Gallatin Arts Festival 2022

March 28 – April 8, 2022

GAF 2022 Student Leadership Team  Artists Events Installation Views

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The Student Leadership Team of the Gallatin Arts Festival (GAF) is pleased to welcome you to this year’s Festival, a space of bold and contemplative creation. 

What an extraordinary joy to gather again, make work, and build community, something that seemed distant during these solitary past few years.

In this year’s Festival, our contributing artists engage with themes as diverse and interdisciplinary as Gallatin itself. GAF features portraits of family memories, defiant dances, explorations of identity, examinations of our relationship to artmaking, and much more. 

Having all of this work breathe together in one Festival has allowed us to embrace surprising possibilities and to make new connections.

We are grateful for the generosity of our participating artists as well as our audience. Thank you for sharing your presence with GAF 2022. We hope the gallery, screenings, and performances inspire you!

Here’s to another year of GAF!

Ben Fears (’23), Jaden Galvan (’23), Ashley Hurst (’23), Tara Podias (’23), Nadine Rousseau (’22), Daniela Stahle (’25), Sovah Woydak (’25)
The GAF 2022 Team

MISSION

The Gallatin Arts Festival is a week-long, community-wide celebration of the unique artistry and interdisciplinary scholarship of students at NYU’s Gallatin School. The festival features student work in the visual and performing arts and serves as a galvanizing force and springboard for action and discussion through the creation and presentation of artistic work.

HISTORY

The Gallatin Arts Festival originated in 1992 as a collaborative effort between Professor Laurin Raiken and graduate student Barry Spanier. Under Professor Raiken’s guidance, Spanier developed the festival as part of his master’s thesis. Since then GAF has expanded into the largest public event sponsored by the Gallatin School. GAF provides hands-on opportunities for students to gain knowledge of the process required to produce a multidisciplinary arts festival. Under guidance from members of the arts faculty and student affairs, the Student Leadership Team serves as the primary support for the festival. GAF is a learning experience emphasizing the development of ideas and collaborative innovation.