The Laundromat Project advances artists and neighbors as change agents in their own communities.
The 2026 Create Change applications are open! Apply today.
The Laundromat Project invites all NYC-based artists, activists, neighbors, designers, organizers, healers, storytellers, and cultural producers to apply for the 2026 Create Change program as we explore social practices through a community engagement lens. The 2026 Open Call marks a milestone: 20 years of community-rooted visioning and the launch of a new two-year residency. The theme for this milestone year is Resonant Futures: Time as Echo, Memory, and Motion.
GATHER: Bending Time, Building Futures
On November 19, join us for an unforgettable evening of joyous connection at The Laundromat Project’s annual, community-centered celebration, GATHER. Rooted in loving care and collective power, this year’s GATHER: Bending Time, Building Futures, becomes a site of reclamation where we honor the past, inhabit the present, and co-create the future simultaneously!
Our 2025 Create Change Artists-in-Residence will anchor the night, sharing their projects and insights that illuminate art’s role in community-led change and the many ways creativity becomes a force for collective healing. While the incomparable Big Freedia, the Queen of New Orleans Bounce! will bring her signature energy to GATHER, reminding us that celebration itself is a form of resistance and love—a living testament to our resilience and creativity.
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Since 2005, The Laundromat Project has directly invested in more than 300 multiracial, multigenerational, and multidisciplinary artists; supported over 180 innovative public art projects; and established a creative community hub in Bed-Stuy while engaging more than 50,000 New Yorkers across the city and beyond.