2015 season calendar

1Spring,Summer,Fall 2015

exhibitions & public programs

Socrates Sculpture Park32-01 Vernon Blvd at Broadway Long Island City, NY 11106 718 956 1819

Open daily from 10 am until sunsetFree AdmissionFree 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:

exhibitions & public programs

Spring,Summer,Fall 2015

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Free Yoga in the Park

Free Yoga in the ParkFree Tai Chi in the ParkKite FlightDesign/Build Workshop: Lamp I (meet at Noguchi Museum)Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Geological PetsExhibition Opening: Agnes Denes, Heide Fasnacht, Gabriela Albergaria, Vera Lutter, and IK StudioDesign/Build Workshop: Lamp IISaturday Sculpture Workshop: Plantable Seed SculpturesDesign/Build Workshop: Bench I (meet at Noguchi Museum)Paddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Protest SignsDesign/Build Workshop: Bench II

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 ParkFree Tai Chi in the ParkLIC Bike Parade & Recycle-A-Bicycle Bike SwapNorthwest Queens Food DayPaddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)Design/Build Workshop: Low Stool I (meet at Noguchi Museum)Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Go FishDesign/Build Workshop: Low Stool IISaturday Sculpture Workshop: Straw MobilesDesign/Build Workshop: End Table I (meet at Noguchi Museum)Solstice Paddle in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)Summer Solstice CelebrationQueens Symphony OrchestraThe Metropolitan Opera Recital SeriesUrban PastoralSaturday Sculpture Workshop: Plaster Casting the FantasticDesign/Build Workshop: End Table II

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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 CinemaGrowNYC Greenmarket (through November 21)BIG!Compost Collection (through November 21) Free Yoga in the Park

Guerrilla StorytimeFree Yoga in the ParkFree Tai Chi in the ParkSaturday Sculpture Workshop: Freedom to Eat LocalPaddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Fiesta TimeCinema Paddle in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)Paddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Whatever Floats Your BoatSaturday Sculpture Workshop: Hands-on Local FoodPaddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)Cinema Paddle in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)

Public art projects by Agnes Denes, Heide Fasnacht, Gabriela Albergaria,

Vera Lutter, and IK Studio (on view through August 30)

Outdoor CinemaGrowNYC Greenmarket (through November 21)BIG!Compost Collection (through November 21) Free Yoga in the Park

Guerrilla StorytimeFree Yoga in the ParkFree Tai Chi in the ParkSaturday Sculpture Workshop: DIY Paints & PlaydoughPaddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)Hip to Hip Theatre Company: The Merry Wives of WindsorSaturday Sculpture Workshop: Plastic Bag CouturePaddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)Dance at SocratesHip to Hip Theatre Company: The Merchant of VeniceCinema Paddle in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Puppet-paloozaDance at SocratesPaddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)

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Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Wearable ArtDance at SocratesCinema Paddle in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)Saturday Sculpture Workshop: Magic Water Rides

GrowNYC Greenmarket (through November 21)BIG!Compost Collection (through November 21) Free Yoga in the Park

Free Yoga in the ParkFree Tai Chi in the ParkIn-Sight Dance: Program ISaturday Sculpture Workshop: A Mosaic ProjectPaddling in Hallets Cove (tide permitting)In-Sight Dance: Program IIIn-Sight Dance: Program IIn-Sight Dance: Program IISaturday Sculpture Workshop: Socrates 54Circus AmokSaturday Sculpture Workshop: Exquisite Corpse Mud SpeakSaturday Sculpture Workshop: Stamp the YardExhibition Opening: EAF15, Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition

EAF15 Exhibition (on view through March 2016)

GrowNYC Greenmarket (through November 21)BIG!Compost Collection (through November 21)SkowheganPerformsHalloween Harvest Festival

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aGneS deneSTHE LIVING PYR AMID2015

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.

exhibiTionSmay 17–auGuST 30

openinG may 17 3–6 pm

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heide FaSnaChTsusPEcT TERR AIN2015

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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Gabriel a alberGariaT WO TREEs IN BAL ANcE2015

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.


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Ver a luT TerDEGAs HORsEs2014broadWay 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.


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iK STudioTORQuEING sPHEREs 2015Folly

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.


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emerGinG arTiST FelloWShip proGr ameaF15: 15Th annual emerGinG arTiST exhibiTionThe 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: Rocío 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.

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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

exhibiTionSSepT 27, 2015–mar 13, 2016

openinG SepT 27 3–6 pm

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Rendering courtesy EAF15 artist, Leah Raintree

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KiTe FliGhTPresented 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 adeBike 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 Sol STiCe Celebr aTionPresented 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 workshopspresented 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 amoKSince 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 harVeST FeSTiValBring 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!

Saturday May 911 am–3 pm

Saturday June 611 am–3 pm

3 pm3–5 pm

Sunday June 21 5 pm–Dusk

Concert 7:30–9 pm

Saturday September 121– 4 pm

SaturdayOctober 24 11 am–3 pm

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The meTropoliTan oper a Summer reCiTal SerieSProduced 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 TheaTre Company preSenTS ShaKeSpeare in The parKNow 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.

The merry WiVeS oF WindSor“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.

WednesdayJune 247–8 pm

Special Dance Performance8:30 pm

SundayAugust 24:30–6:30 pm

SundayAugust 94:30–6:30 pm

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danCe aT So Cr aTeSPresented 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 FeSTiValPresented 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.

SKoWheGanperFormSPresented 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.

Saturdays August 8, 15, 224–5:30 pm

Friday Sept 4 6–7 pm

Saturday Sept 5 5–6 pm Sunday Sept 6 3–4 pm 5–6 pm

Saturday October 31–5 pm

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Directed by D. A. Pennebaker; 196796 mins Programmed by Film Forum

Directed by Jorge Gaggero; 200583 mins Programmed by Film Forum

Directed by Joann Sfar; 2010122 mins Programmed by Film Forum

Directed by Bong-Nam Park; 200993 mins Programmed by Film Forum

Directed by Haifaa al-Mansour; 201298 minsProgrammed by Film Forum

Directed by Jan Svankmajer; 198884 mins Programmed by Film Forum

ouTdoor Cinema 2015Celebrating 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 cul- ture 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.

Visit our website for updated information and details on our 2015 festival, including film descriptions, performers, and food vendors.

Wednesdays July 1–August 19 7 pm

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Saturdays 9:30–10:30 am 11 am–12 pm

Sundays 10 –11 am

Sundays 11 am–12 pm

Saturdays/Sundays1–4 pm

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FiTneSS & WellneSS Cl aSSeSClasses are free and designed for all experience levels. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and, for yoga, bring a mat or a towel.

Saturdays/Sundays May 9–Sept 27

yoGaKripalu Yoga is a system of Hatha Yoga that integrates body postures, breathing techniques, relaxation, and med-itation. 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 ChiLed 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.

KayaKinG and CanoeinGSocrates 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.

SolSTiCe paddle

ouTdoor Cinema paddle

Sunday June 212–6 pm

WednesdaysJuly 15, 29 August 12, 26 6 pm–Sunset

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GroWnyC GreenmarKeTThis 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.

CompoST ColleCTion WiTh biG!CompoSTEvery 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 norThWeST QueenS Food dayPlease 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.

SaturdaysJune 6–November 21 8 am–4 pm

SaturdaysJune 6–November 2110 am–1 pm

SaturdayJune 6 11 am–3 pm

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l amp inSpired by The no GuChi red lunar FiSTUse 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 GuChi FreeForm SoFaTake 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 STool inSpired by The no GuChi priSmaTiC TableUse 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 Table inSpired byThe no GuChi CyClone TableUse 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.

deSiGn/build WorKShopSIn 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 1011 am at Noguchi Museum 12–2 pm at Socrates Sunday May 1712–2 pm at Socrates

Sunday May 241 pm at Noguchi Museum 2–4 pm at Socrates Sunday May 312–4 pm at Socrates

Sunday June 71 pm at Noguchi Museum 2–4 pm at Socrates Sunday June 142–4 pm at Socrates

Sunday June 211 pm at Noguchi Museum2–4 pm at Socrates Sunday June 282–4 pm at Socrates

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KidS proGr amS

Guerrill a SToryTimePresented 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.

SaTurday SCulpTure WorKShopSThese 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 911 am–3 pm

May 16

May 23

May 30

Saturdays July & August 2–4 pm

Saturdays May 9– September 26 12–3 pm

KiTe FliGhTUsing 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.

GeoloGiCal peTSwith 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!

pl anTable Seed SCulpTureS 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.

proTeST 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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June 611 am–3 pm

June 13

June 20

June 27

July 4

July 11

July 18

signs from the past and make our own protest signs for causes we believe in.

exTreme 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!

Go 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!

STr aW mobileS 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.

pl aSTer CaSTinG The FanTaSTiC 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.

Freedom To eaT loCal 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.

FieSTa 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!

WhaTeVer FloaTS your boaT 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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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.

handS-on loCal Foodwith 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™!

arTiSTS STudio diy painTS & pl aydouGhwith 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. pl aSTiC baG CouTure 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.

puppeT-paloozawith 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.

Wear 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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maGiC WaTer rideS 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.

WhaT CreaTure lurKS in The eaST riVer? a moSaiC 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.

SoCr aTeS 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.

exQuiSiTe CorpSe mud SpeaK 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!

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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Summer ouTdoor arT-maKinG WorKShopS 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

July 13–17

July 20–24

July 27–31

Weekdays July 6–August 14 10 am–12 pm1–3 pm

maKinG The bandwith Cecile Chong

Inspired by traditional musical instruments around the world, participants will create their own instruments using recycled materials, focusing on form and function.

in my ShoeS 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.

aboVe The Ground beloW The Ground 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.

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

August 10–14

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.

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.

dayS oF heroeSIn 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 self-empowerment, 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.

leapThis 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

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.

Teen & younG adulT proGr amS

Tuesdays, ThursdaysMay 12–June 184–6 pm

FridayMay 2910 am–1 pm

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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.

CoaSTal Cl aSSroomIn 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.

younG Choreo Gr apherS For danCe aT SoCr aTeSIn 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.

nexT STep piCTureSIn 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.

The arT STudioIn 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.

July 6–August 7

PerformancesSaturdaysAugust 8, 15, 224 - 5:30 pm

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SpeCial ThanKS ToThe 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.

The Academy for Careers in TV & FilmAgostino ArtsThe Architectural League of New YorkBaccalaureate School for Global EducationBuild It Green!NYCCircus AmokCity HarvestCity Parks FoundationCity VetCommunity Board 1Film ForumFrank Sinatra School of the ArtsFree Style Arts AssociationFriends of Queensbridge ParkGoodwill IndustriesGreen Shores NYCGrowNYCHip to Hip Theatre CompanyIn-Sight Dance CompanyJacob A. Riis Settlement HouseLeApLong Island City Community BoathouseLong Island City Cultural AllianceLong Island City High School

Materials for the ArtsThe Metropolitan OperaThe Minor Miracles FoundationThe Noguchi MuseumNorte MaarNYC Department of TransportationNYC Department of Parks & RecreationPartnerships for ParksPooches Sport & SpaQueens Action CouncilQueens Symphony OrchestraRecycle-A-BicycleRooftop FilmsSkowhegan School of Painting & SculptureSpacetime C. C.Studio in a SchoolSummerStageTaoist Tai Chi Society of the USATransportation AlternativesTwo Coves Advisory CouncilUrban Librarians UniteUrban UpboundZone 126

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The Free arTiSTiC, CulTur al, and SoCial proGr amminG aT So Cr aTeS SCulpTure parK iS made poSSible by The GeneroSiT y oF our ma jor SupporTerSBloomberg 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 SupporT oF SoCr aTeS SCulpTure parK’S dediCaTed board oF direCTorSMark di Suvero, ChairmanStuart Match Suna, PresidentIvana Mestrovic, Secretary and Treasurer

Lisa K. ErfMaxine FrankelRichard Gluckman, FAIAHugh Hardy, FAIABrooke Kamin RapaportUrsula von RydingsvardJoel ShapiroThomas SmithKimberly StrongCommissioner Mitchell Silver, Ex-Officio

SoCr aTeS proGr amS are alSo SupporTed, in parT, by publiC FundS FromQueens 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 liC arT buSThe 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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abouT The parKSocrates 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 environ-ment 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 facili-tating 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.

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