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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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2025
Bronx
Morris Park Business Improvement District and Limbic Media, The Pulse
June 4, 2024 to May 1, 2025
Loreto Playground, Bronx
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The Pulse consists of two intertwining light strings with a central heart piece. It is customizable to change colors according to occasion and time of the year, holiday, and cultural celebrations. The Morris Park Business Improvement District was awarded a Commercial District Lighting Grant by the NYC Department of Small Business Services to address commercial district lighting improvements in the Morris Park Avenue commercial district in the Bronx. As a central point of attraction for the Morris Park Avenue corridor and surrounding community, Loreto Park plays a very important role for social and cultural activities, and as a community gathering space.
This exhibition is presented by the Morris Park Business Improvement District.
Brooklyn
Alexander Klingspor, Alexander Klingspor, NYC Legend
December 14, 2024 to December 13, 2025
North 5th Park and Pier, Brooklyn
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This
piece depicts the legend of the alligator in the NYC sewers. It deals with two
interesting aspects of our world; our need for gods, myths, and legends much
like any other civilization prior to ours, and our habit of creating invasive
species by moving animals from their natural habitats to human environments.
This
exhibition is presented by Mollbrinks
Gallery.
MS 821 Sunset Park Prep, M.S. 821 Sunset Park Prep Los Muralistas, Happy Sunset Park Community
December 3, 2024 to December 2, 2025
Gonzalo Plasencia Playground, Brooklyn
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Studio Cooke John Architecture and Design, Brownsville Is
November 9, 2024 to November 8, 2025
Zion Triangle, Brooklyn
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Pitkin Avenue BID has worked with Studio Cooke John Architecture and Design to transform Zion Triangle Plaza into a welcoming destination for residents, shoppers and visitors of Brownsville. The team engaged with Brownsville’s multigenerational community at a series of community events and activities, gathering valuable input that helped shape the lighting installation, produced by the Studio Cooke John team. Community members shared what Brownsville means to them, and from these conversations, eight key words emerged, which were incorporated into the support posts for the overhead lighting. The community was also invited to vote on the color of the support posts.
Sally Rumble, Vibrant Echoes
August 10, 2024 to August 9, 2025
Crispus Attucks Playground, Brooklyn
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This vibrant mural features a dynamic array of abstract shapes and bold colors, creating a lively and engaging visual experience. The design incorporates sweeping curves and organic forms in shades of pink, green, red, yellow, and white. The interplay of colors and shapes evokes a sense of movement and energy, reflecting the diverse and dynamic spirit of the community. This exhibition is presented by FAB Fulton with support from NYC Small Business Services, Corigin Real Estate, and Bati Kitchen.
George Boorujy, Red Hook, Brooklyn Mural Trail: Anchoring People and Wildlife
July 8, 2024 to July 7, 2025
Red Hook Park, Brooklyn
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Red Hook, Brooklyn Mural Trail: Anchoring People and Wildlife is a colorful, vibrant display of the native plant and bird species that frequent Red Hook Park. The mural starts on Bay Street, spanning from Hicks Street to Clinton Street. It then wraps around the corner, incorporating the perimeter of Clinton Street between Bay Street and Halleck Street. As this is a collaborative effort with the Audubon Mural Project, many of the birds will be climate-threatened as indicated in Audubon’s ‘Survival By Degrees’ report. This exhibition is presented Red Hook Conservancy, National Audubon Society Mural Project, Gitler &_____, and the Monarch Foundation.
Community Heroes
July 19, 2024 to June 30, 2025
Commodore Barry Park, Brooklyn
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Community Heroes aims to bring together residents in the neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Farragut, and celebrate those who empower and nourish these neighborhoods. Individuals were selected as representatives of the community, or heroes, from a pool of nominations collected during a community outreach process. Community Heroes seeks to tell the stories of the neighborhoods’ unsung heroes through the collaboration of newer residents and long-time residents, often people of color whose families have lived in the community for generations. Community Heroes continues to collect nominations for heroes and seeks photographers to take their portraits.
Angelly Perez, Jaden Ruffin, and Rosana Zapata (Red Hook Art Project), Safe Space in the Parks
June 28, 2024 to June 25, 2025
Bush-Clinton Playground, Brooklyn
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The Red Hook Houses NeighborhoodSTAT resident stakeholder team co-designed this fence mural with youth from New Leader Hoops and emerging artists from the Red Hook Art Project. This small park renovation aims to address physical space issues raised by community residents during the 2023 Local NeighborhoodSTAT participatory budgeting process.
Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School, A Celebration of Native Plants
June 25, 2024 to June 24, 2025
18th Street Pocket Park, Brooklyn
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Since 2020, each of the school’s graduating 8th grade classes has researched the history of the Prospect Expressway and its impact on local communities. The students have made observations of other nearby parks to inform plant selection, written letters to community members with proposed plans asking for feedback, created scale models of the pocket parks, researched native plants that would grow well in the pocket park’s environment, designed a garden, planted, and repainted the park. Throughout this project, students reflect on how they were including stakeholders and engaging with multiple perspectives and planning with a future mindset. This mural is a testament to environmental and social sustainability work being done by students at BUGS.
This exhibition is presented by the Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School.
Various Artists, Black lives, Black history, Black joy, and Black futures
November 8, 2024 to June 20, 2025
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
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Organized by the Fort Greene Park Conservancy in partnership with a curatorial committee including leadership from the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA), The Lay Out, Photoville, and Weeksville Heritage Center, this exhibition features photographs that share the diverse narratives—past, present, and future—of the Black community living and working in and around Fort Greene, including many of the 12,000 residents of nearby public housing. The exhibition and related programming will feature the selected artists and community leaders in conversation to foster discussion on building belonging, dismantling structural racism, preserving living cultures, and making space for envisioning and imagining a brighter future.
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