Spring, Summer, Fall 2015
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exhibitions & public programs
Spring, Summer, Fall 2015
exhibitions & public programs
Socrates Sculpture Park 32-01 Vernon Blvd at Broadway Long Island City, NY 1 1106 718 956 1819 Open daily from 10 am until sunset Free Admission Free weekend shuttle service via LIC Art Bus All programs are free. Programs may be changed, cancelled, or added throughout the year; please consult our website and follow us for up-to-date information: socratessculpturepark.org socratessculpturepark socratespark socratespark
C ale n dar may Saturdays
Free Yoga in the Park
Sundays
Free Yoga in the Park Free Tai Chi in the Park Kite Flight Design/Build Workshop: Lamp I (meet at Noguchi Museum) Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Geological Pets Exhibition Opening: Agnes Denes, Heide Fasnacht, Gabriela Albergaria, Vera Lutter, and IK Studio Design/Build Workshop: Lamp II Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Plantable Seed Sculptures Design/Build Workshop: Bench I (meet at Noguchi Museum) Paddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Protest Signs Design/Build Workshop: Bench II
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9:30–10:30 am 11 am–12 pm 10–11 am 11 am–12 pm 11 am–3 pm 11 am–2 pm 12–3 pm 3–6 pm 12–2 pm 12–3 pm 1–4 pm 1–4 pm 12–3 pm 2–4 pm
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Saturdays
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07 Sunday 13 Saturday 14 Sunday 20 Saturday 21 Sunday
24 Wednesday 27 Saturday 28 Sunday
Public art projects by Agnes Denes, Heide Fasnacht, Gabriela Albergaria, Vera Lutter, and IK Studio (on view through August 30) GrowNYC Greenmarket (through November 21) BIG!Compost Collection (through November 21) Free Yoga in the Park Free Yoga in the Park Free Tai Chi in the Park LIC Bike Parade & Recycle-A-Bicycle Bike Swap Northwest Queens Food Day Paddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) Design/Build Workshop: Low Stool I (meet at Noguchi Museum) Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Go Fish Design/Build Workshop: Low Stool II Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Straw Mobiles Design/Build Workshop: End Table I (meet at Noguchi Museum) Solstice Paddle in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) Summer Solstice Celebration Queens Symphony Orchestra The Metropolitan Opera Recital Series Urban Pastoral Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Plaster Casting the Fantastic Design/Build Workshop: End Table II
8 am–4 pm 10 am–1 pm 9:30–10:30 am 11 am–12 pm 10–11 am 11 am–12 pm 11 am–3 pm 11 am–3 pm 1–4 pm 1–4 pm 12–3 pm 2–4 pm 12–3 pm 1–4 pm 2– 6 pm 5–9 pm 7:30–9 pm 7–8 pm 8:30–9 pm 12–3 pm 2–4 pm
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july
Wednesdays Saturdays
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Public art projects by Agnes Denes, Heide Fasnacht, Gabriela Albergaria, Vera Lutter, and IK Studio (on view through August 30) Outdoor Cinema GrowNYC Greenmarket (through November 21) BIG!Compost Collection (through November 21) Free Yoga in the Park Guerrilla Storytime Free Yoga in the Park Free Tai Chi in the Park Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Freedom to Eat Local Paddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Fiesta Time Cinema Paddle in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) Paddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Whatever Floats Your Boat Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Hands-on Local Food Paddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) Cinema Paddle in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)
7 pm 8 am–4 pm 10 am–1 pm 9:30–10:30 am 11 am–12 pm 2–4 pm 10–11 am 11 am–12 pm 12–3 pm 1–4 pm 12–3 pm 6 pm 11 am–2 pm 12–3 pm 12–3 pm 1–4 pm 6 pm
AU GUST
Wednesdays Saturdays
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09 Sunday 12 Wednesday 15 Saturday 16 Sunday
Public art projects by Agnes Denes, Heide Fasnacht, Gabriela Albergaria, Vera Lutter, and IK Studio (on view through August 30) Outdoor Cinema GrowNYC Greenmarket (through November 21) BIG!Compost Collection (through November 21) Free Yoga in the Park Guerrilla Storytime Free Yoga in the Park Free Tai Chi in the Park Saturday Sculpture Workshop: DIY Paints & Playdough Paddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) Hip to Hip Theatre Company: The Merry Wives of Windsor Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Plastic Bag Couture Paddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) Dance at Socrates Hip to Hip Theatre Company: The Merchant of Venice Cinema Paddle in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Puppet-palooza Dance at Socrates Paddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)
7 pm 8 am–4 pm 10 am–1 pm 9:30–10:30 am 11 am–12 pm 2–4 pm 10–11 am 11 am–12 pm 12–3 pm 1–4 pm 4:30–6:30 pm 12–3 pm 1–4 pm 4–5:30 pm 4:30–6:30 pm 6 pm 12–3 pm 4–5:30 pm 1–4 pm
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Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Wearable Art Dance at Socrates Cinema Paddle in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Magic Water Rides
12–3 pm 4–5:30 pm 6 pm 12–3 pm
sep tember Saturdays
GrowNYC Greenmarket (through November 21) BIG!Compost Collection (through November 21) Free Yoga in the Park
Sundays
Free Yoga in the Park Free Tai Chi in the Park In-Sight Dance: Program I Saturday Sculpture Workshop: A Mosaic Project Paddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting) In-Sight Dance: Program II In-Sight Dance: Program I In-Sight Dance: Program II Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Socrates 54 Circus Amok Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Exquisite Corpse Mud Speak Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Stamp the Yard Exhibition Opening: EAF15, Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition
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06 Sunday 12 Saturday 19 Saturday 26 Saturday 27 Sunday
8 am–4 pm 10 am–1 pm 9:30–10:30 am 11 am–12 pm 10–11 am 11 am–12 pm 6–7 pm 12–3 pm 1–4 pm 5–6 pm 3–4 pm 5–6 pm 12–3 pm 1–4 pm 12–3 pm 12–3 pm 3– 6 pm
o ctober
Saturdays 03 Saturday 24 Saturday
EAF15 Exhibition (on view through March 2016) GrowNYC Greenmarket (through November 21) BIG!Compost Collection (through November 21) SkowheganPerforms Halloween Harvest Festival
8 am–4 pm 10 am–1 pm 1–5 pm 11 am–3 pm
E x hib i t i ons
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E xhibitions May 17–Au gust 30 AGNE S DENE S THE LIVING PYR AMID 2015
Opening May 17 3–6 pm
Very few artists can fulfill the moniker of “visionary” and fewer still can match Agnes Denes in breadth, scope, and perseverance. A towering curving pyramid that soars 30 feet in the air and spans 30 feet at its base, The Living Pyramid is a participatory public artwork created from wood, several tons of soil, and planted with grasses and flowers. This is the artist’s first major New York City public artwork in more than three decades, since her iconic urban intervention, Wheatfield—A Confrontation in 1982. At Socrates, The Living Pyramid unites her large-scale environmental interventions with her ongoing exploration of pyramid structures—a form that has been central to the artist’s practice throughout her influential and distinguished career. The Living Pyramid will evolve throughout its public exhibition as the plant life grows, and as it is activated by social and cultural programs that encourage awareness, custodianship, and activism. On May 17th the artist and Socrates invite the public to become part of her vision, sowing and planting the pyramid to begin its lifespan. At the opening the public can also complete a special questionnaire, designed by Agnes Denes, which will be buried within an on-site time capsule. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who brought this pyramid to life, especially the artist, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, Plant Specialists, John Michael Ameroso of Cornell University, and Silman structural engineers, with special thanks to our crew. The Living Pyramid was made possible, in part, with major support from the David Rockefeller Fund to honor founder David Rockefeller on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
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HEIDE FA SNACHT suspect terrain 2015
Since the late 1990’s Heide Fasnacht’s work has explored shifting states of matter, ranging from exploding buildings (pre 9/11) to damaged artworks in wartime, to the present iteration: the consequences of crater formation. For Fasnacht, destruction is the impetus for building. With Suspect Terrain, Fasnacht details the creation and aftermath of a sinkhole. In Fasnacht’s vision, the particularities of fragmentation span 30-feet above ground and are detailed in painted plywood, a stand-in for the cement, asphalt, and rock substrate that the sculpture maps, and are painted in equally fragmented halftones referencing the photographs of sinkholes used as source material. Bits and pieces are tenuously held with hinges, mending plates, and springs, suggesting an ongoing undoing of once solid ground. Fasnacht’s title references John McPhee’s In Suspect Terrain (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1st edition, 1983), connecting Fasnacht’s intervention in the landscape with McPhee’s larger “biography of the earth.” On view May 17 – August 30.
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GABRIELA ALBERGARIA T WO TREE S IN B AL ANCE 2015
Gabriela Albergaria's work involves one territory: Nature. Through drawing, photography, and sculpture the artist seeks to examine and deconstruct the cultural and social beliefs surrounding images of the natural. Albergaria builds on these concepts with Two Trees in Balance, where she has erected a 10-foot concrete wall adorned with two suspended trees. For the artist, Two Trees in Balance is the moment where human and natural terrains intersect and manipulates preconceived expectations of what the natural would look like. As part of her installation Albergaria has meticulously reconstructed dozens of branches and tree stumps salvaged from across New York City into two new trees that hover in-between the wall and the earth. Her trees are suspended in a precarious state by their own equal weight, simultaneously implying growth and decay. Sited within the park’s landscape, the sculpture maintains this constant state of suspension that reveals a delicate tension between the natural and man-made. On view May 17 – August 30.
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VERA LUT TER DEGA S HORSE S 2014 BROADWAY BILLBOARD
Internationally acclaimed photographer Vera Lutter creates ghostly images of subjects as varied as urban centers, abandoned factories, ancient monuments, and natural forests. Like much of her work, Degas Horses was taken using a “camera obscura”— a centuries-old optical device that uses light entering through a small hole into a darkened chamber to slowly capture an image of its subject. In late October 2014, Lutter spent two days on the ground floor of The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. using her portable pinhole camera to capture the museum’s display of Edgar Degas’ 19th century cast horse sculptures. Lutter’s resulting image, presented for the first time at Socrates Sculpture Park, captures the physical evidence of Degas’ sculptures in the negative, where the solid horses float peacefully against the shadows of their museum vitrine. Located at the main entrance of the park, Degas Horses is part of Socrates Sculpture Park’s Broadway Billboard series, courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian Gallery. On view May 17 – August 30.
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IK STUDIO TORQUEING SPHERE S 2015 folly
The architecture and design office of Mariana Ibañez and Simon Kim, IK Studio is a young design and research practice that engages material performance, adaptable tectonics, spatial interaction, and robotics within architecture and urbanism. IK Studio’s proposal, Torqueing Spheres, was selected from 126 submissions as the winner of this year’s Folly competition. Torqueing Spheres combines a simple concept—a straight line— with complex spherical pods which become deep, self-supporting chambers to create experiences for both the collective and the individual. To construct the voluminous curves of Torqueing Spheres, IK Studio implemented a material technique that utilizes structural methods of bending plywood while maintaining a system of control, tension, and balance. By blending folly formalism with innovative material techniques, IK Studio plays off of traditional architectural geometries to create new construction spaces that allow for exploration. Torqueing Spheres is the winner of Folly 2015—an annual design / build competition presented by Socrates Sculpture Park and The Architectural League of New York. Special thanks to RAIR Philadelphia. On view May 17 – August 30.
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E xhibitions sep t 27, 2015–ma r 13, 2016
Opening sep t 27 3–6 pm
EMERGING ARTIST FELLOWSHIP PRO GRAM EAF15: 15th ANNUAL EMERGING ARTIST EXHIBITION The Emerging Artist Fellowship (EAF) Exhibition is a cornerstone of Socrates Sculpture Park’s visual arts programming and is widely acclaimed for the ambition, breadth, and innovation of the public works on view. It has become an annual survey of the compelling and diverse state of sculpture today. EAF15 is the park’s 15th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibition, featuring fifteen promising artists who were selected from a highly competitive applicant pool of 350+ submissions—the most proposals ever received since we began the program in 2001. We are grateful for the participation of our 2015 curatorial ambassadors, who helped with outreach during the application period: RocĂo Aranda-Alvarado (El Museo del Barrio), Sonel Breslav (Independent Curator), Jenny Jasky (Artist Institute), Nicholas Weist (Shandaken Project), Naima Keith (Studio Museum in Harlem), and Maika Pollack (SouthFirst Gallery). Once selected, artists receive a grant to support their project, as well as a five-month summer studio residency in the park’s outdoor facilities—where you can watch them at work from May through September. EAF15 artists were selected by our 2015 curatorial advisors, Gary Carrion-Murayari, Curator, New Museum, and Nora Lawrence, Curator, Storm King Art Center. EAF15 artists
Kense th Armste ad Charlotte Becke t José C arlos C a s ad o Torkwa se Dys on C arl a Edwards Dave y Hawk ins Lena Henke David Horvitz Charlotte Hyz y Mel anie McL ain Kir st en Nel s on Fre ya P owell Le ah R aintree A a ron Su ggs Noa Yo unse
EAF15 was made possible, in part, with major support from the Jerome Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York Community Trust. Additional support was provided by the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation. On view September 27, 2015 – March 13, 2016
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Rendering courtesy EAF15 artist, Leah Raintree
Even ts
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Saturday May 9 11 am–3 pm
Saturday June 6 11 am–3 pm 3 pm 3–5 pm
Sunday June 21 5 pm–Dusk
Concert 7:30–9 pm
Saturday September 12 1– 4 pm
Saturday October 24 11 am–3 pm
Kite Flight Presented in partnership with The Noguchi Museum Using recycled materials, children and their families draw inspiration from the park’s fantastic view of the Manhattan skyline to build expressive kites, and then fly them in the park. Participants may choose between three different designs to produce and personalize handmade kites that explore ideas of flying, freedom, and community. Workshop space is limited and participation will be on a first come, first served basis.
LIC Bike Par ade Bike Swap, Repairs, Helmet Fittings, Giveaways, Workshops, 3rd Annual Northwest Queens Food Day Parade along Vernon Blvd (leaving from Broadway entrance) Waterfront Celebration at Queensbridge Park In preparation for the bike parade, children and their families are invited to repair their bikes with Recycle-A-Bicycle; get free helmets and fittings with the Department of Transportation; and decorate their bikes at artist-led workshops. You can also bring your gently used, children’s bicycle to donate or swap! For more information on the Recycle-A-Bicycle Bike Swap, please visit: recycleabicycle.org.
Summer S ol st ice Celebr ation Presented in partnership with Queens Symphony Orchestra Bring your friends and family to Socrates’ Solstice festival to welcome the summer and celebrate the longest day of the year! Be creative in Solstice art-making workshops presented in partnership with Free Style Arts Association, Materials for the Arts, and The Noguchi Museum; get your face painted by Agostino Arts; participate in a special Solstice ritual performed by Urban Shaman Mama Donna; have a picnic; and enjoy the sun setting over the river and Manhattan skyline! This season’s Solstice festival will culminate with a live concert by the Queens Symphony Orchestra that will leave our audience with a feeling of amazement. Founded in 1953 by Maestro David Katz, the Queens Symphony Orchestra (QSO) is currently in its 63rd season and is the borough’s only professional orchestra. The QSO plays classic and innovative orchestral music in order to inspire and ignite a passion for life in individuals of all ages.
Circus Amok Since 1989, Circus Amok has brought its funny, queer, caustic, political, one-ring spectacles to diverse neighborhoods throughout New York City. Circus Amok blends traditional circus skills —tight rope walking, juggling, acrobatics, stilt walking, clowning — with experimental dance, puppetry, music old and new, gender-bending performance art and improvisational techniques. Circus Amok invites audiences of all ages to envision a more empowered life of community interaction while enjoying a celebratory spectacle.
halloween harve st fe st ival Bring your friends and family to Socrates’ annual Halloween Harvest Festival. Make your own costume with Socrates artists; listen to live music; enjoy a special art-making workshop with Free Style Arts Association; get your face painted by Agostino Arts; try harvest foods from local restaurants; and enter your dog in our ever popular, Annual Juried Canine Costume Contest!
Perfor m anc e s
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Wednesday June 24 7–8 pm
Special Dance Performance 8:30 pm
The Me trop olitan Oper a Summer Recital Serie s Produced in association with SummerStage and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, The Met’s Summer Recital Series returns to Socrates for its fourth season, featuring three talented young Met singers performing arias and duets from a variety of operas. Urban Pastoral by Chris Ferris & Dancers, is a dance made in the great outdoors, using 10 unique sculptural lights, 10 dancers, and live music. The handheld lights, created by artist Warren Kloner, illuminate, swing, slash, light the dancers, and dot the landscape after sunset, appearing like fireflies in their own pattern of flash and flight path. During the course of this site-specific performance, dancers will engage others before melding into a greater whole. As the bodies, lights, and sound bounce off the environment, art comes to life in an unpredictable experience in the night air.
Hip to Hip The atre Company pre sents Shake spe are in the Park Now in its ninth season, Hip to Hip returns to the park to present a tragedy one week and a comedy the next, performed in repertory by a professional troupe of actors. All performances are fun for the whole family. Bring a blanket or low chair, picnic fare, and enjoy Shakespeare in the open air. Sunday August 2 4:30–6:30 pm
Sunday August 9 4:30–6:30 pm
The Merry Wive s of Winds or “Kids & The Classics” Activity: 4:30 pm Performance: 5–6:30 pm Shakespeare’s farce about courtship, jealousy, and friendship features one of the most beloved comedic characters of all time. Sir John Falstaff, banished to Windsorand running out of money, devises what he thinks is a fool-proof plan— seduce the wives of the two richest men in town. Unfortunately for him, the women immediately see through his scheme and proceed to turn the tables on him. Meanwhile, mayhem ensues as three suitors vie to marry the local heiress.
The Merchant of Venice “Kids & The Classics” Activity: 4:30 pm Performance: 5–6:30 pm Shakespeare’s darkest comedy explores bigotry, justice, and the limitations of the law. The young Venetian gentleman Bassanio has squandered all his money, but he needs 3,000 ducats so that he can travel to Belmont and woo the beautiful heiress Portia. His devoted friend Antonio helps him by borrowing the cash from the moneylender Shylock. But when Antonio is forced to default on the loan, Shylock seeks a gruesome revenge, and Portia and Bassanio find themselves in a desperate struggle to save Antonio’s life.
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Saturdays August 8, 15, 22 4–5:30 pm
Friday Sept 4 6–7 pm Saturday Sept 5 5–6 pm Sunday Sept 6 3–4 pm 5–6 pm Saturday October 3 1–5 pm
Dance at S o cr ate s Presented in partnership with Norte Maar Made possible, in part, by support from the Mertz Gilmore Foundation Now in its third season, Socrates and Norte Maar present a residency and performance program, bringing New York-based choreographers and their dancers to a unique waterfront environment. Three weeklong residencies will each culminate in a free public dance performance on an outdoor stage in the park. Throughout their creative process, participating choreographers will be rehearsing in full view of the public so that visitors will witness cutting-edge dance and movement in the making, and experience fully-produced performances every Saturday.
Suite Summer Fe st ival Presented in partnership with In-Sight Dance Company In-Sight Dance Company’s Suite Summer Festival gathers compelling professional dance companies from New York City and beyond to create a diverse dance experience in Queens. The sixth annual festival will offer two distinct programs to be held over Labor Day weekend. The free, site-specific performances will invite the audience to of rove around the park and participate in an immersive dance experience. In addition to the weekend performances, the public will have the opportunity to experience the dancers’ creative process during July and August open rehearsals.
SkowheganPerforms Presented in partnership with Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture SkowheganPerforms, now in its fifth season, invites Skowhegan alumni to activate the entire park with an afternoon of performance and art. The site-specific works are interspersed throughout the park’s landscape, public artworks, and inspired by Socrates’ unique outdoor setting and 15th Annual Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition.
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F ILMS
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Wednesdays July 1–August 19 7 pm
O utd o or Cinema 2015 Celebrating the Cultural Diversity of Queens Presented in partnership with Film Forum Pre-screening performances at 7 pm. Films begin at sundown Socrates Sculpture Park and Film Forum, in collaboration with Rooftop Films, present this annual international film festival, which features a different country or culture each Wednesday evening. This program invites visitors to picnic on the grass, see musical and dance performances, enjoy the cool waterfront breeze as the sun sets over the Manhattan skyline, and watch exceptional international films on an outdoor screen. July 1
D on't Lo o k Back U.S.A.
Directed by D. A. Pennebaker; 1967 96 mins Programmed by Film Forum
July 8
L iv e-I n M a id Argentina
Directed by Jorge Gaggero; 2005 83 mins Programmed by Film Forum
July 15
Ga ins b o u rg A H ero ic L if e France
Directed by Joann Sfar; 2010 122 mins Programmed by Film Forum
July 22
I ro n C rows Bangladesh
Directed by Bong-Nam Park; 2009 93 mins Programmed by Film Forum
July 29
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August 5
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August 12
Wa dj da Saudi Arabia
Directed by Haifaa al-Mansour; 2012 98 mins Programmed by Film Forum
August 19
A l ic e Czech Republic
Directed by Jan Svankmajer; 1988 84 mins Programmed by Film Forum
Visit our website for updated information and details on our 2015 festival, including film descriptions, performers, and food vendors.
HEALTH Y LI V ING
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Saturdays/Sundays May 9–Sept 27
Fitne ss & Wellne ss Cl a sse s Classes are free and designed for all experience levels. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and, for yoga, bring a mat or a towel. Saturdays 9:30–10:30 am 11 am–12 pm Sundays 10 –11 am
Sundays 11 am–12 pm
Saturdays/Sundays 1–4 pm May 24 June 6 July 5 July 18 (11 am–2 pm) July 25 August 2 August 8 August 16 Sepetember 5
Yo ga Kripalu Yoga is a system of Hatha Yoga that integrates body postures, breathing techniques, relaxation, and meditation. Taught by Monique Schubert and Yojaida Estrella, participants are encouraged to integrate their personal yoga practice with this very special waterfront environment of nature and art.
Tai Chi Led by certified instructors from the Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA, these classes offer the opportunity to learn Taoist Tai Chi, improve one’s health, relax, and exercise in an outdoor setting among changing exhibitions of contemporary sculpture.
K ayaking and C anoeing Socrates Sculpture Park Beach at Hallets Cove In partnership with LIC Community Boathouse LIC Community Boathouse offers free kayaking and canoeing in Hallets Cove (tide & weather permitting). People of all ages are welcome to participate or volunteer; no prior boating experience is required and participants may sign up on a first come, first serve basis. Minors (under 18 years) must have a parent or guardian present. For an up-to-date schedule and possible cancellations, especially in cases of inclement weather or poor water quality, please consult licboathouse.org two hours prior to a scheduled paddling event. Sunday June 21 2–6 pm
S ol stice Paddle
Wednesdays July 15, 29 August 12, 26 6 pm–Sunset
O utd o or Cinema Paddle
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Saturdays June 6– November 21 8 am– 4 pm
Saturdays June 6 – November 21 10 am–1 pm
Saturday June 6 11 am–3 pm
GrowNYC Greenmarke t This market serves the Long Island City and Astoria communities with farm-fresh fruits and vegetables and family-friendly activities every week. For over 30 years, GrowNYC has been working together to promote regional agriculture, preserve farmland, and ensure a continuing supply of fresh, local produce for all New Yorkers. To learn more about GrowNYC’s Greenmarket program, please visit: growNYC.org.
Comp ost Collection with BIG!Comp ost Every Saturday at the entrance of Socrates’ GrowNYC Greenmarket, community members are encouraged to bring their weekly food scraps for composting. BIG!Compost, a program of Build It Green! NYC, is a community-scale composting network that works to increase capacity for, acceptance of, and participation in composting in western Queens. The finished compost is used in the park, in community gardens, on street trees, and in public beautification projects. To learn more about BIG!Compost, please visit: bignyc.org/compost.
3rd Annual Northwe st Q ueens Fo od Day Please join us for a day of cooking demonstrations with City Harvest, youth planting workshops with City Growers, composting with Build It Green! NYC, the first GrowNYC Greenmarket of the season, and much more from local civic organizations working together to build community access to fresh and affordable food. The event, coinciding with Socrates’ annual LIC Bike Parade, is a program of the Queens Action Council—a coalition of residents and advocates, amplifying the voices of Western Queens to raise awareness, and collectively build a more just and sustainable food landscape from the ground up.
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E D UCATION
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Ad ult Pro gr ams De sign / Build Workshop s In partnership with The Noguchi Museum, Sponsored by Build It Green!NYC Learn skills to combine art, engineering, design, and construction, while taking inspiration from the innovative and graceful furniture designs of Isamu Noguchi. Join Socrates instructor Luz Fleming and educators from The Noguchi Museum in the park’s outdoor studio as they guide you in structure, design, and functionality to build simple yet well-crafted furnishings for your home. Each project begins with an introduction at The Noguchi Museum followed by two consecutive workshops at Socrates. A small materials fee is required. Space is limited and registration will be on a first come, first served basis. To register, please visit: socratessculpturepark.org/education Sunday May 10 11 am at Noguchi Museum 12–2 pm at Socrates Sunday May 17 12–2 pm at Socrates Sunday May 24 1 pm at Noguchi Museum 2– 4 pm at Socrates Sunday May 31 2– 4 pm at Socrates
Sunday June 7 1 pm at Noguchi Museum 2– 4 pm at Socrates Sunday June 14 2– 4 pm at Socrates
Sunday June 21 1 pm at Noguchi Museum 2– 4 pm at Socrates Sunday June 28 2– 4 pm at Socrates
L amp inspired by the No gu chi Red Lunar Fist Use various materials to create an organic shaped lamp that can be wall mounted or set on a tabletop. Simple wiring technique will give the participant a basic understanding of electrical assembly.
Bench inspired by the No gu chi Freeform S ofa Take inspiration from Isamu Noguchi’s organic Freeform Sofa design to create a wood bench. With the emphasis on “Freeform,” use hand tools to round off wooden edges and create a “soft” edge on a hard surface.
Low Sto ol inspired by the No gu chi Prismatic Table Use simple and handsome design to create a low stool for your bedroom or living room, while learning about the minimal but sturdy structure of a three-legged table. Entry-level woodworking will be explored with common hand tools.
End Ta ble inspired by the No gu chi Cyclone Table Use round stock to create a simple crisscross pattern that will form a structural base for a sturdy yet elegant end table—one of our more challenging pieces, to be executed by the dedicated participant.
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Kids Pro gr ams Saturdays July & August 2–4 pm
Saturdays May 9– September 26 12–3 pm
Guerrill a Story time Presented in partnership with Urban Librarians Unite Meet at our Mini Library and join Urban Librarians Unite for Guerrilla Storytime in the park. These fun, pop-up readings with real librarians will offer families a chance to hear stories and sing songs in the park. Drop in anytime to share the love of reading with your family as we take the library into the park! For more information, please visit: urbanlibrariansunite.org.
S aturday S culp ture Workshop s These workshops for kids and their families are free and offered in the park’s education area on a drop-in basis. Participants work with a different artist each week, exploring innovative art mediums and a variety of subject matter. If arriving in a group of 10 or more, please contact us the week prior to your visit by calling 718.956.1819. May 9 11 am– 3 pm
May 16
Kite Flight Using recycled materials, participants will draw inspiration from the park’s fantastic view of the Manhattan skyline to build and decorate a kite, and then fly it in the park.
Geolo gic al Pe ts with Aiysha Mayfield Join us as we explore the park’s geological topography and transform rock samples into awesome Pet Rocks. Did you know that New York City and some of the strips of land along the East River are giant rock deposits from a glacier? Did you know you could tell the difference between rocks by identifying what types of minerals they contain? You’ll learn more cool facts like these while gaining a new appreciation for the unique land formation of Socrates. Best of all you get to design and take home your very own Geological Pet!
May 23
Pl antable Seed S culp ture s with Janelle Iglesias Make your own seed sculpture that can be grown anywhere! We’ll mix seeds into earth and clay, shaping them into various forms. Bring the sculpture home to your garden or window box to watch it grow or do some guerrilla gardening—leave it in a sidewalk crack, a vacant lot, median strips or park! We’ll make a few different seed sculptures for different uses including free-forage food and block beautification.
May 30
Prote st Signs with Aida Šehović Have you ever seen a protest sign? What was it trying to tell you? This workshop offers participants a chance to explore how protest signs are used to change the world around us, and make our statements clear and convincing. We’ll look at examples of protest
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S aturday S culp ture Workshop s signs from the past and make our own protest signs for causes we believe in. June 6 11 am–3 pm
June 13
E xtreme Makeover—Bike Edition Transform your bicycle, tricycle, or scooter into a mobile work of art and then flaunt it in our annual LIC Bike Parade!
G o Fish with Beth Garrett Come make beautiful fish using all those plastic bags we don’t want to end up in the ocean. We will recycle and repurpose plastic bags and other trimmings to construct beautiful creatures of the sea. All you need is your imagination!
June 20
Str aw Mobile s with Janelle Iglesias Using simple everyday materials such as straws and string, learn how to create beautiful geometric mobiles. From building simple triangle shapes to complex geometrical structures, this workshop is suitable for all skill levels.
June 27
Pl a st er C a sting the Fanta stic with Lars Fisk A Socrates classic! Using clay and plaster, make fantastical, whimsical objects from a mold that can be painted, decorated, carved, or made in multiples.
July 4
Freed om to E at Lo c al with GrowNYC Greenmarket Families—come and join us for an Independence Day food celebration. Have fun building your own berry flag cake and learning about local fruits, vegetables, and composting.
July 11
Fie sta Time with Tony Monda Welcome to the Mexican tradition of piñatas. Piñatas are brightly colored papier-mache sculptures, filled with treats and bashed open during festive events. We’ll learn different techniques on how to decorate the papier-mache and plaster skin of piñatas that will be filled and delightfully smashed!
July 18
Whate ver Floats Yo ur B oat with Ian Gerson, in collaboration with Long Island City Community Boathouse A Socrates Classic! We’ll make miniature toy boats and rafts from a variety of materials and set them to sail. While we learn about the
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S aturday S culp ture Workshop s local water quality and history of New York City’s waterfronts, we will experiment with creating our own floatable sculptures equipped with wind-up propellers, sails, and other methods to make them move. We’ll test our boats in a kiddie pool before a group launch at near-by Socrates Sculpture Park Beach at Hallets Cove. July 25
Hands-on Lo c al Fo od with GrowNYC Greenmarket Explore the fun of preparing food, playing Greenmarket Jeo-Party, composting, and learning the benefits of eating a colorful diet. Also trade your old clothes and other lightly used household items at our Stop N Swap™!
August 1
Artists Studio DIY Paints & Pl ayd o u gh with MicroEmpowering Travel back in time and learn the classic methods of making art materials. Combining all organic materials you too can produce vivid, rich paints and colorful, smooth playdough to begin creating your very own masterpiece.
August 8
Pl a st ic Bag Co uture with John Hatfield Couture magic happens with these plastic bags by turning them into a large fashionable tote bag of your own brilliant design. This simple cut and fuse process with an iron turns throwaways into a colorful, customized tote bag.
August 15
Puppe t-palo oz a with Roxanne Jackson Learn how to make your own sock or paper bag puppet! We will start with an array of socks and other materials to create anything from animal puppets such as giraffes, elephants, and monkeys to caterpillars or friendly monster puppets. You will learn the basics of puppet making and how to add unique features by using fun accessories.
August 22
We ar able Art with Roxanne Jackson Learn the craft of mask making! Become a bird, space traveler or monster from a hand-made paper bag mask created from recycled bags and other materials. Use this mask for your next Halloween costume, to create your own puppet show, or to just wear at your next birthday party!
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S aturday S culp ture Workshop s August 29
Magic Water Ride s with Free Style Arts Association A public-participatory event! Join artists John Cloud Kaiser and Greg VandeHey as they lead participants in building their own boats and water-runners out of bundles of sticks, feathers, and a variety of other materials. Then race your creation down water-slide tracks built by the artists.
September 5
What Cre ature Lurks in the E a st River? A Mos aic Project with Linda Ganjian We’ll imagine a mythological creature that lurks around Socrates, while looking at creatures from other cultures for inspiration. Is it a winged animal like a Chinese Pixiu, part bird / part human like a Russian Gomayun, or a horned plant-being like a Columbian Madremonte? Using pieces of ceramic, tile, and other fun odds and ends, we’ll create a mosaic bringing our creature to life.
September 12
S o cr ate s 54 with Shaun Leonardo Get your dancing shoes on! Using various art tools, fabrics, and recyclable materials, help create ornaments and decorations to transform the parks education area into an amazing discotheque, all the while learning a variety dance steps and celebrating to our favorite dance tunes.
September 19
E xq uisite Corp se Mud Spe ak with Rachel Higgins Get your hands dirty and uncover the imagination of your friends! Based on the Surrealist game in which words and images are collectively assembled to create blind collaborative drawings, we’ll translate the words and ideas of our peers into 3-dimensional figures using clay. We will learn basic assemblage techniques and create an exquisite creature of our collective minds!
September 26
Stamp the Yard with Elissa Goldstone Using fresh produce from our GrowNYC Greenmarket, we will decorate ordinary fabric to create stylish patchworks. First, we will create unique stamps from the interiors of cut vegetables. Then we will use our stamps and fabric paints to make both traditional and futuristic patterns of our own design.
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Weekdays July 6–August 14 10 am–12 pm 1–3 pm
summer O utd o or Art-making Workshop s Presented in partnership with ConEdison These free workshops offer diverse groups of children from neighborhood youth agencies, community groups, summer schools, and day camps the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities inspired by exhibitions at the park. Artists run two sessions of their workshop each day of the week and teach children fundamental and contemporary art-making techniques. Groups can sign up for a single workshop or a combination of weekly workshops. Pre-registration and scheduling is required and will be on a first come, first served basis. For groups only, by pre-registration (cancellations within 48 hours of workshop date will result in a cancellation charge) We recommend contacting us well in advance, as these workshops fill up fast. To register your group, please visit: socratessculpturepark.org/summerworkshops. July 6–10
Making the Band with Cecile Chong Inspired by traditional musical instruments around the world, participants will create their own instruments using recycled materials, focusing on form and function.
July 13–17
In My Shoe s with Chakaia Booker Participants will design and construct shoes that tell a story. Whether illustrating a personal, biographical, or imaginary experience, participants will create shoes that are ready for an adventure. Using papier-mache, plaster gauze, paper, and a variety of other materials, we will engage in a visual conversation of walking in someone else’s shoes.
July 20–24
Ab ove the Gro und Below the Gro und with Kim Charles Kay Utilizing the vegetable and herb gardens at the park, participants will look at nutrition from the ground up. Participants will examine how plants grow and learn about the beneficial parts of the vegetables and herbs we eat, all the while working with chalk pastels and other tools to “unearth” a cross-section drawing of the garden plots. Students will then re-imagine the life of vegetables from what we see above and below the ground.
July 27–31
Water Works with MicroEmpowering From filtering to generating energy, water has many more uses beyond quenching our thirst. In this workshop, participants will create and conduct a variety of experiments, all the while learning the science behind how water works!
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August 3–7
Human Chameleons with Nicole Awai Combining fabric, wood, and other mixed media materials, participants will create “wearable environments” that will mimic or echo the natural terrain of the park and/or its artworks. While wearing these outfits, participants will situate themselves next to or within a chosen area of the park’s landscape or an artwork so that they look like its natural extension. In the process the participants actively camouflage themselves in the environment or perform a new, dynamic, temporary addition to an existing artwork.
August 10 –14
Watercolor for a Brighter Future with Ian Gerson What do you think the world will look like in 100 years? Lets paint it! First we’ll watercolor the world as we see it today. Then we will imagine what the future will look like, while discussing subjects like climate change, rising seas, and increased pollution. We’ll paint our ideas of what nature and human civilization will look like in years ahead, and overlay our future and present day images to create our very own multi-layered, time travel picture.
Teen & Yo ung Ad ult Pro gr ams In collaboration with our local middle and high schools, Socrates partners with local youth organizations to implement the following programs designed to foster and highlight the creative expression of our community’s youth. Tuesdays, Thursdays May 12 –June 18 4–6 pm
Friday May 29 10 am–1 pm
Days of Heroe s In partnership with Minor Miracles Participants work on weekly lessons plans related to rewarding careers in the NYC Fire Department (FDNY), Emergency Medical Services Division (EMT), NYC Police Department (NYPD), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG). This six-week, creative arts workshop will intertwine career exploration, fitness, life skills, and selfempowerment, while introducing participants to NYC’s most courageous professionals. Participants will meet face-to-face with decorated professionals to hear about life on the job, while gaining a sense of honor and responsibility toward their community.
Le Ap This peer-to-peer workshop is led by students of LeAp’s Public Art Program. LeAp’s young artist activists, whose issue-based work will be on exhibit in NYC parks citywide this summer, will conduct a workshop with other youth to create a large-scale artwork that address critical community issues. LeAp’s Public Art Program empowers young people to have a voice in their communities by expressing themselves on major social issues through the creation and public exhibition of art. LeAp's
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Public Art Program is a project of Learning through an Expanded Arts Program (LeAp). For more information, please visit: leapnyc.org. July 6–August 7
Coa stal Cl a ssro om In partnership with City Parks Foundation Coastal Classroom, a joint project of CityParks Education and the Partnerships for Parks Catalyst Project, educates youth on marine ecology, coastal ecology, water quality, urban waterfront conservation, and human impact on the East River. Hosted at Socrates Sculpture Park Beach at Hallets Cove, Coastal Classroom offers a four-week program to middle school students of non-profit groups and civic organizations within the general community. STEM-based activities and games, such as seining for live aquatic species, water quality testing and shoreline explorations, allow summer campers to connect to the life found in and around NYC waterways and learn how to protect it. For more information, please visit: cityparksfoundation.org/education/coastal-classroom.
Performances Saturdays August 8, 15, 22 4 - 5:30 pm
Spring / Fall 2015
Yo ung Choreo gr apher s for Dance at S o cr ate s In partnership with Norte Maar Presented in conjunction with Dance at Socrates, this program pairs aspiring teen choreographers (ages 13 –18) with experienced Norte Maar choreographers in residence at the park for each of three weeks, August 3–22. Each one-week residency is an opportunity for mentorship, experience, and exposure, and will culminate in the presentation of a new short dance to be featured alongside professional works at the Dance at Socrates Saturday performances. These gifted youth are selected through an open call for proposals. For more information, please visit: nortemaar.org.
Ne xt Step Picture s In partnership with Academy for Careers in Television & Film Producing a range of video content documenting Socrates' exhibitions and programs, this student-based production company exists to create work experiences for ACTvF students in visual media production and to support the successful transition of these students into entry-level employment and post-secondary studies. Students work alongside industry professionals and Socrates staff, receiving training and hands-on experience in all aspects of managing and working in a viable production company.
Spring / Fall 2015
The Art Studio In partnership with Zone 126 Made possible, in part, by support from Deutsche Bank and the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation The Art Studio at Socrates brings our local Queens high school students into the park to develop a visual language by observing and exploring materials through a sculpture practice. Based on an integrated curriculum with the high school, students will be encouraged in the studio to draw from their other studies. This program provides a space where students and instructors share an ongoing dialogue about the process, techniques, and current issues in the production of making art. Students will also be introduced to art and its significance in shaping cultures, to further their development of problem solving and critical thinking skills.
SUPPORT & ABOUT
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S o cr ate s S culp ture Park is e xtremely gr ateful for o ur partner ship s with The Academy for Careers in TV & Film Agostino Arts The Architectural League of New York Baccalaureate School for Global Education Build It Green!NYC Circus Amok City Harvest City Parks Foundation City Vet Community Board 1 Film Forum Frank Sinatra School of the Arts Free Style Arts Association Friends of Queensbridge Park Goodwill Industries Green Shores NYC GrowNYC Hip to Hip Theatre Company In-Sight Dance Company Jacob A. Riis Settlement House LeAp Long Island City Community Boathouse Long Island City Cultural Alliance Long Island City High School
Materials for the Arts The Metropolitan Opera The Minor Miracles Foundation The Noguchi Museum Norte Maar NYC Department of Transportation NYC Department of Parks & Recreation Partnerships for Parks Pooches Sport & Spa Queens Action Council Queens Symphony Orchestra Recycle-A-Bicycle Rooftop Films Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Spacetime C. C. Studio in a School SummerStage Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA Transportation Alternatives Two Coves Advisory Council Urban Librarians Unite Urban Upbound Zone 126
Special thanks to The City of New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Queens Borough President Melinda R. Katz, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Council Members Jimmy Van Bramer and Costa Constantinides, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Commissioner Mitchell Silver, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl, and NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, Commissioner Cynthia Lopez.
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The free artistic, cultur al, and s o cial pro gr amming at S o cr ate s S culp ture Park is made p ossible by the generosit y of o ur ma jor supp orter s Bloomberg Philanthropies, Booth Ferris Foundation, Charina Foundation, ConEdison, the David Rockefeller Fund, Dr. Jonathan T. Deland and Emme Deland, Mark di Suvero, Deutsche Bank, Sidney E. Frank Foundation, Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, Jerome Foundation, Agnes Gund, The Kayden Family, Lambent Foundation, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Family of Phyllis and Bill Levin, the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Ronay and Richard Menschel, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Ivana Mestrovic, The New York Community Trust, Plant Specialists, Shelley and Donald Rubin, Silvercup Studios, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Smith, and Spacetime C. C.
We are most gr ateful for the supp ort of S o cr ate s S culp ture Park’s dedic ated B oard of Director s Mark di Suvero, Chairman Stuart Match Suna, President Ivana Mestrovic, Secretary and Treasurer Lisa K. Erf Maxine Frankel Richard Gluckman, FAIA Hugh Hardy, FAIA Brooke Kamin Rapaport Ursula von Rydingsvard Joel Shapiro Thomas Smith Kimberly Strong Commissioner Mitchell Silver, Ex-Officio
S o cr ate s pro gr ams are al s o supp orted, in part, by public funds from Queens Borough President Melinda R. Katz; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Special thanks to The NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, Theatrical Teamsters Local 817 and the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. The park annually relies on the generosity of individual friends and visitors, like you. To make your tax-deductible contribution, please visit: socratessculpturepark.org/donate
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By subway N or Q train to the Broadway stop in Queens and walk eight blocks west on Broadway (toward the East River) to the intersection of Vernon Boulevard.
By bus Q103, Q104 to Broadway and Vernon Boulevard Q69 or Q100X to Broadway and 21st Street
BY LI C Art Bus The LIC Art Bus is a free shuttle service that runs on weekends from May 9 through September 13, 2015. The bus—which stops at the entrances of Socrates Sculpture Park, The Noguchi Museum, SculptureCenter, and MoMA PS1—runs on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, from 1 pm– 6 pm, at approximately 45-minute intervals.
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ab o ut the park Socrates Sculpture Park is the only site in the New York Metropolitan area specifically dedicated to providing artists with opportunities to create and exhibit large-scale sculpture and multi-media installations in a unique outdoor environment that encourages strong interaction between artists, artworks and the public. The park’s existence is based on the belief that reclamation, revitalization, and creative expression are essential to the survival, humanity, and improvement of our urban environment. Founded in 1986, Socrates is celebrating 29 years of exhibitions and programming. During this period, the park has been host to over 1,000 artists facilitating the production and exhibition of outdoor artworks and performances. We would like to thank all our supporters, partners, artists, performers, teachers, and public for making Socrates Sculpture Park such an extraordinary place. Socrates Sculpture Park 32-01 Vernon Blvd at Broadway Long Island City, NY 1 1106 t 718 956 1819 f 718 626 1533 info@socratessculpturepark.org Open daily from 10 am until sunset Free Admission Free weekend shuttle service via LIC Art Bus socratessculpturepark.org socratessculpturepark socratespark socratespark
We lo ok forward to seeing yo u in the park!
Socrates Sculpture Park PO Box 6259, 32–01 Vernon Boulevard Long Island City, NY 11106