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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
Staten Island
Center for Educational Innovation (CEI), Benchmarks: Empowering Students to Create Inspiring Community Murals on Benches for a Citywide NYC Parks Exhibition
June 7, 2025 to September 14, 2025
Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island
CEI BENCHMARKS is a citywide NYC Parks exhibition of 20 inspiring murals on benches created by NYC public school students. These bench murals are part of the CEI Benchmarks program, a comprehensive student arts residency program that empowers NYC public school students to become engaged citizens and create large-scale, collaborative, inspiring community murals on benches for public display in a high-profile citywide exhibition in NYC Parks. The 20 benches, created by over 540 students of grades 3-12, will be on exhibit June 7-September 14 in the Bronx at Rev. T. Wendell Foster Park, in Brooklyn at Prospect Park Parade Ground, in Manhattan at Thomas Jefferson Park, and in Staten Island at Clove Lakes Park.
This exhibition is presented
by The Center for Educational Innovation - website.
A+A+A & Urechi Oguguo, Abuelita Masala
September 15, 2024 to September 12, 2025
Tompkinsville Park, Staten Island
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Abuelita Masala is a functional art piece named after Afro-Caribbean and Latinx words for ‘grandmother’ to recall a powerful ancestral figure of kindness, versatility and strength. It serves as an information center for a weekly market and a hub for regular arts and culture programming inspired by past activations at the park. Its versatile doors and cabinets can be opened in multiple configurations to host diverse activities. Ultimately, Abuelita Masala acts as an open invitation to the community to discover and engage with local cultural programming as well as artists that represent the Afro-Caribbean and Latin heritage on site.
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