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For the first time in the Fellowship’s 30-year history, Socrates turned to its alumni network to nominate the next generation of artists, selecting ten fellows for an expanded 2026–2028 cycle.  The season also introduces Homecoming, a new alumni series honoring artists foundational to the Park’s legacy. Artists Choose Artists: The Socrates Annual Fellowship Anniversary | […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: press@socratessculpturepark.org Download Press Images Socrates Sculpture Park Announces 2025 Socrates Annual: “Up/rooted” Long Island City, NY – Socrates Sculpture Park today announced the opening of The Socrates Annual 2025 on September 12, 2025. Featuring new commissions from the 2025 Socrates Artist Fellows—Natalia Nakazawa, Pioneers Go East Collective, Rowan Renee, Catherine […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact |  PDF Joyce Chan, Communications Manager  |  jc@socratessculpturepark.org Socrates Sculpture Park Announces 2025 Season Festivals, events, workshops and theater — a dynamic urban space where art, nature, and community thrive LONG ISLAND CITY, NY — Socrates Sculpture Park is pleased to announce the 2025 season of events and public programs […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact |  PDF Ayofemi Kirby | ElevenThirtySix Strategies | ak@itseleventhirtysix.com Socrates Sculpture Park Announces 2025 Annual Fellowship Open Call Invites Early Career Artists to Propose Interdisciplinary Works in Response to the Theme “Up/rooted” LONG ISLAND CITY, NY — Socrates Sculpture Park (Socrates, the Park) today announced its Open Call for proposals […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact |  PDF Ayofemi Kirby | ElevenThirtySix Strategies | ak@itseleventhirtysix.com Socrates Sculpture Park Announces New Co-Directorship as Part of Strategic Vision for Upcoming 40th Anniversary Katie Dixon and Shaun Leonardo to Lead Park into Next Phase of Growth and Community Engagement QUEENS, NY — Socrates Sculpture Park (Socrates, the Park), a […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact |  PDF Joyce Chan | Communications Manager | jc@socratessculpturepark.org Ayofemi Kirby | ElevenThirtySix Strategies | ak@itseleventhirtysix.com Artists embrace invasive species in The Socrates Annual 2024 On View September 14, 2024 – April 6, 2025 The opening celebration will take place on September 14, 3-6pm and is free and open to […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Debbie Pressman | Positive Jam PR | debbie@positivejampr.com PDF Version HERE —> Socrates Sculpture Park unveils Trailblazing 2024 Season championing resilience, environmental consciousness, and migratory narratives Suchitra Mattai’s first solo NYC Show Long Island City, NY – Socrates Sculpture Park, established in 1986 in Queens as a collaborative effort between […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Debbie Pressman | Positive Jam PR | debbie@positivejampr.com PDF Version HERE —> Socrates Annual 2024 Open Call The Socrates Sculpture Park Annual Fellowship 2024 Open Call New Cohort added to this year’s Open Call Long Island City, NY, November 2, 2023 – Socrates Sculpture Park, the internationally renowned outdoor site […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Joyce Chan | Communications Manager | jc@socratessculpturepark.org PDF Version Socrates Sculpture Park artist fellows presents their interpretations on transformation in The Socrates Annual 2023 The Socrates Annual 2023 opens September 30, 2023 __________________________________________________________________________________ ** The opening date of the exhibition is October 1, due to weather conditions. ** Long Island […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Joyce Chan | Communications Manager | jc@socratessculpturepark.org PDF Version HERE —> Socrates Sculpture Park Announces The 2023 Socrates Annual Artist Fellows The Mark di Suvero-founded institution for contemporary public art awards six artists for the annual Fellowship Program Long Island City, NY, June 21, 2023 – Socrates Sculpture Park is pleased […]

MEDIA CONTACT Joyce Chan Communications Manager jc@socratessculpturepark.org Download Press Release–> LONG ISLAND CITY, NY | APRIL 11, 2023 Socrates Sculpture Park presents New York-based artist Mary Mattingly: Ebb of a Spring Tide on view May 20 through September 10, 2023. Mattingly’s first solo exhibition at Socrates unveils new sculptural works exploring our relationship to coastal […]

MEDIA CONTACT Joyce Chan Communications Manager jc@socratessculpturepark.org Download Press Release–> LONG ISLAND CITY, NY | NOVEMBER 14, 2022 Socrates Sculpture Park has appointed Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas as its next Curator and Director of Exhibitions. She joins Socrates from the Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas, where she was Acting Curator of Visual Arts. Garcia-Maestas has organized exhibitions, outdoor […]

Media Contact Joyce Chan Communications Manager jc@socratessculpturepark.org Download Press Release–> Download Press Kit–> Image: Cheyenne Conception, Disappearing St. Malo Historiography, 2022. Socrates Sculpture Park artist fellows presents their interpretations on climate change in Sink or Swim: Climate Futures The 2022 Socrates Annual opens September 10, 2022 Long Island City, NY, August 31, 2022 – Socrates Sculpture […]

Media Contact Joyce Chan Communications Manager jc@socratessculpturepark.org Download Press Release–> Download Press Kit–> Maren Hassinger returns to Socrates Sculpture Park over 30 years later with ‘Steel Bodies’ Looking back to look forward Image: Joyce Chan Long Island City, NY, May 23, 2022 – Socrates Sculpture Park presents New York-based artist Maren Hassinger, in the exhibition Steel […]

Contato de Mídia Joyce Chan Gerente de Comunicações jc@socratessculpturepark.org Download Press Release–> Download Press Kit–> Socrates Sculpture Park apresenta a proposição não-realizada de Hélio Oiticica ‘Subterranean Tropicália Projects: PN15,’ de 1971, em exibição de 14 de Maio a 14 de Agosto de 2022 Ambiente imersivo de luz e sombra, o projeto explora noções de “underground” […]

Media Contact Joyce Chan Communications Manager jc@socratessculpturepark.org Download Press Release–> Download Press Kit–> Socrates Sculpture Park presents Hélio Oiticica’s 1971 unrealized proposal Subterranean Tropicália Projects: PN15 1971/2022, on view from May 14 – August 14, 2022 An immersive environment of light and shadow, the project explores ideas of the underground and provides a platform for […]

Media Contact Joyce Chan jc@socratessculpturepark.org o: 718-956-1819 x105 c: 347-623-9226 Download Press Release –> Download Press Packet –> Socrates Sculpture Park to Debut 2022 Season, Featuring never-before-realized project by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica, New Site-Responsive Sculptures from Maren Hassinger, beginning May 14   Hélio Oticica, Maquette for Subterranean Tropicália Projects: PN15 Penetrable, 1971. Nylon mesh and cardboard. Photographer […]

Media Contact Julia Metro Director of Development & Communications jm@socratessculpturepark.org 978.390.0008 Download Press Release–> Yvonne Shortt, Jenna Boldebuck, & Kelly Li, African American Marbleization–An Act of Civil Disobedience: Hair Sanctuary, 2021. Image by Mayuko Fujino. Long Island City, NY | September 16, 2021 During the past year and a half, places of sanctuary have been […]

Media Contact Julia Metro Director of Development & Communications jm@socratessculpturepark.org 978.390.0008 Download Press Release–> Download Press Packet–> SUZY DELVALLE TO SERVE AS INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK Outgoing Socrates Sculpture Park Executive Director, John Hatfield (left), and Interim Director, Suzy Delvalle (right), 2021, Image by Sara Morgan. Long Island City, NY | July 12, […]

Media Contact Sara Morgan sm@socratessculpturepark.org 415.845.1138 Download Press Release –> Download Press Packet –> Artists Awarded ‘The 2021 Socrates Annual’ Fellowship to Create New Work for the Exhibition ‘Sanctuary’ at Socrates Sculpture Park Gi (Ginny) Huo, Rendering from project proposal, 2021, Courtesy the Artist and Socrates Sculpture Park. New York City, April 20, 2021 Socrates […]

Contacto con medios de comunicación y press kit: Sara Morgan, Communications Manager sm@socratessculpturepark.org 415.845.1138 bit.ly/PlanetaAbuelx ‘Planeta Abuelx,’ la exposición en solitario del artista Guadalupe Maravilla, traerá esperanza y sanación a Socrates Sculpture Park a partir del 15 de mayo de 2021 Guadalupe Maravilla; obra en proceso para la exposición individual en Socrates Sculpture Park; 2021; […]

Media Contact Sara Morgan sm@socratessculpturepark.org 415.845.1138 Download Press Release –> Download Press Packet –> Haga clic aquí para leer en español–> ‘Planeta Abuelx,’ a solo show from artist Guadalupe Maravilla, brings hope and healing to Socrates Sculpture Park beginning May 15, 2021 Guadalupe Maravilla; work in process for solo exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park; 2021; […]

Media Contact Sara Morgan, Communications Manager sm@socratessculpturepark.org 415.845.1138 Downloadable Press Release PDF–> Downloadable Press Packet–> Artist Jeffrey Gibson presents a screening series of collaborations with Indigenous creatives for his monument project at Socrates Sculpture Park   LEFT: Laura Ortman’s violin performance atop Jeffrey Gibson’s installation ‘Because Once You Enter My House It Becomes Our House;’ […]

Media Contact info@socratessculpturepark.org Download Press Release–> Socrates Sculpture Park Executive Director To Step Down In The Coming Year   Executive Director John Hatfield Long Island City, NY | October 13, 2020 — John Hatfield, Executive Director of Socrates Sculpture Park since 2012, has announced his plans to step down after nine years leading the outdoor […]

Media Contact Sara Morgan sm@socratessculpturepark.org 415.845.1138 Download Press Release –> Download Press Packet –> New Yorkers will experience new outdoor public art by Jeffrey Gibson, Paul Ramírez Jonas, and Xaviera Simmons this summer at Socrates Sculpture Park. Rendering of Jeffrey Gibson’s ‘Because Once You Enter My House It Becomes Our House’ in the Park’s landscape; […]

*Due to the Conoravirus pandemic, certain aspects of the exhibition have been altered from what was originally published in the Press Release. For up-to-date information please visit the exhibition page. Media Contact Sara Morgan sm@socratessculpturepark.org 718.956.1819 Download Press Release –> Download Press Packet –> Ten Artists Awarded ‘The 2020 Socrates Annual’ Fellowship to Create Monument […]

*This was published before the Coranavirus pandemic. For current information please view our updated press release or visit the exhibition page. Media Contact Sara Morgan sm@socratessculpturepark.org 718.956.1819 Download Press Release –> Download Press Packet –> Socrates Sculpture Park commissions new monuments from Jeffrey Gibson, Paul Ramírez Jonas, and Xaviera Simmons. Exhibition on view May 16, […]

Image: Gabriela Salazar; ‘Access Grove, Soft Stand;’ 2019; Courtesy the Artist >Download Press Kit< New York, NY, (September 11, 2019) Socrates Sculpture Park announced today 15 unique artist projects selected for The 2019 Socrates Annual, opening at the Long Island City park on October 5th, and running through March 8, 2020. Participating artists are recipients […]