, And – a survey exhibition of art and artists connected to Staten Island. It is a current version of the Staten Island Museum’s longstanding tradition of holding juried art shows for more than 70 years. Yes, And presents over 30 artists showcasing recent work in video, performance, painting, photography, installation, drawing, and more.
The theme Yes, And suggests the abundance of experience on and perception of Staten Island. This complicated and prodigious borough contains a multitude of narratives that cumulatively offer an earnest impression of life in the United States. The title is a reference to a classic improv rule-of-thumb requiring performers to accept what another participant is suggesting, and then build on it. In this way, Yes, And presents an expansive theme for artists to consider and encourages the open sharing of ideas and perspectives.

Juneteenth Transcribe-a-thon
2022-06-18 13:00 - 16:00 | NY
In-Person (register above) and Virtual (register below)
Free, Donations Welcome
We need your help!
The Staten Island Museum has partnered with the Staten Island Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society and Frederick Douglass Memorial Park to transcribe newly digitized family history records making them more easily searchable and accessible for family and history research.
A transcribe-a-thon is an event where people gather to work simultaneously on a transcription project. No previous experience is required. Training will be provided.
Bring your own laptop or tablet.
This program will be continuing virtually all year long! Watch the introductory video, set up an account with From the Page, and start transcribing! Instructions below.
Virtual Registration
Transcriber Resources

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Moth Night
2022-07-23 20:30 - 22:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
$10 Adults/$5 Children
Registration is required
Presented in partnership with the Staten Island Children’s Museum.
Stay up late for Moth Night! Revel in the beauty of moths and learn about their life cycles and habitats. Take a close look at museum specimens, enjoy art activities, and go on a short walk to find the insects that prefer the night. Bring your own flashlight!
Limited capacity.

Greetings From: Mail Art with Day de Dada
2022-07-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Summer Nights
$35/$30 members
Registration required
Mail Art, also known as Correspondence Art, is a method of creating and sharing small-scale artworks through the postal service. People all over the world enjoy this traveling, tactile art form. Join Day de Dada to illustrate your “perfect Staten Island moment” with a variety of materials and explore the borough’s history as a vacation destination through the postcard collection.

Good on Paper: Intro to Papermaking
2022-08-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Summer Nights
$35/$30 members
Registration required
Curious about papermaking? Join teaching artist Jenya Frid for this introductory workshop. Play with pulp and learn how to produce your own sheets of paper using traditional tools and techniques. We will also explore the creative possibilities of adding different natural dyes and fibers.

72nd Annual Fence Show and Biergarten
2022-09-24 11:00 - 17:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
FREE
Each year, the Fence Show transforms the Museum’s front lawn into an outdoor gallery featuring local artists and craftspeople. See and purchase paintings, ceramics, prints, jewelry and textiles and take something original home from this longstanding festival.
Music provided by MakerPark Radio. Food by Belli Baci Bakery, Lebanese Eatery, Pastry Lover’s Choice, and Tex Dawson’s Chili Dogs.
New!
Biergarten at the Fence Show
Brought to you by the
Staten Island Museum Contemporary Council
12PM – 4PM
$25 or complimentary when you join the Contemporary Council
Admission Includes:

2 beer tickets
1 pretzel
Homebrew club tastings

Homebrews include:
Erin Sullivan’s Pumpkin Ale
Pia Sen & Russell Smith’s Dots and Loops
Nathan Anderson’s Days Afield Pal Ale and Fence Show Oktoberfest
Join us for a drink and a snack at this new addition to the Fence Show! Beer is generously provided by Kills Boro Brewing Company and Pour Standards Richmond County Homebrew Club. All proceeds benefit the Staten Island Museum.
Buy Tickets and/or Join the Council
Support has been provided in part by:
Prost Sponsor

Tracht Sponsor
Alex Zablocki
Tracht Sponsor

Artist spaces at this year’s Fence Show are full. For more information and to be added to the distribution list for next year, please contact Donna Pagano.
The 72nd Annual Fence Show is powered in part by Con Edison Arts Al Fresco Series.

"Lions in Illyria" | A Sensory-Friendly Performance by IlluminArt Productions
2022-10-01 11:00 - 12:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Free/Donations Welcome
Giraffes are gentlemen, aardvarks are card sharks, and animals rule the world in this retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. When young lioness Violet is separated from her twin brother by a storm at sea, she must find her way alone in an unknown country. Disguised as a boy, she finds work helping a preposterous peacock win the love of the most graceful gazelle in town, but it’s not long before Violet is torn between multiple masters, and the whole menagerie is tangled in matters of the heart. Travel to Illyria’s weird and wonderful land in this magical, clever comedy.
Written By: Robert Kauzlaric
Directed By: J. Giachetti
Note from IlluminArt Productions’ Theater for Young Audiences:
IlluminArt Productions’ Theater for Young Audiences is dedicated to creating theatrical experiences for everyone and programming that works with varying abilities. One way of doing this is by having a sensory-friendly performance like “Lions in Illyria.” Sensory-friendly performances are designed to create a welcoming and comfortable arts experience for people who are neurodivergent, have sensory sensitivities or have other social, learning, or cognitive disabilities. Our production of “Lions” is already sensory friendly in nature, having actors project and make any music or sound effects using their bodies or small instruments to reduce loud sounds and the need for microphones and utilizing the lighting of the space itself rather than utilizing stage lights and strobes. During our sensory-friendly show, audiences are welcome to talk, leave their seats, move around when needed, and even explore and decompress in a nearby relaxation room if things on stage get too overstimulating.
Learn more about IlluminArt Productions here.

Yes, And Artist Talk: Nathan Kensinger
2022-10-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Free with museum admission
Nathan Kensinger is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores hidden urban landscapes, off-limits industrial structures, forgotten waterways, environmental disasters, and coastal communities endangered by sea level rise and climate change. He has been documenting Staten Island’s coastline for the past 15 years, and his film Managed Retreat, about the NY State buyout program, is a part of the exhibit Yes, And. Join the artist for a discussion of his work encompassing photography, film, installation, curation and journalism.
Photo by Nate Dorr
Nathan Kensinger was born and raised in San Francisco, California, and is now based in Brooklyn, New York. Since 2003, Kensinger has created a series of photo essays, documentary films, video installations and public arts projects about New York City’s changing waterfront. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York, Brooklyn Museum, Queens Museum, Staten Island Museum, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, and in numerous galleries. His films have screened at museums and film festivals worldwide, including the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Danish Film Institute, DOC NYC, Slamdance, and Rooftop Films. His work has been featured by The New Yorker, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, PBS NewsHour, Wired, and Nature Climate Change. His photographs are in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Brooklyn Library and the Museum of the City of New York.
Support for this program is provided by The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation.

Archtober Presentation: Nature-Based Solutions and the Built Environment
2022-10-13 18:30 - 19:30 | Online Live Event, * Please register.
Registration Required
Free/Donations welcome
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Join MIT graduate student James Vincent Brice to learn more about the complex environmental processes embedded within the built environment, and how nature-based solutions can increase the physical, ecological, and social resilience of our coastlines in the face of global climate change.
Photo courtesy of MIT News
James Vincent Brice is a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) pursuing a Master of Architecture with research co-advised in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Before coming to MIT, he worked as a zookeeper and aquarist at the Staten Island Zoo, responsible for the care of terrestrial and aquatic animal life. Pulling from this professional experience and a BS in Applied Physics (RPI ’16), he has been exploring the integration of architecture, urban ecology and environmental fluid mechanics.

Archtober [ärk’töbər] is New York City’s Architecture and Design Month, the annual festival of architecture activities, programs and exhibitions taking place during the month of October.

Open House New York Weekend: This Green Building - Behind the Scenes Tour
2022-10-21 13:00 - 14:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Free with museum admission
Join us on this behind-the-scenes tour of the museum’s closed-loop geothermal system, which uses the Earth’s constant temperature and a series of circulating pumps to heat and cool the building, minimizing the need for fossil fuels. The Staten Island Museum is the first historic landmark building on Staten Island to earn LEED Gold certification from the US Green Building Council.

Open House New York Weekend is an annual festival that opens hundreds of noteworthy or significant places across the five boroughs for three days of in-person and virtual tours, talks, and special activities.

Mad Science, Magic and Mummies at the Museum
2022-10-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Free with museum admission
Wear your favorite costume, and enjoy family-friendly crafts and activities:

Create a spell book to fill with all the most potent potion recipes.
Feeling lucky? Search for black cats and other spooky friends throughout the museum in the Halloween Scavenger Hunt.
Make your own wearable wizard beard.
Mummify apples in the Mad Science Lab

Bird Walk: Silver Lake Park
2022-10-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Silver Lake Park, 700 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New York, 10301
Join Director of Natural Sciences Colleen Evans and Naturalist Ed Johnson for a guided morning bird walk to check the reservoirs for migrating waterfowl and the plantings around the park for late migrant/winter resident songbirds.
Meet on Victory Boulevard near Silver Lake Road across from the last cemetery on the right. (Vicinity of Parks Dept greenhouse).
Registration is not required for this program.

Family History Workshop with the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
2022-10-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Free with museum admission
In celebration of Family History Month, join Debbie-Ann Paige and Robin Semple, Co-Presidents of the Staten Island Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, to learn how to start a journey into your family history.
This workshop will introduce methods and resources for family history research including new online collections from the Staten Island Museum and Frederick Douglass Memorial Park.
Bring your own laptop or tablet.
This program is supported with generous funding from New York Community Trust.

Family History Workshop Resources
