Hi! I’m wanting to help organize a Processing Community Day 2026 event in New York City, NY, USA.
I’m a creative coach and programmer based in Brooklyn. A Recurse Center and SFPC alumn, I’m enrolled in next year’s IMA/LowRes cohort at NYU/Tisch. I’m in talks with folks from different creative communities in the city to put together a team to host PCD!
I’ve started this thread and will add more details as planning progresses.
Hi @book.of.iris and welcome to the forum!
Please add a New York City pin to the PCD map. It will help people find this thread and make it easier to get other people excited about PCD @ New York City 
Don’t worry if the details are not finalized yet, you can update the info for your event later.
Woo!
I submitted the Github issue yesterday 
Great! Somehow GitHub did not notify me. Sorry for the confusion.
I’ve merged PR #62, and PCD @ NYC is now live on the PCD map.
You are welcome to share this link with people in your community to invite co-organizers:
https://day.processing.org/event/pcd-nyc-2026-a83549a/
Feel free to post on the main thread if you have any questions or feedback. I will be checking regularly. I’m here to help 
Best,
Raphaël
Hi @book.of.iris ! Glad to see you stepping up to help organize a PCD in NYC! I’d like to offer ITP/IMA as a venue.
Awesome 
Dora Do and myself are having an exploratory meeting this Friday and we’ll talk about setting up an open call for organizers to join future meetings.
Last Wednesday 4/22, @doradocodes, @clairekwong and I got together at src nyc to brainstorm ideas!
Events (talks and workshops) should cater to varying experience levels, from beginners new to the Processing ecosystem to more experience creatives and engineers. We can incorporate collaborative activities like a telephone game using p5 where people build on each other’s sketches. The event is also a good opportunity to showcase and promote lesser used or upcoming features, and to get more people involved in open source contributing.
Importantly, we want artists to showcase their work! Be that through open projectors or other means. Just like ITP/IMA is excited to host the main event, the src is also excited to help put together an afterparty/algorave to showcases art made with Processing.
A big priority is funding and sponsorship. Ideally, PCD @ NYC speakers, facilitators, and artists are compensated. If you would like to support in this area or contribute in other ways, please reach out!
We’re hosting an Open Call for Organizers on Monday June 1st, 8PM @ src (81 Prospect St) before posting an open call for speakers, facilitators, and artists later in the summer. RSVP in this Luma event link.
@book.of.iris @doradocodes @clairekwong will the event on the june 1 cover what day will be chosen? or is that already decided?
A date has not been chosen yet, and we’ll include that in the agenda of the meeting.
@sableraph We’re beginning fundraising for the event, and we’re putting together a one pager to share with potential sponsors. Are there any branding assets and/or preferred language available for organizing teams to support document creation?
Big news! We have a date. PCD @ NYC 2026 will be held at ITP/NYU on Saturday, October 3rd. I’ve submitted an issue to update the map event with these details.
The first open call for volunteers was a small but mighty success. If you or anyone else is interested in joining our organizing and/or volunteer teams, please fill out this form. The next open call will be virtual, so we can reach more folks.
We’re also moving forward with fundraising, and have upcoming conversations with educational initiatives in the city.
Hi Iris, that sounds super exciting!
I started putting together a press kit here. It includes the PCD logo and some photos from past events.
I’m also working on a sponsorship deck to help pitch PCD to potential sponsors. If you’d like to help building this, I’ll be happy to invite you to the draft (I’m using Penpot). Let me know!
Best,
Raphaël
Hi @book.of.iris. I’ve merged your update in PR #92 and the changes are live at https://day.processing.org/event/pcd-nyc-2026-a83549a/.
Note: I had to update the Plus Code to match the new address. Please make sure it is accurate.
Thanks so much for the kit! I’m down to help with the deck if it’s not too late. Hit me up.
Cool! I sent you a penpot invite. Let me know if you’re able to add comments to the deck. I’ll send you a separate email so we can find a time to have a call 
Sweet! The deck looks awesome already. Looking forward to the call.
Hi,
I’m a creative based in NYC , I do independent research and give presentations. Just filled out the form to join the volunteering and organizing team. Looking forward to this. Also have we gotten to the programming part of the event yet?
Best,
Lav
Hi Lav,
Great to meet you! We’re having an Events Programming call on Wednesday July 1 at 8pm. I’ve invited you to the event with your email from the form.
Claire
Hey! I’m perhaps a little late to the game but just filled out the form above. Just found out about a week ago that I’m moving to New York in August Would love to help out any way I can!
Hi Katie!
That’s wonderful Thanks for filling the form. I also just sent you the invite to the Programming event on Wednesday.
Looking forward to meeting you.
