Art in the Parks

The Slave Market : Wall Street is an Augmented Reality (AR) installation that presents the 1711 slave market in New York City where enslaved African Americans and Native Americans were sold. New York Slave Conspiracy of 1741 commemorates hanging, burning, exiling, and mass arrest of enslaved Africans and poor whites who were wrongfully accused of plotting an uprising. The installation is part of a larger series of art installations about slavery called Slavery Trails, placed at historical sites throughout the United States.

A central theme in this design are the crosswalks of NYC. Figures are seen playing sports including basketball, tennis, soccer, and pickleball. These figures take inspiration from the crosswalk ‘walk’ icon that serves as a guide for the path that we all take to get to our beloved NYC Parks.

This exhibition is presented by SPORTIME and John McEnroe Tennis Academy

Designed and painted by the students, art teachers, and parents of PS 198 and PS 77, this mural features a colorful collection of flowers, leaves, and pollinators in a bright, bold whimsical style. This mural was made possible with the generous support of New York City Councilmember Julie Menin, Partnership for Parks, the Hellgate Hill Community Association, the PS 198 and PS 77 parent teacher associations, and the local community.

This mural was created by Carla Torres and features the house wren and common milkweed. As part of the Audubon Mural Project, a public-art initiative drawing attention to birds that are vulnerable to extinction from climate change, NYC Parks GreenThumb partnered with National Audubon Society,  Gitler &_____ Gallery, and local artists to design murals on sheds at GreenThumb community gardens across New York City. Through a collaborative process between the partners, artist, and community garden group, each mural was designed to feature climate-threatened birds that rely on green spaces like these urban gardens and native plants that birds depend on for food and shelter.

This exhibition features nine monumental, resin sculptures by French sculptor Michel Bassompierre, depicting peaceful animals who seem to be caught in the intimacy of their lives. Favouring animals with round shapes, Asian elephants, gorillas, bears or even horses, Bassompierre achieves a form that is both soft and precise, where light never clashes with shadow.

This exhibition is presented by Galeries Bartoux, Patrons of Park Avenue, and the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association.

This mural was created by Pelumi Adegawa and features the gray catbird and native sunflower, milkweed, lobelia, and wild strawberry. As part of the Audubon Mural Project, a public-art initiative drawing attention to birds that are vulnerable to extinction from climate change, NYC Parks GreenThumb partnered with National Audubon Society,  Gitler &_____ Gallery, and local artists to design murals on sheds at GreenThumb community gardens across New York City. Through a collaborative process between the partners, artist, and community garden group, each mural was designed to feature climate-threatened birds that rely on green spaces like these urban gardens and native plants that birds depend on for food and shelter.