Urban Park Rangers: Art & Nature
With our Urban Park Rangers as your guide, draw inspiration from life's greatest artwork—the natural world—and create your own masterpiece or capture your favorite awe-inspiring moments.
Urban Park Rangers: Art & Nature Events
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Exhibit Reception Opening: Clay Sculptors Darren Thomas Corona & Diana Fernando
at H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island 

1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks for this exciting gallery exhibit, featuring local sculptor and potter Darren Thomas Corona!
Free!
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Spring Mud Painting Masterpieces
at Visitor Center - Satterlee Street and Hylan Boulevard (in Conference House Park), Staten Island 

1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Get those hands dirty while creating a nature-inspired masterpiece using various types of dirt and clay collected from all around Staten Island! All materials provided
Free!
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Astronomy: Night Sky Crafting
at Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park), Brooklyn 

7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Celebrate the spring equinox by joining the Urban Park Rangers to map the NYC night sky. Make an embroidery hoop of stars and constellations and learn the solar system
Free!
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Nature's Workshop: Botany and Botanical Art
at Van Cortlandt Nature Center (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Learn about Ireland’s first female botanist Ellen Hutchins and live her legacy with a botanical walk followed by a botanical art workshop!
Free!
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Spring Blooms Photography
at Fort Totten Front Gate (in Fort Totten Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Capture the beauty of Spring with this beginner-friendly photography walk. Please bring a working smartphone and/or a camera with you.
Free!
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Nature's Workshop: Recycled Plantable Paper Making
at Greene Ave & Tompkins Ave (in Herbert Von King Park), Brooklyn 

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Welcome springtime with the Urban Park Rangers by making recycled paper, embedded with native seeds.
Free!