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This week only, we’re heavily discounting our #PWPress publications to make way for new projects. Find artist-created books for $5, $10, & $15—sales raised from the PW Store are reinvested into funding new, ambitious projects by emerging and underrepresented artists and writers.

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From November 28 through December 14, take 20% off products in the Gift Guide with code: ULTRAFESTIVE. 

Ragas 

Pioneer Works's galleries and garden will be closed this Sunday, October 19 for Ragas Live Festival 2025. Learn more 

June closing

Please note, Pioneer Works will be closed for daily admissions until July 7th. We 

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Building Closures Due to Flash Floods

Due to weather conditions, Pioneer Works is suspending open gallery hours for Friday, September 29. MHYSA's performance has been rescheduled for Sunday, October 1, with all tickets being transferred to the new date.

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Our galleries and garden are closed to the public today for a United Sounds NYC Festival 2024. Learn more about the festival 

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Pioneer Works will be closed on Friday, July 3, and will reopen on Saturday, July 4. 

Aura Closure 5/27

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CEO Announcement

Just Announced: Pioneer Works Names Mara Manus Chief Executive Officer

The Board of Directors of Pioneer Works is pleased to announce that Mara Manus, former Executive Director for New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), has been appointed as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. 

We are grateful for your engagement and support of Pioneer Works over the last year. Now through December 31st, we’re fundraising to meet our end of year goal and close out 2024.

85% of our programming is free or accessibly-priced and we rely on our community of supporters to make that possible. Give now to ensure that we can continue nurturing artists and audiences through 2025.


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We're pleased to announce the first major renovation of Pioneer Works! To accommodate the first phase of our construction, we're temporarily relocating to 133 Imlay Street opening in Spring 2022.

Early Closure 5/10/23

Due to programming, Pioneer Works will be closed to the public on Wednesday, May 10. We will be open from Thursday through Sunday for the remainder of the week. Learn more and plan your visit 

Our galleries and garden are currently closed for installation. We will reopen on 

Friday, September 12, 2025, from 7–9 PM

Raúl de Nieves, Tega Brain, and Sam Lavigne

Sunday Sets Holiday Party

A Lecture in and Around Dale Henry Led By Andrew Mount

Opening Reception for Jeanne Susplugas: House to House II

Second Sundays: Three-Fold Launch Party

The NY Theremin Society Orchestra Concert

Crystal C

Second Sundays: April 2014

Hack Red Hook

First Annual Village Fête

Under the Lid of the Id

Second Sundays: May 2014

Second Sundays: June 2014

The Missing Picture

The Six-Sided Force  and the Life of the Honey Bee

Second Sundays: July 2014

Herbal Remedies for Honey Bees

When All Things Evaporate We&#8217;ll Talk About Minerals

Mahmoud Ahmed w/ Trio X + Andrew Barker, Charles Waters, Daniel Carter + Soldier/Kane

Sacred Geometry and the  Architecture of Well-being

Opening Reception for Vice Magazine&#8217;s 13th Annual Photo Exhibition

Second Sundays: August 2014

Second Sundays: September 2014

Coral Cross and Max Hooper Schneider

Liturgy / Wreck and Reference / White Suns + More

Kenan Juska, &#8220;Daily Operation&#8221;: Closing Reception &#038; After Party

Opening Reception for Rachel Sussman: The Oldest Living Things in The World

Second Sundays

Scientific Controversies No. 1: Many Worlds

John Supko and Bill Seaman: ‘s_traits’ with Wet Ink Ensemble

Rachel Sussman The Oldest Living Things In The World Closing Reception

Approaching the Elephant

Opening Reception for Bosco Sodi: The Last Day

Opening Reception for Mark Hogancamp: The Women of Marwencol

Our Education! Is College Worth the Cost?

Marwencol

Software for Artists Day

Scientific Controversies No. 2: Time’s Arrow

Chicha Libre Goes To Sleep

Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation

Groupmuse

Weaving Together, Red Hook

Time is a Milk Bowl &amp; @@

Opening Reception for Tongue Stones

Found Sound Nation

Art Hack Day: Deluge

Sidewalk Stories

Ursula Scherrer, afloat

Sample: Not for Sale

Ira Schneider

MVT3 (Music Video Time 3)

Scientific Controversies No. 3: The Goddamn Particle

60×60 Wave Farm Mix and Amplitude Live

Village Fête: After Party

1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair

VisionIntoArt’s annual FERUS Festival

What Would The Community Think? Film Series

Zine Exchange

Glass (16mm)

Pioneer Books Opening

Scientific Controversies No. 4: Can We Explain the World?

Dead Moon, J Mascis, Borbetomagus, Das Audit

Summit on Pedagogy

Cities are Natural

Little Black Egg Big Band (Yo La Tengo &amp; Friends) Oren Ambarchi

LOS WEMBLER’S, de Iquitos

Scientific Controversies No. 5: Is Reality Beautiful?

Something Must Break

Swing-A-Ling

Brooklyn Raga Massive

Sound &amp; Time: Sacred Music after a God

Found Sound Nation Presents

RecomposingArt V: ‘Metamorphosis / A Report to an Academy’

Art, Design, and the Future of Privacy

Banda de Los Muertos

Here whilst we walk

Red Hook Regatta 2015

Paper Cuts Bookstore Tour

Psychic TV

AACM in Concert

Scientific Controversies No. 6: One-Way Ticket to Mars

Jordan Eagles: Bases Loaded

Khajistan: Office of War Information (O.W.I.)

ANIMAL [a listening gym]

Finnegan Shannon: There's no me without you

Tuomas A. Laitinen: Siphon

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MONDAY, JULY 6

Freedom School Documentary Film Summer Program

TUESDAY, JULY 7

Ideas in Animation: Summer 2026

TUESDAY, JULY 28

False Harmonics #27: Dean Hurley, C. Lavender, Ash Fure

FRIDAY, JULY 31

Dan Deacon, Macula Dog, MSHR

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

Pattern Mural Workshop with Jonathan Ojekunle

MONDAY, AUGUST 3

PRODUCE: Volume 3

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4

Modern Silent Shorts: On Tour

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5

Members Night with Pioneer Works Artists-In-Residence

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7

ASL Tour of ANIMAL [a listening gym]

Pioneer Works on The Lot Radio

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9

Second Sundays: August 2026

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13

Freedom School Documentary Film Summer Program

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

BOMB’s Small Press Flea 2026

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19

Ideas in Animation: Summer 2026

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Colin Stetson & Brìghde Chaimbeul (duo), Space Lady, Clarice Jensen

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Pan•American

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Pan•American

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3

Kelsey Lu

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8

Horse Lords

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

Ragas Live Festival 2026

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18

Ragas Live Festival 2026

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29

Leenalchi

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30

Machine Girl Halloween

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18

Son Lux with Samora Pinderhughes, Holland Andrews, mmeadows, Vines

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19