A grassroots public art festival that brings artists and neighbors together to put art on the front lawns, porches, windows, and rooftops in Newburgh, New York
Un festival de arte público de base que reúne a artistas y vecinos para poner arte en los jardines, porches, ventanas y tejados de Newburgh, New York
09.27–11.15.2025
Amy Bandolik + Tom Bregman, Scorched Earth, 50 Ornamental Pear Trees, Torched (culled from meadow per conservation easement), 30 yards of screened topsoil, 3 yards of fractured biochar, 240 board feet of locally milled black locust, Scorched (Yakisugi method).
Terrain Biennial Newburgh
Terrain Biennial Newburgh is an exhibition of installations by artists and hosted by Newburgh residents and businesses on front yards, porches, windows, and building facades throughout the City of Newburgh, free to all who pass by. Artists and hosts work together to display artworks in everyday spaces where it is most visible and least expected. The 2025 exhibition opens during Newburgh OPEN Studios, September 27 + 28 and runs to November 15.
The Newburgh exhibition is part of Terrain Biennial, a worldwide public art event by Terrain Exhibitions in Oak Park, Illinois. Each neighborhood/town exhibition is self-organized by motivated members of its community. The “superhosts” or facilitators keep in touch with the central Terrain organization yet we organize/curate our hometown exhibition to serve our community. This is the fourth Terrain Biennial Newburgh, growing roots and supporters with each iteration. See examples of past exhibitions shown on this page; 2023 + 2021 exhibitions are archived in the menu.
Matthew Lusk, Hanging Garden, 2019, used tires, paint, hardware. 9 Lutheran St.
Tal Gluck, fall in the family tree, 2021, made out of things that used to be trees, and things that were never trees, and things that could, one day, be trees again. 10 Henry Ave.
Liz Nielsen, Orbiting Garden, 2021, Analog Chromogenic Photogram, on Fujiclear, Unique. 18 Lander Street.
ARTISTS
For artists who can make and install their proposed artwork
The artwork can sustain outdoor weather conditions
Artists who live in, have a connection to, or interest in Newburgh
HOSTS
Hosts are residents or businesses in the City of Newburgh
They have a publicly viewable space like a front yard, porch, window, building facade, rooftop, etc.
They’re interested in offering their space to an artist.
Timeline
June 15
OPEN CALL DEADLINE
For Artists + Hosts, 11:59 PM
Mid-July
Artists + Hosts Paired
September 13–26
Artwork installed at Host sites
September 27 + 28
Exhibition opens during
Newburgh OPEN Studios
Exhibition programs TBA
November 15
Exhibition Closes
November 16–23
Artworks deinstalled at Host sites
People
Terrain Biennial Newburgh is produced and coordinated by a growing number of volunteer residents and community partners. If you’d like to get involved, drop a line at: terrainbiennialnewburgh@gmail.com.
Naomi Miller, James Moed + Hannah Walsh des Cognets facilitate, curate, and organize the exhibition.
Land Acknowledgement
Terrain Biennial Newburgh recognizes that the land currently called Newburgh was once home to the Lenape peoples. We encourage visitors to learn more about the Lenape peoples’ efforts toward their visibility and consciousness raising. We have donated to The Lenape Center and the Delaware Tribe of Indians, and suggest participants and visitors consider doing the same.
Alison McNulty, Ghost Column 6, 2019, dry-stacked historic Hudson Valley Lahey bricks and unprocessed Cormo sheep wool sourced from a historic regional fiber farm. 297 Grand Street.
Erica Hauser, Colorgarden, 2019, scrap wood and paint. Newburgh Urban Farm and Food Initiative. 207 Carpenter Street. This artwork continues to be installed and has since expanded.
Have an idea, question, or comment? Contact us at: terrainbiennialnewburgh@gmail.com
Detail view: Theresa Gooby, Every Building on Broadway, Newburgh (north side), 2019, archival inkjet prints. Safe Harbors of the Hudson + Gritworks, 109–115 Broadway.