Beam Center's Inventgenuity Festival is back on Governors Island with a wide array of creative activities and a celebration of its latest youth-built public artwork.

Workshops include:

Human/Forest Alien Makeup
Transform yourself into a creature out of science fiction: part forest, part human! You'll learn Special Effects makeup techniques and combine them with foraged moss, branches, leaves and more. Inspired by the Beam Camp Session 2 Project, a movie about extra-terrestrial visitors to the New Hampshire woods.

Textile DIY Stenciling
Reimagine discarded clothing as glamorous fashion or useful. Learn how to add embellishments to any and all of your fabrics! Using paper, paint, creativity, and lil bit of heat you can add pops of color and shapes to everything- the possibilities are infinite! Fabric is available, but bring your own shirts, bags, etc to add to!

Hammer Time
Craft unique jewelry pieces out of recycled vintage spoons and forks! You'll learn metalworking and jewelry-making methods -- hammering, embossing, cutting and soldering -- to fashion pendants, key chains, bracelets and more.

Bop Bop
Create your own colorful wooden ping pong paddles. You'll learn basic woodworking and customize your paddle by staining and printing on them using vibrant colors. Then it's the first to 11 points

Pet Rock Playground
Governors Island has a million pet rocks just waiting to be adopted! First you'll find and decorate your own and then, with found objects and repurposed materials, create a modular play habitat for your new friend to enjoy.

Adapted Animal Masks
Invent hybrid animals adapted to unique environments and create wearable masks using paper-mâché, repurposed cardboard and fabric. Add simple LED circuits to make them shine.

Additional drop-in activities are hosted by Beam Center’s Governors Island neighbors play:groundnyc, a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the city through play. Performances are provided by Big Apple Leadership Academy School’s Junior Empire Marching Elite Band and DJs from Building Beat’s summer DJ camp.

Admission is FREE, but advance registration is required.