Fallow Frames Biennial 2026

September 19 — 20 2026
Ridgewood, Queens NY

1pm — 6pm

19 Empty Tree Beds - 23 Participating Artists

Ridgewood's sidewalks contain more than 800 empty street tree beds, roughly one for every 90 residents. For one weekend, twenty of these overlooked spaces will be transformed into temporary, site-specific artworks by 24 participating artists.

Visitors are invited to explore the neighborhood on foot, discovering how contemporary art can temporarily transform familiar streets while reflecting on public space, urban ecology, and the hidden potential of the city's overlooked landscape.

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2026 Festival Map and Participating Artists tbd

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You can still visit @feldjeff ‘s Tree Bed #9
Corner of Palmetto Street and St Nicholas Avenue

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THE INSTITUTE OF WELL-
BEING FOR BIRDS OF FLIGHT
“Instituto de bienestar para aves de vuelo”
Established in 3024

Tree bed #3
@fallowframesbiennial Recap @cecilia_andre_art

“Raising the Rainbow Sky” was a mesh parachute with sections of rainbow colors in color vinyl. Participants held handles of the parachute to create a field of rainbow sections i

Tree bed #13 @piedpiperpuppets
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Murmuration: community care through creation and movement. Participants were invited to interact and play with a flock of handmade birds! Birds are messengers, symbols of hope, migration,

Tree bed #21
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Day 1 @jude.tallichet

Jude Tallichet lives and works in Queens, NY. She has exhibited nationally and internationally in venues such as the Konsthallen in Gothenburg, Sweden, The Shanghai Biennial in China, T

Tree Bed #17
@shortstopgallery
Pictures 1 and 2 @fallowframesbiennial recap

Pictures 3 and 4 solo show @stephenstreetgallery featuring an appearance by @shortstopgallery that includes a miniature exhibition by Alexandra titled Sage Advice.

1679 St

Tree Bed #11 @chihirohihihi
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NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE
Chihiro ITO is a painter/multidisciplinary artist.
He was born in Tokyo where studied painting at Musashino Art University, also he took a continuing education wr

Tree bed #15 @niceliportugal
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And don’t miss Niceli’s open studios this weekend together with her partner @neilconstantine
BX Spaces
203 Harrison Street
Brooklyn
11am - 7pm

Apacheta is an Andean cairn u

Tree Bed #10 @jacqgroves
Recap 2024 @fallowframesbiennial

Jacq’s project was installed on the recently cut down tree ring of a London plane tree. Driven by the destruction of this old, gigantic tree, Jacq handed out free risograph postcards

Tree bed #1 @t.bex
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Beca Acosta is a Latinx Brooklyn-based Metal/Interactive Sculptor/Artist and Educator originally from Dallas, Texas. She exhibited most recently at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Metal Works and Washi

Tree bed #14 @pe1o1oca
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HANDALA is a sculptural rendition of the 1969 drawing by political cartoonist Naji al-Ali, an image that has since become a ubiquitous protest symbol. Handala remains a perennial 10 year

Tree bed #5 @aleksandra_borovski

Alexandra Borovski’s “Object Library” is a collection of stacked compartment shelves containing various objects for visitors to observe, handle, and trade. Inspired by the randomness of free boxes

Tree Bed #20 This Place is a Message

TOWERS @studio.towers

In 1993, a report from Sandia National Laboratories provided the following message as an example of what long term nuclear warnings should evoke : “Sending this message was important

Tree Bed #6

@moofro and @ryanrcompton

Maureen Catbagan is a Pilipinx-American, multi-media artist based in New York whose work engages social collectivity and explores the intersections of immigration, labor, and visibility. Catbagan received thei

Tree bed #23

‘Badland with Stump’
Reclaimed plywood, wood glue

@alexander__zev ‘s site-specific work, Badland with Stump, is created from the refuse of local woodworkers. Its organic form contrasts the modern industrial processes

Tree Bed #4 @birdbirdbirdbirdbird

WHITE ELEPHANT, a collaboration between REBECCA BIRD and SALAMATA BA, began as a set piece for a production of The Lion King, directed by visionary movement teacher Aqila Norris (@soulworkstudio) at a Bed Stuy elem

Tree Bed #18 @elisabethsmolarz
Elisabeth installed a bee hotel and developed a pollinator garden in the empty frame. Additionally, she produced a 360-degree recording of the inside of one of her hives located across the street from the bee hotel. By

Tree bed #7 @carolinecox_studio

Along with their ecological function tree pits provide residents with a public place to display their creations, ranging from miniature landscapes to eclectic floral designs. In a similar way my installation embraces

“Brick by Brick” by @dasgutesdesign explores the themes of structural oppression. How the lived experiences of people, especially the most disenfranchised, are often devalued but are in fact the very foundation of society. The art piece w

a huge thank you to all the performers who graced our after party last weekend at @strcp - @sparklemotionbk @laraallen13 No Hope and @owwowmeow

Photo credit: Will Ragozzino @willrags

About

Community Partners

Bakeri, DADA, Forever Young Kids, Foret, Ice Cream Window, My Pet and I, Myrtle BID, Myrtle Playhouse, Ridgewood Presbyterian Church, Stay Forever, Stephen Street Gallery, Stone Circle Theatre.

Design

Ralph Emrick
Dione Lee

Photography

Alexa Hoyer

Illustration

Alexandra Borovski
Ethan Sim

Contact

fallowframes@gmail.com

This project is supported in part by public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts in partnership with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the City Council, and by the New York State Council on the Arts through the Statewide Community Regrants Program, administered by Flushing Town Hall, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

Fallow Frames Biennial 2026

September 19 — 20 2026Ridgewood, Queens NY

1pm — 6pm

2026 Festival Map and Participating Artists tbd

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