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27 May 2008
 

 

SculptureCenter Exhibition Tour

Discover SculptureCenter, a not-for-profit museum dedicated to experimental and innovative developments in contemporary sculpture.

Walk through SculptureCenter's current exhibition, Decoys, Complexes, and Triggers: Feminism and Land Art in the 1970s, with Executive Director Mary Ceruti, exhibition curator Catherine Morris, and The Architect's Newspaper Editor and architectural historian William Menking.

Enjoy light refreshments, including beer, provided by Peak Organic Brewing Company, and wander through the museum, a former trolley repair shop in Long Island City, redesigned by artist/architect Maya Lin.

Exhibition tours will begin at 6:30 and 7:15 pm on Wednesday, June 11. Purchase tickets here.

(Image courtesy of SculptureCenter.)
     

 

openhousenewyork Kids! in Brooklyn
Saturday, June 7 & Saturday, June 28

Partnering with the Center for Architecture Foundation and Lefferts Historic House, OHNY Kids! presents free workshops in Prospect Park taught by built environment educator, Jane Cowan. These interactive workshops offer hands-on art activities focused on one of three elements: shape, color or texture. Open to kids ages 4-5.
Please register below or email education@ohny.org

Saturday, June 7, 2008 at Prospect Park

Shapes: 9:00-10:00am

Colors: 10:30-11:30am

Saturday, June 28, 2008 at Lefferts Historic House

Shapes: 9:00-10:00am

Textures: 10:30-11:30am

(Image courtesy of Scott Lauer.)
 
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openhousenewyork is able to provide innovative, free programs with the help of supporters like you. Please make a tax-deductible contribution online or by check to help us develop more exciting programs for 2008.

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Our Mission
openhousenewyork celebrates New York City's architecture and design through year-round programs of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs.

openhousenewyork:

  • promotes a greater appreciation of New York City’s built environment
  • broadens public awareness by exposing a diverse audience to distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and design
  • educates and provokes discussion of issues of excellence in design, planning and preservation
  • showcases outstanding new work as buildings and structures of historic merit
To learn more about OHNY and to receive invitations to upcoming events, please contact us at info@ohny.org. OHNY is a private, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.





     
Support Provided By:
Lily Auchincloss Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Council on the Humanities (state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities), NYC Council, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, New York State Council on the Arts, Target, Trust for Architectural Easements, and WABC-TV.

Additional Support Provided By:
Architectural Record, Battery Park City Authority, Bertha and Isaac Liberman Foundation, Delta Faucet, Hon. Daniel Garodnick, Independence Community Foundation, KidsGuide.com, McGraw Hill Construction, Mercury Print Productions Inc., National Park Service, NYC & Company, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, NYC Speaker Christine Quinn, Sheldrake Organization, The Architect's Newspaper, The Marrus Family Foundation, The Whitman Foundation, and Viromare.