Socrates x Noguchi Field Guide
May 27  – October 7, 2023
Select Saturdays | 11am – 1pm

Connect with nature through art making in a series of hands-on workshops led by Noguchi Educators at Socrates Sculpture Park. These workshops are open to all ages and any skill level. Participants will engage in group conversation and experiment with varied media including drawing, printmaking, suminagashi,and poetry. All participants will be given a free pass to visit The Noguchi Museum (located across the street from the Park at 9-01 33rd Rd, Queens, NY 11106) after the program.

These workshops are free, hands on, open to all ages, families and individuals, and any skill level. All children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Image: Katherine Abbott. Courtesy of The Noguchi Museum.

All Ages Welcome  • Pre-Registration Required •  Free!

2023 SCHEDULE

Socrates x Noguchi Field Guide: Suminagashi (Floating Ink) –>

Saturday, May 27  •  11AM – 1PM  •  Pre-Registration Required   • All Ages Welcome  •  Free!



Image: Harumi Ori

 

Socrates x Noguchi Field Guide: Garden Design –>

Saturday, July 15  •  11AM – 1PM  •  Pre-Registration Required  •  All Ages Welcome  •  Free!



Image: Harumi Ori

 

Socrates x Noguchi Field Guide: Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing) –>

RESCHEDULED: Sunday, July 23  •  11AM – 1PM  •  Pre-Registration Required (New Date TBA)   • All Ages Welcome  •  Free!



Image: Katherine Abbott

Socrates x Noguchi Field Guide: Plant Dyeing –>

Saturday, August 19  •  11AM – 1PM  •  Pre-Registration Required   •  All Ages Welcome  •  Free!



Image: Tomoe Mineta

Socrates x Noguchi Field Guide: Mushroom Prints –>

Saturday, September 16  •  11AM – 1PM  •  Pre-Registration Required  • All Ages Welcome  •  Free!



Image: Sol Aremendi

Socrates x Noguchi Field Guide: Sustainability –>

Saturday, October 7  •  11AM – 1PM  •  Pre-Registration Required  • All Ages Welcome  •  Free!

 

Image: Isamu Noguchi, Apple for Martha Graham’s El Penitente, 1944 (performance copy). Balsa wood. Photo: Kevin Noble. The Noguchi Museum Archives, 00046. © The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, NY / ARS

Socrates

Free education programs at Socrates Sculpture Park are made possible with generous support from Con EdisonElmezzi Foundation, and Stavros Niarchos Foundation with additional support provided, in part, by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.