ARTIST LEGERE

"Phoebe Legere is a transdisciplinary artist. Her multi-format artworks issue from a powerful and intimate internal voice."
~The Brooklyn Rail

Monday, June 29, 2026

THE FISH THAT SAVED NEW YORK! WORLD PREMIERE OF PHOEBE LEGERE's NEW MUSICAL! MAYOR MAMDANI! WORLD CUP OF DRAWING A SOCCER BALL!


Thank you to Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani for issuing a Special Official Greeting to our nonprofit Foundation for New American Art for our free all day family festival in Red Hook Brooklyn! Thank you to the almost 100 children who attended the SOLD OUT WORLD PREMIERE of our new Art Work: The Fish Who Saved New York yesterday. We open in New York City in the Johnson Theater at Theater for the New City in March 8, 2027. SAVE THE DATE - My co-stars Quin (age 6) and Pinky Weitzman are on my right. I play George Washington Sturgeon wearing a giant rainbow sturgeon above my head. photo: Cosmic Kitty Here we are on a boat in New York Harbor. This was the best birthday present anyone could ever have. My birthday is July 4th but I am already celebrating. xoxox Note Susie Rakowski is wearing a Paint Brushes Not Guns T-Shirt! She starred as George Washington Sturgeon's best friend: Marquis de Seahorse. Thanks to all the kids who came to my early morning workshop: The World Cup of Drawing a Soccer Ball. New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Creative Capital