{"id":9320,"date":"2024-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/2024\/03\/28\/socrates-sculpture-park-unveils-trailblazing-2024-season-championing-resilience-environmental-consciousness-and-migratory-narratives\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T03:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T03:23:32","slug":"socrates-sculpture-park-unveils-trailblazing-2024-season-championing-resilience-environmental-consciousness-and-migratory-narratives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/fr\/2024\/03\/28\/socrates-sculpture-park-unveils-trailblazing-2024-season-championing-resilience-environmental-consciousness-and-migratory-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"Socrates Sculpture Park unveils Trailblazing 2024 Season championing resilience, environmental consciousness, and migratory narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Socrates Sculpture Park unveils Trailblazing 2024 Season championing resilience, environmental consciousness, and migratory narratives<\/h3>\n

Suchitra Mattai\u2019s first solo NYC Show<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/b>Long Island City, NY \u2013<\/b><\/p>\n

Socrates Sculpture Park, established in 1986 in Queens as a collaborative effort between artists and community members, is thrilled to announce the artists participating in its 2024 season. This year the platform for artists at Socrates has been reimagined by Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas, Director of Exhibitions and Curator, to challenge traditional notions of public art. Themes of migration, mapping, ecology, identity, and materiality\u2014including textiles and plants\u2014are all present in the work on view along the East River waterfront Park this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2024 summer exhibition is an immersive installation by internationally acclaimed, Indo-Guayanese and LA-based artist Suchitra Mattai. Drawing upon themes of identity, migration, and memory, the exhibition <\/span>Suchitra Mattai: We are nomads, we are dreamers<\/i><\/strong><\/a> invites viewers to explore the intersections of cultural and personal histories through sculptured textiles, most notably heirloom, vintage saris. Her thought-provoking installations will transform the landscape of Socrates Sculpture Park, offering visitors a profound and immersive artistic experience coupled with dance performances. The exhibition is on view <\/span>Saturday, May 11 \u2013 Sunday, August 25, 2024<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSuchitra Mattai\u2019s work embodies the spirit of experimentation, innovation, and exploration that defines our park,<\/span>\u201d said Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas, Curator and Director of Exhibitions<\/strong> at Parc de sculptures de Socrate<\/strong>. \u201cI\u2019m excited to welcome Suchitra\u2019s thrilling vision to Socrates this summer, where it will hopefully serve as a <\/span>metaphorical bridge connecting the East River to the diverse diasporic communities of Astoria, offering them a space for creative refuge and respite along the water\u2019s edge.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

Socrates will open its fall exhibition <\/span>The Socrates Annual 2024<\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/i>on September 14th.\u00a0 The theme for this exhibition featuring early career artists is \u2018Invasive Species\u2019 and embodies Garcia-Maestas\u2019 commitment to expanding the tradition of outdoor sculpture towards a richer inclusivity of decolonial perspectives and materials while also addressing urgent environmental challenges. Through this theme, artists <\/span>Kimberly Chou Tsun An, Jill Cohen-Nu\u00f1ez, Utsa Hazarika, Landon Newton, Mamoun Nukumanu, Juan-Manuel Pinzon, Vick Quezada, Petra Szilagyi<\/strong>, and Nala C. Turner <\/strong><\/span>will explore the parallels between the plight of invasive species and the human experience of migration, shedding light on stories often left untold. The show will run until April 6, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to its innovative art exhibitions, Socrates will continue its commitment to free public programming with offerings for all ages, across multiple disciplines. Returning partners in the roster of events include Fortune Society\u2019s Creative Arts Program, The Metropolitan Opera\u2019s Summer Recital Series, and Ballet Folkl\u00f3rico Mexicano de Nueva York\u2019s Annual Guelaguetza. Social-justice circus theater Circus Amok! will also return to the Park with fun for the whole family.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to kick-off this new season with our groundbreaking collaboration with Suchitra Mattai, a re-imagined platform for our Socrates Artist Fellows and the return of our critical, ongoing partnerships with beloved local arts and community organizations.<\/span>\u201d said Katie Dixon, Executive Director<\/strong> at Parc de sculptures de Socrate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Socrates Sculpture Park is open 365 days a year, from 9 am to sunset. Admission is always free. For more information about the incredible array of exhibitions and events for 2024, please visit <\/span>socratessculpturepark.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nABOUT SOCRATES<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For over 35 years, Socrates Sculpture Park has been an award winning model of public art production, community activism, and socially inspired place making. Most recently Socrates was honored with the Public Art Dialogue 2023 Founders Award. Over 1,200 artists have created and exhibited new works on its five waterfront acres and outdoor studio facilities. Past exhibiting artists include Agnes Denes, Torkwase Dyson, Jeffrey Gibson, Guadalupe Maravilla, Virginia Overton, Jean Shin, Sable Elyse Smith, Nari Ward, Meg Webster, and Hank Willis Thomas. Socrates is free and open to the public 365 days a year from 9am to sunset. It is located at 32-01 Vernon Boulevard (at Broadway) in Long Island City, New York. Socrates Sculpture Park is a not for profit organization licensed by NYC Parks to manage and program Socrates Sculpture Park, a New York City public park.<\/p>\n

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For more information on Socrates Sculpture Park, please give us a shout: Debbie Pressman at\u00a0 Debbie@positivejampr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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