SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
September 7, 2008 – March 1, 2009
Opening reception: Sunday, September 7, 2-6pm
An Inaccessible Gazebo, Leyden Rodríguez-Casanova, 2008
SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
PO Box 6259, 32-01 Vernon Boulevard at Broadway
Long Island City, NY 11106, United States
T +1 718 956 1819
F +1 718 626 1533
www.socratessculpturepark.org
Socrates Sculpture Park was an abandoned riverside landfill and illegal dumpsite until 1986 when a coalition of artists and community members, under the leadership of sculptor Mark di Suvero, transformed it into an open studio and exhibition space for artists and a neighborhood park for local residents. Today, it is an internationally renowned outdoor museum that also serves as a vital New York City park offering a wide variety of free public programs.
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. Socrates Sculpture Park is a laboratory where experimentation and innovation expand, reinvent and redefine the tradition of art in public spaces.
Socrates Sculpture Park is open free of charge, 365 days a year from 10 am to sunset and is located at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City. For directions to Socrates, please visit our website: www.socratessculpturepark.org
Funding for Open Space projects is provided by Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Charina Endowment Fund, Mark di Suvero, Linford Lloyd Lougheed, Thomas Smith Foundation, Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation. This exhibition is funded, in part, by public funds from the Visual Arts Program of the New York State Council on the Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to the City of New York, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Councilmember Eric Gioia, and the Department of Parks & Recreation, Commissioner Adrian Benepe. Socrates Sculpture Park and the artist are grateful for contributions made by Plant Specialists, Spacetime C.C. and for the assistance and support of our volunteers and friends.
Courtesy of David Castillo Gallery.
September 7, 2008 – March 1, 2009
Opening reception: Sunday, September 7, 2-6pm
An Inaccessible Gazebo, Leyden Rodríguez-Casanova, 2008
SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
PO Box 6259, 32-01 Vernon Boulevard at Broadway
Long Island City, NY 11106, United States
T +1 718 956 1819
F +1 718 626 1533
www.socratessculpturepark.org
Socrates Sculpture Park was an abandoned riverside landfill and illegal dumpsite until 1986 when a coalition of artists and community members, under the leadership of sculptor Mark di Suvero, transformed it into an open studio and exhibition space for artists and a neighborhood park for local residents. Today, it is an internationally renowned outdoor museum that also serves as a vital New York City park offering a wide variety of free public programs.
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. Socrates Sculpture Park is a laboratory where experimentation and innovation expand, reinvent and redefine the tradition of art in public spaces.
Socrates Sculpture Park is open free of charge, 365 days a year from 10 am to sunset and is located at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City. For directions to Socrates, please visit our website: www.socratessculpturepark.org
Funding for Open Space projects is provided by Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Charina Endowment Fund, Mark di Suvero, Linford Lloyd Lougheed, Thomas Smith Foundation, Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation. This exhibition is funded, in part, by public funds from the Visual Arts Program of the New York State Council on the Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to the City of New York, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Councilmember Eric Gioia, and the Department of Parks & Recreation, Commissioner Adrian Benepe. Socrates Sculpture Park and the artist are grateful for contributions made by Plant Specialists, Spacetime C.C. and for the assistance and support of our volunteers and friends.
Courtesy of David Castillo Gallery.
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