TEN YEARS STRONG, MAKING PUBLIC ART
STRONGROOM
A Decade of Making Space for the Contemporary
MODUPEOLA FADUGBA: DEAR YOUNG ARTIST, 2021, Photo by Brian Wolfe
For ten years, STRONGROOM has brought extraordinary contemporary art into unexpected spaces throughout Newburgh, New York, transforming overlooked places into opportunities for discovery, imagination, and connection.
As we celebrate our tenth anniversary and the honor of being recognized by the Orange County Arts Council, we are looking ahead to what comes next.
We invite you to help STRONGROOM raise $15,000 to support the next chapter: creating new opportunities for artists, deepening connections with our community, and building the foundation for a sustainable future.
STRONGROOM
Our First Ten Years
From vacant lots and building ruins, to landmark architecture and the Hudson River waterfront, Strongroom has invited artists to engage with Newburgh’s architecture, history, landscape and community to create moments of discovery, conversation and connection.
Ten years later, our mission remains the same: art can change how we perceive a place.
In 2016, Strongroom began with a simple but powerful idea: that contemporary art could transform the way we experience the underutilized places around us.
Founded in Newburgh, New York, Strongroom has spent a decade collaborating with artists to create ambitious, site-specific installations and public programs in unexpected spaces throughout the city.
LIZ NIELSEN: FORCEFIELD, photo by James Holland
MARTIN ROTH: FROM 2017-2021 MARTIN ROTH TRANSFORMED A RUIN INTO A GARDEN FOR A PLANT CONCERT, Photo by Ian McMahon
STRONGROOM
A DECADE OF PROJECTS
MILLICENT YOUNG: HOLDING LIGHT SUTRA, 2026
EDRA SOTO: LA SOMBRA QUE TE COBIJA / THE SHADOW THAT SHELTERS YOU, 2025-present
AUDRA WOLOWIEC: (waves), 2025
AUDRA WOLOWIEC: AS TO WATER, 2023 | A collaboration with poets Elena Alexander, Jiwon Choi, Jon Curley, and Edwin Torres
LIZ NIELSEN: FORCEFIELD, 2023
MODUPEOLA FADUGBA: DEAR YOUNG ARTIST, 2021
MARTIN ROTH: From 2017-2021 Martin Roth transformed a ruin into a garden for a plant concert, 2021
AZIKIWE MOHAMMED: NEW DEVENHEIM FLAG, 2020
TAHIR CARL KARMALI: PAPERwork, 2019
HANNY AHERN: SOFTEN, 2018
JAMES CLAR: DISTANT LIGHTS, 2017
JENNIFER WILLIAMS: SURVEYING LIBERTY
JESSICA ANGEL: GRIDS OF FORMATION, 2017
JUSTIN DAVIS ANDERSON AND KYLE COMBS: SYMPATHETIC MAGIC, 2016
JULIE TREMBLAY: STRANGE ATTRACTORS, 2016
A Decade of Art. A Moment to
Celebrate.
We're exploring a special retrospective celebrating ten years of Strongroom: the artists, projects, places, and people who have shaped our story.
Envisioned for June 2027, this gathering would offer an opportunity to reflect on where we've been, celebrate the creative community we've built, and imagine what comes next.
RETROSPECTIVE IN PLANNING · DETAILS TO COME
BECOME A STRONGROOM PATRON OF THE ARTS
Support STRONGROOM'S Future Through Today's GiftOur first decade was about possibility. Our next will be about building on it. We envision more bold collaborations with artists, more unique experiences in public spaces, and more opportunities for Newburgh, NY and its surrounding communities to encounter contemporary art in their everyday lives.
The next ten years won’t happen on imagination alone. They will happen because people like you believe in what’s possible.
Strongroom Inc. is a 501c3 non profit organization. All donations are tax deductible.
