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Through collaborations with a diverse group of arts organizations and artists, Parks brings to the public both experimental and traditional art in many park locations. Please browse our list of current exhibits and our archives of past exhibits below. You can also see past grant opportunities or read more about the Art in the Parks Program.
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2024
Queens
Drew Seskunas, What Is the Opposite of a Black Hole?
October 8, 2024 to October 7, 2025
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
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If a black hole absorbs all light and information surrounding it, the opposite would project light and propagate information. This sculpture celebrates the rich history of science in Queens by highlighting residents who worked to expand our understanding of the universe, casting light where before there was darkness. The artwork honors the contributions of Queens-born scientists Dr. Joseph Weinberg, Dr. Lisa Randall, Dr. Marie Maynard Daly, Dr. Eugenie Clark, Dr. Ivan R. King, and Dr. Arthur Cooper.
Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Richmond Hill Art Hub
September 15, 2024 to September 14, 2025
Lt. Frank McConnell Park, Queens
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A collaboration between Chhaya CDC and two NYC-based design firms, Hive Public Space and Studio For, this vibrant multi-use park installation celebrates Richmond Hill's diverse cultural heritage. It takes the form of a community stage for events, classes, and gatherings, adorned with colors inspired by neighbors' homeland flags. This installation aims to activate the space, showcase local culture, engage residents, and promote long-term preservation of cultural identity in public spaces.
Kenny Greenberg, Lumina Arcana
July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
Vernon Mall and Gordon Triangle, Queens
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Created by Long Island City-based neon light artist Kenny, each pergola of Lumina Arcana is built from wooden materials and metal railings, adorned with vibrant neon lighting. These installations are strategically placed at Vernon Mall and Gordon Triangle to transform under-lit areas into lively, inviting spaces. The project aims to boost the visibility and allure of Vernon Boulevard, especially at night, encouraging increased foot traffic and supporting local businesses along the corridor. The Long Island City Partnership was awarded a Commercial District Lighting Grant by the NYC Department of Small Business Services to address commercial district lighting improvements in the Vernon Boulevard commercial district.
Marcus Brown, American Gold: A Ship of Human Bondage
June 19, 2024 to June 18, 2025
Queensbridge Park, Queens
American Gold: A Ship of Human Bondage is an Augmented Reality (AR) installation based on slave ships and enslaved people. The installation describes the captives as figures made of gold. American Gold aims to draw attention to the monetary value of captives and the inhumane treatment of African captives. American Gold makes the slave ship an almost invisible structure that floats above the viewer, giving the viewer a glimpse of how many people were squeezed into a slaving vessel from below. The installation is part of a larger series of art installations about slavery called Slavery Trails, placed at historical sites throughout the United States.
Leonard Ursachi, Peace Like a River
October 25, 2024 to April 26, 2025
Hunter's Point South, Queens
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Peace Like a River is an installation of sculptures, identical except for their colors. Each is cast in concrete from a mold Ursachi made from a large piece of driftwood he salvaged from the East River, steps from his DUMBO studio and downstream from Hunter’s Point South Park.
The Socrates Annual 2024, Various Artists
September 14, 2024 to April 6, 2025
Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
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The Socrates Annual 2024 is the culmination of Socrates Sculpture Park’s fellowship program, awarded to nine artists selected through an open call. Since 2001, the fellowship program has supported early career artists who receive financial and technical support to realize ambitious public artworks to be included in a park-wide exhibition.
Queens Lighting Collective, Gateways to Sunnyside
August 9, 2024 to December 2, 2024
Sabba Park, Queens
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Please note: This is a past exhibit that is no longer installed in the park.
Gateway to Sunnyside greets visitors with joy as they enter or exit the Sunnyside neighborhood. It was designed and created in collaboration with the Sunnyside community for the Sunnyside Public Space Project under the Urban Design Forum’s Local Center Connected Corridors program. The goal of the project is to make public spaces in Sunnyside more welcoming and accessible for local residents and merchants while also cultivating local ownership and pride among Sunnyside residents and merchants for their public spaces, while galvanizing support for capital improvements in the area. This exhibition is presented by Sunnyside Shines.
Lily and Honglei, KITES: Portraits of Asian Immigrant Families
September 19, 2024 to November 29, 2024
Rachel Carson Playground, Kissena Corridor Park, Queens
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Please note: This is a past exhibit that is no longer installed in the park.
Resembling the flying kites in the boundless sky, KITES: Portraits of Asian Immigrant Families symbolically portrays the arduous and long journeys immigrants endure. It spotlights the daily life of Asian immigrants in Flushing Chinatown and the connection between people and nature influenced by their cultural heritage. It illustrates immigrant journeys from the first-person perspective, aiming to enhance understanding of the Asian immigrant community in the Flushing area, who urgently needs more representations in NYC’s cultural landscape, and bring joy to all visitors at the popular neighborhood park.
Julia Sinelnikova, Light Portal
November 30, 2023 to November 22, 2024
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
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Please note: This is a past exhibit that is no longer installed in the park.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park lacks a true contemporary art homage to the legendary Tent of Tomorrow, which will now itself be lit at night for the city's new program. The Tent of Tomorrow was designed by Philip Johnson for the 1964 World's Fair, however it is modeled off its Russian predecessors, namely the Shukhov Rotuna for the All-Russia Exhibition of 1896. Light Portal incorporates several elements of the original physical structure in a new design, with the many colors of the light disc above audiences to represent the diversity of languages and cultures in Queens. During our current period of closed borders around the world due to politics, it is important to remember periods of greater international exchange of ideas, and collaboration. Light Portal envisions hope, progress, and growth, creating a meditative and playful space. The work casts a kaleidoscope of healing colors onto viewers and the ground below during the day and is lit by solar-powered LED lights at night.
This exhibition is made possible by the Art in the Parks: Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park Grant, which supports the creation of site-specific public artworks by Queens-based artists for two sites within Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
LeMonde Studios, Summer of Sports
July 15, 2024 to November 15, 2024
Rafferty Triangle, Queens
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Please note: This is a past exhibit that is no longer installed in the park.
Summer of Sports is an interactive installation featuring six sports-themed art pieces produced by Nicolas Synnott of LeMonde Studio in collaboration with students from Information Technology High School. The install includes: 1 diving board bench, three sports ball benches- soccer, basketball, and tennis, 1 tennis racket bench and a photo frame/music box. The artworks that wrap around the music box and the diving board were created by Information Technology High School Art Club students Fariha Alam, Amy Martinez Chungata, Stella Golden, Brian Herrera, Gabriella Maniscalco, Santiago Navarro, Cesar Romero, Jair Sanchez, and Katherine Valverde.
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